Offerings To The Holy Ones, It can be challenging! Options

Would anyone possibly have any good suggestions of offerings for Gods, specifically ones of Chaos, Destruction, and Darkness/Night? I would assume that aything personal or special to you, but of course I don't think a God of Destruction would appreciate flowers, am I right? Wine of course, would usually suffice, as would milk.. but I'm thinking more along the lines of solid objects. I guess the main reason is that: 1. I feel I do not respect/show my respect fully and 2. I would like to contact Them, but from what I've learned, It is unwise to approach such powerful Gods without some sort of offering.

And then contributing to the community, I've found Spirits and Gods of Earth like stones that you have found.. ones that just "clicked" when you saw them and you said "Oh my, that is one beautiful/powerful stone!" and simarly, those of Water appreciate daily offerings of pure water from a natural source.

Right. so how would you go about offering. say a mask or piece of artwork you created? Would you just hang it up or place it on the shrine/altar? Thanks a ton. What would the Forums do without you?

Right. so how would you go about offering. say a mask or piece of artwork you created? Would you just hang it up or place it on the shrine/altar? Thanks a ton. What would the Forums do without you?

It depends on the deity in question. If you're making offering to gods of destruction, the sacrifice should be destroyed. For a god of chaos, perhaps twisted from its original design or intention (you might hang a mask upside down over the emblem of the deity, or use it in an otherwise un-mask like fashion; or you might cut up a journal page or poem in that case, and rearrange the words into a prayer for the deity).

If you intend to keep the offering with your altar, then you are not really giving it up - it becomes then very important that you commit that piece to the altar, and away from the eyes of the profane. You must never, ever take your offering back inadvertently by showing someone the piece thereafter, because then it is no longer the property of the deity as you have given it, but 'temporarily' yours again to show and receive praise for. That can be difficult, so I would personally suggest burning or otherwise destroying something. You might bury something for a deity of darkness/night. Throw something into a lake, leave it on a mountaintop. The more difficult and time-consuming the sacrifice is, the better.

peace