When I first began studying everything seemed to lean toward (mostly) Celtic beliefs with very little focus on other cultures. Being Hispanic I would, of course, be drawn to what my ancestors practiced and often I've encouraged others to understand the path of their ancestral beliefs. However there are many who are still drawn to other cultures outside of their heritage. It seems to be a brick wall which we all must face when deciding a path. Over the years of research and study I kept coming to the same conclusion that these ideas, although valid in their forms, are limiting to us spiritually.
I've seen people who followed Celtic beliefs, Egyptian beliefs, Greek beliefs, Native American beliefs, etc and many who call themselves Wiccans, Seax-Wiccans, Gothic Wiccans, Dianic Wiccans, Dianic Nordic Druid Wiccans with a half twist. Actually, I just made that last one up but it serves my purpose. They're just all titles. I turned my back on such ideas years ago. When I was once looking for which Pantheons to worship I realized that such ideas limited my understanding to such beliefs. Some people worship a greek God and a Celtic Goddess to combine both beliefs only taking certain ideas and calling themselves Eclectic. Again, they're just titles. I only call myself Pagan because people seem to need a title to label who you are in such a wide variety of beliefs, but this is thinning the spiritual path when too much focus is placed on a title, label or a set concept of Gods and Goddesses.
As often as I've encouraged people to understand their ancestral beliefs I've also encouraged people to step away from placing yourself in such catagories of cultural ideas. I threw away every idea I read, heard or believed. I started studying as a scientist would study a theory. I didn't use cultural ideas. Everything was in it's basic archetypal form and from here I found that my ideas had no boundaries based on cultures or the many forms of Paganism taken from a collection of beliefs. I have to admit that it was hard being understood. My own website was banned from an Occult search engine for being too radical. I've been bashed from every side; Christians, Satanists and even Pagans who refuse to let go of cultural ideas and not find their own paths. Instead, most people who chose to walk where others have gone before. Isn't the whole idea of spirituality to grow in your understanding and attain communication with the Divine Godhead?
Yes much energy is placed in these particular Gods over centuries of worship but no God or Goddess is pure. How many ideas have been shared between cultures. Whose to say that Ra originated with the Egyptians? So I walked away. I'm very deep into my beliefs and my beliefs remain my own not tainted by outside ideas but instead developed over years of soul searching. This is how I came to my beliefs. Not by choosing a pantheon. Interest in certain ideas could change over time. As a child, I went from studying Greek Mythos to Egyptian. From Egyptian I went onto studying the Celtic mythos and from there, Sumerian. All of these cultures have the same root from which ideas are shared........how the world was created, a descent to the underworld, tales of heroism and morals.
What one is not told is that these myths share a common idea; a universal truth, which is that Myth is used to explain the world around you and that ritual is used to enact that myth. So does it matter which pantheon you should follow when all paths lead to the same understanding? Why not be bold enough to walk away from choosing a set of beliefs based on cultural popularity or personal interest? Doesn't spirituality encourage such challenges? Isn't spirituality based on personal experiences of growth and development? and not one rooted in beliefs of dead cultures?