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Description: Glass paste cameo with Aphrodite seated with Adonis on her lap, in a cart driven by Eros and drawn by Psyche, Hermes and Pan. Another Psyche is seated behind Aphrodite playing the pan-pipes and another Eros flies above holding drapery. In the exergue are flowers (see BM Cat. Gem 3856). Pen and ink and graphite with grey wash.

no way lolololol Aphrodite taking her boyfriend on a romantic ride on her chariot while her son and her daughter in law are pulling them lmfao

bodhi-devotee

oh Aphrodite how i love you

tinypwetty

omg im so excited to play it. i’ve missed you my dearest claire redfield

awitchnamedjuniper

Kitchen Witch Recipe: Lavender Simple Syrup

I remember the first time my ex-girlfriend mentioned lavender in her coffee. I was skeptical, but not for long. Lavender in my coffee is still a favorite.

On the witchy side of things, lavender is great in spellwork for peace, calm, and sleep.

Ingredients

1 cup water

1 cup sugar

1/4 cup dried lavender (or 4 tbsp)

Combine ingredients into a saucepan.

Bring to a simmer until sugar dissolves.

Put heat on lowest setting and let lavender steep 15-20 minutes.

Let cool and strain into glass jar.

This is great in tea, coffee, lemonade, etc.

#kitchen witchery

girlcodedhamlet

it's very frustrating seeing otherwise well-structured posts about media literacy and critical thinking bookended with statements about "nowadays", "nobody has literacy anymore", "this generation is so anti-intellectual", and the like, unquestioningly falling into better past fallacies.

Do we really think the 80s and its Satanic Panic were better at critical thinking? what about the 40s? the Victorian era? societies have always had problems with critical thinking and literacy, because most societies have dealt with propaganda, corrupt leadership, difficulty providing education (due to poverty or discrimination or other issues), and/or people who resist critical thinking (due to privilege or circumstance or what have you). we can criticize media trends without pulling a "well back in the GOOD OLD DAYS" about it.

witchofalbion

I do appreciate those ‘do something witchy every day!’ posts, but I also think it’s worth remembering that everything we do is witchy, because we’re witches. It doesn’t have to involve candles or tea blends or meditation.

I’m still a witch when I’m elbow deep in dishwater. Sure you can use it to rinse away things you don’t want in your life, but you don’t have to. Doing the dishes is magical by virtue of the witch doing it.

I don’t know, it just feels like there’s sometimes pressure to be . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁ ⟡ ݁ . ⊹ ₊ ݁. aesthetic . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁ ⟡ ݁ . ⊹ ₊ ݁. about everything, or you aren’t doing it right; nothing could be further from the truth.

Once a witch, always a witch.

practical-hearthcraft-deactivat

To anyone who sees this, I hope you have an experience of whimsy today. I hope you see something utterly joyful, silly, and ridiculous, and I hope you see it and smile. I wish that for you today.

vigilantlight

Hestia in the Pyrtaneion

Daughter of Rhea, who hast in thy keeping the city halls, O Hestia! sister of highest Zeus and of Hera sharer of his throne, with good-will welcome Aristagoras to thy sanctuary, with goodwill also his fellows who draw nigh to thy glorious sceptre, for they in paying honour unto thee keep Tenedos in her place erect, by drink-offerings glorifying thee many times before the other gods, and many times by the savour of burnt sacrifice; and the sound of their lutes is loud, and of their songs: and at their tables never-failing are celebrated the rites of Zeus, the stranger's friend.

- Pindar, Nemean Ode 11, in celebrating an election

An excerpt I don't see shared around as often, and a depiction of Hestia's civil function as it pertains to state government.

The 'sanctuary' at mention here is the prytaneion of the city. A kind of city hall or council headquarters where governmental figures would meet and diplomacy would be handled. This, like really all similar structures of the era, housed a perpetual flame which represented the dominion of the gods, namely Hestia herself, and at times was viewed as the living breath of the state itself. But this flame would be one of the most important flames in the region, and was the 'seed flame' from which new fires would be brought to new settlements.

This building was seen as a kind of 'home', for the government itself rather than a family unit, and so like all other homes and civil hearths, was under Hestia's direct dominion. It goes to follow then that she's being asked to welcome a newly elected official into her home.

Her hearth would be central to the building, and subsequently all life would happen around it. As her flames were seen as the line of communication and connection between the state and the gods, she herself had an important role as an intermediary in all affairs.

A model of the pyrtaneion at Eleia, showing the inner chamber where the fire would be housed. Credit to the Ancient Olympia Museum website.

parakeet

#MyCoin

#hermes coded #to me

elminx

Y'all want the real shit, but can't handle that somebody else's spiritual catharsis is going to sound like ranting nonsense if it's not meant for you.

space-queen

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#yoink #pagan.txt

arden-et-al

A trick for myself, I'm finding, to a successful spell, is to accept whatever feelings you have about it after the fact.

