Post by Xylia on Aug 27, 2016 22:48:30 GMT
Hello everyone!
I'm new here, and completely new to Déanism. I've been going through a tumultuous period of intense philosophical/spiritual questioning and searching lately, and I was very excited to serendipitously discover Déanic/Filianic religion through the 'Chapel of Our Mother God' site a little while ago. For the last month or so I've been voraciously reading everything I can find online about it, through both that website and the independent Déanic blogosphere. I had long wondered whether there existed a purely feminine/female non-patriarchal monotheism, as neopaganism has never appealed to me, and if I'm being completely honest I find it rather repellent in many ways.
While I wouldn't call myself a Déanist just yet--there are various issues I have with many of the metaphysical/cultural/etc. specifics surrounding it, and I'm still intensely questioning everything, considering different traditions and struggling greatly to make the leap into a more metaphysically-informed worldview--I find myself strongly drawn to this faith (and yes, I'm aware that 'faith' is an imperfect term in describing exactly what Déanism is), I find the mythos and scriptures extremely beautiful, and researching/reading about Déanism and contemplating Déa always seems to bring me a great sense of calm, comfort and warmth. So much about it resonates so powerfully with me, and I've experimented a little bit with praying/talking to Déa, saying good morning and good night and so forth and asking for guidance. (Which I hope is okay in my current state of relative ignorance about specific devotional practices!)
So far (and, granted, I'm still very early in my process of researching and learning about Filianism), I find myself most drawn to what is described as 'pure Déanism'--while I find the daughter mythos to be poetically beautiful and so on, the complex Filianist angelology and doctrines don't resonate nearly as strongly with me as the concept of simply considering and venerating Déa as One and approaching her as a small child. In contrast to most of what I've seen expressed around in the independent blogosphere, the original/orthodox and Madrian views of gender (such that those expressed in the Madrian catechism, for instance) resonate strongly with me and my personal beliefs and approaches to the subject, and they're a major part of why this religion appeals to me so much.
I'm perhaps somewhat unusual in that I'm coming to Déanism from a completely secular/atheist background. From what I've seen so far, most people who find their way to this religion/tradition are former adherents of some type of Christianity, (neo)paganism, or other religious worldview, but I was raised in a purely secular/'apatheist'/naturalist environment, and up until very recently I actually identified myself as an atheist existentialist with nihilistic leanings. As such I've found myself with different struggles, such as intellectually making the leap out of staunch naturalism into a view that includes any sort of metaphysics at all, despite how much affinity I feel for Déanism on various emotional levels.
Anyway, greetings! I hope my presence is welcome here as someone strongly drawn to and interested in Déanism and that which surrounds it without being in any way personally committed to it yet. I look forward to participating in discussion.
I'm new here, and completely new to Déanism. I've been going through a tumultuous period of intense philosophical/spiritual questioning and searching lately, and I was very excited to serendipitously discover Déanic/Filianic religion through the 'Chapel of Our Mother God' site a little while ago. For the last month or so I've been voraciously reading everything I can find online about it, through both that website and the independent Déanic blogosphere. I had long wondered whether there existed a purely feminine/female non-patriarchal monotheism, as neopaganism has never appealed to me, and if I'm being completely honest I find it rather repellent in many ways.
While I wouldn't call myself a Déanist just yet--there are various issues I have with many of the metaphysical/cultural/etc. specifics surrounding it, and I'm still intensely questioning everything, considering different traditions and struggling greatly to make the leap into a more metaphysically-informed worldview--I find myself strongly drawn to this faith (and yes, I'm aware that 'faith' is an imperfect term in describing exactly what Déanism is), I find the mythos and scriptures extremely beautiful, and researching/reading about Déanism and contemplating Déa always seems to bring me a great sense of calm, comfort and warmth. So much about it resonates so powerfully with me, and I've experimented a little bit with praying/talking to Déa, saying good morning and good night and so forth and asking for guidance. (Which I hope is okay in my current state of relative ignorance about specific devotional practices!)
So far (and, granted, I'm still very early in my process of researching and learning about Filianism), I find myself most drawn to what is described as 'pure Déanism'--while I find the daughter mythos to be poetically beautiful and so on, the complex Filianist angelology and doctrines don't resonate nearly as strongly with me as the concept of simply considering and venerating Déa as One and approaching her as a small child. In contrast to most of what I've seen expressed around in the independent blogosphere, the original/orthodox and Madrian views of gender (such that those expressed in the Madrian catechism, for instance) resonate strongly with me and my personal beliefs and approaches to the subject, and they're a major part of why this religion appeals to me so much.
I'm perhaps somewhat unusual in that I'm coming to Déanism from a completely secular/atheist background. From what I've seen so far, most people who find their way to this religion/tradition are former adherents of some type of Christianity, (neo)paganism, or other religious worldview, but I was raised in a purely secular/'apatheist'/naturalist environment, and up until very recently I actually identified myself as an atheist existentialist with nihilistic leanings. As such I've found myself with different struggles, such as intellectually making the leap out of staunch naturalism into a view that includes any sort of metaphysics at all, despite how much affinity I feel for Déanism on various emotional levels.
Anyway, greetings! I hope my presence is welcome here as someone strongly drawn to and interested in Déanism and that which surrounds it without being in any way personally committed to it yet. I look forward to participating in discussion.