What do I do with the food I give to spirits?

[TeaDidikai]

Gho the Girl

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If I were to do this...I would just eat what I offered. I would think my Patron God or Goddess would appreciate such a gesture. I'm not fond of leaving food around....for a while.

Ewwww....lol

If you eat it . . . then what's the gesture? confused

When the Norse do this (I recall Nuri mentioning some Hellenic practices are similar? Or maybe it's out of context) they offer the spiritual essence of the food to the gods, and then eat the corporeal portion.  

[Gho the Girl]

TeaDidikai

Gho the Girl

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If I were to do this...I would just eat what I offered. I would think my Patron God or Goddess would appreciate such a gesture. I'm not fond of leaving food around....for a while.

Ewwww....lol

If you eat it . . . then what's the gesture? confused

When the Norse do this (I recall Nuri mentioning some Hellenic practices are similar? Or maybe it's out of context) they offer the spiritual essence of the food to the gods, and then eat the corporeal portion.

surprised Oh I see now. Makes sense.

I didn't want to say what you were doing was wrong DI, I just didn't get it. I'm slow on the uptake sometimes.  

[Shearaha]

Gho the Girl

Also: Lightening

That is really nice. It does get the power across while still being a simple symbol. Thanks for sharing!  

[Recursive Paradox]

I wouldn't be able to use that symbol for lightning because of how I view circles and rotation. It would be a rapidly rotating light bolt in my system. o_O

But definitely good in terms of simplicity, stroke order and formulation. It'll be memorable but it'll still have the significance of a powerful symbol. Very good work. ^^  

[PrometheanSet]

Tsuzuki

You could let them posses you while you eat it.

Yes, and you can commit seppuku aswell.

Hinduism tells you that after the deity in question has taken their nourishment from it, you go ahead and eat it. To do otherwise would be insulting. I may be mistaken, but it might be some idea of fellowship with them.

Other deities from different religions might take offense to that sort of logic... those darn uppity humans again, trying to be on the same level as us gods, again.

But I really have to give kudos to whoever said "that depends upon your gods" or what you believe about these spirits.


Invocations and possessions are a lot more dangerous than folks seem to treat them as. Go ahead and hold a God inside you, when you really don't have a purpose for it except to feed your ego.

Go ahead, and let another soul inside you when you don't really know them. (eww, that sounds like a way to catch an STD!)  

[TeaDidikai]

PrometheanSet

Tsuzuki

You could let them posses you while you eat it.

Yes, and you can commit seppuku aswell.

Invocations and possessions are a lot more dangerous than folks seem to treat them as. Go ahead and hold a God inside you, when you really don't have a purpose for it except to feed your ego.

Proof that invocation for offering has a universal intent of ego-stroking please.  

[PrometheanSet]

TeaDidikai

PrometheanSet

Tsuzuki

You could let them posses you while you eat it.

Yes, and you can commit seppuku aswell.

Invocations and possessions are a lot more dangerous than folks seem to treat them as. Go ahead and hold a God inside you, when you really don't have a purpose for it except to feed your ego.

Proof that invocation for offering has a universal intent of ego-stroking please.

Way to take me out of context! If I hit a nerve with your personal practices please let me know, so I can apologize.

Offering has the intent of placating yourself to the deity, or offering hospitality to said spirits. Pulling something else inside of you without a good reason has nothing to do with placating yourself to that.  

[PrometheanSet]

Celeblin Galadeneryn

PrometheanSet

TeaDidikai

PrometheanSet

Tsuzuki

You could let them posses you while you eat it.

Yes, and you can commit seppuku aswell.

Invocations and possessions are a lot more dangerous than folks seem to treat them as. Go ahead and hold a God inside you, when you really don't have a purpose for it except to feed your ego.

Proof that invocation for offering has a universal intent of ego-stroking please.

Way to take me out of context! If I hit a nerve with your personal practices please let me know, so I can apologize.

Offering has the intent of placating yourself to the deity, or offering hospitality to said spirits. Pulling something else inside of you without a good reason has nothing to do with placating yourself to that.

Unless that deity prefers to inhabit you as you placate it. In which case it does entirely.

You haven't offended her traditions, you've offended her by generalising. You need to prove that invocation during often is always misguided.

