Hail the Old Ones

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Who are the Gods?

Some would say the gods are any deity of any gender — one, many, both, or beyond such categories entirely.

In Druidry, we often work with ancestors and the spirits of place and time. Those relationships can sometimes intertwine with ideas of deity. Because my path is eclectic, I have room to define for myself what deity means.

I believe in a collective current of energy — nature, ancestors, human consciousness, spirit — all woven together. I see gods, goddesses, and other divine beings as part of that greater web. I think many deities can be understood as different expressions, or emanations, of particular energies.

For example:

Love, beauty, sensuality, rivers, attraction

Oshun ↔ Aphrodite ↔ Venus ↔ Hathor

Themes: love, pleasure, beauty, sweetness, feminine magnetism, fertility.

Crossroads, magic, spirit realms, liminal spaces

Hecate ↔ Morrígan ↔ Hel ↔ Ereshkigal

Themes: transition, thresholds, spirits, death and rebirth, mystery.

Love, war, sovereignty, and powerful femininity

Ishtar ↔ Inanna ↔ Astarte ↔ Freyja

Themes: passion, sexuality, war, power, descent, and transformation.

Healing, sacred fire, poetry, and inspiration

Brigid ↔ Sophia ↔ Saraswati ↔ Vesta

Themes: wisdom, creativity, inspiration, sacred flame, and learning.

Mother and protective figures

Isis ↔ Demeter ↔ Frigg ↔ Danu

Themes: nurturing, protection, family, and abundance.

For me, I would describe it as sunlight passing through stained glass: one light, many colors. That is not meant to dismiss those who believe every deity is a completely distinct and individual being. I understand that view too, and I respect it.

I often see deities as anthropomorphized because it helps us relate to them. Perhaps they approach us through forms our souls recognize most easily — forms we can understand and connect with. Sometimes, to me, they feel separate. Other times, they feel like different faces of the same mystery.

Stories are told, passed from person to person, generation to generation. Names are given, cultures shape them, and as those stories travel they can change, branching like rivers into many streams while still carrying water from the same source.

Many Druids primarily work with Celtic deities, but my path centers around Sophia. I embrace others as well, especially Celtic and African deities due to my heritage, but I have always felt deeply drawn toward goddesses. Lilith, Hecate, Inanna/Ishtar, Nyx, Morrígan, Oshun, Brigid, Danu, Arianrhod — the list stretches on.

For me, they reflect aspects of the Divine Feminine, and I channel that understanding through Sophia, who has always felt present in my life. To me, Sophia is not simply a goddess. Sophia is Wisdom itself.

So for me, deities are energies we have given names, stories, and faces to. Every path is different, and every relationship with the divine unfolds in its own way.

To each their own. The relationship between you and the sacred is yours to discover.

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