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BronwynWolf:
I am closest to GW here. Simple way to look at it: A pyramid. At the top, you have the GREAT DIVINE; all encompassing. We are no where near being able to handle that face to face. So then, you have the other god/desses. Each specific to their own culture (I really don't like it when someone tries to claim Cerridwen and Flora are the same, for example) Then you have the demi-gods....interesting to note that in most cultures, there are stories of divine/human breeding. Then you have enlightened humans, then the rest of us... then the sheep people.

dragonspring:
I think that I agree with Tirya's description.  I think we deal with the Divine in archetypal images that make sense to us.  The individual Gods and Goddesses are individual only because that is the easiest way for us to interact with them.

vordan:
I look at them as both individual and part of the greater whole for that is what I see in the natural world. You and everybody you know are part of humanity but everybody is different. In my lawn each blade of grass is separate but part of the greater concept of the lawn. Everything interconnects as part of a greater whole, nothing exists separate from the whole but to deny the individuality of each aspect would be equally inaccurate. To say Hecate is the same as Ceridwen does not agree with my experience but I will say that they as we all, are expressions of the divine energy that prevades the universe.

bluefire:
I am an a comfortable place right now where I am at peace with not understanding the nature of the Divine.  I believe in a basic energy that connects us all.  I believe that we each have our own place in life and that the gods and goddesses have more power and more responsibility than most of us have.  At this point in my life, I embrace holding up my part and trust and respect those who give so much more.

Mongo:
I used to look at it all as one Divine spirit with the different facets. But on the flip side I've had conversations with the God and Goddess and I know that they have different yet compatible personalities.

So like BlueFire I am at peace with not understanding what the deuce is going on in the higher planes and just take solace in the fact that there is something there.

Honestly, just knowing that something is there makes me feel better about things.

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