Hades and Persephone Worship Space

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[odetotheunderworld]

Just in case people were unsure: this blog is for Persephone and Hades, two of the gods of THE UNDERWORLD. Neither of whom are a "danger" for simply being associated with the underworld and death. Please leave your Satan/Devil/Hell associations at the door. THOSE COMMENTS ARE NOT WELCOME! From now on, any anon speaking in such a way will be deleted ^_^

[odetotheunderworld]

Don't confuse people. If someone is fully certain a deity does not want them as a worshipper, and especially a deity with ties to the underworld, don't try to prove them wrong. You might put this person in danger if the god really would rather they worship someone else.

I was asked my thoughts on the subject and I gave my thoughts while also reiterating that they decide their practice. I think you may be in the wrong place judging by the way you speak of Cthonic deities. There is nothing "dangerous" about the keepers of the underworld. This blog is my practice and I gave my insight based on my practice. My practice does not work of the notion of literal gods talking to a random human. All I said was that I doubt a god from a not closed practice is saying "hey don't worship me I don't like you" that makes absolutely zero sense. To be gods they must be worshipped otherwise they are not gods. With that knowledge, gods would never say "hey don't worship me" previous anon said that they didn't like worshipping a god and I said that is fine but it was possible for them to be projecting their own thoughts/feelings on to a deity. Please be sure to read a full post before jumping into my anons. I took great care into not being biased on the subject. Also, please do not refer to cthonic deities as "dangerous" on a blog dedicated to them, its quite rude.

[odetotheunderworld]

I have a few asks about worshipping one over the other and I do not have that answer for you guys. Your practices are your own. You decide who you worship. I will share more on my personal practice soon so there is not confusion.

[odetotheunderworld]

if i worship Hades do i need to worship persephone? I have an altar for them both (they’re sharing it) but ive asked persephone if she doesnt like me worshiping her and she said yes so…idk what to do

I think you are projecting you desire not to worship her as her not wanting you to. She is a goddess and all gods and goddesses wish to be worshiped. It is in their nature, but no, you do not have to worship her, but as his bride you do have to respect her. During the winter months while she is with him in the underworld, I would give her an offering of food and drink or a flower alongside your offerings to Hades out of respect for him and his house. You dont need to do anything but acknowledge her presence in the underworld and at his side. Alas, it is YOUR practice so you must choose, but do mind whether it is your subconscious voice rather than divine voice

[odetotheunderworld]

I just want everyone out there who is struggling to know, that Hades sees you and hopes you can feel his hand on your shoulder to remind you to keep going. He may rule the underworld and as wonderful as you think it would be to be with him instead; he wants you to live and meet another day. Your time will come to return home, but that day is not today. Keep going. You got this.

Hades and Persephone are with you. You are never alone.

[odetotheunderworld]

I found my first diety....

So I recently found that Hades is my first Diety in my life. Hes the only one who has spoken to me. I was a born empath, and Seer....but im just now learning and trying to study my spirituality side. I want to give him proper praise, respect, and worship. However I really dont know where to look for information. Anyone who can help me...please and thank you. ĶĐ

[odetotheunderworld]

Hey there! I have a small orchard (by orchard I mean like 7 trees of a few varieties), and we just harvested apples. Is there any way I can incorporate this harvest in my worship of Hades & Persephone? Would giving them each an apple be good? If so, how can I do that?

Of course! Anything of value to you (especially something that is the fruits of your efforts) can be an offering. Personally, I would use the apples to make a baked good and leave it on the offering table for them and any wayward spirits that may wander by.

[odetotheunderworld]

Remember you have a duty to your fellow people to give voice to the silenced, to pick up those other's tear down, to fight opression and stand tall against racism. Black lives matter but words only mean so much. Actions. Take action. Do what you can to help the fight. None of us are free until all of us are equal.

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[odetotheunderworld]

Hi, i worship Hades and Persephone. Have been since last ostara. My stepfather is anti-lefthand anything including "death magick" (im a silver witch). i try to explain that just because my deities are those of the underworld that it doesn't inherently mean death magick but its not working. He berates my deities and it makes us both mad. How do i explain this stuff?

If I were in your situation, I would point out that the Christian God also deals in death and the afterlife. Hades, specifically, just has more of a focus in the afterlife. People of all faiths talk with the dead and ask their respective God(s)/ess(es) about what to expect when their time comes. 

To me its more about honoring your roots and those that came before you and paved the way for your life today. Sometimes it's easier to move on from the death of a loved one knowing they are in good hands and being able to talk to them. 

