Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Chapter 5 : What is God?

                                                       Chapter 5 : What is God?

God & Goddess are equal. One cannot exist without the other. The God is the polarity of the Goddess, they bring balance to each other. The God can be seen in many forms, he can also be seen as one God being made up of many Gods in polytheism. The God is associated with the sun. 

* Cernuous ~ One of many horned Gods, he is the hunter & the hunted, being both man and deer. He is sacrificed at the beginning of the hunting season. This is why the god dies near the autumn equinox or August 1st.

~ The Triple God ~

Young God ~ The God is young, he is the horned God and the young hunter. He is the spirit of freedom and associated with joy and sexuality.
Examples: Pan, Corneous, & Herme.

Father God ~ The God is married, responsible and protecting.
Examples: Osiris, The green man, Oak king, Zeus, & Thor.

The Sage ~ Associated with Wisdom. Male equivalent of Crone.
Examples : Odin, Thoth, & The holly king.

Like the Goddess, the God waxes & wanes as the sun does throughout the year.

* The Green Man ~ Known as the hidden one. Lord of the forest, master of vegetation, trees and plants. He is in harmony with nature. He is also associated with rain making.
  

~ Gods Of Different Pantheons ~

Ares ~ Greek God of War, Often known as a agent of justice.


Jupiter ~ Roman ruler of heaven & earth, Father of Gods, God of sky & thunder. His symbol is a lighting bolt and sacred animal is an eagle.


Loki ~ Norse Trickster God. Solitary position among the Gods. Lacks concern of well-beings of the other Gods.


Osiris ~ Egyptian underworld God, The God of transition, resurrection, and regeneration. Wearing a distinctive crown with ostrich feathers & symbolic crook & flail. 


Lugh ~ Celtic craft God. Known for his skills as a crafts man and still considered a warrior to the celts like the roman God, Mars.







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