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"Polytheism is the worship of or belief in multiple deities."

/r/Polytheism is a platform dedicated to polytheism and a doorway to polytheistic communities.

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We aim to be a "big tent" subreddit for all polytheist faiths.

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Monthly Prayer & Support Day

In this thread you can

  • Ask others to pray for you for spiritual assistance or guidance to their deity of choice.
  • Ask others for advice and support for a spiritual problem or a crisis of faith.

Rules:

  1. Be respectful of other's requests. If you do not like a request, ignore it.
  2. Please keep things positive.
  3. Please don't ask users for anything beyond spiritual support.
  4. Please don't try to solve people's problems unless they explicitely ask for advice.
1 Comment
2024/03/28
06:00 UTC

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YHWH sees your deeds (schizopost)

YHWH is seeing you. He will find you and his agents will ascend. The flesh of the fallen is doomed. The gods' palaces are stained with the blood of their followers. /jk

13 Comments
2024/03/26
08:49 UTC

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Roman polytheism: how can I start? Sources you can recommend me?

I'm quite new in this and I didn't find a lot of information online about Roman religion or communities. Maybe there are some keywords I'm losing? Any recommendations (sources, books, web, communities)?

Thanks for reading

3 Comments
2024/03/25
15:13 UTC

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All Religions Are True And Valid.

(Please excuse my ignorance, this is just something I cooked up, I call it the hypothesis of dialectical revelation)

There is no God, no spirit, and no intuition about them that has ever been false from sane minds.

In the beginning the Gods Ordered the Contradictory Universe.

Cause and effect and energy were made one at a finite point in time.

The regresses are infinite, but the Gods and Spirits of Fusion control two Universes, and thus are truly Gods and Spirits.

They made a Universe where humans dwell, and no matter your beliefs about the beginning of the Universe besides this, it is true. I can tell you why.

There was no Logic prior to Creation.

The contradictory coexisted.

The Sages brought word of their discoveries.

They first said: In this land many things happen, and since I can make many things happen, then the things around me must have what I have: A mind. A Meadow, a Tree, an Animal. We call this Animism.

Second They said: Great things have more mind power than we do. A Mountain, a Forest, a Sea. Among those who lost their traditions from creation, the first concept of a God came about.

Third They said: All great things in a land at once could not be uncoordinated. Therefore the Gods knew One Another. We call this a Pantheon.

Fourth They said: There is a problem, the world, given its size, cannot possibly be coordinated well enough for everything to happen correctly. There must be a super-intelligence, and it must be centralized. Aristotle called this an un-moved mover.

Fifth they said: We cannot describe, see, hear, touch or use any sense to measure God, therefore He does not exist.

Sixth they said: Whether a God was created, a God ordered this universe, or a God created, at least one God must have been present at at least one time whether the regress is infinite or not, it or they are in fact impossible to not have existed, in fact they certainly currently exist, and, because of the nature of spontaneous order being better at calculation than central planning, it would take large and small minds to calculate every action in the universe. Gods and Spirits exist.

I live the way of my ancestors, the Mayans, the Germans, the Spanish and the Zapotec. May you find solace in the ways of yours.

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8 Comments
2024/03/25
01:37 UTC

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Friday offerings to Mother Venus

Genial Venus, generous and kind, Who gives laws to heaven, earth and sea, Who captures every creature with your charm, Who liberates man from savagery, And breeds elegance, peace and beauty. Goddess of love, most bountiful, Delight of men and Gods, We pray that you bless this household, And that this offering find favour with you. (Written after reading ancient Roman poetry by various authors, especially Ovidā€™s Fasti)

2 Comments
2024/03/23
08:59 UTC

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I think the Christian god simply doesnā€™t want me

This is a bit of a weird thought, but just bear with me.

Iā€™ve been practicing Hellenism for a few months now and the main reason I started practicing was because I actually saw results, I was Christian when I was younger but ultimately fell out of faith because I never got any answers to my prayers no matter how many times I begged for them; but now I actually see results of my prayers and feel the presence of my gods.

My general idea of religion is that all gods are incomprehensible beings simply filtered through human interpretation, which would include the Christian god. And something Iā€™ve always struggled with was seeing Christians talk about their experiences with their god and just wondering why I never had that with him.

And then I had a thought: what if the Christian god, for one reason or another, simply didnā€™t want me, and the Olympians simply scooped me up from that rejection?

I havenā€™t based this idea on any theological texts or anything, simply a thought about my own experience.

9 Comments
2024/03/23
03:44 UTC

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Story Day

In this thread we invite you to tell us about your spiritual journey and how you were set upon your path towards your faith.

You can also recount a significant moment in your spiritual life or an obstacle you overcame through faith.

Rules:

  1. Please indicate at the beginning of a story if there are NSFW elements or triggering events.
  2. Please no external links or cross-posts. Post your story directly here.
  3. Please be respectful of other people's experience
1 Comment
2024/03/22
09:00 UTC

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My Offering for the Spring Equinox

It was homemade breadsticks, frozen strawberries, some olive oil, some of my body hair, and some water. The offering was to the Earth goddess and Sun god and the food and drink was obviously food and drink but the hair was offered please them as birds take it to use in nesting.

