August 18, 2004 - Discordian Clergy

For the most part, Erisians look upon our relationship with nature(chaos), not as god/creature, but rather as parent/child. A child will learn from her or his parents, cuddle, and even share gifts, or ask for favors. We view our parents as we need to, finding in Goddess just what we need. Consider this, for a moment. If we are part of the Universe, then we are also part of the Divine. If I talk to myself, I call that meditation or thinking. Maybe, talking to Goddess is the same sort of thing.

-http://www.verthaine.sphosting.com/ii.html

Very often, I've thought of the deities exactly like this. They're parents, not something other. They're part of our lives, loving and caring, and the entities we turn to when the world gets to be too much to bear.

I remember one ritual when I sat down and talked to a deity I saw as a foster "father". I had sort of made the deal to work with that deity in such a capacity until I figured out my Patron. Now I work with my Patron in that manner. The rite I did that Samhain was amazing. It was one of the best rites I ever had.

I don't really see Eris as "Mom", but more like sister, lover, and best friend. She's the best of all those things. But she's still very much human.

Esus, though, is my father. He doesn't replace my real father, but if there's something that I need to talk about, late at night, that's how I address him. "Father," I'll say, "I need to talk to you." And he refers to me as "Son," and rarely by my first name. It's a very intimate relationship.

The relationship with my gods sustains me when nothing else will. Sometimes, I really want to help people connect the way I do to their own gods.

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