So I'm right now sorting through what I believe, but I'm having a hard time figuring out how to word it so that, say, it can fit easily into the religion section under my name.
Basically, it goes like this. I believe that there is probably one major overarching deity who is all loving, who may or may not be directly connected to the fabric of the universe itself. After that, I believe there are probably other major deities and/or beings that are in higher planes, but not necessarily different "faces" of the one main deity.
Following that, I believe there are what most people would call gods and goddesses that are more connected to our current plane, and that a lot of pantheons that worship different gods/goddesses would fall under this category, with the more major ones being of higher planes.
I also believe there are more "regular" spirits that are all around us, I currently call them earth spirits, but that may change over time. These wouldn't be necessarily equated to gods or goddesses, but rather more similar to the Shinto Kami, or the even the Celtic Fairy, and I believe there's many kinds of these, that exist on planes close or farther away from us.
So my predicament is that when trying to describe this in a nutshell, the term soft polytheist wouldn't quite work, because I believe that many deities aren't necessarily faces of the "grand divine." But I feel hard polytheist wouldn't work quite well either, because that would give the expectation that this grand divine I believe in is on the same level as other gods and goddesses, which I don't really think is the case.
While these views may, and probably will change over time, does anyone have any idea as to how I can describe this? Any wide range of responses would be appreciated.
Basically, it goes like this. I believe that there is probably one major overarching deity who is all loving, who may or may not be directly connected to the fabric of the universe itself. After that, I believe there are probably other major deities and/or beings that are in higher planes, but not necessarily different "faces" of the one main deity.
Following that, I believe there are what most people would call gods and goddesses that are more connected to our current plane, and that a lot of pantheons that worship different gods/goddesses would fall under this category, with the more major ones being of higher planes.
I also believe there are more "regular" spirits that are all around us, I currently call them earth spirits, but that may change over time. These wouldn't be necessarily equated to gods or goddesses, but rather more similar to the Shinto Kami, or the even the Celtic Fairy, and I believe there's many kinds of these, that exist on planes close or farther away from us.
So my predicament is that when trying to describe this in a nutshell, the term soft polytheist wouldn't quite work, because I believe that many deities aren't necessarily faces of the "grand divine." But I feel hard polytheist wouldn't work quite well either, because that would give the expectation that this grand divine I believe in is on the same level as other gods and goddesses, which I don't really think is the case.
While these views may, and probably will change over time, does anyone have any idea as to how I can describe this? Any wide range of responses would be appreciated.
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