#apollo devotees

[my-name-is-apollo]

I follow some Apollo devotees here and this is how most of their relationship with Apollo seems to be

Devotees, after Apollo gives them advise:

Apollo, when his devotees don't follow his advise:

[sephospaganplace]

Phoebus Apollo

Hear us, Phoebus Apollo, who are shorn of contempt and pride, Humbled and crushed in a world gone wrong since the smoke on thine altars died; Hear us, Lord of the morning, King of the Eastern Flame, Dawn on our doubts and darkness and the night of our later shame! There are strange gods come among us, of passion, and scorn, and greed; They are throned in our stately cities, our sons at their altars bleed: The smoke of their thousand battles hath blinded thy children's eyes, And our hearts are sick for a ruler that answers us not with lies, Sick for thy light unblemished, great fruit of Latona's pain Hear us, Phoebus Apollo, and come to thine own again! Our eyes, of earth grown weary, through the backward ages peer, Till, wooed by our eager craving, the scent of thy birth grows clear And across the calm Ægean, gray-green in the early morn, We hear the cry of the circling swans that salute the god new-born The challenge of mighty Python, the song of thy shafts that go Straight to the heart of the monster, sped from the loosened bow. Again through the vale of Tempe a magical music rings The songs of the marching muses, the ripple of fingered strings! But this is our dreaming only; we wait for a stronger strain: Hear us, Phoebus Apollo, and come to thine own again! There are some among us, Diviner, who know not thy way or will, Some of thy rebel children who bow to the strange gods still; Some that dream of oppression, and many that dream of gold, Whose ears are deaf to the music that gladdened the world of old. But we, the few and the faithful, we are weary of wars unjust, There is left no god of our thousand gods that we love, believe, or trust; In our courts is justice scoffed at, in our senates gold has sway, And the deeds of our priests and preachers make mock of the words they say! Cardinals, kings, and captains, there is left none fit to reign: Hear us, Phoebus Apollo, and come to thine own again! We have hearkened to creeds unnumbered, we have given them trial and test, And the creed of thy Delphic temple is still of them all the best; Thy clean-limbed, lithe disciples, slender, and strong, and young, The swing of their long processions, the lilt of the songs they sung, Thine own majestic presence, pursuing the nymph of dawn, In thy chariot eastward blazing, by the swans and griffons drawn; The spell of thy liquid music, once heard in the speeding year: These are the things, Great Archer, that we yearn to see and hear, For beside thy creed untarnished all others are stale and vain! Hear us, Phoebus Apollo, and come to thine own again! Monarch of light and laughter, honor, and trust, and truth, God of all inspiration, King of eternal youth, Whose words are fitted to music as jewels are set in gold, There is need of thy splendid worship in a world grown grim and old! We have drunk the wine of the ages, we are come to the dregs and lees, And the shrines are all unworthy where we bend reluctant knees; The brand of the beast is on us, we grovel, and grope, and err, Wake, Great god of the Morning, the moment has come to stir! The stars of our night of evil on a wan horizon wane: Hear us, Phoebus Apollo, and come to thine own again!                                       - Guy Wetmore Carryl  (March 4th 1873 -  April 1st, 1904)

[godofsunlight]

Devotee Challenge, 9

Discuss your daily/weekly/monthly/etc. worship “schedule.” What do you do for your deity? What offerings do you give? How often do you pray? And so on. Are you happy with how much/little time you give your deity? If not, what could you do to change that?

Honestly, I really don’t have a consistent schedule. It’s something I’d like to work on and I’m sure Apollo would like me to work on. I’d like to set it up where I’m celebrating more of the festivals and honoring sacred days (like the 7th for Apollo). My worship right now is very much just whenever I have the spoons available......but Apollo is telling me to give myself a little more credit than just that since I do a lot of devotional acts and pray often. Still, I’d like to do more and do it with more structure.

But, I will usually offer burning candles/incense. Or, if I have it, wine. Sometimes I’ll even make a cuppa tea to offer or give chocolate caramel candy. I wear different perfumes/jewelry and sometimes I’ll coordinate an outfit to honor him or another god.

My main worship though is prayer. Most of the time, I’m really informal, too. For me, it’s hard to be formal, so I talk to him like a respected friend. I’ll tell him everything on my mind, tell him how pretty he is (because he is!), and I just go “I love you!!!!!💕” a lot lol. While I’m not really happy with not having a worship “schedule” per say, I am happy about how much time I give to Apollo. He’s basically on my mind 24/7.

[high-keyapolloworship]

Just saw a huge crow outside my window, and there are like a million on campus but this is the first time one has sat directly outside my window. If that was you Apollo, hello 😊

[sephospaganplace]

Me @ other Apollo devotees: Apollo is a god of evolution! Don't be afraid to make mistakes! It isn't about being perfect. Be kind to yourself, trust your instincts, take your time!! You can do this!! 😊😊😊😊😊😊

Also me:

[godofsunlight]

Devotee Challenge, 8

Describe what you have placed on your altar for this deity. If you don’t have an altar yet, discuss what you would put on the altar if you had one. Is there anything “missing” on your altar/are there items you wish you could add? What are they, and why do you want to add them?

My altar currently is on my dresser. Apollo shares with Artemis and Aphrodite (and further: Hecate, Leto, and Zeus), but here’s what I have for him:

Crystals: Sunshine aura quartz, lapis lazuli, citrine, red jasper, carnelian, and an unidentified orange crystal shaped like a feather (might be a jasper).

Candles: One tall white seven day candle I added bay leaves to, a yellow seven day candle, and this Apollo candle.

Artwork: This BEAUTIFUL art piece. Look at him! He’s so hot.

Other: I have a black vase of fake Sunflowers, a dried hyacinth flower, prayer beads I made, a dolphin salt lamp light thing, a Greek vase-esque incense burner, and hand sanitizer (it sorta just became apart of his side idk). Additionally, Sunflower perfume which doesn’t really smell like sunflowers but is nice anyway (I have a similiar idea for Aphrodite, but with Prada’s Candy perfume).

I’d really love to add a statue of Apollo and a offering dish/box (I think I might paint a box, I just can’t really leave things out). I’d love to also add the small devotional journal I’m currently making (which I’ll make a post on when it’s done).

[sephospaganplace]

I went to my favorite middle eastern market today so ofc I made sure to give an offering to Apollo.

[sephospaganplace]

My complex was having landscaping done so of course I couldn't resist snatching up a bunch of Indian Laurel branches.