Is it odd to only honor one or maybe two gods from a pantheon but not follow the rest of the religion? For instance I feel a strong pull to Dionysus and want to create an altar but don’t necessarily wish to become a hellenic polytheist.

holy-mountaineering:

This is an excellent question.

So, the magick end of tumblr seems to have a problem understanding what syncretism is, so I’ll try to explain. 

Since time immemorial people have been comparing and contrasting religious thought and practice in respectful ways. Roman legions worshiped Persian Mithras as far away as Britannia. In cultural centers of the ancient world like Alexandria and many others, folks were teaching comparative and syncretic religious studies long before Christianity even caught on.

So, no, it’s not odd. People have been doing it for at least thousands of years. That being said, there are traditions, unlike Hellenic polytheism, that are closed and don’t want you using their shit. That’s not like some person on tumblr telling you they don’t like you being Christian or Muslim because you “stole” your religion from Judaism, that’s like a person of Hopi descent telling you that making Kachina dolls doesn’t make any fucking sense if you’re not Hopi.

It’s not odd and I do it all the time, go for it.

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