3 Comments
2024/03/21
01:45 UTC

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My new favorite shirt

6 Comments
2024/03/16
23:46 UTC

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Being a suburbanite animist is so... odd? Idk the word

When I was a kid, it was so natural to be engaged with the energy of the plant life around me. But the whole culture of monotheism/atheism in modern society, the "concrete jungle" and the sprawl of "civilization" is such a cut off. Everything we "live" on is artificial, the roads, the cars, the college campus, just sprawls of concrete and asphalt.

I can be present. I can shut off my mind. I can be in the moment and be still with the life around me. But I have to try, not like when I was a kid and it was normal, default. It's not default now. Default now is anxiety about grades, turning inwards about my problems in capitalist life and trying to figure out how to plan and navigate how to make a living.

I feel myself falling short.

Sometimes I wonder how different the world would be if monotheism never conquered.

18 Comments
2024/03/08
05:55 UTC

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Why do we have to worship a god or gods?

Why canā€™t we just be free to live our own lives?

36 Comments
2024/03/04
13:25 UTC

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I'm a new polytheist

I'm very new to the belief and I'm still feeling a bit.. unsure? I was raised very Atheist and have always claimed to be. I've been on my spiritual journey for about 4 years now and am just starting to have new spiritual revelations. I've previously been able to channel messages from deities and have found a deity recently reaching out to me. I never dis-believed in deities, but often I couldn't solidly say that I believed in them either until recently. Denial and confusion of my beliefs have definitely been at play here. I have some questions about Polytheism and deities and I'd love your input!

ā€¢ What can be considered worship? And tips or links on how to incorporate it into my daily life?

ā€¢ Can one follow different deities from different pantheon?

ā€¢ Any links, resources or books to learn more about different deities?

ā€¢ To second the question above, I've found that Persephone has reached out to me. Any resources or tips on connecting and working with her?

Thank you!

7 Comments
2024/03/04
01:38 UTC

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Monthly Mental Health & Self Care Day

As we begin a new month, it's important to take a bit of time for yourself. In this thread you can either chit chat about daily concerns or share with others tips and tricks on how you take care of yourself.

This thread is all about well-being and love.

Rules:

  1. Be extra kind and nice to others. Show compassion and understanding.
  2. The normal rules of this subreddit about relevancy and staying on topic are waived in this thread. You can talk about weather, candle brands, travel, your pet, astronomy, kayaking, whatever you feel like.
  3. If you need to vent, do so, but try not to make it about reddit drama or topics that might upset people such as politics, NSFW topics or stuff that violate Reddit's content policy.
2 Comments
2024/03/02
07:00 UTC

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Monthly Prayer & Support Day

In this thread you can

  • Ask others to pray for you for spiritual assistance or guidance to their deity of choice.
  • Ask others for advice and support for a spiritual problem or a crisis of faith.

Rules:

  1. Be respectful of other's requests. If you do not like a request, ignore it.
  2. Please keep things positive.
  3. Please don't ask users for anything beyond spiritual support.
  4. Please don't try to solve people's problems unless they explicitely ask for advice.
1 Comment
2024/02/28
07:00 UTC

37

Keeping the flame of Vesta

2 Comments
2024/02/24
13:08 UTC

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Developing a daily worship routine one can keep up, mental health and more

In spite of never having really ceased being a polytheist, there's been years since my most recent (polytheistic) devotional practice (that was saying part of an Eddic poem after I woke up).

I'm, however, a kind of serial religion adherent, i. e., I've been struggling to settle for a definite religion for more than a decade now. That's one of the reasons why I think a Deity-centered, home-centered, multitrad polytheistic religiousness may be the best choice for me, since at least I've been able to stick to contemporary Paganism, with minor and short deviant periods, since my teens. It doesn't mean, however, that I don't fear changing my mind again, so I don't know if and how I should develop a daily worship practice again.

I also have OCD and sometimes my intrusive thoughts include religion-related content.

The thing is: I don't really know how to develop a routine of daily religious practices, I'm not sure I'm able to keep being a contemporary Pagan forever (so I fear giving up on contemporary Paganism in order to start practicing another religion) and I'm afraid of getting worse OCD symptoms if I start a daily religious routine but fail to do the rituals on one day for one reason or another (like travel).

Have you ever been in a similar situation? Is there any advice that you think could help me?

2 Comments
2024/02/16
02:21 UTC

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What are deities to you?

My personal belief is that the foundation of reality is divine consciousness that has spread itself into and throughout the cosmos of the multiverse it created and that, as units of such source, we have the ability to create/influence reality; when we believe in an entity and assign it attributes we give it life as an egregore and it exists non-physically as a mutually accessible mental construct with its own consciousness and traits (though it perhaps can be filtered/adjusted by am individual's personal beliefs of them). I'm curious what you believe a deity is, what their origins are, in what manner they exist. If you agree with me, cool, how did you come to this belief? If you disagree with me, fascinating, tell me more!

