I am Irish/Native American, but I do not necessarily call for Celtic deities' assistance in my spells. Nor do I call for the Great Spirit. I hold that deity is both male and female and the names and pantheons are just arche-types.
Even when making Holy Water, I use the Rituale Romonum of the Catholic Church.
Does anyone else hold similar beliefs?
2007-09-26 09:18:18 · 12 answers · asked by tempest_twilight2003 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
You just asked this. :D
Yes, I am also a non-theistic Pagan. To me, the gods are archetypes and used primarily for symbolism.
2007-09-26 09:26:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am pagan and do not hold to any specific pantheon. I tend to use what is convenient at the time, as I see deities as little more than massive egregores that have no specific creator. They each have certain charactersistics programmed into them and given energy by worship. I call on whatever diety (which rarely occurs) happens to have the characteristics I am looking for at that moment.
2007-09-26 21:10:35 · answer #2 · answered by c i 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do. I am mexican, and sometimes in our rituals we'll call the mexica or mayan deities if the date has any special bonus to do so. I have a thing for celtic deities, but sometimes I like to work with egyptian deities. I also believe they are arche-types, and sometimes I relate to an arque-type more easily than other days or other arque-types, depending on many factors. But all in all, we are all calling the assistance of the same God, call it what you like.
2007-09-26 18:11:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Considering that Wicca is a recent phenomenon that merely acculturates pagan rituals, it is by, definition, a smattering of older beliefs in an inaccurate context. So calling on the maximum of possibilities would be the most honest way to go.
2007-09-26 16:33:26 · answer #4 · answered by damlovash 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that deities are real. Both of my patrons are "Celtic", but one is Gaulish and one Irish. I am not Irish or French at all (although I'm English, Scottish, Welsh and Dutch, all part of the larger Celtic lands) and do not see my ethnicity as particularly applicable.
2007-09-26 16:31:12 · answer #5 · answered by Nightwind 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm also a non-theistic pagan who views deities as archetypes. My spiritual views are much more Taoist, in point of fact.
But paganism provides a satisfying approach to everyday spiritual practice that jives with my views of cyclical thinking, meditation, celebration of life, and the summoning and direction of energy.
2007-09-26 16:49:00 · answer #6 · answered by KC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I also do not call on deitys or the great spirit. I use rose water in my spell work hope this helps
2007-09-26 18:10:32 · answer #7 · answered by preistess 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have a drawing to the mesopotamian pantheon but I recognize and study all Gods and Goddesses.
2007-09-26 18:01:58 · answer #8 · answered by Zimmia 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Being of The Lore, I study all Gods and Goddesses but adhere solely to none.
2007-09-26 16:34:40 · answer #9 · answered by Terry 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sort of. My mom taught me the "old religion" and my dad was Native American.
It's a mish mosh, but close:)
2007-09-26 19:43:26 · answer #10 · answered by The Grand Inquisitor 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