This is a simple journaling challenge/exercise that I’ve put together that helps to explore and connect with chosen deity. The rules are simple: Choose a deity to work with, then for the next 28 days, complete one prompt per day. It’s that simple!
1. List all the various names of your deity, in your language and in the original language.
2. Write an epithet for your deity and write why you think it is befitting of them.
3. What is your favorite myth involving your chosen deity? Are there any retellings or interpretations that you prefer to the original?
4. Show off your favorite picture, drawing or moodboard that represents perfectly how you view your deity.
5. List any keywords and symbols that are associated with your deity. How do you feel about these words and symbols?
6. Build an altar, no matter how big or small, to your deity. If you are unable to do this, write or draw what you would have on that altar in your journal.
7. Make a list of Hymns or prayers, traditional or original, that you prefer.
8. In any form you choose, list any messages that you have received from them.
9. What are your deity’s correspondences?
10. What was considered sacred to your deity?
11. What are the worship days/holidays/popular celebrations associated with your deity?
12. Make a list of offering ideas
13. Write a playlist dedicated to your deity.
14. What locations or places are sacred to your deity?
15. Make a list of quotes that you associate with your deity.
16. What signs do you associate with them? How do you know when they communicate with you?
17. What are some activities, charities or other causes that you can do in their name to honor them?
18. Make a list of drinks and foods that your deity likes. Write down your favorite “modern” recipes.
19. Using the Five Senses, how would you describe your deity?
20. Write a ritual dedicated to them. This can be ceremonial or a routine.
21. What are some of the lessons that you are taught by the stories told about your deity?
22. Are there any media representations of your deity? What is your favorite?
23. What are some popular “modern” ways to honor your deity?
24. Write about their realm of influence. What all does your deity rule over?
25. What are some modern issues that would concern your deity?
26. Are there any other deities that your deity is often associated/confused with?
27. Who are the relatives of your deity? What is there most significant relationships?
28. What are your own personal practices to honor your deity?
Cenote El Pit by TomStGeorge The Pit is an incredible dive site in Tulum, Mexico. A fresh water sinkhole with unlimited visibility, a hydrogen sulfide layer (aka ‘the cloud’), and an ‘island’ of debris (with it’s own tree which you can see in the pitcure). In the summer the light beams streaming through the entrance are simply breathtaking.
manannán’s cloak skirts the edges of san francisco, shrouds the city in cottonball fog as he walks the bay’s shores.
it is a place of in between, from the travelers on the wharf to the vibrant castro district, and sometimes he rides the cable cars till he can touch the clouds, and sometimes he sleeps on the curb and blesses those kind enough to give money and a smile.
when he smiles, even through the cold, it gleams in his ever-shifting eyes.
here in the south of california we aren’t so lucky to have his cold misty seas-
here, the pacific is gray green, moss water and chalk sands, and seaweed dangles from our ankles when we rush into the lacy waves
here, past the blazing sun, anemones stretch their tentacles, sand crabs scuttle across our feet
we shy away from the impossible depths of the ocean- to see its life, so far from our own, is to recognize how small we are
even with our coastal homes, with all our shining riches
we are grains of salt adrift in inky waters
the son of the sea sits on the weathered docks, angling out towards a dropoff-
Ocean's Meadow 