Who do you worship and through what framework? Are you a pagan or something else? Personally I am a Norse Heathen. At the moment I worship the Norse deities and I worship my ancestors and local wights through a Heathen format. I do have syncretist leanings and for some time have felt a calling towards a couple of Roman and Greek gods. However all my worship is done and will continue to be done through a Heathen format for the foreseeable future.
What about you? What does your faith look like? Or do you lack a faith? I am interested to know!
I wouldn’t call myself a pagan since I don’t have explicitly spiritual beliefs, but I like pagan communities, pagan literature, there’s something very appealing in the notion of build-it-yourself mysteries and symbolism as improvisational method of guiding ones own mind and emotions.
My ‘instincts’ run animate, the world feeling alive and filled with presence.
Being neurodivergent in pretty energetic ways, I feel a certain resonance with Odin as a patron of language and overwhelming emotion.
Cool! That sort of diy attitude is a big thing for me, I think that’s part of what I like about the eclecticism a lot of pagans explore. My practice is fairly reconstructive but also fairly eclectic, I try to find a good balance.
Animism is integral to heathenry so I definitely get that, for most heathens worshipping the spirits of the land and matter around us is a cornerstone to our practice. Maybe if it calls to you you might consider doing some kind of offering or other form of reverence for the spirits of the land.
And again, I’m with you there. As a fellow neurodivergent person who just started worshipping Odin I feel like he helps me understand the fury and ecstasy that can come with extreme mood states.
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Solid! I find the labels I’ve adopted help me focus in on the aspects of faith I want to embrace, but for some labels can be a hindrance. I like your way of looking at it as a constant journey. I think, no matter what labels you hold or conclusions you’ve acheived, tomorrow always holds something new, and faith can always evolve.
If I may, do you worship deities?
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I hang somewhere between traditional Wicca and Folk practice, I feel closest to celto-germanic god*esses.
I am a follower of Apollo. I’ve followed the Greek gods as long as I can remember, but Apollo is the one who reached out to me, who I gravitated towards without knowing why.
I enjoy the Norse gods, though, and am learning about Hindi gods as well. I want to be well-versed in most faiths as a way to show respect to others as well as to better understand my world.
I would probably describe myself as just pagan, although I have been told I act like a Druid. I have not trained in druidry and am not really comfortable with that term.
I have not been doing a very good job of maintaining pagan holidays and practices lately, and I am disappointed in myself for that. Life has just gotten so fast-paced and stressful, it is hard to take time to honor the gods properly and feel that connection to the Earth.
Additionally, there is a swamp near where I live, and the idiotic powers that be have decided filling it in to build a gas station is the best use of that land. They’ve been filling it in for 3 years now, it just keeps sinking, weirdly enough. But they tore down all the trees that were there and dumped all this dirt on top of what was clearly a special ecosystem, the whole place feels violated and raw now. It’s really disheartening to look outside now, and since I used to go to the swamp to connect with Nature, having that ripped away has left me with a huge hole. I have a hard time wanting to connect with Nature after I watched this happen and could do nothing.
So I subscribe to pagan communities and hope the discussions there help me recover my passion. I love the commraderie and fellowship these gatherings of like-minded people allow me to experience.
I consider myself a devotee of Aphrodite-Al’uzza. My path is syncretic, a mix of Ancient Near East traditions: Arabian, Canaanite, Mesopotamian, Egyptian and Hellenic, as is tradition and evident by archeology.