God of the Month Club
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an oldie but a goodie. —- Hestia dwells in the center The kind-hearted Virgin Goddess Tends the Flame of Olympos Wherever families come together SHE is there Wherever communities unite SHE is there Wherever an individual gives himself to others, SHE is there Hestia of the flame The Eternal Fire Unities all She…
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But firstly, a correction to the Freyja post I made in March’s GMC. I, like many, many others, have made the mistake of saying that Freyja is the leader of the Valkyries. It is such a common misconception in the Pagan community that I didn’t double-check it when I wrote the article. My bad! About…
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Well, I did not do as much as I wanted for Oya this month. Since Oya is from an entire different system, and I know so little about Yoruba or Voodoo tradition, I was intending to seek out an elder to interview about it. I obviously didn’t get to that. I’ll either do that the…
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Hail to the Cow-Eyed One Joyful Hathor, Beloved of all the Gods, Divine Midwife, Nurse of Horus. Great Hathor, you are more than the Lady of Love Golden One, You are the Mistress of All Good Things Lady of Cheerfulness, Goddess of beer Lady of Beauty, Mistress of Myrrh You dance in the Temple precinct…
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Hail to You, Green-faced, Ram-headed one! Great Khnum, Divine Potter, Most ancient of Gods! From the mud of the Holy River Neilos You bring forth life Your deft hands work upon the earth, shaping it upon Your wheel, Turning it from black goo, into a living creature Into a human, an animal, a God. You…
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Oya is the West African Yoruba Orisha of winds, storms, fire, and transformation. She is also believed to be the Goddess of the Niger River in Africa, and the Amazon River in Brazil, where the worship of the Orishas was transplanted to the Americas along with the slave trade. Several of the sites I looked…
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Ebony skin glistens Stretched taut over hard muscle An arm raises above a dreadlocked head Sunlight glints across the razor-sharp machete edge Thick lips pull back in a sharp grin Just as razor-sharp as the weapon A bloodcurdling cry bursts forth from deep in the throat As the machete drops with deadly accuracy. Eyes black as…
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The sky and the stars make music to You. The sun and the moon praise You. The Gods exalt You. The Goddesses sing to You. The Temple of Dendera, Ptolemaic Period The Egyptian Gods are collectively referred to as the Neteru, Netjeru or Netjer. Kemet is the real name for Egypt, which means “the…
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First posted in 2o11. — Khnum (also Chnum, Knum, or Khnemu), the ram-headed creator God of Egypt, is one of the oldest Gods of Egypt, worshiped from the 1st dynasty ( 2925–2775 BCE) into the early centuries CE. He was originally thought to preside over the unknown source of the Nile River. Hapi was considered…
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I already had this one written, thought I share it to kick off the April God of the Month Club. — Lady of Beauty I sing Goddess of love and joy She Who intoxicates All the world with love Hathor, cow-formed Lady Hwt-Hwrt, “House of Horus” The endless horizon Which contains and embraces The glorious…
Temple of Athena the Savior 