Earth Mother/Sky Father
There is a bit of a debate going on right now on one of the groups that I belong to, relating to the acknowledgement of an Earth Mother in daily/public rituals.
I don't know too much about IE religions, I am just starting out on my path really and have alot to learn, but ADF supposedly is a Neopagan group and not a reconstruction of Ancient Druidry, and while we do share some relationship with it, we are still a MODERN religion.
The present view of the earth is of an all-giving mother figure whom should be respected and cared for.
Some have argued that while the earth itself is important, it is not the only reason we have life and remain living.
In isolation the earth would shrivel up and die, taking us along with it.
Without the sun we would have no vegetation, without the moon there would be not sea life or tides, and without fallen meteorites we would be without many minerals and nutrients. I'm probably oversimpliying it but you get the gist of what I'm trying to say without getting too technical.
The RELATIONSHIP between the two powers, The Earth Mother and The Sky Father is what gives us our lives, just as the RELATIONSHIP between a mother and father gives a child its life.
We recognise this truth in everyday, so why should it be any different with the Earth Mother?
In an article publish on the ADF website, Reclaiming of the Sky Father, it brings up the reality that the Sky Father really has been either ignored or maligned in many Neo-Pagan religions.
I personally agree with the author that it would be beneficial to dust off these beliefs and put them again into practice.
Raven and Carrion Mann explain this in greater detail in their article and I would encourage anyone to read it.
I don't know too much about IE religions, I am just starting out on my path really and have alot to learn, but ADF supposedly is a Neopagan group and not a reconstruction of Ancient Druidry, and while we do share some relationship with it, we are still a MODERN religion.
The present view of the earth is of an all-giving mother figure whom should be respected and cared for.
Some have argued that while the earth itself is important, it is not the only reason we have life and remain living.
In isolation the earth would shrivel up and die, taking us along with it.
Without the sun we would have no vegetation, without the moon there would be not sea life or tides, and without fallen meteorites we would be without many minerals and nutrients. I'm probably oversimpliying it but you get the gist of what I'm trying to say without getting too technical.
The RELATIONSHIP between the two powers, The Earth Mother and The Sky Father is what gives us our lives, just as the RELATIONSHIP between a mother and father gives a child its life.
We recognise this truth in everyday, so why should it be any different with the Earth Mother?
In an article publish on the ADF website, Reclaiming of the Sky Father, it brings up the reality that the Sky Father really has been either ignored or maligned in many Neo-Pagan religions.
I personally agree with the author that it would be beneficial to dust off these beliefs and put them again into practice.
Raven and Carrion Mann explain this in greater detail in their article and I would encourage anyone to read it.
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