The sanctity returned to us by the reverence we've invested in a spirit, object, place, or calendar date increases with our continued interaction with the object of our veneration.
I call this "The Sanctity / Veneration Feedback Loop".
The Sanctity/Veneration Feedback Loop is one of the basic principles at work in aesthetics, religion, and personal magic: the more you venerate a principle or object, the more sacred it becomes in turn. Yes, you are the primary arbiter of the sacred and thereby, the holiness of the world is a factor that's largely in your own hands, it's up to you.
The veneration of holy things not only makes them holier to us but it can have a profoundly healing effect on us as well. We do not belittle ourselves by worshiping something, we elevate ourselves in the process… To a Pagan the world is full of things worthy of veneration, not solely the ghosts wrought from a grossly misunderstood book and forced upon them by red-faced men in bespittled pulpits spouting brimstone, politics, and fear.
So, RELAX, it's really all up to you...
Only you define what “worship” means...
Just don’t sell yourself short...
Here's a few models for the terrifying W-word, ranging from the mild to the extreme:
"Worship", defined as...
Willful remembrance & acknowledgement.
or,
"Worship", defined as...
Tribute and respectful salutation.
or,
"Worship", defined as...
Overt acts of veneration of the sacred.
or,
"Worship", defined as...
A willful act of submission to the sublime
spiritual aspect(s) of a deity, spirit or thing.
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- Earrach, Samhain 2016