There isn't anything inherently negative about death, it is simply a new beginning. Throughout life you experience many deaths (death of one career, death of a passion, etc) it doesn't mean the end, but a new birth. You can't have life without death and vice versa. 

Tell him that you respect his beliefs and that you hope he'd show you the same respect. If he won't listen there isnt much you can do. Not everybody is willing to understand someone else's perspective. If he contiues to berate you, then simply brush him off your shoulder and don't engage him in an arguement. Hades and Persephone will understand that you have to put you, your health, and wellbeing first. You have done your best to defend them in the past, that is all anyone could ask for. Just remember nobody can make you or, in this case, your beliefs, inferior without your consent. Your relationship with the Gods are between you and them in the end. Until you can find support among the living, keep your practice private but not necessarily secret unless its by your own discretion.

[odetotheunderworld]

So I didn’t think I’d get followers so instead of making this a personal shrine/altar, I would like to make it a public one. Feel free to send prayers and submit your art and poems for offerings if you’d like.

[odetotheunderworld]

Just a reminder, you can submit to this blog. Your art, music, prayers, and questions. We can learn and grow together in our worship.

[thesolaceofsunlight]

Epithets of Hades

I’ve noticed that there aren’t many posts concerning epithets for Hades, and certainly no comprehensive ones, so I thought I’d make one. This is Hellenism focused, so all will be applied to Hades, even though the Latin ones would traditionally be for Pluto. Latin epithets are marked as (L). I translated some of these into more concise titles that convey their implications, and notes are made as necessary. Sources are at the bottom but are not linked so that this will still show in tags. I hope this helps everyone!

Related to his role as ruler of the underworld:

Hades Chthonius - Hades of the Underworld

Hades Polyxenos/Polydegmon/Polysêmantôr Aidonius - Hades, Ruler/Host of Many

Hades Pasiánax - Hades, the Universal King

Hades Adesius - Hades of the Grave

Hades Zefs Khthonios - Hades, Zeus of the Underworld

Hades Larthy Tytiral (Etrurian) - Hades, Sovereign of Tartarus

Hades Ánax - Hades, the King

Hades Polydegmenos - Hades, He Who Welcomes All

Summanus/Manus/Mantus (L) - Hades, Prince of the Dead

Niger Deus (L) - Hades, the Black God || Hades of the Infernal Regions

“Zeus of the Departed”

“The Other Zeus”

Related to his roles concerning death:

Hades Nekrodegmôn - Hades, Receiver of the Dead

Hades Agesilaos - Hades, Who Calls Man To The Underworld

Hades Nekrôn Sôtêr - Hades, Saviour of the Dead

Hades Hesperos Theos - Hades, God of Death and Darkness (for those who believe he and Thanatos are the same deity)

Related to his role as controller of the earth and its resources:

Hades Ploutos - Hades of Wealth

Hades Khamaizilos Dios - Hades of the Earth (“where he likes to be” is implied)

Hades Theôn Khthonios - Hades, the Terrestrial God

Tellumo (L) - Hades, Who Provides to the Creative (denotes creative power of the earth’s resources)

Tellus (L) - Hades, Who Provides for the Productive (denotes productive power of the earth’s resources)

Altor (L) - Hades, Who Nourishes

Other:

Hades Hagesilaos - Hades, Leader of the People

Hades Eubuleus - Hades of Good Counsel || Hades, the Consoler (supposedly references death as the end of sorrows)

Hades Adámastos - Hades, the Unconquerable

Hades Aidis - Hades, the Unseen

Hades Aïdonefs/Aidoneus - Hades, the Singer || Hades of Nightingales || Hades of Sleep || Hades of Light || Hades of Poets || Hades of a Girl

Hades Amenthes (Egyptian) - Hades, Who Gives and Receives

Hades Axiocersus - Hades the Shorn (he was depicted without hair where this was used)

Hades Clymenus - Hades, the Renowned

Hades Euclius/Eucles - Hades of Good Report/the Famous/of Good Fame

Hades Agetes/Hegates - Hades, the Conductor

Hades Moiragetes - Hades, Guide of the Fates

Hades Orkos/Orcus - Hades of Oaths, Hades, the Avenger of the Perjured

Hades Opheius - Hades, the Blind || Hades of Prophecy (as the blind augers of Messenia we’re dedicated to him)

Euchaites - The Beautiful-haired One

Rusor (L) - Hades, to Whom All Things Return

Salutaris Divus (L) - Hades, Restorer of the Dead

Saturnius (L) - Hades, Son of Kronos

Uragus (L) - Hades of Fire

Urgus (L) - Hades, Who Impels

Operatus (L) - Hades, the Concealed

Februus (L) - Hades, To Whom Purification and Sacrifice Is Offered

Hades, the Good and Prudent (not historical, but reflects how he was seen)

