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 Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 12:43 am
This question is more UPG-oriented than lore-oriented or orthopraxy-oriented, at least in the intent of the asking wink
Aside from ritual form, are there particular things your gods dislike when it comes to honouring them? Are there things you have done or offered that have not gone down well? Do you feel compelled to wear or remove a particular item of clothing?
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Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 8:59 am
I'm really not sure, I've offered all sorts of stuff over the years. Maybe that's why I haven't been connecting so well lately... gonk
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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:23 am
For the most part I have to say that the Gods simply don't appreciate offerings that are insincere, or ill-thought of.
They understand when we're not flush with prosperity - but if all you can do is offer a candle of an appropriate colour, do that: don't try to give them whatever else you might have laying around that won't be appropriate, simply because it's all you've got.
Most of my UPG around making offerings is just that: offer appropriately. I've seen so many people just sort of offer whatever, without thought - I figure if it irks me, it definetely can't please the deity in question.
Sacrifice (which is different than offering) is along the same lines. Be sincere! If you are making a sacrifice, MEAN it: it should be something that you have invested time and energy into and will definetely miss.
And after you give it to them? It's theirs. It doesn't belong to you anymore - you can't use it, or wear it, or eat it, or drink it, unless that's the deity in question's desire.
In my experience, the Gods will let you know one way or the other whether they like something, or dislike it. Sometimes it's subtle - something might vanish, or keep falling off the shrine. Sometimes it's not - you might find an article of clothing torn or stained, a glass broken, a drink untouched, incense unburned.
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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 7:14 pm
Along those lines, I once offered Odinn peach schnapps because it was the only alcohol I had. He didn't like it. (On the other hand, Tyr seemed to find it vaguely amusing.)
The Goddess I worship doesn't like it when I wear my glasses during ritual or prayer. She doesn't break them or anything but I can sense a sort of displeasure when I wear them that disappears when I take them off. I don't know why this is. *shrug*
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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 7:35 pm
Sanguina Cruenta Along those lines, I once offered Odinn peach schnapps because it was the only alcohol I had. He didn't like it. (On the other hand, Tyr seemed to find it vaguely amusing.) The Goddess I worship doesn't like it when I wear my glasses during ritual or prayer. She doesn't break them or anything but I can sense a sort of displeasure when I wear them that disappears when I take them off. I don't know why this is. *shrug* How did you know that he didn't like it?
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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 7:50 pm
Namikikyo How did you know that he didn't like it? Same way you can tell if a god accepts an offering in a general sense. He seemed pretty unimpressed. He accepted it, but it was a sort of "this time only" sort of thing. It's certainly not something I'll be offering him again. I don't have concrete proof wink It's just the impression that I got, in the same way that I got the impression that Loki wanted Cointreau. *shrug*
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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 10:47 pm
You just get that feeling then, that you can't describe but that you know?
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Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:02 am
Sanguina Cruenta The Goddess I worship doesn't like it when I wear my glasses during ritual or prayer. She doesn't break them or anything but I can sense a sort of displeasure when I wear them that disappears when I take them off. I don't know why this is. *shrug* The majority of the deities I've encountered in posession rites take a person's glasses off. Some understand that they're to improve vision. Others seem to regard them as a mask, and don't want anything 'hiding' your eyes from them.
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Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 8:19 am
Morgandria Sanguina Cruenta The Goddess I worship doesn't like it when I wear my glasses during ritual or prayer. She doesn't break them or anything but I can sense a sort of displeasure when I wear them that disappears when I take them off. I don't know why this is. *shrug* The majority of the deities I've encountered in posession rites take a person's glasses off. Some understand that they're to improve vision. Others seem to regard them as a mask, and don't want anything 'hiding' your eyes from them. That's kinda cool. blaugh
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Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 8:59 pm
Is there just a God and a Goddess? Or are there many more?
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Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 10:05 pm
KoiRaPopZoX Is there just a God and a Goddess? Or are there many more? That rather depends on who you ask wink Some believe that there's just one of each, and that all other ones (like Hera, Quetzacoatl etc) are just "aspects" or faces of that god and goddess. This is called "soft polytheism". Others (like me) believe that each god and goddess is a distinct and individual entity. As for numbers, there could be thousands, for all I know.
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Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 6:16 pm
I'm quite new to this, so please pardon my ignorance ^^;
But what are traditional offerings to the Gods? Are certain things preferable to different deities?
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Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 6:57 pm
Sanguina Cruenta Namikikyo How did you know that he didn't like it? Same way you can tell if a god accepts an offering in a general sense. He seemed pretty unimpressed. He accepted it, but it was a sort of "this time only" sort of thing. It's certainly not something I'll be offering him again. I don't have concrete proof wink It's just the impression that I got, in the same way that I got the impression that Loki wanted Cointreau. *shrug* "An impression is worth a thousand words." I think that is how the saying goes.
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Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 2:49 am
Aislin Artiers I'm quite new to this, so please pardon my ignorance ^^; But what are traditional offerings to the Gods? Are certain things preferable to different deities? Traditional offers differ from pantheon to pantheon. Reading the relevant histories and myths will give you some ideas. Milk and honey for Egyptian, meat and mead for Norse, wine and oil for Greek. Even within pantheons some gods will prefer some things over others. I wouldn't offer Poseidon olive oil because he lost Athens to Athena over olives (although for all I know it was a traditional offer to him as much as anyone else).
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Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 3:29 pm
Thorns and Spices Aislin Artiers I'm quite new to this, so please pardon my ignorance ^^; But what are traditional offerings to the Gods? Are certain things preferable to different deities? Traditional offers differ from pantheon to pantheon. Reading the relevant histories and myths will give you some ideas. Milk and honey for Egyptian, meat and mead for Norse, wine and oil for Greek. Even within pantheons some gods will prefer some things over others. I wouldn't offer Poseidon olive oil because he lost Athens to Athena over olives (although for all I know it was a traditional offer to him as much as anyone else). Okay thank you ^_^ That was very helpful.
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