Music and Healing

Bri | Hellenic Pagan | Libra

[thewitchofwhitfield]

Is mixing pantheon’s unacceptable? I have a strong connection to the Greek deities but i’m also interested in the Norse gods (specifically Loki)

[criticalrolo]

I JUST SAW INFINITY WAR AND CAN I SAY FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, WHAT THE FUCK

[stahhhhpppp]

Avengers Infinity War: (summary)

Iron Man:

Captain America:

Hulk/Bruce Banner: 

Thor:

Black Widow: 

Dr Strange:

Star-Lord:

Drax:

Mantis: 

Gamora:

Nebula:

Rocket Racoon:

Groot:

Spider-man:

Black Panther:

Bucky:

Okoye:

Falcon:

vision/Scarlett:

Loki:

Thanos:

[nine-butterflies]

Me going into infinity war: stressed

Me leaving infinity war: stressed and depressed

[astrologytopics]

Libra High Vs. Low Functioning

Every sign has the potential for greatness or weakness. Depending on where we are on our journey, we move between low and high functioning. No matter where you are now- we all have the ability to reach ‘the high’ :)

Even if you don’t have a Libra Sun, If you have any kind of significant Libra influence, this may be applicable.

High: Diplomatic, idealistic, and peaceful, a high-functioning Libra creates harmony just by being in the room. They have full autonomy and are present within themselves. They from profound relationships, quickly, and deeply through their incredible social skills. Their vast creativity can be used to heal and bring people from all different backgrounds together. Their optimism and calming influence can bring people together, forming true peace. They are a mediator, a diplomat, the creator of understanding. With their quick intellect and deep knowledge of every opinion and conflict allows them to create bridges that ties all together. They are genuinely kind and desire to understand every person they meet, which makes them highly popular. They influence the world for peace just through being themselves. Through their genuine desire to understand, they bring true peace and harmony.

Moderate: Life is romantic, artistic, beautiful. These individuals love to be in and create environments that cultivate the essence of beauty, balance, and self-expression. They desire peace within themselves and within their close relationships. They are charming and tactful, which helps encourage diplomacy. They are also quite clever and fun, which can create social environments through their shallow understanding of most topics. They deeply desire to bring balance. They want to keep the illusion of balance at all cost. They become exceptionally controlling, attempting to make everybody and everything fit their definition of balanced. They believe their perception of right and wrong is the ultimate truth. Will lead groups, marches, arguments that shame a side, instead of fostering peace. Passive aggressiveness emerges and they will subtly, publicly humiliate those they believe deserve it. They will scream for peace. Extreme criticism and self-righteous attitudes emerge.

Low: Balance is gone. There is a complete loss of the understanding of others. It’s all about me. Vanity, shallow relationships, overly flirtatious, and a heartbreaker. It is very difficult to be sincere about anything. Emotions are over-intellectualized and emotional manipulation emerges. Delusions arise. Self-hatred, self-contempt, low self-esteem, everything becomes negative and about ‘self’. Blame is put on everyone else. Relationships are all broken. Avoidant, depressive, and narcissistic personality disorders may arise.

[adrinoir]

What the zodiac signs look for in a significant other

Aries: Wants to be serious with someone who has a sense of direction and ambition in life, but also has a good sense of humor (puns are a plus).

Taurus: Wants someone loyal, sweet, and understands them on a deep, personal level.

Gemini: Wants someone adventurous and romantic. Trips and big romantic gestures are a must

Cancer: Wants someone who’s optimistic, romantic, and isn’t afraid to show their emotions. Being an open book with each other is important to them.

Leo: Looking for someone brave, confident, and talented. Someone they can be daring and try new things with.

Virgo: Wants someone honest, sweet, and down-to-earth. No lies, all trust.

Libra: Wants someone who thinks logically but is kind-hearted and understands their feelings better than anyone else.

Scorpio: Wants a low-key type of relationship with someone caring, understanding of others, and has the same interests as them. 

Sagittarius: Wants someone with an opposite personality to their own - affectionate and outgoing. They feel it will give their relationship good balance.

