Have you ever felt torn between 2 kinds of worship? Two pantheons of Gods with their own different names and rituals?
I started off a Wiccan some years ago. I worshiped the Triple Goddess, and she still holds a sacred place in my heart. Later on I began researching and eventually worshiping and making offerings to Greek Gods and Goddesses. I still firmly believe that Aphrodite gave me the passion and strength in my heart to ask out my boyfriend, who I'm still with after 4 years. The Titan Gaia has also offered me wisdom and inspiration, as well as Apollo, Hera, Demeter, Persephone and Artemis.
So for a while I primarily worshiped these deities, but I /sort of/ remained open to other paths. When ever I made offerings, I made them with all Gods in mind.
Recently I've taken a interest in Norse Paganism (Heathenism). I have a Norse and Germanic background in my family (but really, my family comes from all over Europe). Anyway, I've actually been familiar with the lore and mythology of Norse Paganism since I was little because of the stories my mom would tell me. But recently something's happened.
A certain Heathen God pretty much just sprang out of the woodwork and made contact with me. My reaction was pretty much "Oh my goodness, what on Earth is happening and why did you make contact with me?" To which he pretty much told me not to question it. So I figured it wasn't my place wonder why. I left him offerings in return for reaching out to me, since he was the very first God to ever do so.
But now I feel like I'm at a crossroads. I know a lot of Heathens are very protective of their religion and their customs and I'm very much new to it. And I haven't really "let go" of my Greek deities, nor do I really want to. But the Gods and Goddesses of those religions are completely separate beings.
ugh, I just don't really know what to do. Has anyone else ever felt like this? Where you have two different sets of deities that you both honor and hold in your heart and you feel like you can't chose? Is it wrong to still honor both?
I started off a Wiccan some years ago. I worshiped the Triple Goddess, and she still holds a sacred place in my heart. Later on I began researching and eventually worshiping and making offerings to Greek Gods and Goddesses. I still firmly believe that Aphrodite gave me the passion and strength in my heart to ask out my boyfriend, who I'm still with after 4 years. The Titan Gaia has also offered me wisdom and inspiration, as well as Apollo, Hera, Demeter, Persephone and Artemis.
So for a while I primarily worshiped these deities, but I /sort of/ remained open to other paths. When ever I made offerings, I made them with all Gods in mind.
Recently I've taken a interest in Norse Paganism (Heathenism). I have a Norse and Germanic background in my family (but really, my family comes from all over Europe). Anyway, I've actually been familiar with the lore and mythology of Norse Paganism since I was little because of the stories my mom would tell me. But recently something's happened.
A certain Heathen God pretty much just sprang out of the woodwork and made contact with me. My reaction was pretty much "Oh my goodness, what on Earth is happening and why did you make contact with me?" To which he pretty much told me not to question it. So I figured it wasn't my place wonder why. I left him offerings in return for reaching out to me, since he was the very first God to ever do so.
But now I feel like I'm at a crossroads. I know a lot of Heathens are very protective of their religion and their customs and I'm very much new to it. And I haven't really "let go" of my Greek deities, nor do I really want to. But the Gods and Goddesses of those religions are completely separate beings.
ugh, I just don't really know what to do. Has anyone else ever felt like this? Where you have two different sets of deities that you both honor and hold in your heart and you feel like you can't chose? Is it wrong to still honor both?
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