Every religion in the world attempts to define the relationship between mankind and God. In many cases, God is seen as something to be feared, a remote, omnipotent intelligence removed from the universe it created. Fyrnsidu, on the other hand, is pantheistic, and teaches the principle of imminent divinity– that is, we believe the gods and ancestral spirits of our folk are involved in our lives and our world, not aloof and removed. Fyrnsidu is polytheistic, that is, we recognize divinity in many forms, or as some would say it, through its many individual facets– the gods.
We revere our gods and goddesses as our eldest kin, and respect them as one respects the might of the sea, or the dangerous beauty of a thunderstorm. We do not grovel before them, nor do they wish us to abase ourselves. We give our gods the respect that is due them, we acknowledge their worth-ship, which is the true meaning of worship. In return, our gods give us protection, inspiration, and godly might in our aspirations. We honor our gods with gifts, freely given, and they do the same for us. This exchange of gifts is the proper way for heathens and heathen gods to show friendship and love for one another.
Many heathens feel after living our way for some time, that a particular god or goddess has called them to their service, or has offered them their special friendship. Others love all the gods equally, and feel no special attraction to one divinity in particular. This is as it should be, and where one heathen might feel a special connection to a “patron” diety and another does not, neither person is worshipping more or less “rightly”.
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