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Post by Allec on Feb 23, 2015 23:52:35 GMT -6
I'd be curious what you found Verity! I definitely know what StitchWitch is talking about and have heard it before (and so I try to avoid giving alcohol that isn't left to evaporate.)
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Post by TheModernSouthernPolytheist on Feb 24, 2015 18:57:52 GMT -6
If you find out, please share cause that's not something I'm familiar with either!
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Post by saintfelicity on Feb 24, 2015 22:19:20 GMT -6
^ Definitely worth looking in to! I don't offer alcohol here in Massachusetts for exactly that reason. I don't have a safe place to be burning it. But there's loads and loads of other options so I haven't found it limiting.
EDIT: Missed that there was a second page, so this is responding to Verity's post, ha.
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Post by Des on Feb 25, 2015 10:34:37 GMT -6
I'm ashamed to admit I simply throw mine away, but we burn our trash because of where we live, so all offerings get burned anyways at some point and time. That's generally how I handle my offerings.
(I only really give offerings to Djehuty, but I subscribe to the idea that the essence is eaten when it's offering and thus unfit for consumption afterwards. So, I hope it was okay to participate in this thread!
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Post by Des on Feb 25, 2015 10:34:47 GMT -6
I'm ashamed to admit I simply throw mine away, but we burn our trash because of where we live, so all offerings get burned anyways at some point and time. That's generally how I handle my offerings.
(I only really give offerings to Djehuty, but I subscribe to the idea that the essence is eaten when it's offering and thus unfit for consumption afterwards. So, I hope it was okay to participate in this thread!
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Post by Intaier on Feb 25, 2015 11:09:15 GMT -6
I'm ashamed to admit I simply throw mine away, but we burn our trash because of where we live, so all offerings get burned anyways at some point and time. That's generally how I handle my offerings. (I only really give offerings to Djehuty, but I subscribe to the idea that the essence is eaten when it's offering and thus unfit for consumption afterwards. So, I hope it was okay to participate in this thread! But why would you throw the offerings given to Djehuty away?.. In the kemetic context, it's not polite to throw the offerings away, in turn, it's intended that you will eat them, or give to someone else who would eat them, - it's like sharing the meal with the Netjeru. Much like prasad in Hindu ceremonies.
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Post by Des on Feb 25, 2015 11:11:18 GMT -6
I keep offerings like stones and jewelry, but food offerings I throw away. I've tried reverting them, it just didn't feel right and from my understanding, Djehuty didn't approve? This is why I don't really consider myself Kemetic.
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Post by Intaier on Feb 25, 2015 11:20:52 GMT -6
I keep offerings like stones and jewelry, but food offerings I throw away. I've tried reverting them, it just didn't feel right and from my understanding, Djehuty didn't approve? This is why I don't really consider myself Kemetic. I used to pour the libations away - to the ground, in the past. Also, I pour and put away the offerings that were "for the akhu". But, "reverting" for me is cool. It's like sharing a meal with Djehuty. It's like a communion, sort of :) May be he just didn't like the specific offerings being reverted? Why not try sharing a cup of tea with him :) For me, in turn, he does not approve throwing the offerings away (not counting the akhu ones).
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Post by aondeug on Feb 25, 2015 15:13:29 GMT -6
Does anyone else pour out bits of whatever they're drinking if you're outside? If I'm walking around and I drink a bit of water I'll just pour out a tiny bit in some dirt. If I'm carrying around some sort of snack (usually nuts or fruits for me) sometimes I'll leave out bits of that too. Unlike the drink thing which I always try to do the nuts and what not are given up more on a "I feel like now is time to give a thing" or a "I feel weird. better give thing now" basis.
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Post by GreenAsSin on Feb 25, 2015 15:30:13 GMT -6
I've only made two offerings so far. It was just a small piece of bread with some honey butter, one for Cernunnos and one for Loki, that I set aside while I was having dinner. Once I was done eating I gave them to my two dogs as a treat. I think in the future I'll be eating the leftovers or putting them outside for the animals, depending on what it is and if I think it'd be safe for to put out.
I didn't get any bad vibes about giving the leftovers to the dogs or my plans to eat the leftovers myself in the future so I figure my pair is fine with it. But I made sure to explain to them beforehand what I planned to do so it wouldn't look like I was trying to take back what I had given them or something.
