#hellenic recon

[hellenicharpy]

Demeter and Persephone by John Dickson Batten, ca 1891

[hotstepping]

Hi helpols, I'm very curious.

What was your primary introduction to Hellenic Polytheism?

Tiktok

YouTube

Discord

Reddit

Other online source

Book, article, or blog

Podcast, song, or film

Friend or family

Divination or prayer

Other

I'm not in this religion I just like to click buttons

Voting ended onJan 12

[diovinoheat]

Having a very June-esque day today. Reading a novel, smoked a cigarette, ate a peach. I would like a lover sometime soon, perhaps I'll try adapting a spell in the greek magical papyri. I think all of the love spells from it that I've seen are targeted. TBD.

[gone-arai]

To Hestia

Lady Hestia, grass-yellow, eternal watcher of the flame,

I call on you to come forth from your place at the central hearth

and join me at the heart of my home, at this humble altar,

to watch over these rites and lead me to my innermost self,

so that I may be vulnerable in the presence of the deathless gods.

You are the constancy of life and my stability at home.

Peace and stillness are created in your presence, O hospitable goddess,

and your protection over my house and family extends from wall to wall.

Never changing, everlasting, you help me to accept what I cannot change.

You hold me, glowing Hestia, and keep my mind from wandering astray.

I ask that you protect me as I confront the worst parts of myself

and thank you for your guiding hand as I navigate my emotions.

I praise you with comfortable familiarity and will look to you always,

for you are the focus around which I orbit day after day.

[comradedevotion]

how incredible is it that we have the gods? that they're always by our side? i will never be truly alone, for as long as the sun still rises, as long as the wind still blows, as long as the rain still falls- i will be surrounded by them and the love i feel for them.

[hellenismnow]

Delphic Maxim #33

33. Ἴδια φύλαττε - Guard what is yours

Thoughts?

[the-torch-bearer]

Hellenic Identity

How do you specifically identify within the Hellenic Religion?

[nymphadora94]

Lenaia

(From Hellenion) The Lenaia was a three-day festival in honor of Dionysos and the maenads, perhaps the origin of the City Dionysia in the Classical Era.  Like many festivals, there was a procession carrying a representation of Dionysos, dancing by Athenian girls with castenets and carrying the thyrsus and dramatic competitions.  It may have included a midnight revel by women (Parke, 104-106).

Ways to celebrate in modern times: Eat, drink and be merry.  Attend or put on plays or other forms of theater.  Recite Orphic Hymns 30 and 45, Homeric Hymns I, VII and XXVI (all to Dionysos), or even hymns of your own creation.  This may be an appropriate time to hold a women's only night-time rite with dancing.

Parke, H.W., Festivals of the Athenians, 1977