Capricorn: Wants someone who has a leader kind of mentality and who’ll push them to be the best version of themselves that they can be, but isn’t afraid to be their own person.

Aquarius: Wants someone optimistic with a creative, care-free spirit, but also has serious goals for their future.

Pisces: Wants someone who’s a dreamer and has the same type of personality as they do.

[immortal-echoes-moved]

APPRECIATION POST FOR HERMES BC HE’S SO WONDERFUL AND IM SO THANKFUL FOR THE GOOD FORTUNE HE BRINGS ME!!!

[theoracleofapollo-deactivated20]

Remember Hellenic Polytheists...

Aphrodite wants you to be nice to yourself and your body because she thinks it’s beautiful

Apollo cares about your mental health

Dionysus wants you to relax and enjoy life

Hermes appreciates your puns and pranks and silly antics 

Hephaestus thinks you’re hella talented and inspiring as is

Artemis believes you’re strong enough to fight off the bullshit people throw at you

Ares wants you to keep fighting 

Athena believes in you - your intelligence and capability

Poseidon knows that you can be as calm as a lake’s current or as fearsome as an earthquake

Hestia wants you to be safe and comfortable

Persephone wants you to stop and smell the roses

Hera has a beautiful future planned for you

Hades doesn’t want you to kill yourself tonight

and remember, if all else fails,

Zeus would totally start a shit-storm over you

[therootwitch]

Here’s something I’ve noticed in my practice: signs from spirits and gods tend to make themselves obvious. You don’t have to look for them very hard.

When there’s a real sign or omen, you see it and it hits you– you just know.

[halcybean]

💥struggling polytheist tips💥

from the bean who brought you beginner polytheist tips, here’s some for the experienced and struggling —

💢 first and most importantly, make yourself the priority. step back. stop pressuring and guilt tripping yourself. sometimes this means not making offerings, doing rituals, or just being generally active with your faith - they will forgive you 

💢 remember that they are busy. modern polytheism is on the up and up, sometimes they simply won’t have time for you but you are not forsaken. 

💢 don’t compare yourself to others. everyone’s path and relationship with deities is unique and incredibly personal. criticizing yourself won’t help anything.  💢 when you’re able to, say thanks. just thanks. Pour out some water, whisper apologies, something to recognize them as still apart of your life  💢 too busy/no energy when you’re awake? try in your dreams or keep a log if nothing seems obvious. signs might be there that aren’t totally blatant  💢 plan ahead. the less time pressure you put on yourself, the more energy you’re likely to have to finally Do The Thing™. I like to plan my Things around holidays and moon phases but it can be anything whenever  💢 godphone out of minutes? write them notes. not letters (i mean, unless you wanna but i find them to be exhausting). Leave them in a box, a bowl, tie them to a plant, privately post them to your blog, burn em up, whatever works  💢 give them flowers. A simple, universal, “miss you, love you, hope you’re doing well"  💢 dismantle and reorganize your altar. clear out your doubtful, struggling energies from your personal space. you can wait to set it back up or do so slowly over time  💢 do you work with spirits? they might be more readily available than your very busy deities if you need a spiritual fix this one helps me a lot

feel free to add your own tips and help out your fellow polytheist~

[awakenedchaos]

Hey there, I was wondering if you had any tips on working with Aphrodite and sharing your own experience? How did you know she was calling to you and everything and like what do you do for her? I want to be a devotee to her but I'm not sure what I'm doing....

🌹 Working with Aphrodite 🌹

General Tips

🌸 Creating a little space or altar dedicated to her is always helpful and it feels so much more organized and special, she’ll probably appreciate it a lot.

🌸 She’s honestly one of the best deities or even spirit in general that I have ever spoken with. She’s incredibly understanding, so if you dedicate yourself to her a certain way and you miss a day of doing whatever ritual you decide to do, don’t beat yourself up about it. She understands. Life happens.

🌸Offerings are great. You don’t always have to go all out and spend a shit ton of money. Don’t feel bad if you can’t do that. What genuinely matters to her is that there was thought put into it and such. (I’ll write what I have given her a bit later in this post)

🌸 She’s the type of deity to give lots of signs, I feel. Always be on the lookout for signs.

