BellaOnline Forums Religion and Spirituality Pagan Types of Polytheism - where do you fit in?

Polytheism is the belief that there is more than one deity. In practice, polytheism is not just the belief that there are multiple gods; it usually includes belief in the existence of a specific pantheon of distinct deities. Within polytheism there are hard and soft varieties: Hard polytheism views the gods as being distinct and separate beings Soft polytheism views the gods as being subsumed into a greater whole. Polytheism is also divided according to how the individual deities are regarded: Henotheism: Views that there may be more than one deity, but one is supreme. Monolatry: Views there may be muliple deities, but only one should be worshiped. Kathenotheism: Views that there is more than one deity, but only one deity at a time should be worshiped. Each is supreme in turn. Personally -I am categorized under Soft polytheism

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Soft style - much like my martial arts.

Soft

I'm definitely soft too

me I don't know where I fit in. Honestly, my mom and siblings are born again and I practice new age sometimes. I once consulted runes and it told me I have many deities.It was like talking to me but not in flesh. They are like tarot cards only runes are made of stones after that I stopped using it and now it is kept in a can of biscuits where no one can see it.

I did an article on the history of the Runes a few weeks back

I'm kindda like Monique, I call upon several Dieties depending on what I am doing, I may call upon one Diety for this and call upon another for something else. I'm not sure where that puts me?

In the Kathenotheism camp , according to Sulverna

In cause your wondering I had stumbled across the terms while doing some research on Wikipedia. I just thought it would be fun to share. But to those of you who don't know were you fit in perhaps you can uses this questions to spark an internal search. I personally feel that the 'Path to Enlightenment' starts with defining your personal relationship with what you feel is and is not divine. But then again I am one of those weird people who is Pagan for the religion not the spells. I want to be one with the universe not control it.