Malachite
This is a thought that occurred to me the other day, so I thought I'd share it...
I'm newly converted to the Norse faith...by a few months or so...Its one of things you know you always Believed, it just hadn't occurred to me....
I'm still exploring exactly 'what' each god stands for....I mean, I have all the info, and I know what the ideas are, but I still have to actually try and really comprehend what each god/ess represents...just knowing it isn;t the same...
And this is what I thought.....
Do you have to experience something from a god/ess's domain in order to comprehend them?...
I comprehend Freyja pretty well, but then I'm a pretty standard teenager, with the usual emtional and romantic complications, so it stands to reason..
Also, I understand Heimdall pretty well, since I run my life in a way that allows me to understand his character quite easily...
And, having got absolutley blotted (for the last time, i swear) last week, I'm feeling far more in tune with Thor...
SO...do you need some kind of domain-experience in order to bond to your gods?
This probably only applies to polytheistic faiths...where there is actually a division of domains...
so...does this make sense?
Malachite
I'm newly converted to the Norse faith...by a few months or so...Its one of things you know you always Believed, it just hadn't occurred to me....
I'm still exploring exactly 'what' each god stands for....I mean, I have all the info, and I know what the ideas are, but I still have to actually try and really comprehend what each god/ess represents...just knowing it isn;t the same...
And this is what I thought.....
Do you have to experience something from a god/ess's domain in order to comprehend them?...
I comprehend Freyja pretty well, but then I'm a pretty standard teenager, with the usual emtional and romantic complications, so it stands to reason..
Also, I understand Heimdall pretty well, since I run my life in a way that allows me to understand his character quite easily...
And, having got absolutley blotted (for the last time, i swear) last week, I'm feeling far more in tune with Thor...
SO...do you need some kind of domain-experience in order to bond to your gods?
This probably only applies to polytheistic faiths...where there is actually a division of domains...
so...does this make sense?
Malachite