As I read the forum I see a shift in how Gods are described both by Clergy (https://ancient-forums.com/threads/...tes-the-5-levels-of-divine-revelation.306989/) and by the community (https://ancient-forums.com/threads/what-now.307138/post-1192370).
- Are Gods actual people that ascended? I mean surely ones like Balaam are clearly historical figures but what about older Gods like Zeus and Astarte? Are They "divine equations duuude" or "magic all-loving energy beings maaan"? The term "divine intelligences" in the current schedule especially reeks of new age crap. If I make some new friends am I "creating a bond with material intelligences"? If Balaam is a newer God/Hero/Daemon then what piece of that "godhead perception" or "geometric forms" or "mathematical ratios" does He get? If HPS Maxine ever ascends what will I see according to those 5 levels of divine perception? Are all these "godhead perceptions" already all divvied up? Do they overlap? If not all are "handed out"/"claimed" is there a list of those that aren't?
- Is contacting a God(dess) without introduction from Zeus/Satan or, even worse, without dedication being bad (I remember reading that Andras in particular has a short fuse) still a thing? I'm way past that but if someone random dropped by and tried to contact/invoke/pray to Andras, or better yet, Nemesis (that's a big fat warning that doesn't even mention not being dedicated so I assume it applies even to dedicated Zevists) how would that go? I keep Zevism to myself but could I in good faith tell someone to try to pray to the Gods without putting up guardrails like "except these ones" or "here's the dedication page, do that blood dedication first"?
- I know that this post (https://ancient-forums.com/threads/what-now.307138/post-1192370) is not by clergy or even an established member but I wonder if it is even possible to accurately contact the Gods. If even HPS Maxine couldn't communicate accurately why someone like me (way less advanced and, if I didn't screw up the astrology thing, has quite the wall of delusion to scale in terms of astral perception) to even try? I think I'm net positive when it comes to results (communication from the Gods, including my Guardian, has been emotionally stabilizing for me) but I have no idea how much of that is genuine, maybe it is just me huffing copium in an industrial scale.
- Is the "Gods are coming back in 20-30 years" (damn, that was long ago, is it more like 15-25 years now?) still a thing? I think that would require question one be answered with "yeah, they are actual physical people" but maybe I'm wrong? Let's be real, my life would not change one bit even if highest Gods materialized in my room right now (although having a reliable material way to communicate could be used to train astral communication so there's one change I guess) but the "I was right" feeling would be awesome. Although the malding, coping and seething from Gods coming back and saying "Hi, I'm Satan. Yes, that one. Also you remember my pal Adolf? He's immortal now because of how much of a good guy he is" would be sweet too. Although planetary scale meltdown could be more destructive than a nuclear war considering most of the world would have their religion and/or ideology irreversibly shattered. Basically 2016 US election but almost every person freaks out instead of handful of far-left activists.
