the gods, they call

Just thinking of and holding the Divine in your heart as you take your first sips of coffee for the morning - holding that liquid in your mouth to taste it fully while imagining and connecting to the energies of the Divine - and then swallowing it to take it fully into your body? That's a form of devotion. Of Offering. Of imbib(e)ment. Can't leave out an offering? Drink and eat while you remain focused, mindful, and aware of the Divine you wish you could share that food and drink with. Does anyone have to know? No. It's between you and the Divine.

“Dua Min, Son of the White Sow, He of the Beautiful Face and the Giant Upright Penis. Sorry, man, I only know like two of your epithets and I like to do these things in threes.”

A rare hot take from me - If you have to algospeak about a topic like death or sex, or around words like blood or menstruation, you have no business making those topics a focal point of your practice. I don't really interact with occult or spiritual communities outside of Tumblr, but I've seen folks here and on other platforms say things like "s*x magic is the most powerful magic I've ever done" or "I've started doing bl00d magic."

We find the gods in the external world because we have placed them there. By doing so, we are telling them, "I want to find a home for you in my life." Even if we accept the existence of all gods, we deliberately choose to animate the world with the ones who resonate most closely with us. We could choose to see Geb in the earth instead of Gaia, for example, or Inanna in the expression of love instead of Aphrodite. It's completely up to us, and our unique perspectives allow us to form deeper bonds with the deities we worship. By instantiating them into the world, the gods come alive through us.