I have some more SOP questions, if you don't mind 🙂
(1) I don’t have enough time in the morning to really devote myself to the triad of SOP—meditation—divination, so I decided to do them in the evening after I’ve come home from work. However, doing the SOP in the morning gives me a real boost, both in energy and mood. Can I do the SOP twice per day, once in the morning as part of my ‘etheric hygiene’, and one in the evening to clear my space for meditation, or would that be too much?
(2) How flexible exactly is the SOP? You wrote that we can write our own version of the invocations, and leave out the divine names, for example, but some elements are nonnegotiable, like the elemental associations of the directions. What about the animals (hawk, stag, etc.)? Can they be left out? Can other animals take their place?
(3) I’ve reached the part of calling upon Spirit Below, and noticed that it’s also associated with the earth, but I assume it’s not the same as the element of earth, but more like the underworld? I’m asking because, while I have left out any deity names so far (thinking that since I have no allegiance to any pantheon, I’d feel uncomfortable with invoking divine strangers), I feel a growing urge to add them now.
(Did you count on that effect when you wrote that we don’t have to include any deities in our SOP? 😉)
Since I feel drawn to the continental Celtic gods, I’m currently trying to find fitting candidates for each position. So far, I have:
— Taranis for the sky god — Rosmerta for the earth goddess — Brigindo (Brigid) as my personal patron (or matron) goddess — Lugos for Air — Belenos for Fire — Nehalenia for Water — Arduinna for Earth, since she’s a forest goddess, especially of the forested mountains — If Spirit Below is not the same as the element of Earth, then the earth goddess for it would be more of a chtonic deity, right? In that case, I’d choose Erecura, but if I’m wrong about the chtonic aspect, I’d probably go with Rosmerta again. — Teutates for Spirit Above
What do you think?
Many thanks for your patience with the noob questions 😌
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I have some more SOP questions, if you don't mind 🙂
(1) I don’t have enough time in the morning to really devote myself to the triad of SOP—meditation—divination, so I decided to do them in the evening after I’ve come home from work. However, doing the SOP in the morning gives me a real boost, both in energy and mood. Can I do the SOP twice per day, once in the morning as part of my ‘etheric hygiene’, and one in the evening to clear my space for meditation, or would that be too much?
(2) How flexible exactly is the SOP? You wrote that we can write our own version of the invocations, and leave out the divine names, for example, but some elements are nonnegotiable, like the elemental associations of the directions. What about the animals (hawk, stag, etc.)? Can they be left out? Can other animals take their place?
(3) I’ve reached the part of calling upon Spirit Below, and noticed that it’s also associated with the earth, but I assume it’s not the same as the element of earth, but more like the underworld? I’m asking because, while I have left out any deity names so far (thinking that since I have no allegiance to any pantheon, I’d feel uncomfortable with invoking divine strangers), I feel a growing urge to add them now.
(Did you count on that effect when you wrote that we don’t have to include any deities in our SOP? 😉)
Since I feel drawn to the continental Celtic gods, I’m currently trying to find fitting candidates for each position. So far, I have:
— Taranis for the sky god
— Rosmerta for the earth goddess
— Brigindo (Brigid) as my personal patron (or matron) goddess
— Lugos for Air
— Belenos for Fire
— Nehalenia for Water
— Arduinna for Earth, since she’s a forest goddess, especially of the forested mountains
— If Spirit Below is not the same as the element of Earth, then the earth goddess for it would be more of a chtonic deity, right? In that case, I’d choose Erecura, but if I’m wrong about the chtonic aspect, I’d probably go with Rosmerta again.
— Teutates for Spirit Above
What do you think?
Many thanks for your patience with the noob questions 😌