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Well the ritual last night went great. The altar cloth was gold, a color I assiociate with the ancestors, for some reason, I’m not sure why. The sugar bowls my great-great-grandmother owned were on the table and the worshipers bought pictures of their family members who had passed on. At the end of the ritual…
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Well its been a long time since I posted again. I’ve been going through a lot of personal stuff lately, mostly having to do with my mental illness. Also a little stray dog came into my life and for a while her care took up a lot of time, we had to force-feed her 4…
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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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Barley Offering Sprinkle barley on the altar, SAYING: “To the givers of life, Life.” . Purify the Circle walk around the ritual space with the khernips bowl, sprinkling the water around the perimeter. Say: You are pure! You are pure! By this holy water, this ground is made pure. In the name of Apollo the…
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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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He Epistole, a quarterly newsletter for Hellenic polytheists that is put out by Neokoroi, is seeking submissions for their summer issue. Below is their announcement. —- The April showers are becoming a part of recent memory and with them, depending on where you are, comes the warmer summer months. With the welcoming of Miguel to…
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A Prayer for Mother’s Day by Amanda Artemisia Forrester . Hail to Gaia, the First Mother! Primal Protogenos, Whom we live upon She Who mothered the first Beings in existence The mother of nymphs and Gods, animals and mortals Earth Mother, I hail You! . Hail to Rheia, Mother of the Gods! Rich-haired Titaness, mother of…
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Today I went to Shelton’s and bought seedlings for the garden. Since its still possible that it will frost for a weeks, they are inside under a grow lamp. This week I will be getting the plots ready, though. Hopefully I will be able to plant before my summer class starts. I have a tree…
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Lupa posted a thought-provoking essay about being a white, American shaman.Part 1, Part 2 Earth-centered religions get their own chapel at the Air Force Academy And from the Wild Hunt, “Beatrice Marovich meditates on how we use the skins of animals and how she created a secular “animal altar” to pay respects to some mink…
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Today is the last day of the Floralia, a festival celebrated in Rome from April 27th to May 3rd. At parties everyone wears crowns of flowers, and the table is strewn with sweet scented roses. A guest who drank too much dances with twigs in his hair. His indiscretion induced by wine. A drunken lover…
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Temple of Athena the Savior 