Negative (but everything can be twisted sometimes):

Hades Agesander - Hades, Who Carries All Away (this references the Persephone myth; included because it exists but I’m not sure you’d want to use it)

Hades Clotonius - Hades, the Infernal

Hades Stygius - Hades the Hateful

Feralis Deus (L) - Hades, the Cruel God

Hades Agelastus - Hades of Melancholy Countenance

“Hades, the Tearless”

“Hades, the Implacable and Adamant”

Given by Poets:

The Grisly God (Homer)

Ruthless King (Homer)

Infernal [Zeus] (Vergil, he said Jove)

Stygian [Zeus] (Vergil, same as above)

Sources:

Hellenic Gods (dot Org)

Brown, Robert (1844). “The Religion of Zoroaster Considered In Connection With Archaic Monotheism” (also known as Wikipedia citation)

The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization

[mybookofbitchcraft]

Plutonian Moon Magick

As a celestial witch and death witch combo, I consider my craft Plutonian and have for quite a while! And with Pluto comes many wonderful and helpful moons that I love to incorporate into my craft. Hopefully this can be helpful to cosmic and death witches alike!

Pluto in a nutshell is all about death and resurrection, the unknown and secrets, and cosmic purpose and destiny. But what about the moons? All of Pluto’s moons have great significance and are tied to The Underworld. Let’s dive in!

🚣 Charon - named after the ferryman that takes souls to The Underworld; he often is paid with a coin. The correspondences relating to Charon are relating to the process of a transformation, and can be invoked for assistance in said process or in helping spirits cross over. Charon can also assist in travel spells.

🐍 Hydra - named after a serpent-like monster said to reside at the entrance to The Underworld. The correspondence relating to Hydra is multiplying strength, and can be invoked for assistance in spells for personal power or protection that multiplies/strengthens with every hit.

🐕 Kerberos - named after the three-headed guard dog of The Underworld. The correspondences relating to Kerberos are protection and intimidation, and can be invoked for powerful protection spells, wards, etc. 

🌑 Nix - named after the goddess of night, Nyx. The correspondences relating to Nix are the night, dreams, darkness, and intimidating feminine power, and can be invoked for nighttime magick or help finding a way in darkness. Nix can also assist in “dark” magick, a unique type of glamour magick, or magick fit to help bring about power.  

🌊 Styx - named after the goddess of the River Styx, aka the primary river between the Earth and Underworld. The correspondences relating to Styx are invulnerability, hatred, and strong promises, and can be invoked for invulnerability spells and curses of hatred. Styx can also be invoked for any death/cosmic witchery including the element of water. 

I hope this helped a few fellow death witches/celestial witches!

Some constellations you can also pair with working with Pluto:

Phoenix - rebirth.

Caelum - tools for change; the end of one thing to bring about something new. 

Corona Borealis - new love after the death of an old love.

Scutum - a shield; protection.

Vulpecula - deception; fox (Pluto’s animal).

Lupus - negative transformation; secrets and rumors.

Lacerta - death and resurrection.

Musca - rebirth and the cycle of life. 

Lacerta + Musca - cycles of life and death in nature; bring about great change.

Corvus - lies and punishments; crow.

Horologium - the cycles of time and life.

Circinus - completeness and cycles.

Have a stellar day! 

[stygiantarot]

Chthonic Devotionals

Styx 🌑🌲⚖️🛡

Participating in a cause or protest

Cleaning up a body of water (river, stream, creek, etc.)

Smoking and enjoying darkness at night, especially in the wee hours

Reading about current political and legal changes

Spending time with pine trees

Working on craft/jewelry/witchy projects that involve iron

Crafting my Underworld powders

Warding and protecting the house and property

Helping spirits cross and giving the dead respect and peace

Swimming

Reading Tarot

Taking a super cold shower

Caring for/being kind to spiders, moths, beetles

Hades 💀💰⚰️🐾

Working on finances and shop/business plans

Reading articles and watching videos regarding burial rights and care of the dead

Watching horror movies

Visiting and cleaning graveyards

Maintaining relationships and communication with local spirits and ghosts

Spending time with dogs

Working on ability to respectfully debate important issue

Eating pickles or preserved foods or red meat

Helping someone with a death plan/will/Power of attorney

Collecting/displaying coins and stones

Persephone 🥀🕊🛀🌺🍯

Enjoying local flowers and plants

Listening to birdsong

Growing flowers

Displaying cut flowers in their full cycle, even after they’ve wilted/died

Enjoying a well made meal or snack

Eating pomegranates

Taking a long and pampered bath

Practicing a daily beauty or self-care routine

Using pomegranate-based products (oil, body wash, deodorant, etc.)

