Simple, chill ways to worship!
Maybe you need to worship on the DL/aren’t out about your religious beliefs to those you live around, maybe you can’t spare the money for altar supplies like candles, or maybe you don’t have the physical or mental capacity for rituals/offerings/big prayers.
All of that is fine! While physical altars and offerings are nice, they aren’t necessary to worship a deity! Even your everyday activities can be acts of devotion. I mainly worship the god Apollo, so I’ll use him as an example here! Apollo is the god of music, art, poetry, medicine, plague, and the sun, so here are some of the things that I do to honor him outside of offerings:
Listen/dance/sing along to music
Wearing sun symbols, yellow, silver, etc.
wearing your deity’s colors or symbols gives them power and they give you protection, power, and guidance in return!
Make playlists
bonus if you make one dedicated specifically to Apollo
Try new music
Draw/doodle, make any form of art
bonus if you branch into art forms/mediums you haven’t tried before
even more bonus if you make art of Apollo
Reading/writing poetry
again bonus if you write about Apollo
Support other artists
liking, reblogging, retweeting their work
buying from their shops
following their accounts
giving them encouraging comments and messages
Tagging posts with a god’s name
when I reblog art or aesthetics sometimes I will tag Apollo as an act of devotion and to send some art his way
Open your blinds or windows to let the sunshine in, or spend some time outside
Taking care of your mental health!! (Apollo and Dionysus preside over this together)
taking your medicine (safely taking medicine in general! when i take my weekly testosterone shots i send prayers and thanks to Apollo!)
music and art therapy (using any form of art for venting/self-expression/mental health is a devotional double whammie for Apollo! I express and vent a lot through writing poetry and it makes him very happy.)
Getting your annual check ups, vaccines, medicine, etc.
these can be a bit of a drag, and inaccessible to some, but he really values taking care of your health. it’s flu season so it’s super important to protect yourself and others. remember flu shots are free and can be obtained at doctors offices as well as stores (in the US) such as CVS, Walgreens, and Target!
Silent prayer
Praying mentally is just as powerful as speaking out loud! It can also help develop mental connections with deities.
Worship can be super intimidating, especially when there isn’t a concrete doctrine or set of guidelines like most popular religions have. Just remember that as long as you’re honoring the ideals and aspects of your deity, you can’t go wrong!