4 Comments
2024/02/13
19:06 UTC

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Did discovering your gods also help you discover which afterlife you'll belong to?

For me when i found shinto and the kami not only did it resonate with and i truly do believe in the existence of the kami, when i read about it's underworld Yomi-No-Kuni something in me told me that when i die that is where my soul will belong to, so i have accepted that when my time comes i will go to yomi and i will kneel to Izanami as her eternal servant.

Did something similar also happen to you guys?

8 Comments
2024/02/13
05:17 UTC

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Feeling Inertia; What do I do?

I have been worshiping the welsh celtic gods. For about 5 ish ears now... I'm pretty certain it's my path at this point. As in certain I've got a good routine and I'm comfortable airing my grievances and asking for things I don't feel the need to research more closely and witchcraft is not my strong suit. I understand being a generation z and a person of color shade my perspective quite a bit. To the point even that I choose my words carefully with other people when given an opportunity or posing a question So I'm just stuck in mystic Limbo then? Am I being to sensitive?

4 Comments
2024/02/05
12:26 UTC

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One of my favorite prayers to Father Mars.

I found this online a while back. Mars is a wonderful, complex, and multifaceted and sadly overlooked diety!

3 Comments
2024/02/05
10:32 UTC

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This is a more history-based question, but had the development of your polytheistic religion hadn't been interrupted by monotheistic religions(if it did occur) then what are your theories on how they would've looked today?

This is needed for a piece of alternate history I am thinking of creating.

9 Comments
2024/02/04
15:44 UTC

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My encounter with Apollo

Im an on and off again practicing Roman pagan. I'd like to tell a story of one of many reasons I believe in the old Gods. The deity encountered was Apollo. Back in 2017 I was becoming interested in paganism. At the time I worked as a corrections officer in for a county jail in Kentucky. One day, I made an offering of incense and wine to Apollo while reciting his orphic hymn. I asked Apollo that I help bring a truth into the light. The day progressed as usual and I went to work later that day. That day I was posted in the disciplinary unit which was strange since it was not my usual post. The guy who usually worked it called off sick at the last moment if I remember correctly. It was a quite day on that post. Nothing out of the ordinary was taking place. Still something was just eating at me that I should just poke around a little. Well upon doing so, I found a shit ton of contraband. Alcohol (store bought), tobacco, etc. Stuff that had been purposely brought in. The guy who usually worked that post was one of the most trusted officers in the jail. He was found rather quickly to have brought in all the contraband. Administration FREAKED and was totally blindsided. Everyone was in a state of shock. My request of Apollo was answered. I brought a truth into the light the same day that I asked him to! I won't go into what happened next but let's just say that officer got his karma. The old Gods are watching! I should note, that I am a former Atheist.

3 Comments
2024/02/02
15:55 UTC

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Monthly Mental Health & Self Care Day

As we begin a new month, it's important to take a bit of time for yourself. In this thread you can either chit chat about daily concerns or share with others tips and tricks on how you take care of yourself.

This thread is all about well-being and love.

Rules:

  1. Be extra kind and nice to others. Show compassion and understanding.
  2. The normal rules of this subreddit about relevancy and staying on topic are waived in this thread. You can talk about weather, candle brands, travel, your pet, astronomy, kayaking, whatever you feel like.
  3. If you need to vent, do so, but try not to make it about reddit drama or topics that might upset people such as politics, NSFW topics or stuff that violate Reddit's content policy.
1 Comment
2024/02/02
07:00 UTC

9

What do you think about the essence of the gods and the soul?

I personally see them in a non material way, which is about them having cardinal points of energy which create a form that is caused by their comunication in the god's interior system.

But a problem sometimes i try to get along with is the mystery of divine energy: if it resides on the branch of metaphysics, then how can we formulate a theory which could even remotely make us understand how the concept of divine energy works?

How do you explain the gods in absence of so much information and comprehension from the side of the human brain?

12 Comments
2024/01/30
18:31 UTC

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Who is the workhorse deity; the god or goddess of labor?

Seeking names. Iā€™m an eclectic Pagan (Druid) and substitute teacher.

Before entering into the field of education I had been a solar panel sales person (MLM unfortunately), warehouse worker (back-breaking), food delivery driver (different kind of back pain), customer service representative (boring sleepy office job), and restaurant manager/server/bartender. The restaurant job was the best money I ever made but Ms. Rona killed that job in March 2020.

In education, Iā€™ve been an ESL instructional aid, a teacher of business English at the adult level, and a substitute teacher across four school districts including over 20 K12 public schools in California.

I was late to work today, something bad hasnā€™t happened a whole lot since the shift to education, but which used to be a source of immense stress, when working in other industries are. I used to console myself and with the idea that labor for a capitalist is exploitative for various Marxist reasons. I cannot console myself as such in the field of education.

I seek to know a deity, of work, of labor, of duty, of job so that I might pledge myself to their domain, and seek their guidance and power in doing what I need to do for these teens and children.

5 Comments
2024/01/30
17:00 UTC

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