🌸 Don’t beat yourself up if you can’t hear her. Using divination is an easy way to talk to her. Especially pendulum. If the convo is one-sided, that’s okay, too. Don’t worry about her hearing you, because she will.

🌸 Practice self-love. She loves when you devote little acts of self-love to her. It can be small little things, too, like painting your nails, washing your face, cleaning your room, taking a shower, anything like that.

My Experience

Okay, so I began working with her not too long ago because I’ve been in kind of a rut. I needed support and I felt the need to work with a deity because I felt like it would almost help me organize my mind and life in general. And it has, honestly. It hasn’t been too long but I can confidently say that it’s already amazing.

I approached her with a gift. I painted a pink rose for her that I was very proud of and I poured some love into it, so I knew she’d love it. And she did. I immediately caught on how lovely of a being she was. Her energy is quite strong and when she wants something/wants me to know something, I know it.

The night I actually wanted to start working with her but had troubles at home, she gave me a prophetic dream that was pretty much going to change my life forever and I was so incredibly grateful. I may ask her to give me dreams more.

I find that whenever I have a problem, she’s always one of the first people I think about telling. For some reason it’s like the world stalls me from telling her, and by time I am able to tell her, the problem has already been resolved. I think that’s of her doing, though. It’s such a nice and protective feeling.

Offerings. What I have given her is water, the painting, and there was a set of earrings that my aunt got me when she went back to our home town in Greece and they had pearls on them so I dedicated them to her and I have them on her little altar space. Today, I plan on giving her a piece or two of my favorite chocolate. I also have a little cup of dried rose petals on her altar space.

In this rut I’m in, at least mostly in the beginning, I had trouble using my telepathy. I was born with this ability and naturally strengthened it over the years but because of trauma, it was kind of “calcified” in a way. At first, I was very hesitant to talk to Aphrodite because of this, but I leaped in anyways and she comforted me so much about it. I still have logs of our first chat session using tarot because I have a booklet that I write down anything witchy related that also has tarot logs so I can remember what answers I receive.

The more honest I am with her about my feelings and the more I take care of myself, the more connected to her I feel. I legit have a face scrub dedicated to her now. I clean my room a lot and take baths a lot for her because since it makes me feel good, it makes her feel good.

I’ll probably make an updated post with more in the future because I feel like I’ll have a ton more amazing experiences with her that I’m incredibly excited for! I hope this post was helpful, Nonny!

~ Eris

[the-red-has-power]

*fingerguns @ the sun* for Apollo

[tarotartemisia]

Me, nervously placing an offering of dark chocolate on Apollo’s altar: “so… Uhm I know this isn’t a traditional offering and all… And that chocolate didn’t exist in ancient Greece… But I kinda need help with a thing… So will you-” Apollo, already chewing on a piece of chocolate: “sweetheart, we have a deal”

[anathematic]

That pagan feel where you’ve got to pray like

“…and I’m sorry I don’t use your names in vain more often. No, that’s not right, it’s just– see, when I stubbed my toe and shouted “Jesus Christ!” it wasn’t about me worshipping the guy, it’s just that the people who taught me to swear were Christians, so…”

[hestiaswitch-blog]

Hades

Symbols: Cerberus (his three-headed-dog), drinking horn, sceptor, key, the helm of darkness, pentacles

Sacred Animals: The screech owl, serpents, black rams

Plants: Cypress tree, asphodel, mint, white poplar, narcissus

Scents: Frankincense, patchouli

Gems and Metals: Onyx, jet, black tourmaline, black obsidian, hematite, coal, all metals and stones (especially black ones)

Colours: Black

Time: Midnight

Offerings to Hades:

Water, wine, honey, milk, or oil (best poured into a hole in the earth)

Pomegranates

Bones

Caring acts towards the dying

Caring acts towards dogs

Coins, gemstones, and metals

Leaving flowers on graves, cleaning up graveyards

Pictures of deceased loved ones

[starrydevotee]

Greek God Offerings

Collected from my grimoire. ***EDIT: I’ll make a part 2, since I cant fit any more gods on this post. :)

