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Post by Allec on Nov 20, 2015 3:26:10 GMT -6
(Not the wrong thread Searlait!)
I agree with Boggan. It's only partly about WHAT you give but HOW and WHY you give it. I always think of offerings as a way of being hospitable. When I grew up, that was offering my guests the PLETHORA of drinks my mom had on stock (all types of soda, milk, water, etc) My adult home isn't as well stalked, so I offer water and tea instead to guests. To the gods, I tend to leave out offerings when I'm praying to them and it's usually water or tea. I haven't gotten any flack for it, because I think I'm coming from a genuine place and offering what I can. Besides, who doesn't like a cool glass of water when they're thirsty?
That said, I have had an offering out-right rejected once, but it was because I was being lazy and offering stale water when I could have gotten fresh water. (The spirits literally burned me with incense ash while I put down the stale water x.x;;; It was a pretty clear sign in my opinion.) So you CAN go wrong and be offensive. But it's very dependent on the entity, the offering, the occasion, etc.
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Post by Boggan on Nov 23, 2015 18:57:42 GMT -6
Well said, Allec!
I recently had that rejected offering happen as well. I was offering up some scotch (with most of my heritage being Scottish, it is usually well accepted) in something of a hurry and it seems the ancestors didn't care for that. I placed the cup I use to make offerings on the altar and started to check my phone for the time as I was late for work. As I started out, the cup (which sits on a bookshelf and pretty far back in the shelf) was tossed onto the floor and nearly hit me in the back of the head. I took that as a clear sign that I should take my time with offerings and to be true to my intentions as well and not just do it out of a sense of obligation.
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