siamesegoth2
November 4th, 2003, 03:46 PM
OK shoot me if this sounds in ANY WAY stupid. :RuNew:
i began looking towards paganism 6/7 months ago, with the huge change in my life, moving to france and not speaking the language and leaving behind the very few friends and 2 family memebers that still talk to me , i felt it was the right time , christianity held nothing for me, im not knocking it, everyone is entitled to their belifs and thats how it should be.I was married in a christian ceramony almost 4 years ago now.
But only 6 days ago, i "chose" my goddess , brighid, with being scottish, i felt a connection with the celtic deities and the mythology surrounding them.
And now after looking at the symbols of Brighid , vultures snakes fire etc etc, i feel she has somewhat been subtle about asking me to choose this path.
But now i have a problem. I have reserched my goddess, i do not yet have a god , but alot of the prayers ceremonies etc etc, are extreamly complex, and me being me , i dont want to try something im not ready for. How do i go about honouring my goddess? are ther simplified versions of prayer, without going through her family line to ask her to join me ,can meditation only, be a way of honouring my goddess, or do i have to learn the rituals? from what ive read in MW i see people pray to their chosen ones in very personal ways, but i want to know if there is a basic template you all work from.
I have begun making my alter, and so far its looking good, i was given a staue , brass, a few years back, of a woman holding a child , and i feel this bring together her maiden and mother aspects wonderfully, round the staues feet i have a pile of nuts, a tiny corn sheaf i made myself and a bundle of fresh lavender, being in france this stuff grows like weeds hehe, i have 2 candle holders decorated with blue and purple beads , my staff is behind the alter , i have a makeshift chalice, and an athme with a white handle depicting a stag near a stream, and in the metal a carved dragon. and to complete this a collage made by my son from yellow card and leaves, and then laminated.
any information would be good, on rituals, mediations and asking for her presance. i dont feel im doing brighid any justice by sitting twidling my thumbs , she is showing me signs to let me know she is there, there is a vulture colony on the mountain, with about 1000 + of the glorious creatures, and its rare that they come into the valley yet for 3 days i have seen and heard them, so i know she is being patient with me.
a confussed and lost Gothie :help:
i began looking towards paganism 6/7 months ago, with the huge change in my life, moving to france and not speaking the language and leaving behind the very few friends and 2 family memebers that still talk to me , i felt it was the right time , christianity held nothing for me, im not knocking it, everyone is entitled to their belifs and thats how it should be.I was married in a christian ceramony almost 4 years ago now.
But only 6 days ago, i "chose" my goddess , brighid, with being scottish, i felt a connection with the celtic deities and the mythology surrounding them.
And now after looking at the symbols of Brighid , vultures snakes fire etc etc, i feel she has somewhat been subtle about asking me to choose this path.
But now i have a problem. I have reserched my goddess, i do not yet have a god , but alot of the prayers ceremonies etc etc, are extreamly complex, and me being me , i dont want to try something im not ready for. How do i go about honouring my goddess? are ther simplified versions of prayer, without going through her family line to ask her to join me ,can meditation only, be a way of honouring my goddess, or do i have to learn the rituals? from what ive read in MW i see people pray to their chosen ones in very personal ways, but i want to know if there is a basic template you all work from.
I have begun making my alter, and so far its looking good, i was given a staue , brass, a few years back, of a woman holding a child , and i feel this bring together her maiden and mother aspects wonderfully, round the staues feet i have a pile of nuts, a tiny corn sheaf i made myself and a bundle of fresh lavender, being in france this stuff grows like weeds hehe, i have 2 candle holders decorated with blue and purple beads , my staff is behind the alter , i have a makeshift chalice, and an athme with a white handle depicting a stag near a stream, and in the metal a carved dragon. and to complete this a collage made by my son from yellow card and leaves, and then laminated.
any information would be good, on rituals, mediations and asking for her presance. i dont feel im doing brighid any justice by sitting twidling my thumbs , she is showing me signs to let me know she is there, there is a vulture colony on the mountain, with about 1000 + of the glorious creatures, and its rare that they come into the valley yet for 3 days i have seen and heard them, so i know she is being patient with me.
a confussed and lost Gothie :help: