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Prayer for Healing Sleep

Gentle Hypnos! He Who Owns Half Our Lives, I ask for your aid! Please bring me a night Of comforting rest And peaceful dreams. Let me fall into your arms And sleep as though I am dead! Help me feel refreshed And rejuvenated, So that I may wake And take on the day Ahead of me! With your help, I can make the most Of my tomorrows And heal from all My hard yesterdays!

experiencinglifeagain

Hey, hi, hello. So, just wanted to reiterate this again.

The Greek Gods are not their myths.

Myths were not written by the gods.

Myths were written by flawed ancient men who really didn't like women and it shows.

Your goddesses are not vain, petty, or shallow.

They are not bound to the myths written by flawed men.

crimsonsongbird

My Prayer for Ares

Hail to Father Ares! Without your hand, I would still be drowning Without your support, I would still be lost and afraid. I thank you for helping me fight the raging battle within. I thank you for lending me your strength when I had none. When I couldn’t find the courage to believe in myself, you always believed in me. I am alive because of your love and guidance. Hail, Father Ares!

Hail to Ares, Warrior God! For your aid, I thank you. For your sword and shield, I thank you. With your guidance, I know I can become a formidable opponent. My inner demons will cower and flee. With your support, no battle will be too fearsome. All enemies, seen or invisible, will fall by my blade. Hail Ares, the Fierce Warrior God!

Indestructible Ares, Father and Fighter of Demons, Praise be unto your name!

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I wrote this prayer to use when making an offering to the Ouranic Theoi. It focuses on asking for protection, guidance, and just Their presence in general. Feel free to reblog, and share with credit to me. Do not remove my caption, and if you want to repost it elsewhere, ask me first please. You are welcome to print and use as you please for personal use, and may use it for group rituals and such with credit to me. I hope you enjoy using it!

The background image is from canva.com, and are free to use and distribute!

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⚜️Hermes ⚜️ my favorite greek god ⚜️ gifs (edits) made by me :)

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Oh, golden Aphroditê Areia, I call to you!

You, least spoken of,

You, like Your brother.

You, who instills fear into the hearts of men while filling women to the brim with courage.

Glorious Aphroditê Areia, You are what gives me strength!

Perhaps You inspired the words ‘all’s fair in love and war’.

It is You, Aphroditê, who moves gracefully in battle,

But it also You who teaches people to love themselves

It is You who inspires the beauty of this world,

It is You who allows us to see the gruesome beauty and grace of battle and war.

For that, I thank You.

teawiththegods

In The Beginning

Begin with Zeus, on every man’s lips

The streets are full of Zeus, and all the marketplaces;

The sea is full of Him, and the harbors:

All of us need Zeus everywhere we go

For Zeus has fathered us all, and smiles on us

And shows us his kindness, and sends us off to our works,

Reminding us what must be done

He tells us when to yoke up oxen,

When to hoe, when to sow seed, and what to plant

For it was Zeus who gave us the heavens

And divided the sky into stars,

And shaped each star differently,

And then made each star point to a season

So men could read His heavens and understand

And all things could grow as they should

We pray to him first, we pray to Him last:

Hail, Father, wonder-worker, men’s great blessing,

Hail to You and to those who came before You

And hail, gentle Muses, smiling on men:

Guide my song, help me,

For I bow to you and pray

- By Aratus in “Pure Pagan: Seven Centuries of Greek Poems and Fragments”

teawiththegods

“Zeus, king, give us good even if we don’t pray for it, And give us nothing evil even if that is what we pray for”

Pure Pagan: Seven Centuries of Greek Poems and Fragments

onismed

Enchant Your Morning Beverage

Waking up in the morning, we all either go for coffee, tea, milk, etc. Here’s some cute ways you can enchant your morning drink!! (Of course some of things can go in more than one of the things, but it’ll only be listed once!!)

Coffee

Cinnamon- spirituality, success, love, and protection.

Nutmeg- a financial charm, also helpful with success.

Clove- cleansing your aura, banishing bad spirits, and protection.

Peppermint Oil- energy, motivation, and vitality. Draws in the positive spirits.

Lavender- calming, peaceful, and can be used as a love charm.

Tea

Lemon Balm- known for cleansing and purification.

Ginger- love + sexuality charm and protects from evil.

Thyme- positive energy and strength.

Chamomile- a good luck charm, used for love and helps with meditation.

Jasmine- sexuality, meditation, and possible pain relief.

Rosemary- purification, mental booster, and an emotional booster. (Helps boost memory!!)

Basil- protects against evil spirits.

