Pomegranates And The Grapevine

Persephone and Dionysus Devotee | adult | he/they

[pomavine]

Hello, hello, name's Poma. I'm technically not new to helpol, but I am a dumdum who doesn't practice as often as I'd like. This blog's focus is my personal relationship with spirituality as an agnostic theist.

Although I make offerings to the entire greek pantheon, I gravitate towards Dionysus and Persephone the most.

[khaire-traveler]

Humans are imperfect, and conflict is unavoidable. However, conflict is what strengthens our bonds. We have the capacity for great growth, and although it's difficult, remember that applies to ourselves as well as others. 🧡

[pomavine]

Would moon water collected on April 1st be 10% sillier?

[moonagedaydreamsofrhiannon]

“I asked chatgpt” well I asked the boundless void that is both the source and the destination, from which all rivers flow, and to which all roads lead, and it told me that love actually is everything, and everything in the universe is sacred—from the tiniest bacteria, to the largest supernova—because the universe is one whole being; an infinite body of connection, experiencing itself over and over without end or beginning

[pomavine]

[pomavine]

Be careful of people who say your blessings will increase in accordance to how much on money you give them. Enlightenment and spirituality isn't pay-to-win

[malefixium]

the trees you grew up with have not forgotten you. their branches still whisper your name in the breeze and their roots remember the paths your feet once traced through their shade.

[dionysianfreak]

Dionysos, the seen and the unseen 🍇🍷

✧ please do not repost to other sites~

[turquoisemagpie]

Post-modern Olympus.

(12 more, but not the full twelve, since Persephone and Hades aren’t technically Olympians. In four more character sheets, all will be explained….) :)

[khaire-traveler]

Just a reminder (specifically to US folks) that the gods are not at fault for the election results. I feel this is important to say because while some of us were praying for different results, it doesn't mean that we were ignored, forgotten, or left on our own. The way I think about it is that the gods don't control the individual free wills of people; we have our own free will and make our own decisions. We can't blame them for the actions of others, for the free will of others. It sucks that things turned out the way that we did, but it's not the fault of the gods. Try to remember that.

Furthermore, they'll have the backs of their worshippers during the times ahead. They didn't completely abandon us or something. If they supported you before the election, they'll continue sharing that support with you. They're not going to leave you swimming in the middle of the ocean without a lifeboat.

[bluemorfedbutterfly]

What to put in your hellenic journal and why it helps

Building a kharis with gods using a religious journal is really helpful. It helped me keep my information and my thoughts related to the Gods organized. It can also help beginners if they are uncomfortable reciting hymns out loud.

What could be put inside it:

Every day write one delphic maxim and write how you interpret it or what you think about it

Make a shopping list for your altar and offerings

Compose prayers

Hymns/ prayers to your patrons and Hestia, Nyx, Helios, Hypnos

Write something as if you are conversating with the Gods.

Important information on deities

Favorite offerings, incenses, and libations of the Gods

Important Callendar events, festivals, and key info on celebration

Quotes from the most famous books of Gods that you relate to or want to remember

Instructions on composing prayers

What afterlife means in Hellenismos

What defines hubris, agos and miasma

7 pillars of Hellenismos and their meaning

Do some drawings for the Gods as a devotional act

Include your personal experiences with the divine and how it affected you

Write down the signs you saw during the week

You can also decorate it with the images of Gods

Delphic Maxims:

https://www.tumblr.com/bluemorfedbutterfly/746793310790828032/delphic-maxims-pt1-the-delphic-maxims-are-a?source=share

[pomavine]

I stopped practicing for an entire year, hopefully I could get back into it

[thoodleoo]

L + ratio + you will never be able to ban the worship of dionysus in thebes + my maenads are tearing your body apart in the woods

[witchyy-kittyy-deactivated20260]

mems :D

[cultkinkcoven]

whenever i get sad that i don’t have friends to worship and do rituals with, I remember that birds sing love songs into the sky everyday, and the grass dances in the wind when it blows. And the clouds blush at the sunset, and the wind whistles tunes, and the bees hum, and the deer trot. And then I remember that the river runs, and the flowers open themselves to the sun, and the bugs sleep on warm leaves. and as I walk and pray, perhaps the rabbits nibbling on shrubs are praying too, perhaps that’s why the spider spun her web so beautifully. and then I remember that I’m not worshipping alone. I never was.

[whispereddeathworship]

Do not tell me that Thanatos hates humanity,

for how is death to hate us if He is there to greet us at the end

Do not tell me that Thanatos hates humanity,

for how is death to hate us if He stays with our bones as they decay

Do not tell me that Thanatos hates humanity,

for how is death to hate us when He holds us in our grief

[thoodleoo]

important question. do you think the minotaur had a soft wet nose. do you think he mooed when he snored. do you think when theseus turned a sword on him he looked up at his executioner with the same dark, beautiful eyes that earned hera the epithet Βοῶπις

[thegrapeandthefig]

Im sorry if this is kinda vague but do you have anything on like... basic ritual cleanliness and practice in ancient Greece? Preferably something that notes regional and time frame differences. I went straight into researching deities domains without actually figuring out how to worship them right.

I do have references to give on ritual purity from a historical perspective but before I start listing, I’d like to warn that it is really hard to find a basic approach to this topic for the reasons you’ve mentioned yourself, that is time and regional differences. But there is a last aspect that make it especially complex, and it’s the lack of information concerning household practices. A lot of the information we have on practiced ritual purity is in the context of sanctuaries, temples and/or state religion. Literature gives us hints of what matters most (eg. cleanliness of the hands and the mind) which we can assume applied to personal worship at home, but I think it is an important detail to keep in mind when approaching the literature around the topic.

This said, here are some of the most important references:

Miasma Pollution & Purification in Early Greek Religion by Robert Parker: this study is getting old but I can’t not mention it.

Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion: Volume 1 - Early Greek Religion by Andrej Petrovic & Ivana Petrovic: a second volume is in the works, where it is said they will continue the discussion through the lens of the following centuries, but as far as I’m aware the volume isn’t out yet. This book focuses a lot on the mental aspect and what purity of the mind meant. I would recommend taking a look at the conclusion first, because it has a chapter by chapter breakdown that is quite handy.

On the topic of miasma, I also want to link this series of posts by sisterofiris:

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which do a great job at explaining the terms of pollution and their context and how (ir)relevant they are in household worship.