Seeing Divinity as Plural

There is no question that Pagans believe in more than one deity, but I liked to share that Paganism can be a form of empowerment by feminists. This blog post on Feministe inspired me to write a post on Divinity as many instead of one. Of course I missed out on commenting, but then again, this blog wasn't in existence in 2009 and I was still deciding where I stood in my witchcraft practice.

I read in a wonderful book called Evolutionary Witchcraft by T. Thorn Coyle about this very subject this morning. It made me think. She writes that we should see Divinity as plural; varied as Nature. Not only can feminists look to ancient Pagan mythology for women role models but create their own myths and deities. Here is a wonderful quote from her:



Things are many. And when we re-member, things are unified into All. This is not
monolithic. It the reality of connection and immanence and "we are all in this
together. " It is like organisms coming together to form a body, with the hand
still different from the eye. All are necessary. And what is the difference?

This quote can mean so many different things. It can mean that we as a people; a nation can form a great organism. It can also correlate with my post. Coyle has just described how I see Divinity. My outlook on the Divine has helped me a lot through my life. Divinity is not stagnant to me it's organic and fluid. It's similar to us organisms and life forms.

I have my own Matron Goddess Who has been with me since the beginning, ironically Her name means 'one'. However I do see Her as many, I am not what most people would call a 'hard-polytheist.' I don't see each God and Goddess has a separate entity but there is empowerment in that as well. One Pagan Feminist followed/worshipped just the Morrighan. A powerful Celtic War Goddess, which I thought was very interesting.

The beauty about being Pagan is that there is no limit to Divinity or rather our view on Divinity. God Herself isn't a lone male god with a flowing white beard. She is here with us. Hugging us when we are sad. She is that warrior goddess who saves us from trouble. He is that Horned God of love, sex and fertility who helps us bring life into the world (or have sex, depending upon your problem). She is who dances with us, who brings us abundance of guidance and love, etc.

Having many Gods does have it's perks. Can we see millions of people looking up to what we call "God" and feeling great about ourselves because She/He is everything and everywhere. She is you, He is that. No one has any preconceived ideas about the way that God is supposed to be looking like, other than ourselves; other than nature.