(I do not know if this is true in Hellenistic paganism don't take my word) from what I heard if you die before a wedding or something big in your life it can cause the leftover feelings and your soul to still linger for a bit but how " big"does it need to be in order for ghostliness

does it have to be something seen as big like a wedding can it be something emotionally big maybe like a concert or something?

Side note can you still interact with the living world once you are a ghost?

Ps (I tried to word this in a way that doesn't lead to misinformation or interpretation I really hope I passed by the rules)

As a Hellenistic pagan we have things like Elysium and Taurus religions like Christianity have heaven and hell Islam with paradise and hell why does every religion even if they have more seemed to have the really good place and the really bad place? With religions being so different why is this one thing they almost agree on?

hope to correct me if there's something awkward thing

Hi everybody. To give some context behind my question, I am living in Taiwan and improving my Chinese, so I can learn more about Chinese culture. One part of Chinese culture is making offerings to deities or offerings to ancestors. For example, there is a class of beings called 土地公 (tu di gong) which are beings that watch over/protect a specific area. People pray to these beings for basically anything, but they also keep a respectful distance from them. For example, they wouldn’t pray to them like how Christians pray to their God, or how we Buddhists pray to Amitābha Buddha. However, western pagans seem to keep a close relationship to their deities. I have seen many people share their alters online and it seems like they have a heartfelt connection. However, to me it doesn’t feel like these pagan traditions have an ultimate being or anything, so why do people have such close relationships with the deities? I hope my question makes sense, thanks for reading :)

Hi all,
I understand this is a very common question amongst “beginner” pagans so bare with me.

The branches and labels are so intertwined yet different that it makes it hard to place your footing somewhere.

I find myself in trouble when it comes to religious belief as I’ve identified as agnostic thus far. I can’t say I truly believe in a deity but I do believe in an ultimate energy and the spiritual side of our realm.
From what I understand you don’t have to worship or believe in a deity but it has been hard to find labels i connect with.

Eclectic paganism has been my main focus but it’s so general I don’t know where to go with it.

I guess I just want suggestions on branches to research and take my own beliefs from that to make my own path as most of us do.

I love figures like Aphrodite and Hecate, I wear an ankh as I feel the ancient people of the time had a really deep spiritual connection to their beliefs as I also identify as genderfluid so the representation of feminine/ masculine sits right with me. I want to be more grounded with the earth. I do a lot of crystal and tarot work.

Thank you for any information or help I am here to listen and learn.

Blessed be

In my Roman polytheistic practice, I like to follow the mos maiorum. However, I really struggle with pietas when it comes to my father.

I won't disclose personal details, but for more context: my parents are divorced, and my father was rarely present. He's shown very little pietas towards me or my mother (to the point that he goes no contact for months for the silliest reasons).

Now, the gods? Pietas comes naturally for them. My mother, my aunt and my grandparents? Same thing. But my father? It just feels kind of unfair to show him pietas since it's pretty one-sided.

So I'm curious: do any Ancient Roman sources mention circumstances in which a parent could be denied pietas? Are there examples of this in literature, philosophy, law or history? And to those who went through something similar: could you share your experience? What solution(s) did you adopt?

~ Sybil

So I have Greek deities Aphrodite, Thanatos, Hades, Artemis, maybe hekate not sure. Then Norse Loki then infernal asmodeus and beezelbub and aliens, I'm not sure how to pray to them I know they probably have different prayers. But I was wondering since I have a learning disability and auditory processing disorder, if yous can simplify the prayers for me on how to do it. Then on how I can follow through on my side like I know for Thanatos he wants to help me with my psychic gifts, so I would have to pray to him for help and I have to meditate to work on them? I'm not sure what to do thank you in advance.