Aphrodite

A variety of plants and herbs; lady’s mangle, roses, rosehips, mint, jasmine, pear, plum, apples, honeysuckle, cinnamon, daisy, myrtle, iris

Anything pink/green

Olive oil

Crystals; rose quartz, jasper, emerald, topaz, peridot (any beautiful gemstones)

Love letters/songs/stories/poetry

The Empress tarot card

Beauty products

Self-care

Copper

Ares

Wine, especially red

Frankincense incense

Daggers or other weapon

Dog statues

Depictions of vultures

Fresh meats/meals with meat

The color red, even in candles

The Chariot tarot card

Apollo

Music, art, poetry, dance

Laurel, cypress, apples

Anything golden/yellow

Yellow and golden cakes

Yellow jasper, sunstone

Sports/competition objects

Animals; lions, wolves, swans, crows, etc

Hyacinthus, frankincense

Depictions of the sun/light

Orange juice/light colored juices

Artemis

Nature walks

Depictions of the moon

Animals; deer, geese, dogs, bees, bears

Almonds, amaranth, cannabis, cedar, cypress, daisies, hazel, mugworth, myrtle, willow

Honey

Moonstone, pearl, quartz, silver, turquoise, iron, aluminum, diamonds

White and silver candles

Athena

Milk, olive oil, wine, honey

Sweet smelling herbs and flowers

Bread, cakes, grains, fruits, olives

White/blue candles

Roses

Owls

Studying

Demeter

Wheat, barley, penny royal, poppy, sunflowers

Cornucopia

Pig, snake, owl depictions

Frankincense, myrrh

Honoring the seasons

Fruits

Dionysus

Wine

Fruits like apples and grapes

Meats

Pine

Frankincense

Depictions of snakes, leopards, bulls

Theater

Going to a festival

Roses

Hades

Anything dog related

Black colors, crystals, candles, etc

Metals, stones

Mint

Bones

Hermes

Coins

Strawberries

Wine, olive oil, honey

Frankincense, styrax

Dice/card games

Traveling

Hekate

Olive oil

Honey

Spellwork, charms, etc

Herbs

Purple/black colors

Anything dog related; dog hair, etc

Black/purple crystals; onyx, amethyst, etc

Poseidon

Horse depictions

Coffee

Fish

Mint

Anything blue/ocean related

Zeus

Depictions of eagles/bulls

Cinnamon, wine, cakes, pastries, meat, fish

Fruit

Oak, ash, pine

Frankincense

[halcybean]

💥struggling polytheist tips💥

from the bean who brought you beginner polytheist tips, here’s some for the experienced and struggling —

💢 first and most importantly, make yourself the priority. step back. stop pressuring and guilt tripping yourself. sometimes this means not making offerings, doing rituals, or just being generally active with your faith - they will forgive you 

💢 remember that they are busy. modern polytheism is on the up and up, sometimes they simply won’t have time for you but you are not forsaken. 

💢 don’t compare yourself to others. everyone’s path and relationship with deities is unique and incredibly personal. criticizing yourself won’t help anything.  💢 when you’re able to, say thanks. just thanks. Pour out some water, whisper apologies, something to recognize them as still apart of your life  💢 too busy/no energy when you’re awake? try in your dreams or keep a log if nothing seems obvious. signs might be there that aren’t totally blatant  💢 plan ahead. the less time pressure you put on yourself, the more energy you’re likely to have to finally Do The Thing™. I like to plan my Things around holidays and moon phases but it can be anything whenever  💢 godphone out of minutes? write them notes. not letters (i mean, unless you wanna but i find them to be exhausting). Leave them in a box, a bowl, tie them to a plant, privately post them to your blog, burn em up, whatever works  💢 give them flowers. A simple, universal, “miss you, love you, hope you’re doing well"  💢 dismantle and reorganize your altar. clear out your doubtful, struggling energies from your personal space. you can wait to set it back up or do so slowly over time  💢 do you work with spirits? they might be more readily available than your very busy deities if you need a spiritual fix this one helps me a lot

feel free to add your own tips and help out your fellow polytheist~