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Oct. 10th, 2006 02:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
badstarAs 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!"
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!"
