Greek
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Apollo’s day follows His sister Artemis’, just as His birth followed Hers. As She is Goddess of the moon, Apollo is the God of the sun. Of course, both these Deities are much bigger than these single manifestations. But the sun and moon are constants in the sky, there for us to gaze upon and…
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Or, Stop Forcing the Gods to Think About Everything Exactly Like You Do. They Don’t. Sannion at the House of Vines recently alerted me, through his annual round-up of miscellaneous links, of a sex toy company that names itself for Athena. Yes, you read that right, Athena. The foremost of the Virgin Goddesses of Olympos.…
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This was my midterm paper for World Lit. Since the subject was the Odyssey, I thought I’d share it here. I had to wait until it was graded and I got permission from the professor to post it. I didn’t want for her to find it and think I plagiarized it! Anyway, I got an…
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I realize I am posting this two days late, but this weekend was taken up by preparing for and conducting a handfasting ritual for two friends of mine. . A Prayer for Father’s Day by Amanda Artemisia Forrrester . Hail to Ouranos, the First Father! Expansive primordial spirit Father of the First Gods Blue-black, with stars…
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Roma is the personification of the city of Rome, and all the qualities and virtues that made Rome great. She was the guardian of the city and the empire, in the same way that the statue of Lady Liberty is the symbolic guardian of Ellis Island, the gateway to America. In many ways Roma is…
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So, tomorrow is the Kriophoria, the “Ram-Bearing Festival” of Hermes as the guardian of flocks and fields. We may not be shepherds anymore, but I’ve interpreted the flocks to be a symbol of all our wealth, both literal and metaphorical, and hence to celebrate Hermes as the God of the economy and protector of our…
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I believe that studying the sacred animals of the Gods can teach us something about the nature of that God. Even the perceptions of animals by other cultures can be important. Owls, that special animal of Athena, have a complex mythology. To some cultures, such as the Ojibwa and Pueblo Native American tribes, they are…
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Last night was a beautiful ritual. I baked blueberry-walnut muffins as one of the offerings, and two other people were in attendance, including one woman who has not been able to make it to ritual in a while. It was a nice night, wonderful to see my friend, and after the ritual I led a…
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It’s been a while since I have posted, again real-life projects have kept me away. I am constantly surprised how quickly time seems to pass when one is occupied. Last Friday was the public Festival of Artemis Leukophryrene. Two other people were in attendance, and offering homemade muffins with birthday candles as a modern version…
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Of all the Gods, Greek or Egyptian, most connected to Ptolemy Soter were Isis and Serapis. The Egyptian Osar-Apis (or Osiripis, Userhapi, Asar-Hapi), was in the Greek called Serapis (or Sarapis, Zaparrus). While building Alexandria, Ptolemy had a dream. He saw a large statue that commanded him to bring to bring it to Alexandria. Ptolemy…
Temple of Athena the Savior 