#eusebeia

[a-god-in-ruins-rises]

[theoxenia]

Our sources suggest that religion happened not just in the rituals and at the shrines of sacred beings, but also in the way people imagined their relationships with the gods, in the stories that they told about those relationships, in the ever present kharis, and the presence of sacred beings in daily life. [...] Even when not testing institutional limits, narrative provided individuals with a place to play a leading role in the telling of their own religious story and understanding of the divine. Religious storytelling can be found in the memories of past rituals told by parents (such as Isaeus’ Ciron) who trained children in proper religious comportment, in the tales told by old nurses and mothers to infants, in the images woven by women into tapestries and fabric, in the chronicle plaques posted after seeing Trophonius at Lebadeia, or the images offered at shrines that represented and recorded divine encounters. The gods were present in these stories and at the location of storytelling itself, at the altars with attentive parents, by the beds of infants, near the weaving basket and loom. Certainly, it is well-recognized that in Greek religious thought, sacred presence and absence carried important theological and philosophical significance.

"Devotionalism, Material Culture, and the Personal in Greek Religion" by K.A. Rask

[mareetareia]

[verdantlyviolet]

There is no endgame to worship. You cannot reach level 100 in kharis and unlock rewards.

We must continue to offer, to libate, to sing the praises of the theoi, to pray with feeling and piety.

[tilde44]

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[a-creature-as-bright-as-the-sun]

Hi all. I suppose this question might be more on the recon side of things, but I wanna to hear from anyone with relevant experiences 😊🙏🏻 I've have been thinking about trying to reach out to Athena again, even though I never heard from her in past attempts to reach out, since I'm am picking up jewelry making again. And thinking I might continue to honor her even if I don't get a response. Because piety, etc. So my question is, what are your thoughts or experiences with this sort of practice? Did/do you keep it up long term? Was it too disappointing to never hear back and you eventually stopped? This also kinda applies more to people who do have godphone/can sense gods/entities around them, but I am also interested in hearing the experiences of those for whom not "hearing back" is a regular occurrence! Also this goes for any Hellenic god, not just Athena, I'm am asking about the experience of the practice, not a deity-specific request.

[crazycatsiren]

It is a good day to remember that Artemis loves her cisgender, transgender, male, female, nonbinary, bigender, mspec, aspec, genderfluid, genderqueer, gender nonconforming, gay, lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, heterosexual, and all followers.

[crossandfaded]

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