Changes in practice 6 months later
Six months ago I wrote about how my practice has changed from the start up until that point, and it has certainly changed again, though not as radically.
I mentioned some "core" deities, one of which funnily enough is not even here anymore. Shortly after writing the previous post Vesperus the lightbringer left and brought with him Apollon, who is seemingly here to stay. Circe left, Dike joined the fray and later Hades also said his goodbyes as his work was apparently done with me. I went from five deities to four, which seems to be the constant. I have a feeling Apollon will be a permanent addition just like Nyx, as the moment he bashed my door open I felt that he's here to stay. Hypnos is also probably permanent, unless my sleeping magically starts to be better. Dike's role is relevant for at least a few years, so we'll see how long she will end up staying.
Aside from the deities I'm working with, my focus has also shifted. Day to day I feel less witchy and more just... Working with deities, I suppose. I don't really cast spells, my "witchy" stuff is really just wearing protection jewelry, smoke cleansing, doing divination, and carrying rocks with their energies to boost whatever I'd like at the moment. None of these are really based in "witchy"-ness anymore, more in paganism and just general spirituality. Everything kind of revolves around my deities, offerings and days that are dedicated to them. I describe myself as a "witchy pagan", but I don't really know if that's accurate. Labels on everything have been hard recently, and I don't really know if I need a label. I'm doing my thing and that's all I really need, I don't think a label is necessary for that.
I don't call myself a chaote anymore. While the way I do spells would kind of fall into that category, I don't want to do pantheonic paradigm shifting, as I'm very comfortable with my deities and beliefs at the moment. I suppose I do it on a smaller scale so I would still fall into the chaote category, but it's kind of weird to describe myself as that when I barely do magic anymore.
But things change a lot. In 6 more months my deities might be different again, maybe I do more magic maybe I do less magic. Only time will tell.

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