u/-Jezebel-

Hi everyone,

I find it extremely difficult to offer food to the germanic Gods. I'm mainly kemetic pagan and in Kemetism it is usual, morally good even, to eat the food offerings to the Gods. Everyday I offer my breakfast to the Egyptian Gods before I eat it.

In heathenry you're supposed to just throw it away? I used to offer a beer to Donar every now and then, and then I would empty the beer into the soil in the garden. Now I've moved into an apartment and that is no longer an option. Also, I find it very hard to throw food away.

I do offer incense every day to Donar, but that doesn't feel, how to put it, traditional? Incense is more of an Egyptian thing than a germanic one I think.

Also, I don't know how to do an offering ritual. Can you recommend some good books on this topic? Or tell me how you give offerings? And how often do you give offerings? Everyday may be a bit much if I have to dispose of it.

Do I eat them?

I am mainly kemetic pagan, and in Kemetism you consume the offerings gifted to the Gods, so I'm used to do that. Also, I hate the idea of throwing food away.

I have seen different opinions on this matter. Some people say they bury the offerings, but I'm in no position to do so. So I could throw it in the trash?

Also, how long do you leave the offerings out? Again, in Kemetism I'm used to present the food when I'm worshiping, and taking the food away when I'm done. I feel like people leave the offerings out for longer with Santa Muerte.

So I am pagan, mostly Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) but I also worship some other Gods from other traditions. It's it ok for me to worship a Hindu God or Goddess? Or is that cultural appropriation?

If it is OK for me to worship, wich God or Goddess is appropriate for me? I suffer a lot from executive disfunction, so I'm looking for a deity that can help me overcome that. I was thinking of Kali or Sarasvati.

How should I go about worshiping that God or Goddess? Are there books you can recommend for a beginner? If I'm going to worship a Hindu deity, I want to do so correctly.

Thanks a lot!

So I just moved into a new house and of course I invited my new neighbor over for a beer. When we first met he asked if I was christian. I was wearing an Ankh, and I can see how he might have mistaken that for a cross. I said "no" and the conversation moved on.

When he came over for a beer he saw my tarot sets. I love tarot as I love symbolic art, and tarot *is* symbolic art. I explained this, but he still criticized it.

"Well," I said "that's what I don't like about some forms of christianity. You think everything is evil, except your religion."

The conversation moved on about christianity, and I brought the genocides in the Old Testament up. He said that if God ordered a genocide, it must be just. I said that baby's have done no wrong, and yet God ordered them to be killed. He answered that the baby's would do no wrong anymore too.

After this we decided not to talk about it, but I have decided not to be friends with him. (He really wants to be friends with me.)

I am just baffled by the things that christians sometimes say about the darkest pages of the bible. I just wanted to vent. Thanks for reading.

So I am autistic and I have ADHD. And like many people with AuDHD I suffer from executive disfunction. It destroys my life. Some days are really bad, others I don't have executive disfunction. And a lot in between.

Today I wanted to celebrate a feast for Anubis. I got some special things yesterday (chocolate, beer, fruits) to go with the usual offerings (bread mostly)

But I just couldn't do it.

Today I woke up way too early (03.00 AM), (no reason, i just woke up and i was awake then) I drank my coffee, and then I went to brush my teeth. Next I wanted to take a shower at around 06.00 AM, but I just... didn't. Couldn't. At 10.00 I had Breakfest. Then, finally around 12.00 I finally got in the shower.

Than it took me a long time to get dressed.

When I wanted to start my ritual, it felt wrong. I had a knot in my stomach.

I don't think Anubis is angry with me. But everything feels wrong now. I feel sick. I don't want to eat, I don't want to skip the ritual, but I don't want to do it either. It just feels wrong. Both options feel wrong. I could do it tomorrow, but maybe I heave the same problem tomorrow?

What should I do? It's 14.23 (02.23 PM) now.

So in the past I have done self harm, and I would like to cover the scars up with a tattoo. I was thinking about the Eye of Horus, since it's a symbol of healing. Do you have an other idea? Thanks!