Personally, I'd be wary of things that need to "inhabit me" as I "placate them".

And you're quick to point that I generalized when I made as specific example that I could with my limited human knowledge. (Hinduism anyone?)  

[PrometheanSet]

Celeblin Galadeneryn

PrometheanSet

Celeblin Galadeneryn

PrometheanSet

TeaDidikai

Proof that invocation for offering has a universal intent of ego-stroking please.

Way to take me out of context! If I hit a nerve with your personal practices please let me know, so I can apologize.

Offering has the intent of placating yourself to the deity, or offering hospitality to said spirits. Pulling something else inside of you without a good reason has nothing to do with placating yourself to that.

Unless that deity prefers to inhabit you as you placate it. In which case it does entirely.

You haven't offended her traditions, you've offended her by generalising. You need to prove that invocation during often is always misguided.

Personally, I'd be wary of things that need to "inhabit me" as I "placate them".

That's fine. But you're not Gho or Tzu for that matter. Perhaps this action is fine by them.

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And you're quick to point that I generalized when I made as specific example that I could with my limited human knowledge. (Hinduism anyone?)

I'm quick to point out that you generalised because you did in fact generalise. Providing an example doesn't render you inable to generalise.

Yes, if this action is fine by them, its their choice; however, I would argue that before someone makes a decision, they should be aware that while something else inhabits them, they are not themselves, and may find an aptitude for behaviors they would otherwise *never* partake in. I would relate it to other un-PC activities in that you *really* have to know who you're dealing with.

The difference here, is that there isn't really an effective means of protection; once they're in, they'll do as they please (mainly with your mind).

And once again, from what I can tell this "generalization" accusation comes from where I was taken out of context. Please point to it, so that I may understand what you're talking about.

However, I am curious about where this idea of making offerings to spirits could require "inviting them in" in this way.  

[Gho the Girl]

PrometheanSet

Tsuzuki

You could let them posses you while you eat it.

Yes, and you can commit seppuku aswell.

I hardly see a connection.

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Hinduism tells you that after the deity in question has taken their nourishment from it, you go ahead and eat it. To do otherwise would be insulting. I may be mistaken, but it might be some idea of fellowship with them.

Yes, but what if you're not hindu? Hmmmmmmm . . .

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Other deities from different religions might take offense to that sort of logic... those darn uppity humans again, trying to be on the same level as us gods, again.

1) Proof that this generalisation is true for all religions and deities?

2) Proof that such a thing is even happening given Tsuzuki's or my paths, and our own understanding of our own deities/otherlings, which you don't seem to have?

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But I really have to give kudos to whoever said "that depends upon your gods" or what you believe about these spirits.

Yes, you should, because that's way more accurate than what you're presuming.

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Invocations and possessions are a lot more dangerous than folks seem to treat them as. Go ahead and hold a God inside you, when you really don't have a purpose for it except to feed your ego.

1) I'm talking about spirits, not deities. Read the thread before you go in and over-generalise, it at least makes those generalisations on-topic.

2) It makes no sense to say "a God" as "God" is the name of a specific god, specifically the Christian name for YHVH.

3) If the rite is important (such as completing the procedure for a food offering) then I don't see how it's stroking the practitioner's ego. They're doing what their religion/path says they are supposed to do.

The only ego-stroking I see so far comes from your arrogant tone.

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Go ahead, and let another soul inside you when you don't really know them. (eww, that sounds like a way to catch an STD!)

Who's saying we don't know them? Again with the generalising and clear lack of understanding of Tsuzuki's or my faith.

If you want to condemn anyone's rites or beliefs, it usually helps to know what they specifically are.  

[Wrath of Ezekiel]

PrometheanSet

Hinduism tells you that after the deity in question has taken their nourishment from it, you go ahead and eat it. To do otherwise would be insulting. I may be mistaken, but it might be some idea of fellowship with them.

Yes, but you only do it with certain foods. Meaning if your food has onions or garlic (which pundits who are priests, can't eat) or any meat products (including eggs, that's who our definition of vegetarianism goes).

You mostly do it with fruits and vegetables, but the temple I go to would offer tiny portions of the lunch, that was after service, during the puja portion of the public service. That's where I found about why they don't put the onions or garlic in the food, because my parents volunteer heavily within the temple.