>>6641
>the bible has been mistranslated many times so it's possible the meaning was added by a translator rather than being the original application
It's so annoying. I am at the level where I consider the translated text almost as a "cursed tome" because once I start reading something starts to "itch" that something is not right and when I look into it it is an eternally long rabbit hole with political strife and entities making the translators interpret things in their favor or even worse it is just some "educated guess" what the bible meant but then it was considered as "truth" which warped energies all around. Just did a session with some pagan gods that had to go along with christianity through history and aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

It's like reading an obviously leftist media and you know it's lying and through the sheer amount of lie and hypocrisy you can somewhat decipher the actual truth. Now imagine that with 2000+ years worth of energetic "traditions". The embodiment of "I get it and I don't get it at once" and when I don't get something I know I could "get" it further but why... I am starting to get that dream that told me to stop obsessing on history and start focusing on the cosmic nature reality instead. Actually timeless things can be less straining that things that we modern humans consider "timeless" aka history

>There is some meaning in the idea of "invoking God" as a ritual versus a distant passive "deity" in the sky.
While I will say literally this sentence I still think I must explain some details

>"god" comes from the Proto-Indo-European ghut-, meaning "that which is invoked"
This is important because people back then were truly able to invoke the power/archetype of their god. Just saying their name managed to put them into the correct "zone". It was quite important to maintain those egregores because it gave the people power. Even guilds had their saint or god that maintained their craft. Even without a complex ritual they were able to invoke the power that gave the necessary insights to fight or work.
>ghut
Quite similar to gut don't you think? Might be because once you invoked a power it had to go down into your "gut" so you could call it truly invoked. Might be a coincidence tho.


>"deity" or "divine" comes from the Proto-Indo-European dyeu-, meaning "to shine". So a "deity" is a being or object which "shines" "light" into the world
Now this is interesting because at this level they managed to interact with the "vision". With the thing that "dyed" their sight. Why this is important. Because while most people (especially commoners) were only able to interact with a concept or egregore through legends statues or the sermons of the priests. Those with the "vision" were able to literally "see" these beings and talk to them like they are there front of them like an actual person. Why this is important you might ask. Mostly because once they are truly able to "see" them the deities can impart wisdom and power onto them. Like how in Greece oracles had to interact with Apollo and he imparted them via the sight. This is why their shrines were sacred and no mortal were allowed to mess with it. This is the difference I think is important because you can "invoke" a "God" without being able to interact with them. Mostly because the egregore is strong enough and maintained by the society while deities can "decide" if they consider you worthy or not.