"Then as a stranger give it welcome."
Mar. 2nd, 2009 10:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
qosThank you to everyone who responded to my last post with suggestions about what deity would be the patron of the Sacred Stranger.
It was only after I'd read a couple of comments that I realized I hadn't actually expected any replies, that in my own mind it had been something of a rhetorical question.
That seemed strange, even to myself. Why would I ask a question of a very well-informed group of friends if I hadn't been looking for a substantive answer?
Then I realized what was going on: in my mind, a "God of The Sacred Stranger" would have no name. S/he hirself would be a stranger, always new, always a surprise.
So, while I appreciate the suggestions -- and offer all due respect to the deities who were named -- I think I'm taking this in a different direction.
It was only after I'd read a couple of comments that I realized I hadn't actually expected any replies, that in my own mind it had been something of a rhetorical question.
That seemed strange, even to myself. Why would I ask a question of a very well-informed group of friends if I hadn't been looking for a substantive answer?
Then I realized what was going on: in my mind, a "God of The Sacred Stranger" would have no name. S/he hirself would be a stranger, always new, always a surprise.
So, while I appreciate the suggestions -- and offer all due respect to the deities who were named -- I think I'm taking this in a different direction.
