Knowing the Gods are Real is Not What Makes Them Real

Note: I forgot to write a couple Hellenic holiday's down but I blame being tired on that. I will write them down when they come around again.


I was reading "Under the Ancient Oaks" and the title above is the title that he used. I'm going to just talk about what I've seen and how it connects to the title. I've been in the Polytheist community for about eight years. I found the community when I left Wicca. Though I will admit that sometimes some of my practices look Wiccan when all I'm doing is trying to figure out how to best approach what I'm doing.

In the time that I've been around I've seen debates over the gods and if their real, archetypes, so on. Personally I view them as being real. But my view isn't what makes them real. It's their presence in my life, how I've interacted with them, and how they have helped me. I've asked the gods for help in strength, patience (my present job is very stressful because people want me to work faster than is possible), and protection while traveling. I've done offerings to the Norse, Egyptian, Greek, and Roman gods. I'll add Celtic as well.

These gods are real because of my personal experience with them. Their real because I feel their presence in my daily life. That's what makes them real, not because I believe in them. I believe the Greeks, Romans, Norse, Celts, and Egyptians knew their gods were real because of the interaction that they had with them. They could feel their presence in their daily lives and that fed the belief. Anything less would be insulting.

So that's what I get from the title and that's what I get in my daily life.