versus seeing them as varying manifestations of one or two higher creative spiritual powers? Just something I was curious about.
Please, only Pagans answer this one! I'm interested in each individual's thoughts, not brush stroke generalizations.
2007-10-19 04:36:28 · 13 answers · asked by average person Violated 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Reason77: I don't necessarily mean the anthropomorphic forms we give the pagan gods, but more whether or not they exist individualy, as some here have suggested they believe, versus a more pantheistic idea where there's an ultimate truth and each person sees "god[ess]" through their own prism or, like chaos magicians believe, that power beings are manifestations of Kia that we create with our own Will. There's no right answer, but I was curious about how many people think of their deities as individuals versus manifestations (and thus capable of being more than one god/goddess) of creative forces.
2007-10-19 04:59:19 · update #1
I refer you to my post here:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AhU6TH9Oe55ipoAN.1axq2zty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071013122001AAschvO&show=7#profile-info-uKgDVEWxaa
2007-10-19 04:58:07 · answer #1 · answered by Raven's Voice 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
this could be a good question. i think of diverse pagans will answer in a diverse way. i in my view have self belief they're diverse frequencies or religious personalities. some are small and playful, others efficient or perhaps risky to work together with. At some point, each and every thing interior the Universe is maximum in all probability an expression of a few form of popular, all-inclusive capability field. I refuse to treat that as a catch back into monotheism, it relatively is an extremely reductive, intellectually and emotionally proscribing religious perception gadget. the guy "gods" and "goddesses", if that's what you desire to call them, are guy or woman a minimum of to an identical degree that particular people are guy or woman.
2016-10-07 05:32:07 · answer #2 · answered by gearlds 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The latter. I believe the God and Goddess are manifestations of a single spiritual force. And I wouldn't only put my God/dess in that belief, I would include the God/s of other faiths as well. So to me, the Christian god is no less or more real than my own Goddess, (he) is just the proper manifestation for the Christians. Its all light through a prism, so to speak.
2007-10-19 04:47:35 · answer #3 · answered by Jennifer 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In my mind there really isn't difference. Many Gods as a manifestation of one or many Gods that aline themselves into good or evil. It's like asking is it one ocean or a trillion drops of water?
Even in Christianity philosophers have asked if God and Satan are separate or two manifestations of the same thing.
In the Pagan mind it's not being in the know that's important, the real action is being in the mystery. It's one reason why Pagans find fundamentalism absurd, how can you nail down the vastness of the spiritual universe to select passages in a book?
2007-10-19 04:56:40 · answer #4 · answered by brianjames04 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am Asatru. Much of our religion is based around the fact that we are the literal decendants of the gods. We honor our ancestors, therefore we honor our gods.
They are seperate individuals. They are NOT aspects of another being.
I am considered a Reconstructionalist. This means I do things the way my ancestors did. I follow the old ways they way they did or at the least to the very best of my knowledge. We do not change our belief system to suit. We are suited to the belief system.
Woot! I was at the top of your list! And it's Thrudheim LOL but yes he would very much agree as well. He's Asatru as well.
2007-10-19 04:47:58 · answer #5 · answered by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I believe in One Creator Spirit/Energy. I see Pagan Gods and Goddesses as facets of the One that we can relate to in different situations. As an older Pagan I find that I can relate to the Crone aspect of the Goddess better these days. She is a representation of the darker and wiser face of the Goddess. Each soul on Earth sees God differently. God has many names and faces.
2007-10-19 04:46:55 · answer #6 · answered by hedgewitch18 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Pretty much any Reconstructionist and a few Wiccans. All the Asatru, Hellenists, Kemetics, Celtic Recons, etc.
So, off the top of my head, Daughter, Hestia, Labgrrl, Thorsheim, etc.
2007-10-19 04:44:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wiccan.
Literal belief - whether to say a spiritual belief 'factually' exists or 'factually' does not - is missing the whole point of faith.
Truth is, it does not matter whether or not a deity exists or not in the factual sense. It is the faith in such that matters.
2007-10-19 04:44:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm a Wiccan who believes in the literal existence of my gods.
2007-10-19 06:34:18 · answer #9 · answered by Nightwind 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is kind of a confusing question for me... If you're referring to god as in Zeus sitting in his chair hangin on to a lightning bolt and a beer versus "divine" thoughtforms and energy.. I'd have to go with the energy. But that might resonate better for me because I work with energy in Reiki and whatnot...
Hope that helps. ^.^
I'm an eclectic witch, btw.
2007-10-19 04:48:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I believe that the god/dess is a source of personal power within ourselves. They help us to gather energy to perform spells and the courage to live our lives. They are us and we are them. I don't believe in a "higher power". The power is within yourself. These are my beliefs and Its fine with me if others disagree. I encourage every person to think for themselves. Religion should not define you anymore than the color of your skin. It is only your outward actions that can be judged.
2007-10-19 04:43:43 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