Pagans, as a general rule, can be a pretty creative bunch. To us the Divine is immanent, present, within all of nature around us. This can lead us to being pretty romantic about the way we view our Divine, in the beauty of a sunset, in the glistening dew shimmering upon a spiders web, in the blossoming flower, in the flight of fragile birds above us. Not many find beauty in the bloated corpse of those same birds at the end of their life, in the teeming maggots that feed upon it, in the stench of death and decay. We do, theoretically, understand the balance and duality of the Divine and respect what many view as the dark side of the God/dess. Almost as if these aspects of Divinity are two sides of one coin, we understand the whole coin but we most often view just one face. We expect the coin to land heads up every time, and when we see tails many turn and run. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Divine’
The Other Side of Divine
Posted: December 4, 2013 in Inner Journey, Pagan Perspectives, Thoughts on LifeTags: Dark Goddess, Divine, Divine Aspects, Duality, Immanence, Shadow Self
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Many Gods, One Divine
Posted: November 17, 2013 in Pagan PerspectivesTags: Aspects, Divine, Divinity, God, Goddess, Immanence, Pagan, Perception, Personal Identity, Priestess, Reality, Spirituality, Universe
I have often been asked:
“If the Divine is all one,
how can there be so many Gods and Goddesses?”
I am but one body of flesh and bone and sinew, comprised of the genetics of millions who came before me. I am but one body, made of billions of cells that act without my conscious interference, a single entity made of stardust of the universe. When I die my physical form does not cease to exist, it transforms and feeds back into the universe. I am unique, but recycled and recyclable. Therefore I am one, yet also a part of the all that is, ever was or will be.
The Poet Priestess 