Visiting graveyards with offerings for the dead (flowers, honey, seeds, nuts, small cakes, paper cards, music played, books read, etc.)

Setting up a bird feeder

Combining floral and death aesthetics in craft, artwork, and photo creations

All 👻🌑🍂⚱️🖤

Visiting a graveyard and walking around and reading headstones, remembering

Vulture culture

Reading and researching stories involving death and the dead

Erecting a death or ancestor shrine/altar to remember and light candles for those who’ve passed

Collecting and using graveyard dirt

Lying on the ground with bare hands and feet and feeling the earth

Volunteering at a hospice or nursing home

Watching crime and forensic based shows and movies

Acknowledging your own darker side and working with it, accepting it

Working on mental health plans and care

Shadow work

[stygiantarot]

Underworld Powder Series- Styx

(Yes I know I listed the recipe here, but I wanted a cleaner one that matched my other powder posts).

Styx is the powder I use the most and probably make batches of the most. I use it for warding, protection, and banishing.

Styx Powder:

graveyard dirt (all my powders have a base of graveyard dirt because of my personal craft/style and to tie it to the Underworld where the Rivers resides)

cigarette ash (you can use a particular incense/herbal ash that you associate with spirits and being “toxic” if you prefer)

iron filings/shavings (I use verrrrry little of this so I can safely sprinkle the powder around)

ground juniper berries

couple drops of pomegranate liquor (another element I add to all my powders as tribute to Hades and Persephone- you can use juice or seeds instead if liquor is not possible)

couple drops of blood (my own, obtained safely and by a sterile method)

After mixing and grinding the powder as fine as I can get it in my mortar and pestle (it’s not always perfect), I leave it on my Styx altar for 5 nights to be blessed, along with a large offering. You don’t have to do this step- I am a devotee of Her so I like to include her in these kind of workings.

I use this powder much in the same way pretty much any protection/warding powder is used; by sprinkling around the house and yard. I’ve not found it’s equal in effectiveness when it comes to warding from unwanted entities/spirits, and even persons.

I don’t get telemarketers, Jehovah’s Witnesses, or even girl scouts at my door.

I also use it for banishing when or if I have trouble with simpler banishing of entities. This powder always works for banishing for me.

My Underworld Powders recipes:

Lethe

Cocytus

Phlegethon

Acheron

Styx

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Plutonian Death Magick [♇]

Pluto, otherwise known as Hades in Greek mythology, is the ruler and guardian of the underworld. 

Ethically collect graveyard dirt and charge it with Plutonian energy - may be used in spells that correspond with Pluto’s energy, spirit work, or any act that includes honoring the dead

Create a shrine or altar dedicated to a loved one who has passed on - add a symbolic representation of Pluto for the protection of your loved one in the afterlife

Create an amulet to represent an ancestor or loved one that has passed on and charge with Plutonian energy - this can be worn for remembrance or to aid in contacting the spirit of this person

Some ideas for this may include:

the name of your loved one

a sigil that represents their name and your intention

some of their ashes (please don’t take ashes from a family urn without permission)

graveyard dirt from the grave of your loved one

herbs or crystals that correspond to spirit work and death magick; perhaps even your loved one’s favorite crystal or flower

Provide offerings to Pluto for the continued protection of your loved ones in the afterlife

Plant herbs and flowers that correspond with Pluto

Volunteer to work with hospice patients or to help clean up your local graveyard

Provide food and beverages on your altar or sacred space

Light a candle or incense of corresponding scent

Leave corresponding crystals or herbs in an offering dish

Leave offerings for your loved ones at their grave or on your altar

Design a crystal grid using Plutonian crystals to empower you during spells or rituals 

Wear a crystal pendant that corresponds with Pluto for the metaphorical death and rebirth of one’s self

Use the Death card in your tarot deck during spells and rituals that involve death magick

I’d like to thank @death-witch-envy, who was a huge inspiration for this post and an inspiration for my interest in death witchcraft. 

Plutonian Correspondences

[billelis]

Artist: Billelis - A series of personal illustrations inspired by nature, the circle of life and the idea of organic decoration for the deceased on their journey to the afterlife. Flowers, death and life all come together in these 3D artworks inspired by Edvard Munch’s quote “From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.”