Although optional, and primarily practiced in religious forms of witchcraft such as Wicca and Neo-paganism, deity worship can be used. In paganism, the Hellenistic point of view is common (the belief in the Underworld, Earthly realm, and Celestial realm) that includes various Gods/Goddesses from Roman and greek mythology, as well as Celtic and Egyptian Gods and Goddesses.
Today I'll be talking about how to commonly worship your deities of choice and how to know which deity to worship. Of course, this whole process is optional, and is up to the practitioner.
FINDING YOUR DEITY OF CHOICE:
When searching for the deity that speaks to you, one way to decide is to do a tarot reading about the traits of the deity that will work best for you. You can also do scrying with tea leaves in the bottom of a cup in order to see images that represent certain Gods/Goddesses. (Scrying is image reading for symbols within a jar of beads scrawled over an altar cloth, tea leaves, coffee grounds, smoke images in flames, etc.) Another way to decide your deity (or deities) you can generally see messages that point you in their direction- or maybe they've been popping up in your life or speak to you in some way.
RESEARCHING YOUR DEITY OF CHOICE:
When trying to gather information, it's good to look up their specific symbols, offerings, color associations as well as gems/stones, animals, plants/herbs, and incenses that represent them. For example, the Goddess Athena of war and wisdom is represented by the owl, meaning you could make a small clay owl figurine as an offering or a neat drawing of an owl.
Mythology Deities From Around The World
CREATING YOUR ALTER:
Based off of your research, use candle colors that represent them on your altar as well as other items that you've found in your research as well as an offering bowl and a place to hold your incense. Using an altar cloth with their color associations is also a good idea for setting up your altar. If you don't want many too see it, a drawer or your closet is a great place to hide your altar.
CREATING A PRAYER SCHEDULE:
A prayer schedule is when you plan to meditate and pray for your deity. There are often invocations that you make to summon and communicate with them, and you can write personal prayers to recite to them. Invocation will be covered in another blog post as well as evocation and spirit summoning. You can also schedule when you're going to have special offerings. I offer a special offering once a month (on the full moon), and pray with a regular offering at least once a week.
OFFERINGS:
In Greek mythology, the burning of incense is a great offering of scent to the deities, which is greatly appreciated. Other offerings can include picked wildflowers, herbs, figurines, coins, and handcrafted items that represent them.
