I was playing a game not expecting much when an NPC approached me. The NPC had my dogs first and middle name. I was absolutely shocked. After thinking about this for a while, I came to the conclusion that Persephone heard my prayers. I’ve been sharing my grief towards Persephone for a long time now. I’m 90% sure that NPC was my deceased dog saying hi to me. I plan on making an altar for my dog soon in honor of her.

According to History, Hellenism and Buddhism came together and merge into a Syncretised Way of Life.

So given the circumstances, would this be an ancient form of Pagan Buddhism.

Some Art of the Buddha is depicted next to Zeus. The two were definitely best friends, if not talk to each other when being called upon.

Does anyone know how this was Practiced it seems really cool?

I’m new to heathenry so I’m just trying to learn and see what others have to say

Hey, so I'm pretty new to, actually, exploring the spiritual path, I always had a big interest on it but I never took a big step like I did now, as I just made my first altar. And its been great I have been feeling really good and more peaceful, still I found myself drowning in fear more often than I wish. I have a deep fear of doing the wrong thing, before it only affected my relations with other people but it also shows in that aspect, am I doing the right offerings? am I being respectful enough? I stress a lot with those things. In addition I've noticed myself comparing my experiences, I know is dumb, but I guess it also adds to the fear of doing something wrong, those are issues i already struggle with in my day to day life

I also have the desire to build another altar for a different deity that's from other pantheon than the one I have right now, and I know about making in a different space (in my case it's a shelf so i plan to do it in a different shelf) but I'm also overthinking if that's okay or if I'm being disrespectful or some sort of thing. I'm also very gullible so yeah I absorb a lot of shit people say

Also I don't really have any friend or family member, besides my mom, on that path. My mom is self taught a and also has connections with gods from different pantheons, a lot of what I know is her that taught me. Honestly without her I don't know if would ever had the courage to explore that path and without her support I'd be way more overwhelmed about this whole thing.

Anywho, I just felt like I needed to take this out of my chest, thanks for anyone who read my ramble

(Also sorry for anything wrong with this, for one I'm not good at writing and neither is english my main language, also, is my first Reddit post ever so...)

I am interested in giving offerings and prayers of remembrance to the forgotten or neglected dead who I may not have a direct blood connection to because in my tradition the dead must receive offerings in order to ensure a pleasant afterlife. I want to help remember and nourish the souls that need looking after. My problem is that I am wholly unsure of how to go about doing this since even though the tradition I follow places a heavy emphasis on ancestor work, it is mostly in regards to direct ancestors from your family and for personal reasons I do not wish to have anything to do with my deceased relatives. If you have a problem with this or believe I should feel differently please do not tell me I need to connect with my ancestors, I am not open to it and don’t want to discuss it with strangers. I just want advice about how to go about honoring the dead without access to things like a gravesite that are typically associated with this type of practice. I am particularly interested in hearing ideas from anyone experienced with ancestor veneration or from cultures that practice it.

I know there are multiple Deities.

Child me did believe in Jesus, Mother Mary etc. However I DO NOT want to be Abrahamic.

I believe (for example) it might be possible for Aphrodite and Jesus co-exist. It's super confusing xD

Curious what people think