So, how can you develop a personal and intense relationship with a God? Ideally, start with the source materials about the Gods, mythology. Learning about different facets of Them from available mythos should be one of the first things you do. Pick a deity you are interested in, and read all the stories that you can find on Them. If you don’t know which deity you will be interested in, start with a pantheon or culture, and do some brief study of that pantheon. For example, if one were interested in the Greek deities, picking up a copy of Edith Hamilton’s “Mythology” would be a good first step. In there are common stories, major deities and basic information on those Gods. From there, more in depth study can be done on those Gods that you are interested in including learning Greek to understand how translation can change stories, sometimes radically.

Once you know what has been written in the past about the God of your choice (and please understand that I say God in the most general of terms) the next step, meditation, needs to be taken. If you know how to meditate, you can simply start meditating on the Gods at that point, especially the one you are interested in. Invite that deity into your meditations, talk to Them, be respectful and, above all else, listen to Their response. I think you would be truly shocked a the number of people who talk to the Gods but never stop talking long enough to listen to Their response. To me, that is just as disrespectful as ordering them to be present.

At first, Their voice will not be a big booming thing, it will not manifest as a burning bush, but most often it will simply be a feeling in your heart. You may hear one of those thousand voices in your head telling you what you need to know. Most often, this is the voice of your God talking to you. Don’t immediately dismiss this voice as a manifestation of your unconscious mind. You will KNOW when your own mind is supplying the words you are hearing, and so long as you are not hearing exactly what you want to hear, then it’s likely that you are hearing the God you have chosen. This is the same technique you can use, incidentally, to talk to your guardian angel or Guide and Teachers.

From there dreaming about Them, studying Them, inviting Them into your rituals and rites, calling upon Them to help you in your times of trial, and doing things for Them is no huge step. If things are done properly, you will want to write poetry to for and about Them, share with the world all the things you discovered about the Deity of your choice. And that is a means of worship too.

“On deities“ © Daven – http://erinsjournal.com