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As to names, I had a HUGE problem with that at one time. Because of seeing the energies as energies and not people, I found it hard to give them names. However, the more I worked with the energy, the more I realised that it changes.It feels different depending on your purpose. I had been in the habit of addressing the Dieties as Lord and Lady, since it seemed to side step the need for names.

Then, I did a couple of big rituals with other people, and I began to realise that you need to give the individual energies names to identify them. For instance, Aphrodite is love energy, Pan is sexual, Hecate is wisdom and divination.

I hate statements like this. I really do.


Is that all you think of the gods? Just slap a label on "the energy" and you have 'em pigeonholed? Good grief. It's like sorting a laundry pile "Uh...I dunno where to put the Dionysus sock! Is he a drug god or a theater god, or wine or...or...or...he has to fit neatly into one pile!"

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[leiacat.livejournal.com]

*shrug* Substitute "I" for "you" where appropriate, and don't read it as prescriptivist. This one needs to label his deities to be able to deal with them. That's what works for him - so what's inherently wrong with him interacting with his gods that way? Some people are like that. If there's a problem, they might object themselves, but I don't think you get to make fun of his methods.

[resident-geek.livejournal.com]

'Course she gets to make fun of his methods. :) The notion that all ideas are equally valid has long since been shown to be silly. Doubly so with religion.

Besides, what fun is it if you can't knock someone else's gods? Hermes would disapprove of this poo-pooing.

[leiacat.livejournal.com]

True, it's her own LJ, and she gets to do as she wills in it.

However, what he does in his silly way is no more (nor less) silly than anyone else's silly way. And, of course, it's everyone's priviledge to find their own silly way superior to all others.

Had someone made fun of my own silly ways, I'd be cross.