What are the attributes of God(s)?
I don't really believe in God in the traditional sense. As in a human personification of a deity behind creation. To me, God is the sum parts a wider picture. I don't believe 'merciful', 'just', 'vengeful' and so on are God's attributes, these are human (and animal) attributes. I believe God's attributes are the storm, and also the quiet after the storm. It's the orbits of heavenly bodies, geological activities on our planet, and completely natural forces that cannot be categorized into a neat box of human emotions which comfortably address the woes of human society or individuals.
Do you believe in angels/demons?
Angels and demons have various versions in ancient world religion. The daemons of the Greek world are not necessarily evil beings for example, but could represent a generic term for various spirits, including nature spirits, guides, or even the gods themselves. Only in some versions they took on the form of harmful spirits. Another philosophy about daemons developed the idea of a spirit guide who watches over the person and in contemporary Occult philosophy (developed extensively in the previous centuries) this daemon, or HGA (Holy Guardian Angel) is in fact our True-Self, and it is our goal to work in order to manifest the traits of this Self. Usually, from this perspective, our petty personal beliefs are meant to dissolve as we develop our consciousness.
In the mythological sense, I believe that religions throughout history and ancient times had various versions of this subject. In some cases, the sharp duality between benevolent and malevolent spirits does not exist, instead what we have is a colorful collection of beings with their own desires and agendas, including gods and tricksters. In some traditions, for example in some major Near Eastern civilizations such as in Persian Zoroastrianism a strong system of duality developed with hierarchies of 'angels' and 'demons'. Judaism during the Second Temple Period also went through a process of embracing duality in some of its streams (the sect at Qumran for example) as a cosmic war between the Sons of Light and the Sons of Darkness (led by Belial and his chief antagonists) was developed and was manifested in the political situation at the time in the sect's view. This could have been part of a diffusion of ideas process in the ancient Near East as religious philosophies circulated. This strong duality between light and darkness, and good and evil was of course passed to Christianity which marginalized revered gods of the Classical world and the ancient Near East into demons. Or as the Biblical Satan of the Hebrew Scriptures made a transition from some type of trickster into an arch nemesis of God and all creation.
Humans are complicated creatures, with needs, desires and interests. It's how they work to satisfy their will that makes us judge them for good or ill.
Is there a Heaven and/or Hell?
I don't believe in either. I believe in the natural world, and in the Shakespearean sense, I believe that
There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in our philosophy.
What is your worship/service like?
My worship is more in the sense of intuitive expression rather than in the form of organized rituals or ceremonies. There are times that I feel a great reverence and appreciation to a natural environment, or to life's circumstances.
Are good works important?
They are as important as many other things, and sometimes not as important. The most important for any living being is to be able to stand on their own. To be independent and self sufficient. To be able to live properly in this life. Only then, can they seriously divert energies to good works in a more constructive way.
Does your faith have any teachers/incarnations?
Many. Other human beings I encounter in my journeys while traveling, during my work, professors in the academy, soldiers I served with. And of course various animals that I find wisdom in their ways. Then there is the more poetical dimension, of finding wisdom and inspiration in the figures of world literature and mythology. Chiron the centaur, Odysseus, Hector, Enki, Maat, Horus, the Hebrew prophets, Odin and others of the Aesir, Al-Khidr. Even John the Baptist has a strong aura for me, his wild and vigor appearance, his diet (wild honey and locusts), and his fierce and courageous criticism of the powers of his time (which brought his death).
More than pray, I guide my focus and attention in order to channel my goals and desire.
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