Demeter
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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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Cleansing the Sacred Space Carrying the khernips, the Priest/ess walks around the ritual area, sprinkling everything with the water. Recite the following as you make your circuit: “You are washed clean by the life-giving waters of the Nile! You are pure! No man has set foot on you, for you are the primordial mound rising
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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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A Prayer for Earth Day by Amanda Artemisia Forrester . Hail to Gaia, Mother Earth! Primordial Being, First-born Goddess, On this, Your sacred day, we honor You And remember – without You, we are nothing We have no home, no life, but for You May we be good custodians, and care for You, Our Mother.
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I have never been fully comfortable with Demeter. Intellectually I understand Her importance, both in the ancient world and today, but emotionally I am somewhat put off by Her. I identify more with Her wayward daughter Persephone. While I am aware of my own bias, the fact remains that my relationship with my own mother
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Hi everyone. Sorry its been so long since I blogged, I got unbelievably sick. I’m doing much better now, but for a while all I could do was sleep. It wasn’t even the kind of cold where I could lie in bed with a laptop and work on my writing. No, I was really out
Temple of Athena the Savior 