Jul 17, 2014
It is far easier to establish a relationship with something that is not an abstract. We often anthropomorphize deity and other beings in this way, enabling us to relate to them in a way that makes sense to us. More and more as I travel along this spiritual path, I am finding this anthropomorphization far too limiting, far too restrictive. A cloud is nothing like me, yet there is much I can learn from a cloud. I do not have to give it human characteristics in order to relate to it – it’s gone beyond that.
Joanna van der Hoeven, "Paganism, Anthropomorphization, and Anthropocentricity"