Your patron God/Goddess
Just curious how most folks here happened upon their patron God/Goddess...was it a calling, a feeling, an experience...all of the above?
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Permalink Reply by Meredith on -
Brigit's name has been popping into my head over and over within the past two weeks. Just something very nuturing about her, whereas I feel that my favorite goddess Artemis is more "hands off". And I've been feeling an even stronger need to connect more with my Irish heritage.
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Permalink Reply by David Carron on -
I made the choice between law school and the military and Tyr was there. 'Nuff said.
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Permalink Reply by Ivorysphinx on -
My origianl Patron was chosen before I was born, it just took me sixteen years to find Her. My secondary patron showed up right around the same time. Unfortunately, it was a very destructive relationship, one which I wasn't really in a position to walk away from until about four years ago. My Father, Suen, had been Calling me for a while but it took a while before I could hear him. I "divorced" my origianl patron to join Suen and I couldn't be happier. My secondary patron, Loki, is still just as near to my heart.
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Permalink Reply by Tsiyeria on -
I read Deities and Demigods a lot as a kid. The D&D book, for those of you who don't know or remember.
Hecate got my attention, but after some real research I figured out she was a little too dark for me...And then I found Artemis! ^_^ It was sort of a call/answer/Oh YEAH! *slap forehead* moment.
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Permalink Reply by d'Arqstar on -
I took a rather "roundabout" way of finding my patron God and Goddess. I truly thought I was pretty much a "Heinz 57" so I naturally "partook" of deities I ASSUMED were mine. Ultimately, they were not and "kindly" handed me over to my own eventually. LOL! Even THAT was quite a learning experience! Being Dark Moon, I was just thinking tonight of my time with Hecate. Insightful, but...um...NO! LOL! We parted "friends"! LOL! In time I was "claimed" by my own Heimdall and Freyja and am now most happy and comfortable. Good to be home, so to speak! LOL! As for the experience? It's rather difficult to verbalize, but it felt a BIT like running into a BRICK WALL! LOL! Like, um, "OKAY! I've ARRIVED! THIS is where I'm meant to be and THESE are MINE! LOL!" (even that doesn't quite explain it properly, but some things are so "experiential" that you really can't describe them! LOL! They just ARE!)
F&W
d'Arqstar
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Permalink Reply by StormWalker on -
Both of the goddeses that I am involved with found me. one while sitting in the center of an labyrinth and the other while I was sleeping.
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Permalink Reply by Lone Wolfe on -
I've always had a faxcination with Hecate -- I'm born on one of her days, I think (november 16).
Last Spring, I had a dream in which I had a visit by Arianrhod -- when I came out of my front door the next morning, I had a small "present" laying next to my storm door.
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Permalink Reply by thymekeeper-aka-Debbi on -
I don't have just one deity. Whenever someting is happening in my life, I seem to be able to know which deity to call upon. Right now I'm calling on Tara, Juno, Hygeia and Abundtia, because I need purification, protection, healing and help with finances. They all made themsleves available to me when I needed them.
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Permalink Reply by Infernal Seraph on -
I'm pursuing Demonolatry so I'm working with demons and fallen angels instead of traditional gods, but I see demons as deities in their own right.
I don't have a patron yet as I'm still new on this path and I want to personally experience their power before I decide if I even want one in particular as a patron. However something pretty cool happened today; I got up to a bad start this morning, and I've had these kind of days before and it often makes me depressed throughout the whole day. I've even had trouble with suicidal thoughts recently. I did a brief prayer and meditation to the Demon prince of Water, known as Leviathan, this morning to invoke his power to clear whatever was causing this in my subconscious (Leviathan is said to be the demon of the subconscious), and it worked wonders. Right after doing it I felt way more energized and uplifted than I have in quite a long time. Right after the invocation I felt this very strange energy in my chest, but it went away quickly. I've been interested in Leviathan for a while even before this, so he's definitely a candidate for a patron but I still want have experience with more demons though before deciding to focus on a particular one.
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Permalink Reply by Beautiful Rose aka Jennifer Rose on -
Merry Meet all,
My patron Goddess is Hecate. I didn't find her as much as she came to me. When I was child, I heard a voice in the wind. That was the only time I heard something like that but thinking back to that day it had to be her. It was a females voice, but I will tell that story another time.
When I moved on my own, I dated two guys that where witches. One was Pagan, who I loved and I don't know what ever became of him and one was Wiccan. They never mentioned the Gods or Goddess but I started seeing the world as a Witch would and had a filling that someone or something was showing it to me and explaining things to me even though I wasn't quit ready yet.
About 3 or 4 years ago, I was at a low point in my life and I decided to do some soul searching. Christianity has always been confusing me so I decided I would research spiritual paths and religion. The Craft made better since and so I thought, this is more me then Christianity. I ended up having a dream that night in which Hecate came to me and confirmed the filling by saying I was a child of hers and she would teach me. And that is why she is my patron Goddess.
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