Greek

  • GMC Poetry: Demeter Acrostic

    Deo August, Goddess of Grain Earth-Mother incarnate Mourning mother of Kore Eleusinian Queen, Giver of Agriculture Terrifying Black Mare, causing barrenness Eternally awaiting Persephone Rage turns to joy at the Spring Maiden’s return

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  • GMC poetry: Kybele Acrostic

    Knowledge secret and sacred, wild and free Youthful Attis Her dying-and-restructuring lover Boisterous is the sound of the drums, frenzied is the dancing Exuberant are Her worshipers, Her rites filled with sacred ecstasy Lions attend the Mistress of the Wild in Her mountainous home Exotic this foreign Mother of the Gods, Protector of Empires

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  • Round-up of Interesting Links

    Haven’t done one of these in a long time.   Heathen Gods and Sacrifice (and Transformation) Roman women more independent than previously thought On the burial at the sanctuary of Zeus Lykios The Arrogance of Monotheism — A Hindu View The Ancient Greeks’ 6 words for Love (and Why Knowing Them Can Change Your Life)…

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  • Review of With Lyre and Bow

    I just got my copy of With Lyre and Bow: A Devotional in Honor of Apollo complied and edited by Jennifer Lawrence for Bibliotheca Alexandria. Full disclosure: I have an essay published in this devotional. The cover is strikingly beautiful. This book has poetry, essays, art, fiction, and rituals and recipes. Unlike many devotionals that…

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  • First posted on the Neos Alexandria Demeter temple page. Later published in my book, Songs of Praise. I haven’t had time to write new poetry for this month yet, so here’s one of my old ones in Demeter’s honor. —- Muses, attend my song, And sing to me of Earthy Demeter Lady of the fields…

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  • So the September God of the Month Club is looking very interesting. The two Gods from the Neos Alexandrian pantheon are Demeter and Kybele. I’m very glad that Demeter came up, because I am working on Her chapter right now in Journey to Olympos, my book about worshiping the Hellenic Gods. Although I understand Her…

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  • I wrote last month about how I was thinking about adopting P. Sufanas Virius Lupus’s idea of using prayers to Wepwawet, Hekate, and Janus at the beginning of rituals to open the way for the other Deities being honored and to protected to sacred space. It has the added benefit of being another way to…

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  • This is a post I’ve wanted to write for a long time. Like many Pagans, I’ve had various altars and shrines throughout the years. Putting altars together is an act of devotion in itself, carefully picking each piece for its symbolic significance as well as its aesthetic qualities. Shrines beautify a home and give you…

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  • I wrote this prayer for the fourth of the lunar month, if anyone if interested. In the Athenian reckoning, it is sacred to Hermes, Aphrodite, Eros, and Herakles. —- On this most sacred day of the month, the fourth day of the moon’s waxing, I come before my altar to sing the praises of four…

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  •   Daughter of Kronos, venerable dame, who dwellest amidst great fire’s eternal flame;  in sacred rites these ministers are thine, mystics much blessed, holy and divine. In thee the Gods have fixed their dwelling place, strong, stable basis of the mortal race. Eternal, much formed, ever florid queen,  laughing and blessed, and of lovely mien;…

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