, O HYPNOS,

Devotion blog dedicated to Hypnos I owe him so much, I will do my best to honour him in my day to day life.

[to-hypnos-we-dream]

Welcome to the Temple of Hypnos, a sacred place of worship to the God of Sleep.

This is a digital temple one may return to whenever and wherever. All are welcome to the Temple of Hypnos, mind that this is a safe place for all systems, non-humans, disabled people, queer people, and people of color. Bigots will not be tolerated as this is a space of healing.

Our Mission Statement:

{It is our goal to create a community in which worship and devotion to Hypnos is held in a safe and soothing space. We honor Hypnos through offerings, prayers, discussion, and more. There is no strict path in the worship of Sleep, for all perspectives are welcome here.}

I, Ardyn, am the Cleric of this temple. I am sleep angelkin and have been alongside Hypnos since before this life. You may refer to me using He/It/Dark/Sleep pronouns. I'm a genderqueer intersex transfem trans man. This is not just my place of worship, but yours. I have made this for all of us, may we rejoice before the winged deity, Hypnos.

As this is your place of worship, you may submit any form of devotion. You may also ask or discuss anything you desire that is related to Hellenism or Hypnos. This may include art, prayers, experiences, offerings, poetry, spells, dreams, and more to present within the temple. You may also request anything from us, whether prayers, rituals, digital offering boards, and more. Community events may be held, and more is to be added as we grow. Every Sunday we post Revelations to Hypnos and every first day of the month we post a feedback google form to give you a voice!

To all who come across this blog; May you all be presented with loving dreams tonight and ever so gentle rest. Blessed be Hypnos.

Resources

Hypnos Devotee List

Hellenic and Hypnos Resources Masterpost

Hypnos Prayers

Hypnos Devotional Act Guide Masterpost

Resources on Sleep and Dreams

Temple Customization

dividers made by @vibeswithrenai

[sleepnowmychild]

Sleep inducing and relxation herbs/plants for your Hypnos altar or teas

Chamomile

Lemon Balm

Ginseng

Hops

Lavander

Hibiscus

Elder Berry

Kava

Tart Cherry

Poppy Seed (of course, thats his flower after all)

Passion Flower

Valerian Root

[sleepnowmychild]

I hope you don't mind me asking, but I'd appreciate it if you could tell me about what it's like worshipping Lord Hypnos. I've had very severe chronic insomnia since I was in preschool, and I'm hoping that working with the god of sleep might help me with that. Plus I'm really good at dream work when I actually do manage to sleep, so I would appreciate his help on several fronts.

But anyway, could you please describe what Hypnos' personality is like? And what offerings he appreciates the most? I've done my research and I know that deities appear a little differently to everyone, but I'd appreciate some insider tips before I try contacting him. Sorry if this ask is annoying. Thank you so much, take care!

Calm is probably the best way to describe it. Interactions are usually calm, to the point and kind but stern. If he wants you to know something, you'll know it. No point in being vague if it'll keep you awake wondering all night you know? I've never had any negative interactions or anything harsh from him. Even if he's trying to shake some sense into you he's always nice about it. To the point and stern, but nice.

Sleep schedule has definitely improved since working with him, its one of the things he gets all his devotees to address pretty soon. As difficult as creating new routines can be, its definitely the best way to put more focus on sleep and he'll definitely get that message across.

I'm not able to do physical offerings very often but from all the stuff I have offered tea is a big hit. Either the teabags/leaves or the acutal drink itself. I've heard from others chocolate is a big hit too. Poppy seed things like biscuits or muffins have worked pretty good too for me, which definitely seems like an obvious choice given the whole poppy associations. I'm sure acutal poppy flowers would be great too, I've been meaning to try and grow some for him actually. I keep my sleep meds near the altar too as a "here you can have some but I need the rest" kind of offering. Little teddies have been a hit for altar decor. And amusingly I put a sleepy Littlest Pet Shop bunny on there because it made me think of him, and its lived in the altar ever since lol.

I've used mostly claming and sweet scents for candles and incense. Lavender, vanilla, cinnamon and chocolate are the ones I use the most. Obviously candles don't have to be scented if you have sensitivities to it, but if scent is something you use, sweet and calm is a good choice.

If you have a sleep mask, you can keep that on/by the altar too. To like 'charge it up' in a way. I started doing that out of the blue a while ago and he got the idea pretty much immediately lol.

I'll save the entire encyclopaedia length of yapping I could do, but that's my basics rundown on our favourite eeper. Hope it helps!

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⋆˚࿔ Hypnos is with those who sleep during the day

⋆˚࿔ Hypnos is with those who are chronically tired

⋆˚࿔ Hypnos is with those with chronic pain

⋆˚࿔ Hypnos is with those who regularly pull all-nighters

⋆˚࿔ Hypnos is with those whose anxiety spikes at night

⋆˚࿔ Hypnos is with those that have nightmares and terrors

⋆˚࿔ Hypnos is with those with broken sleep patterns

⋆˚࿔ Hypnos is with those who burn out often

[hypnosdreamland]

devotional offering 2

[hypnosdreamland]

Devotional offering 1

[aesthicalmess]

Lord Hypnos

Lord Hypnos, son of Nyx, god of sleep

[static-suns]

No fr tho I’ve been taking so many naps the moment I get home and the way this has been happening almost every single day for like 2 years now.