(I’ll be adding more later!!)

verdantlyviolet

Deipnon, Noumenia and Agathos Daimon Prayers

This is a collection of prayers (written mostly by others) I use to celebrate the Deipnon, Noumenia and Agathos Daimon each month.

Hekate’s Deipnon (also Hekataia or Hekatesia) was held on the 29/30th day of the lunar month, the new moon. This date is known as the hene kai nea (“old and new”). [1] The main purpose of this Deipnon, this supper, is to placate Hekate and the apotroaioi (the vengeful dead) [2]. Typical food offerings for the supper included eggs, fish (red mullet [3]), cakes [4], leeks/onions, garlic, and this offering was left at the crossroads which were sacred to Hekate Trioditis. It was also a time to purify the household.

To Hekate, for Protection from Evil

To Hekate at Deipnon

To Hekate, while offering at the crossroads

Noumenia (“new moon day”) is the first day of the lunar month, the first visible slither of the new moon. Plutarch declares it “the holiest day” [5] and there are no festivals conducted on the Noumenia according to the Attic calendar, nor did legislators meet on this day. It is traditional to burn frankincense [6] and hang garlands at the household and city shrines, and to offer cakes and honey [7], as there was a focus on feasting and relaxation. The Noumenia was sacred to many personal gods of the household, most often Hestia, Hermes, Hekate, Apollo and Zeus.

O Hestia

To Hestia at Noumenia

To Hestia

To Zeus

To Zeus Ktesios

To Hermes, for Protection of the Home

O Golden Apollon

To Household Gods

The second day of the lunar month is sacred to the Agathos Daimon, the Good Spirit [8], a guardian of the house and family represented by a snake or sometimes a young man with a cornucopia. Traditional offering to the Agathos Daimon was a libation of unmixed wine.

To Agathos Daimon

[1] Plutarch’s Lives Vol 1 “Solon”

[2] Plutarch Moralia 709A

[3] Athenaeus Deipnosophistae Book 7

[4] Aristophanes Plutus 596

[5] Plutarch Moralia 828A

[6] Aristophanes Vespae 94-96

[7] The Noumenia and Epimenia in Athens by Mikalson

[8] Sacred and Civil Calendar of the Athenian Year by Mikalson pg 15

Deipnon further reading

Noumenia further reading

* Updated version of this old post 2015

divineprisoner

Hera is the Mother that you need.

She soothes those who became a widow,

She seeks justice to those who are domestically abused,

She makes Her worshipers out to be Queens and Kings in their own way,

She watches us from the stars, protects those in need,

She counsels us, guides us, shining a Heavenly light in our lives.

Blessed Queen, Mother to all, I thank you for all of your blessings and influence in my life. For being the Mother I need, for being my beloved Queen, I cannot describe in words my eternal gratitude and love I have for you. I can only hope you are pleased with what I have to offer, and I hope to serve you well.

bellknot

goodnight prayer to Hera

Queen Hera Antheia, the friend of flowers, Grant me sweet dreams in my unconscious hours. Lead away thoughts that fill me with fright, But until then, I love You, and I bid You goodnight.

teawiththegods

💐 Happy Mother’s Day 💐 to a goddess who absolutely deserves way more love and appreciation, Demeter!

It’s interesting how much stories change along with the people who read and interpret them. What once was a myth chronicling the length to which a mother would go to save and protect her daughter has now transformed into a Romeo and Juliet-esque tale of forbidden love, overbearing parents, and a lost sense of control.

While I do support us finding new ways to interpret and possibly even reimagine mythology, I think it’s a bit concerning that we have all but erased Demeter from her own myth. The “Hymn to Demeter” has become the “Hades and Persephone Myth”. And when she is mentioned in her own story, Demeter is often seen as the villain. Why is that?? I could write an entire essay on that subject alone but to sum it up, we value romantic love and relationships over any other especially familial.

Today, if you have the time I encourage you to read the original Hymn to Demeter and see just how powerful and beautiful the love of a mother can truly be. She not only starved the entire world to get her daughter back but she stood up to 2 of the 3 Kings (Zeus and Hades) and basically gave a big FUCK YOU to tradition. This myth is probably the most feminist story we have as Hellenic Polytheists. We should be celebrating it and Demeter, not demonizing her or writing her out of her own story.

So this Mother’s Day I’d like to give a big THANK YOU to Demeter for feeding us, providing us with the seasons (and Persephone), and reminding us how strong, protective, and fierce a mother’s love can be.

Happy Mother’s Day to you my goddess and to all the Moms, Parents, and Guardians out there whose love for their children could stop the world 🥰❤️