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I feel like my connection to Athena is not being maintained enough. I’m working on writing a weekly ritual Adoration of Athena to re-commit myself to Her weekly. While I’m at it, I’m thinking about doing a monthly devotion to Anubis. I could do divination at that time, too. In Your Name, Athena …
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I’ve been thinking about Antinous, the deified young lover of Emperor Hadrian. His historial cult is interesting, but I’ve been strangely drawn to him lately. There was no concept of sexual orientation back in the day, but He has been in become a symbol of queer spirituality. His Neos Alexandria Temple page is here. I…
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I was interviewed in the Winter Solstice issue of Eternal Haunted Summer, regarding the Temple and my writing.
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Things are about to get very busy for me religiously. This Friday I’m holding a public Adoration of Aphrodite ritual. This is not a ancient festival but a modern ritual I wrote to celebrate the Golden Goddess since we are so close to Valentine’s Day and I didn’t want to do Lupercalia. I don’t want…
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Khnum (also Chnum, Knum, or Khnemu), the ram-headed creator God of Egypt, is one of the oldest Gods of Egypt, worshiped from the 1st dynasty ( 2925–2775 BCE) into the early centuries CE. He was originally thought to preside over the unknown source of the Nile River. Hapi was considered the Nile God in other…
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After a long restoration, the Roman Forum’s Temple to Vesta and the Vestal houses and atrium are now open to the public. If I ever make it overseas, this will definitely be on my must see list. Sadly, not all restoration plans are going so smoothly. In Germany, a visitor center is being planned that…
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Very awesome! A Hellenic Pagan is allowed to swear on a book of Hesiod and Homer when she took her oath of citizenship! Too bad its not in America. I believe this is the first time this has ever happened, at least to my knowledge. What a day for religious freedoms!
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How awesome! Pyres are not allowed in most of the US. Funeral pyres are an old, old Pagan traditions, performed by Greeks, Vikings, and many others. It’s how I want to go out when I die, along with two coins under my tongue to pay the ferryman, of course. Hopefully pyres will be available on…
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Hello all and welcome to the inaugurating post of the Temple of Athena the Savior! My name is Amanda Sioux Blake, although you can just call me Amanda. I am the Templekeeper of the real-life Temple of Athena the Savior, Alexandrian Tradition. We are a Greco-Egyptian Temple in the tradition of Alexandria, Egypt. I am…
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