I have decided to celebrate Samhainn–opening my year as a Druid Apprentice–with a rite honoring Demeter, Persephone, and Hades. It seems appropriate since not only is Samhainn traditionally a time to celebrate the dead, when the gates of the underworlds are thrown open and the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the [...]
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Struggling With Samhainn
Posted in Spirituality, tagged ADF, Alcohol, Ancient Order of Druids in America, AODA, Apples, Autumn, Celebration, Celtic New Year, Ceres, Creativity, Cross-Quarter Days, Death, Druidry, Earth, Eleusinian Mysteries, Fall, Geocities, God, Goddess, Gods, Greek Mythology, Hades, Halloween, Harvest, Hellenic Polytheism, Immortality, Initiation, Internet, Jaegermeister, Life, Liturgy, Marriage, Motherhood, Mystery Religion, Mystery Rite, Myth, Mythology, Nature, Neopaganism, New Eleusinian Mysteries, New Year, Paganism, Persephone, Plants, Pluto, Polytheism, Prayer, Proserpine, Religion, Rite, Ritual, Samhain, Samhainn, Samhuinn, Spirituality, Spring, Sunday, Theism, Underworld, Wheel of the Year, Winter on October 29, 2009 | 8 Comments »
May The Libations Resume
Posted in Spirituality, tagged Ancient Greece, Faith, God, Goddess, Goddesses, Gods, Greek Mythology, Hellenic Polytheism, Hellenismos, Internet, Paganism, Polytheism, Religion on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sponde!, an excellent and user-friendly introduction to Hellenic polytheism as a living faith, is back online again at a new site. If you are interested in a hands-on approach to the gods and goddesses of ancient Hellas, it is an excellent first step. It has my stamp of approval, for what its worth, [...]
Our Shrine To Hestia
Posted in Spirituality, tagged Candles, Deity, Family, Fire, Flame, Goddess, Greek Mythology, Hearth, Hellenic Polytheism, Hellenismos, Hestia, Home, Impiety, Kitchen, Light, Marriage, Neopaganism, Orthopraxy, Paganism, Piety, Polytheism, Prayer, Shrine, Vesta, Worship, Yankee Candle on October 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Here’s a picture of our shrine to Hestia, the goddess of the hearth and arguably the central focus of Hellenic pagan household worship.
Yes, in case you were wondering, it’s just a tart burner from Yankee Candle. The trend in modern Hellenic polytheism, as far as I understand, is to put a shrine to Hestia [...]
My Vow To Athena
Posted in Spirituality, tagged Athena, Goddess, Greek Myth, Greek Mythology, Hellenic Polytheism, Hellenismos, Impiety, Minerva, Mysticism, Oath, Omen, Paganism, Pallas, Promise, Religion, Spirituality, Supplication, Vow, Worship on October 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today I prayed and made an offering to Athena, in response to the omen I believe she sent me earlier this week, rebuking me for my impiety. At the conclusion of my devotion, I had the distinct impression that this was fine and good… for a start. So, I made a vow to [...]
An Omen?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Animal, Athena, Athletics, Civilization, Conversion, Goddess, Greek Myth, Greek Mythology, Hellenic Polytheism, Hellenismos, Hermes, Impiety, Mercury, Minerva, Mysticism, Neopaganism, Nike, Omen, Owl, Paganism, Piety, Polytheism, Prayer, Religion, Running, Sacrifice, Wisdom on October 5, 2009 | 7 Comments »
My belief in the gods is based largely on two things: 1. I find them compelling enough to believe in, and 2. I have experienced their presence, existence, and sometimes even immanence. Not so with Athena. Of all of the major Hellenic gods, Athena has just never seemed that real to me. [...]
My Prayer Calendar
Posted in Spirituality, tagged Aphrodite, Apollo, Apollon, Ares, Army, Artemis, Bacchus, Beauty, Belief, Christianity, Diana, Dionysos, Dionysus, Family, Faunus, Friday, God, Goddess, Gods, Greek Myth, Greek Mythology, Hellenic Polytheism, Hellenismos, Hera, Herakles, Hercules, Hermes, Hestia, Hiking, Home, Infantry, Interfaith Marriage, Jove, Juno, Jupiter, Liturgy, Marriage, Mars, Mercury, Military, Monday, Myth, Mythology, National Guard, Neopaganism, Norse Polytheism, Odin, Paganism, Pan, Polytheism, Prayer, Procrastination, Reconstructionism, Religion, Ritual, Sacrifice, Saturday, Sex, Spirituality, Sunday, Theoi, Thursday, Tuesday, Venus, Vesta, War, Wednesday, Wild, Wilderness, Worship, Zeus on September 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Taking a suggestion from the now-defunct (but excellent and accessible) Sponde: Hands-On Hellenism website, I decided to put together a personal calendar for prayer and worship. The idea was really to just get started and dive in, rather than to agonize over just the right way to set it all up. I can [...]
Pie And Wine For The Equinox!
Posted in Spirituality, tagged Art, Autumn Equinox, Dionysus, Druidry, Equinox, Fall Equinox, Family, Festivity, Food, Fruit, Greek Mythology, Harvest, Hellenic Polytheism, Hellenismos, Holidays, Mabon, Music, Neopaganism, Paganism, Pie, Polytheism, Wine on September 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I intend to celebrate the Autumnal Equinox with pie and wine tonight. Homemade fruit pie, but not apple, which seems more Samhain appropriate. And a “Hail Dionysus, Lord of the Vine!” or two. Perhaps some music. And hopefully friends and family. But that is all.
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