Ok, gotcha and agree with your handwork people need to not be barnacles :) so, then, reading your paganism vs heathenry post..... you say paganism is the future... would you, perhaps, be open to blending the two? I ultimately believe in one original source(God/Oversoul/the force whatever name someone gives it)but I believe that there are deities that hold certain energetic components of that original source, just as you and I do. I want to make sure I am in the right space here, with all due respect. I am in alignment with honoring, not worshipping, the deities as I feel they are part of all of us, think in terms of Indra's net. With this analogy we hold all the attributes of the deities themselves, but I feel some are just not at the deities energetic signature, yet we could be. I'm doing Deity Magic training right now where you envision yourself, through some practices, that you are one with the deity to merge with their signature..with no disrespect for the deity, it is merely an energetic merge. you don't get superpowers or aren't special with this, its just being able to be in alignment with that deity. There are obviously some deities, like buddha, who are amazing, I just feel through our soul evolution that we too can reach their level... this might take a super long long time, but even Jesus said you can do all I can do and more..... love your input here Shannon.... thanks