Hestia
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So the Bibliotheca Alexandria devotional to Hestia, First and Last, is now available! I have three poems and a ritual home blessing published in this volume. The table of contents can be seen here, and you can order your copy on Createspace here. Although there are few surviving writings regarding Hestia, She is arguably one
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Like many Pagans, I just don’t feel right if I don’t have have my altars around. Paganism is a religion that requires a minimum of a few tools, and often its adherents can go a little overboard acquiring more and more stuff. As I’ve said before, just creating an altar is an act of devotion,
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So, earlier this month, we bought a convection oven. We have not had an oven in a really long time. Even before we moved out to woods. The last house I lived at had a stove-top, but the oven was broken. So, it’s been almost three years, I think, since I’ve had a working oven.
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The following is a selection of the daily Goddess-centered exercises and rituals from Patricia Telesco’s “365 Goddess: a Daily Guide to the Magic and Inspiration of the Goddess”. My festival calendar is already quite crowded, so I won’t be practicing all of these, but I picked the ones that fit most with the theme
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Homestead Update for November and the first half of December The beginning of November was still relatively warm, at least from the perspective of someone who is not only from the Michigan/Indiana area, but has gone four years without heat in their house in the heavy-lake-effect snow area around South Bend. Although most of the
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The following is excerpted from Patricia Telesco’s “365 Goddess: a Daily Guide to the Magic and Inspiration of the Goddess”. Some of these days are ancient, but some are more moderation, such as Thanksgiving or the Rights of the Child Day from United Nations. But each day she assigned a Goddess Who she felt suited
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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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Hestia, First and Last Gentlest of the Olympians The Quiet One She Who tends the hearth Goddess of home, of family, of hospitality Peaceful harmony is Her creed So precious are the bonds of family to Her That when Apollo and Poseidon began to quarrel for Her hand She forsook marriage altogether So as not
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Fair Eirene, Goddess of Peace Spread Your feathered wings over my home. Gentle Hestia of the flame, Who dwells in the hearth Let us remember the value of family. Let only words of love be spoken here Let harmony reign in this house And the hearts of those who dwell within. Eirene, Hestia, sweet Goddesses
Temple of Athena the Savior 