Contemplating the Gods: Friends, Foes, or Something...Else
An ant has no quarrel with a boot. - Loki, The Avengers A very pointed question arises often in Pagan circles, and it is even more often used as a kind of Heathen litmus test in some circles: "Do you have a Patron Deity?" What they're really asking is: Do you have the Pagan equivalent of "Buddy Christ"? Do you have personal chats with Divine Beings who, in some people's estimations, have "better things to do"? There are those in Heathenry (though by no means are these naysayers confined to those interacting with the Norse Gods and Goddesses) who would argue, stringently , that the Gods are so far removed from us, working on such a vast scale, that unless They are approached with the care owed a fire-walking, nitroglycerin juggling act, They can and will make your life and wyrd their plaything and it will suck . Thor, the office Nice Guy. Except that's likely the way our ancestors treated them. The Gods dealt with communities a...