Pagan Prayer Journal Prompts
♠ Where do you find your gods in your home? In your community? In nature?
♠ What constitutes a healthy relationship with your gods (to you)? Do you follow any methods or ways of worship?
♠ How have you overcome your challenges and obstacles with your religion? Have you had to face discrimination, fear, or disbelief?
♠ How do you view the mythology or folklore associated with your religion?
♠ Are you suffering in an area of your life? How can your prayers influence this aspect and how you live?
♠ How do you see your gods and goddesses? Do They have a fixed appearance for you, or do They change?
♠ How does your worship differ and compare to the worship of your predecessors?
♠ Are there any festivals, holidays, or feast days for your religion? Write some of your favourites down and what they all include.
♠ Does your religion have different “worlds” or domains which the gods can travel through? Ex: an underworld, a blessed place, etc.? Talk about those here.
♠ Which god or goddess do you feel the closest to? Why?
♠ Which god or goddess would you like to feel closer to? How could you build a relationship with Them?
♠ What is the commonly held belief of the afterlife in your religion? Do you adhere to this belief? Why or why not?
♠ Where does your religion originate from? Is there a specific country or region?
♠ Are there any traditions or special rituals for when people are married in your religion? Tell of them if so. If not, write about how you might include your religion into a wedding.
♠ Do you believe in signs or omens? Are they common in your religion? How does this belief affect your daily life?
♠ How has your religion impacted your overall wellbeing? Has it changed how you sea the world and other people?
♠ Rewrite your favourite myth or tale from your religion. Make certain moral lessons stick out if the story has any, and end with a summary of how you feel about the myth.
♠ Write a letter to the whole pantheon/a specific deity you worship.
♠ Write a hymn, prayer, or poem for you to use during your next worship session.
♠ Create a playlist for a god or goddess, or make as many as you want. Copy it into your journal.
♠ Imagine you are planning a worship service for others to take part in. Write out how you would hold it, and what would happen. Include any and all prayers, hymns, and poems you would use.
♠ Do some research and find a few hymns or prayers. Copy them down into your journal.
♠ Go outside and meditate in the presence of your gods. Cleanse yourself if necessary, and find a quiet place to sit. Ask the gods you worship to be with you as you think of Them and Their glory. Reflect by writing in your journal, telling of any revelations you had.
♠ Find some recipes from the golden era of your religion and copy them down for reference. Use them for offerings, or on festivals/holidays etc.
♠ Picture the perfect worship space which you could make for your home. Draw and/or describe it in detail.
♠ Picture the perfect worship space which could be put out to the public. Draw and/or describe it in detail.
♠ Dedicate some time to cleaning up your altars/shrines/etc. and be thoughtful as to how everything is placed. Take a picture or draw one and insert it into your journal.
♠ Design a piece of devotional jewellery and place the image into your journal. If you really enjoy it and would like to have it, try commissioning a custom item on a site like etsy!
♠ Get out of the house and walk around with a camera. Take pictures of things that remind you of your gods, and paste them into your journal.
♠ Go to a movie or play, or even a concert. Invite your gods to go with you as an offering. Write about your experience sharing that moment with your gods!
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