I'm new to paganism. I'm pretty sure some god or goddess wants me to do something, considering how fortunate I've been recently. How do I tell who? I don't even know what pantheon to look at... I have only faint ideas about how this paganism stuff works.
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I guess I'm a little confused... Why do you think a god or goddess wants you to do something? If you've been receiving good fortune, that's great! I'm happy for you But I don't think it necessarily means you were given it with an expectation that you have to do something... That's just my perspective, I could very well be wrong.
You could give thanks for your good luck to some Deity that calls out to you though, if you wanted. Picking out the deity to give thanks to... that's something you have to figure out for yourself. In your shoes, I'd do a lot of research first on any pantheons and individual deities that I felt drawn too and then meditating to try and contact the deities to see if we 'click'.
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If a Power has a plan for you then either they'll inform you or they'll just throw relevant matters at you to move you along. There's no real need and several good reasons not to go actively looking for destiny. Be who you are, act as you feel is right and let destiny take care of itself.life itself was a lightsaber in his hands; even in the face of treachery and death and hopes gone cold, he burned like a candle in the darkness. Like a star shining in the black eternity of space.
Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
"But those men who know anything at all about the Light also know that there is a fierceness to its power, like the bare sword of the law, or the white burning of the sun." Suddenly his voice sounded to Will very strong, and very Welsh. "At the very heart, that is. Other things, like humanity, and mercy, and charity, that most good men hold more precious than all else, they do not come first for the Light. Oh, sometimes they are there; often, indeed. But in the very long run the concern of you people is with the absolute good, ahead of all else..."
John Rowlands, The Grey King by Susan Cooper
"You come from the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve", said Aslan. "And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth; be content."
Aslan, Prince Caspian by CS Lewis
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Just say thank you to the universe at large...it can sort out where it goes from there.Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of HistoryPagan Devotionals, because the wind and the rain is our Bible
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Originally posted by AchUndKrach View PostI'm new to paganism. I'm pretty sure some god or goddess wants me to do something, considering how fortunate I've been recently. How do I tell who? I don't even know what pantheon to look at... I have only faint ideas about how this paganism stuff works.
Could you perhaps elaborate on why you think that a deity wishes you to do something? Any other signs than good fortune?
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Originally posted by AchUndKrach View PostI'm new to paganism. I'm pretty sure some god or goddess wants me to do something, considering how fortunate I've been recently. How do I tell who? I don't even know what pantheon to look at... I have only faint ideas about how this paganism stuff works.śivāya vishnu rūpaya śivaḥ rūpaya vishnave
śivasya hridayam viṣṇur viṣṇoscha hridayam śivaḥ
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Re: Patron deity
Originally posted by AchUndKrach View PostI'm new to paganism. I'm pretty sure some god or goddess wants me to do something, considering how fortunate I've been recently. How do I tell who? I don't even know what pantheon to look at... I have only faint ideas about how this paganism stuff works.
I hope this is helpful. My apologies for the length.
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