• April Calendar

    The April events calendar is up on the Events and Classes page.

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  • I’ve recently received a bit of money, and so of course I bought a bunch of books! I never seem to have enough time to read! Most of my time is spent working on the class on Alexandria and Greco-Egyptian Paganism that I am teaching, but that should be over by the end of April/beginning…

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  • A prayer born of frustration by Amanda Sioux Blake   Mighty Lady of the Battlefield, glorious Athena, to Thee I pray Fierce Ares, defeated only by the fair Lady of Love, I direct my prayer to You as well My country is embroiled in a third war Another front for our young soldiers to die…

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  • You Stand Strong By Amanda Artemisia Forrester   O mighty head-born daughter of Zeus Virgin Goddess, chaste purity incarnate Lady of both war and peace Truly You are the greatest Goddess of the Greeks! For not even fierce Ares can defeat You in battle And Your crafts are equal to those of Hephaistos, the Divine Smith…

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  • Weekly Athena Devotions

    Today I did my personal weekly ritual of devotion to Athena. I have been doing it roughly every week, but it has not been on the same day each week. I’m having trouble scheduling it around the other people in the home I live with. I like to spend several hours, if possible, after the…

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  • Check out these beautiful pictures of the Goddess of Mercy Festival in Vietnam. Sigh. Many modern Pagans can only dream about being such a large festival celebrated by thousands of worshipers.

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  • Drew Jacob, the Priest of the Celtic Temple of the River, talks about construction and  funding for Pagan Temples. Adding videos is working now. Go figure. I suppose I should thank Hermes for making it work this time!

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  • Kalasha dance

    Strange. It’s not letting me add a video from youtube. It’s never done that before. O Hermes help me with technology! I guess I’ll just add the link to a video of the Kalasha dancing.

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  • The Kalasha

    The Kalasha are a tribe of fair-skinned, blue-eyed pagans living in the hills of Northern Pakistan. It’s believed that they are the descendants of the army of Alexander the Great as he passed through this region. The woman are very sexually liberated for the area. They are free to choose who they marry, and if…

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  • the Ritual Last Night

    Last night was the Temple’s official celebration of the Martyrdom of Hypatia of Alexandria. I’ve said before that I consider Hypatia to be one of the ancestral spirits of this Temple, as one as one of my personal heroes. It was a great evening. Three other people were in attendance, including my adoptive mother. She…

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