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Jun. 17th, 2015 07:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
omorkaThe bowl I've been using for my water-offering bowl on the outdoor altar got broken during the cleansing step between the last set of deities and the new set. I don't know whether to blame the drug-dealing squirrels who live in the live oak next door, the contractors who have been finally fixing the windows that had dry-rot, or the neighborhood feral cats (who I'm pretty sure have drunk from it before). But now I need to find a replacement; pretty much every source is adamant about a proper altar having a water offering in almost every culture I'm drawing from.
The last deity pair was Inanna and Enki. Most of the deities I've been working with, with the exception of Astarte, are fairly obscure by Western NeoPagan standards, so they often seem appreciative of practically every offering I've given. Inanna gets a lot more attention, and Enki is not as obscure as many of the others of his pantheon, so they were a lot pickier. Fortunately, they both seemed to like nag champa incense, cheap white wine, and strawberries. The outdoor altar also sort of took over for a little while; they were being demanding and didn't seem to want to split my time with the broader polypantheon at the indoor altar.
I'm thinking of doing Anshar and Kishar for the next pair, but between the bowl getting broken and us not being here for most of the next weekend due to the con, I may just put out a new ancestor candle for the moment and re-make the altar just after solstice.
I'm also doing what is likely to be my last CUUPs ritual for a while this weekend. I'm doing the story of the Gracious Gods again; that seems to be my go-to for Summer Solstice, partly because I like the story and partly because the act of magick that goes with it is pretty obvious.
The last deity pair was Inanna and Enki. Most of the deities I've been working with, with the exception of Astarte, are fairly obscure by Western NeoPagan standards, so they often seem appreciative of practically every offering I've given. Inanna gets a lot more attention, and Enki is not as obscure as many of the others of his pantheon, so they were a lot pickier. Fortunately, they both seemed to like nag champa incense, cheap white wine, and strawberries. The outdoor altar also sort of took over for a little while; they were being demanding and didn't seem to want to split my time with the broader polypantheon at the indoor altar.
I'm thinking of doing Anshar and Kishar for the next pair, but between the bowl getting broken and us not being here for most of the next weekend due to the con, I may just put out a new ancestor candle for the moment and re-make the altar just after solstice.
I'm also doing what is likely to be my last CUUPs ritual for a while this weekend. I'm doing the story of the Gracious Gods again; that seems to be my go-to for Summer Solstice, partly because I like the story and partly because the act of magick that goes with it is pretty obvious.