I tend to worry. Especially when my OCD gets more severe, the thoughts just don't stop. Casting a spell is difficult when my mental health gets bad, because all I can think of is how I'll mess it up, or how it won't work, or how I'm doing it wrong, it won't help...

And the worst part is! I'll then beat myself up for having doubts in the first place. Then I'll feel bad about having beaten myself up. And then, and then, and then, down the hypothetical rabbit hole we go, over-intellectualizing my own feelings.

When you can't stop a worry, you can accept the worry. Embrace it. I know, deep down, that my brain is trying to help me but is going too far in the pursuit of saving myself. I thank my brain for trying, and tell it that I understand where it's coming from. I sit with the worry instead of worrying about the worry. I sit with the doubt.

I've been working on a good thing to say to finish spells. I will always have a weakness for "so mote it be," if I'm being honest (or maybe that's because my beloved has finally gotten me to play Hades 2, despite me not having played the first game, and I quite enjoy the way that Hecate says the phrase).

But I think my favorite is becoming- It is done. Simple. A clear, defined end point that my mind can understand. It's as though a line is drawn between the working magic and my overactive mind. Whether I worry or not, it doesn't matter. It is done!

prairiebeetle

I think more pagans need to learn to accept the divine mystery of it all, sometimes.

things will not always make perfect logical sense because the divine is not necessarily confined to earthly logic.

not that it isn't worthwhile to speculate and discuss, but more of us need to get comfortable with the idea that there may not always BE an answer - or at least not one we're equipped to understand!

homey-worshiper

Subtle altars around your house.

Put crystals, like pyrite and quartz, on your bookshelf, or books for Athena.

Present your jewellery on a hanger or a tray for Hera.

Have a coffee/tea corner for Hestia.

Curate the most colourful stationery collection for Iris.

Have a mini bar or cocktail station for Dionysus.

Organise your vanity for Aphrodite.

Keep a ready-to-go picnic basket for Persephone.

Start a windowsill herb garden for Demeter.

Make a seashell showcase for Amphitrite.

Prepare a sleep essentials tray near your bed for Hypnos.

Prepare a hiking essentials backpack in your closet for Artemis.

Curate your computer space for Hephaestus.

bcowlick

Greek myth fandom would be a better place if people understood that, while yes, you are allowed to have fun with this characters, and yes, you don't need to be an expert to enjoy myths and re-tellings.

Please, please! Never forget that this is not *just a piece of media* like a book or a movie

This is cultural heritage of the Greeks, this stories are one of the few ways we have to look back at how things were for humans thousands of years ago. This stories matter in a religious, cultural, academic and anthropological context.

You can call any of the greek gods your blorbo, but remember that your blorbo is still a god that is currently still part of an active religion.

So what i'm trying to say is: Be respectful. Understand why people can and have the right to get mad if some writer goes "My re-telling is 100% accurate and it's the best version of the story" and then it isn't.

Is okey to admitt you're not going the full lenght with accuracy, that will always be better than claiming you have "corrected" this stories as if they were broken to begin with. They are not, they are what they are meant to be: Cautionary tales, folk stories, and a peek into the culture of a civilization that lived hundreds of years ago.

Thanks for coming to my ted talk

alexikakoss

this is your daily reminder that water is NOT a lazy offering! the gods appreciate anything you can give to them, and it's more about the intention than the physical offering anyway.

slewfootwitch

It's okay to be silly about your witchcraft. It's okay to be serious in your witchcraft. There are always going to be people who interact with your witchcraft thoughts and content in bad faith, no matter how serious or silly you are. So it's important to express your relationship with witchcraft in whatever way makes you feel comfortable and understand that people taking that in bad faith or misconstruing it are doing so because of a them-issue, not a you-issue.

I love silly witches. I love serious witches. I love when my serious witch friends feel comfortable being silly with me. I love would my publicly silly witch friends feel comfortable being serious with me. I love when people are happy with their craft and how they share it.

waterbee0

Has anyone considered this, I'm sure they have, but a little space for your inner child on the altar with trinkets your inner child would like and their own candle with favorite colors at the time. And I don't mean in the means of worship, of course, but an exercise of healing and being like: hey, I see you, always have seen you, I hear you, and you were a kid.

I've thought about it recently because my traumas come from childhood and I've often kind of ignored that side of myself. She's shown up in tiny ways recently with my Strawberry Shortcake obsession. But I don't know, I think this idea came from my internal thought process with Apollo, on healing and where that starts.

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