#devotional act

[sehetep-shenwer]

Going to a town fair and inviting the Netjeru with me :)

[pearlysnakeskin]

I feel Medusa most when I am confident in my strength. When mentally I am making the right choices, when logic outweighs my emotion and allows me to settle in the real. But I also feel her working through me as I heal, when I go to therapy, When I work through the SA that happened to me, I feel her solidarity and I feel her presence.

When I am expanding my knowledge, educating myself,defending my sisters, when I am healing. I feel that is Medusa working through, I don't like that she is put into a category of 'Dark Goddesses' but I understand why in terms of the archetype such as like a Madonna and the Whore.

But it feels very outside scope without an understanding of her and who she truly is, recognizing both her origins in the Greek Mythos where she is the most beautiful Gorgon and the Roman myth-Adaptation where she is Athena's priestess and asaaulted I think her core in both of these tales is that she was a Woman. In which ever form she was always beautiful, her head as a ward for centuries against evil.

To place her into the Dark Goddess/Feminine, arbituary boxes I feel is a diservice not just to her but to ourselves.

She is multifaceted just as we are, allow yourself to grow,to heal. You have always been more than your body, you are worth more than just a pretty face or perhaps a 'head' so-to-speak.

Explore, enjoy yourself. Be Medusa in your strength and understanding. Defend yourself for you have the right to a beautiful life just as any and please cultivate your garden and silence your offenders by simply turning them to stone and continuing to bask in the warmth of your greenery.

[pearlysnakeskin]

Everyone has their own rituals in the morning and I'd like to share a silly one mine that is my daily devotional. As an Aphrodite devotee I am specific in that I am dedicated to Aphrodite Androphonos(Killer of Men)

And so I made Spotify playlists for both her and Medusa and reguarly listen to them usually on my drive to work, excersise or other things.

They both have a wide variety of metal and I like to add alot of Random songs thar i've never listened to. Some of them are a bit cringey or I guess edgy but I also believe that because I also love this music it is expressed onto them as well as my love for them. It makes me feel empowered and closer to them, sometimes even it feels like the Random song that plays is a reassurance from either of them.

If you'd like to do something similar i'd make a playlist of what feels right to you and less of what you think is the them of xyz God. Enjoy yourself let yourself feel the tug of whatever feels right and enjoy!

[devoutvesta]

self care as a devotional act for aphrodite doesn’t have to be beauty-centric. aphrodite is also the goddess of love.

self care does not have to involve ‘glowing up’. it can look like working on your self esteem, learning to treat yourself kindly.

instead of splurging on makeup, learn how to be comfortable enough with your natural beauty to go outside with your bare face.

instead of being materialistic and buying every trending skincare product, embrace a simple routine and work inward. work on both your physical and mental health, not just one or the other.

take care of yourself. how you groom your appearance should not determine what self care means to you. self care is about taking care of your inside.

[just-a-simple-wanderer]

Well, it didn’t take all day, but it did take around 2 hours. 😅 And it’s after 5 where I am, so I guess it is the end of the WORK day…

But now my blog is nice and organized and I can find things! And that was a 2 hour devotional act to my gods 💜💜💜

[theoi-crow]

I drew this for Hermes and regret lining it!*cries*

Hermes, this is for you!

[thegodskeeper]

Actions as Offerings, and Other Extreme Sports

Actions... actions... it can be difficult to pick up on a topic that you wanted to write about when you jotted down the title in April and d

When we think of offerings, there's a certain mental image that is likely to come to mind. That of an altar, perhaps with a dedicated bowl for pouring in drinks, or an incense holder, or a wax-dripped candle holder that has seen plenty of use.

[thegodsfindmecrazy]

Went and got my hair dyed purple and green today~ More of a devotional act for Dionysus since I think of grapes every time I look at it c:

I think he likes it~