The Gods: A Romanticized Folly? (reincarnate, pagans, pray, worship)

[Druidus]

I've felt my belief in the Druidic Gods wavering for many months. It's not that I feel spite towards them or anything, it's just that I feel they may not exist in the way the ancient Druids saw them. Some of the Celtic Gods of the past may still live, but some, perhaps many, have died and reincarnated. Some have moved on. Some have regressed. Some are now other beings, not Gods.

Much of the Pagan revival is based, seemingly, on romanticism. These Gods, people, false Druids, false Wiccans, and false Pagans, they worship them because they are romantic, different, and fantastical.

I don't know. Maybe I'm just following the path more towards Taoistic Druidry (the Source and all). I don't think the Gods no longer exist, but I do think they have changed. Some died, some were born, etc. How can I know that I'm not worshipping a long dead being when I pray to Oghma? All I can do is hope that another being has been born that fills the same role, the same archetype, as Oghma does/did.

Random thoughts. I am seeing now, and nothing can be known. The fire burns, but never consumes. The lake will freeze, the fish will be hidden by ice, but the fish will still exist.

[Revasser]

Well, I can't help you with the reasons why people worship... That's up to them, perhaps some do so for the reasons you state, perhaps others do not. I think there are probably as many reasons for worship as there are worshipers.

For the rest... well, it really depends on how you perceive the gods. Are they mortal? Can they be killed? Can they die? Even if they can, does "death" even mean the same thing to a god as it does to us?

While my knowledge of Celtic gods and how they are perceived is limited, to pull a story from my own religion... Set murdered Wesir (Osiris). Butchered Him, in fact. Yet, Wesir still lives, though He is certainly also dead. He reigns in the West. So if you look at it from that kind of perspective, would it matter if a god you worship has died? Death may be a vastly different thing for a god than it is for us.

These, however, are really questions you can only answer for yourself. I would offer the generic advice of prayer, meditation and contemplation.