Greek
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This was originally published on the Neos Alexandriaqwebsite, but I thought it would be good to re-post it here too, since there is little information about Ptolemy out there. Who was Ptolemy Soter? by Amanda Artemisia Forrester [Excerpted from the author’s class “Olympos in Egypt: An Introduction to the History of Alexandria, the Ptolemies,…
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In honor of Artemis’ sacred day in the Greek lunar calendar.
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Tonight, the last night of the lunar month, belongs to Hekate in the Athenian calendar. Tomorrow is the New Moon, or Noumenia, starting a new cycle in Greek reckoning. Not the new year, since that’s the first new moon after the summer solstice. I’m not sure what month is starting up either, since its been so long since…
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One of my favorite devotional activities is making colleges for the Gods. I save them in a large binder that serves as a kind of portable altar, too. This is the college for Rhea-Kybele, the Mountain-Mother.
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Hail Hermes, the Wandering God! He who guards All who walk the lonely roads Lord of vagabonds, the lost and alone Aimless and drifting Protector of Travelers! Watch over me now As I begin the journey of a lifetime From what I was, To what I am becoming. This is more than a move of…
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Yesterday was the 4th of the lunar month, which in the Athenian calender is sacred to Aphrodite, Eros, Hermes, and Herakles. Here’s my devotional collages for the Golden Goddess, the Lady of Love Herself. Page one, the left side of the binder, with prayers and poems. The hand-written poem is not mine, it was written…
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To Prometheus by Amanda Artemisia Forrester O great Muses who poets doth revere Lend me Your voices And attend my songs. I sing first a hymn of Prometheus, the wise Titan, First trickster, martyr for man Who crafted our mortal flesh From the clay of the River Styx, Life, from the River of Death. Before…
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Sorry I have not posted in a few weeks. I’ve been very busy with exams in school. I am disappointed I did not have time to discuss Prometheus as much as I would have liked. I was going to write a ritual to honor Prometheus, and another for Sekhmet, but I never got around to…
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The Winter Solstice issue of EHS is out! I have an essay published in it regarding Dionysus in Euripides’ The Bacchae, which I will reproduce below. However, you really should go check it out. There is a lot of beautiful poetry, an essay about Aphrodite, reviews, fiction, and other interesting things. — The Bacchae is…
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I’ve been thinking about household worship. This is not surprising, I suppose, since I am about to move. But I’m not really changing households. Essentially, I am the child going away to college, although in my case I will be moving back in with my father and brother for the school year, and in the…
Temple of Athena the Savior 