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Post by cass on Feb 25, 2015 15:47:54 GMT -6
Does anyone else pour out bits of whatever they're drinking if you're outside? If I'm walking around and I drink a bit of water I'll just pour out a tiny bit in some dirt. If I'm carrying around some sort of snack (usually nuts or fruits for me) sometimes I'll leave out bits of that too. Unlike the drink thing which I always try to do the nuts and what not are given up more on a "I feel like now is time to give a thing" or a "I feel weird. better give thing now" basis. oh yeah, this is definitely a thing i do from time to time. especially when i'm drinking tea outside, sometimes it feels like i'm being told to share. in my experience, Manannán is fond of black tea in general, i'm trying to get better about burying offerings. i used to throw away most food offerings because of my living situation, but i've started burying them at the base of a tree in front of my house. it can be kind of awkward though, because the tree is in view of the neighbors and also our landlady tends to be wandering around on weekdays. she's a weird woman, but idk what she'd think of her tenants burying food on her property >_< so i tend to save things and then go out at night
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Post by aondeug on Feb 25, 2015 20:03:46 GMT -6
Oh god yes I get what you mean by feeling you're being told to share. The vast majority of the tea I end up offering is green teas because that tends to be what I happen to have around. Though now that you've said it I kind of want to bring along some black tea next I go to the ocean.
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Post by saintfelicity on Feb 25, 2015 20:44:29 GMT -6
IIRC that's a tradition in folklore I think I've read before about it being customary to offer some of the food you're eating if you're eating outside, otherwise it's considered rude to some extent. I see most of my offerings as sharing in a way, that's how I like best to approach them. I do offerings a couple times a week, usually when I'm going to work on some art or writing because I like to have a hot drink and a snack, so cookies, cocoa, tea, that kind of thing. I worked from home today so I gave the Three a glass of my post-lunch spinach-banana-peach smoothie. Sharing wherever you are is good hospitality, whether you're welcoming them in your home or if you're being a good guest in their domains.
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Post by Allec on Feb 25, 2015 23:53:40 GMT -6
I keep offerings like stones and jewelry, but food offerings I throw away. I've tried reverting them, it just didn't feel right and from my understanding, Djehuty didn't approve? This is why I don't really consider myself Kemetic. I used to pour the libations away - to the ground, in the past. Also, I pour and put away the offerings that were "for the akhu". But, "reverting" for me is cool. It's like sharing a meal with Djehuty. It's like a communion, sort of May be he just didn't like the specific offerings being reverted? Why not try sharing a cup of tea with him For me, in turn, he does not approve throwing the offerings away (not counting the akhu ones). Intaier brings up a good point, Raine. In a Kemetic Context, you eat your offerings so I would think Djehuty would want you to consume your offerings? Though I do find it fascinating that you're bringing a Gaelic concept of how the food has it's essense or "Toradh" consumed by the deity while giving an offering to Djehuty--because I get that same feeling when offering something to the Gaelic Entities. Makes me wonder if Intaier is right in that Djehuty didn't like what you offered (POSSIBLE and has happened to me with Gaelic entities!) or if maybe you aren't offering to a Kemetic entity at all, but actually a Gaelic entity who you think is Djehuty? Obviously only you know the answer to either of those.
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Post by Allec on Feb 25, 2015 23:59:18 GMT -6
Does anyone else pour out bits of whatever they're drinking if you're outside? If I'm walking around and I drink a bit of water I'll just pour out a tiny bit in some dirt. If I'm carrying around some sort of snack (usually nuts or fruits for me) sometimes I'll leave out bits of that too. Unlike the drink thing which I always try to do the nuts and what not are given up more on a "I feel like now is time to give a thing" or a "I feel weird. better give thing now" basis. YES. Especially when I'm cooking a meal myself. I tend to give bits of it. Also, in a superstition I've read(somewhere), if a piece of food drops while you are cooking, it's the Fae saying they want some. So if I drop food when I'm cooking, I assume they want it and give a bit extra. I then put it outside. I also get those intense feelings that I need to leave out an offering. I have gotten the most response feedback with offerings than I have with other stuff--like the Fae flipping my cereal bowl over when I didn't give an offering for weeks, or being burned by incense when I gave an improper offering to the Dé. To GreenAsSin, I'm glad things go well! I don't know much about offerings in Norse culture, nor Gaulish culture (where Cernunnos is from), but your approach to tell them what's up is a good one in general
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