Mythos Lady
Pagans, do you feel a personal relationship with the gods or nature?
I spent a few hours today reading some wonderful stories from Norse mythology--the grisly tale of the mead that be...
Mythos Lady
Pagans, do you feel a personal relationship with the gods or nature?
I spent a few hours today reading some wonderful stories from Norse mythology--the grisly tale of the mead that bestows poetic inspiration, the nightmares of Balder, Ragnarok, among others--and it made me wonder whether pagans who gravitate toward the Norse mythos feel a personal relationship with the gods in the way that Christians describe having a personal relationship with their Abrahamic God.
Similar question for other kinds of pagans. Do you feel a personal relationship with the Lord and Lady, the Celtic gods and goddesses, or with Nature itself?
No responses after an hour. I guess I asked the question badly. Shame; I was really curious about this one.
Outstanding answers. Thank you all for giving me a glimpse into your faith-lives so I can understand you a little better. As a Unitarian Universalist, I like to learn.
I can't speak for all Pagans, but I am Neo-Hellenic and I maintain a very close personal relationship with Eos, Hermes and Aphrodite. I pray to them, meditate on them, talk to them and give offerings to them and they visit me in my dreams, comfort me when I need it, scold me (gently) when I need it and give me gentle nudges when I need guidance. I honor other Gods, of course, but I am closest on a personal level to those three.
Many Pagans, myself included, feel a personal connection to Nature in the sense that we are part of it and it is part of us. We cannot be separated from it, we are intimately bound. It's a little difficult, however, to have a personal relationship with Nature because Nature is (by it's um... nature) impersonal. It doesn't care whether you like it or not, whether you recycle, or whether you throw your cigarette butts on the ground- as an individual. When Nature throws us a tornado, it's not going to carefully maneuver around the Pagans who love it and aim for the giant polluting factory. The destruction of Nature is blind. It also doesn't generally talk to you. Individual parts of Nature communicate, but Nature as a whole just doesn't care about you as an individual. That's how it should be and we respect it for that.
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The trips that ran on pure impulse are the once we remember. Mine began on the 3rd of June 2009 to Greece, a 24 hour flight from Sydney to Zurich , Zurich to Athens, the longest way is the only way when your on a budget.
After arriving there was the task of finding a hostel I decided on the Aphrodite Hostel. It was only a train ride from the airport station. Leaving little room to get lost.
The hostel had three levels of dorms, with bunk beds. The less bunk beds the higher the price so I shared with four other people paying $25.00 a night. The hostel had a cute little bar where I spent most of my time drinking nothing other than Mythos beer. The showers had one door leading into a room separated into two one shower for ladies and the other for men, great place to meet the other house mates.
The13 hour boat ride to Ios leaves three times a day, on Hellenic seaways, coasting me 52.00 euro (the slow ferry) during peak season.
Being a young back packer all I wanted was a good party and Ios lived up to it name The Island Of Sin. This Greek island is run with backpackers, and is a great place to go if you're a bit short on money and want to enjoy the sun and just party. You can get a easy job working on the door at the clubs, earning about 30 euro a night, which is not much but it pays for accommodation and alcohol, and that's all you really need. If you planed to stay for the entire season which I recommend, I would recommend finding a apartment in the village, the earlier you get there the cheaper it is and the more lenient the tenant on keeping the price per night the same. Apartments in the village are closer to the clubs meaning you don't have to crawl to far to bed.
If you can pull yourself out of bed around 3 in the afternoon, you can hire a quad bike and drive around and see the rest of the island and its beautiful beaches. To rent is about 7 euro an hour, where as in high season they kick off around 10 -12 and hour.
One of my favourite places in the world to watch the sunset and listen to some life music is The Harmony restaurant, which is located at the top of the cliff looking over the beach.
Happy hours is between 6 and 7 where you can get a ‘staffy' which is a hamburger and chips which you can wash down with a huge jug of sangria which is only 5 euro, and is great place to start every night.
The only problem with this place is wanting to leave, after spending 3 months there you create a new normal and when that's gone the withdrawal symptoms kick in and the only thing left is reality. enjoy!!
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