Man, I've been slack. Well, here we are, another entry to Witches' Weekly.

What is your hearth culture? What ethnic culture do you relate to the most (Celtic, Norse), if any? 

Those that know me know that I am an eclectic. I worship gods from a variety of cultures, but, to be honest, I mostly worship deities from two main pantheons: Greek and Norse.

Now, I like to explore Pagan religions and pantheons, and to learn about specific worship along with the pantheons. Culture and pantheon together mean you understand the deities better. So I work at it, and research the ones that call to me. Despite my Celtic blood, I don't feel the pull towards the Celtic that I did when I was a small child. There's only a couple of deities from the Celtic pantheon that show much interest in me, and even then it's a more "oh, hello! There you are. Nice to see you, bye!". I don't actively worship them, but that could be because I haven't researched the Celtic culture and pantheon as a whole. I like to look into the recon worship, because they do try and they do their research and all that, so I find them a fairly good source. They also focus on just the one pantheon, which is a help. Anyway, I don't actively worship those few at the moment.

The Greek I almost grew up with. The myths are very familiar, I read them avidly as a child. They were the first pantheon I explored when I came to Paganism, so I have a particular fondness for them there. But even when first exploring them, it was clear that I was only going to worship some of the pantheon actively. The others gave me a nod, but weren't overly bothered with me.

The Norse were always "next on the list". A pantheon I knew I had to explore sooner rather than later. Even so, it took me a while to stumble upon an appropriate book. When I did, I expected to be "picked" by a few different gods... but not so many! The whole Heathen outlook fascinated me, and the pantheon chimed with me in a way I hadn't anticipated. Even more than the Greek! I do have to say, if I was going to name a "hearth culture", it would probably be Norse.

But then, I have so much left to explore. The Egyptians are letting it be known that they'd like to hear from me sooner rather than later.  I do expect the Egyptian way of doing things to influence my current practice. That's one of the things I like best about eclecticism: if I come across something I like and it doesn't conflict with my current practices, I can find a way to incorporate it without losing the spirit and sense of culture behind it.