#Understanding Worship

[pearlsandpeacocks]

[antiquatedhag]

“There’s no wrong way to practice, if you want to worship, just start praying. “ and “you have to have a basic understanding of the foundation of Hellenic polytheism before you delve in” are two things that can and will coexist.

[damiel-of-real]

daily deltarune #32

fucked up that i havent drawn much of queen considering shes possibly my favourite character

[zhongli-lover-69]

[leighsartworks216]

So I may need to finish writing this soon cuz I think if I don't I'll explode

[ahopefulbromantic]

No please you don't get it you don't get how heart-wrenchingly sad the golden calf thing was

Remember the conversation right before it? in which God tells Moses all about the ark and the offerings and the tent and the rituals and the garments and the Sabbath? The conversation that everybody thought was boring (fight me. FIGHT me this instant)?

The conversation in which God excitedly says, "Okay Moses, my Love, this is gonna be so great! I will live among you, among my people! I'm so happy!!! So here's the plans I've made while I was up here, you will build me a little house! That I will dwell in! Here's how I want it to look, I thought about the exact measurements and ornaments so you could build it for Me and we can live together! I will be your God and you will be My people and I love you all, I love you so much. And here's what I will eat, here's what I like so you can cook it and we can have meals together! And here's how we'll be spending our holidays together and here's how we will all be dressed, I thought about everything! And, and-"

And suddenly His face drops.

"Moses," He says quietly. "I think you should go back down."

"...Why?" asks Moses, his heart already sinking.

"They've made themselves a new god to worship. They... didn't want Me."

Can you imagine? All this holiest excitement doused, all this going out of His way for the Almighty to be family with humans crushed in one moment when God maybe suddenly realizes He isn't loved back? How heartbroken, how utterly crushed must He have been that the Boundless Love could even think about just killing Their people then and there?

Good thing Moses still couldn't see His face. No human would be able to handle so much sorrow.

[beadelmare]

i had the bright idea to talk to the gods through a dictionary (bc it's rlly precise ig?) and long story short, lord apollo told me to pursue the career i want (medicine), lord zeus wants to talk to me more, and lady demeter literally just said "hi, spring is here, just checking in, bye !!" THIS IS SO SWEET HELP MEEE

[helyeahmangocheese]

guys do you know how absolutely cracked the british!Grace siblings dynamic is... punk british Thalia who is so anti establishment bc look at the fucking monarchy and the british empire.... BLACK JASON GRACE, SON OF THE KING OF GODS, GRAPPLING WITH THE HISTORY OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, THE BRITISH EMPIRE, AND THE EMPIRE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. the implications... and yet they're just kids who want to fit in... the family story, yall, fucking ouch.

[fluentisonus]

relatedly i'm not entirely willing to let go of the reading of tolkien as environmental, like i think there's a lot to be said for it i really like & would stand by. but at the same time i do think some of that reading has to be tempered with an understanding of how anti-industrialism can very much lead to or go hand in hand with a sort of idealization of pre-industrial (particularly rural) life in a way that's both ultimately conservative and overlooks a lot of issues, particularly to do with class. if that makes sense

[laurellala-comics]

I may not be in the Percy Jackson fandom that much anymore but drawing purple Nico to represent angst and sadness is one of life's simple joys <3

[aquareegia]

haha who's crying? definitely not me. 🥲 (full video)

[flowerysubmissive]

Friday is just around the corner, who’s excited? This over worked pup can’t wait for the weekend to come 🐶💕!

If you like my tits consider tossing me a coin ~♡

[trappedinafantasy37]

The last DeVir and the forgotten Baenre. Two noble drow forever exiled from their homes and abandoned by Lolth.

[athenaeum-of-the-herald]

Taking pride in disrespecting the gods you supposedly worship is so fucking weird to me. Truly it's weird.

I understand anger at times. I understand moments where you feel your boundaries are being crossed and exploding. We are human. Anger is a perfectly acceptable emotion.

But to be proud of the fact that you not only cursed out a god, but the KING of gods? I find you weird, sorry.

I understand reiterating boundaries and saying things in anger. But to take some form of pride in disrespecting the gods you claim to revere and laughing about it? You're not someone I want to be around.

Everyone's practice is their own, but I have no interest in being around someone with such an uncomfortable mentality with the gods. Especially to be proud of it around a group of people that REVERE AND WORSHIP the god you're disrespecting.

The gods are not our pets. Treating them as such is weird and gross.

[dick-chugger]

One day I'll make a proper post about how calling Dionysos just "the god of wine" doesn't really work in modern context. But I can't articulate myself right now so you guys just have to imagine what I would say.