On the one hand, Ishtar, as a syncretic goddess, has most of the bases I need covered taken care of. On the other hand, the Eater of Socks clearly exists, and must be propitiated.
I'm rather an eccentric case, actually. I began feeling connected to Ishtar as a child, well over 40 years ago, and I've always felt that I was chosen, rather than the other way around.
Yes, actually. I went to an amazingly great liquor store over the weekend, with such a fabulous selection of beers that it moved me to reverence. I invoked Ishtar-Siduri, goddess of barley beer, on the spot!
Er... I assume you're using the word "invoked" in the pop-culture sense of simply calling on a deity, rather than in the literal sense of embodying the deity via possession trance?
Although that would have been a really interesting experience for the other people in the store, I'm sure... :-)
Sloppy language really is unforgiveable. What I really did was to utter several heart-felt, spontaneous prayers, in response to which I felt the presence of Ishtar in Her aspect as Ishtar-Siduri.
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Would you consider it a perk, then?
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Although that would have been a really interesting experience for the other people in the store, I'm sure... :-)
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And there's an uncertainty principle about socks anyway: no one is ever able to state with certainty the number of socks they possess.
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