For those that don't know, UPG stands for 'unverified personal gnosis' or variations of such.
I was wondering how significant UPG was in your personal path? Does it have a place?
For me UPG plays a part, but only a very minor one. More accurately, it's 'UPG with acedemic sources to back it up'.
The minor role UPG plays for me is helping me gain a better understanding of a deity beyond their mythology. But if poseidon suddenly says 'wtf!? I don't have a temper, I'm really serene all the time' I know something is probrably up.
Similarly, I sometimes use UPG to put mythical concepts into a context I can understand.
For example: layout of the cosmos according to mythology= heaven at the top and tartaros + hades at the bottom, seperated by the flat disk which is earth.
Earth is not a flat disk, we know this. I also have never been able to get my head 'round any idea that the divine are centred around earth alone. It's a tiny planet with tiny people in a big big universe.
So I try to adapt this idea into a way I understand it.
Cosmos = tartaros and hades at the bottom +heaven at the top and seperated by the physical plane of existance.
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