Inspired by a Friend

[qos]

Recently uncrowned_king asked, Do you know how hard it is to find a modern faith with a strong Father/King God that isn’t Judeo-Christian?

After a bit of reflection, I have to agree with him.

What about you, my other friends?

The energy of the Father-King is primordial, and so powerful it's easy for it to become tyrannical. The Emperor in the Tarot is one of those problematic cards that often is portrayed in an unattractive light in modern decks, because patriarchs have fallen out of fashion (for good reasons).

But where do we go to find a Father-King who embodies law, justice, and nurturing, the king who would lay down his life for his people in sacrifice as well as strike down a threat without flinching? Where is the shepherd of the people who would face the wolf or the bear with a club, as well as stay out all night to care for a sick lamb?

And while uncrowned_king isn't interested in the Judeo-Christian tradition, I wonder where that style of Father-King is allowed to co-exist with a strong feminine element, a Father-King who honors and cherishes the Mother-Queen energy that complements his own, rather than dishonoring or fearing it?

Comments

[upasaka.livejournal.com]

I can understand why he might not want to get close to Old Blue Eye (you know, He of the Floppy Hat in Wagner's operas), but he might want to gain some familiarity with the Vanir. Attempts to make the Northern Gods fit into a classical template have left Freyr in an inappropriately seconday place in popular understanding. My own experience tells me this is not an accurate picture.