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♡ Saturday Service, Dec. 14 ♡

O radiant Aphrodite, lady born of seafoam

Heavenly beauty and warlike queen

Shine your loving light upon us

We pray to your for your guidance and wisdoms

O kind Aphrodite, lady of night

Bride of the Heavens and dark teacher

Bestow upon us your gently grace

We pray to you to embrace us with love

As we face the East, my friends

Let us pray to our Lady of Love, Aphrodite

Venerable goddess, guide to us all

Khaire, my friends! Today's service will be about Aphrodite the War Queen.

Aphrodite is often seen as only a being of love and beauty but we must not forget that she is also a war goddess, lest we forget her war epithet. She is powerful as love is powerful. All is fair in love and war and to me, she embodies that.

She is a being of love but that does not mean she is without a baneful side. She can be both and we as followers and worshippers need to recognize and accept that. You cannot have the love and light without the dark and violent.

No reading today as I've been doing a lot of readings this week.

O radiant Aphrodite, lady of seafoam

Heavenly beauty and warlike queen

We thank you for your guidance and wisdoms

O kind Aphrodite, lady of night

Bride of the Heavens and dark teacher

We thank you for embracing us with love

As we close service today, my friends

Let us thank our Lady of Love, Aphrodite

Venerable goddess and guide to us all

[to-hypnos-we-dream]

Prayer to Hypnos for Good Sleep for Friends

"God of Sleep, Hypnos of the Cypress Tree. God who rest alongside the river lethe, who uses the river to drip away at mortal memory. God who sleeps in Lemnos under the darkness of Erebus, and under the stars of Nyx. Makar, I call upon you, may my friends find you under the realm of Nyx. May they sleep gently under your soft wing, and your love be with them as you are the healer. Hypnos so beautiful in Repose, may my friends be with your tranquility when they need it so, and I shall devote to you oh God of Dreams. Thank you for listening to this prayer."

requested by @sleepinggoddess222

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Temple Service - Sermon 8/01/24

O Great Master of The Sea Hear me now as I pray May our temple members be under your protection As your trident bares it's teeth May I be of service to these kind folk, and remain under your protection as long as I help these people

Thank you, Lord Poseidon For the waters you sway

We’ve all heard it before, right? If you’ve been a beginner or are a beginner, we’ve all heard it. We have our little cup of water, a stick and maybe a crystal as an altar and people scorn.  I used to fall victim to this myself. I would sit in bed crying at night, what is it that i’m doing so wrong? 

The answer? It was simply because my practice did not look like their practice. They had more grandiose altars, more experience, more more more. More than me. But they were hateful about it. Instead of treating a baby worshiper or witch with kindness, I was met with sincerely demeaning comments that made me want to quit. I did, for a while. It wasn’t worth it. 

However, here I am today. Running this temple, having my dreams as a leader come true. Don’t give up just because someone in your comment section said nasty, demeaning things. Especially as a beginner. Don’t fall to consumerism just because someone says that cup of water and stick isn’t enough, because it is. Your altar grows with you, if you even have one. You don’t need a single thing besides a search engine and a free pdf file of where you want to get started. You don’t need the prettiest pinterest practice to be considered “right”. There is no right. 

Now, don’t get me wrong. There are definitely dos and don’ts and especially if you’re white. There are closed practices that are sacred to those of color. Some common examples are smudging and voo-doo. I will leave a link to these closed practices, as an article explains it clearly and cut to the point. But if you aren’t practicing out of those closed to you, what is so wrong? 

Everyone’s practice is different. Take me and my husband for example. We are both witches. We are both hellenic polytheists. This is very much true. However, if you think our practices even look similar? I’ll be the first to tell you that is not the case. We do not worship the same, pray the same or at the same time, we do not even worship on the same days. This is perfectly valid. Your practice is not defined by others. It is defined by you, and you alone. Sure, others can guide you and teach you and make sure you don’t stray too far into practices that are unethical. This is valid as well, but you will stray from them and go on your own path as soon as their teachings are complete. Once you’ve gained enough knowledge to be comfortable within yourself, your practice will be completely yours and no one else will practice the exact same. 

Don’t listen to those who are scornful and just want to scare you. Don’t tolerate hate just because someone doesn’t understand or is far more experienced than you. You are just as valid as any other practitioner in the community. 

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♡ The Temple of Love ♡

Welcome to the Temple of Love, aka a digital temple of Lady Aphrodite!

I am Magnolia Ourania (she/her), I am a priestess of Lady Aphrodite Ourania, though my intent is not to flaunt the title. I am what I call a kinda-sorta adult as I am 18. I am a follower of Dionysos, Apollo and Ares but my devotion lies with Lady Aphrodite. Outside of the pagan world, I dabble in folk Catholicism.

There are two other caretakers of this temple, Jack, a devotee of both Ares and Lady Aphrodite, and Kas, a follower of Ares. They will help with scheduling, notifying temple members if things when I am unavailable and posting if neccessary. Please show them respect.

This is a generally all ages blog but any 16/18+ posts will be explicitly labelled as such. My goal with this temple is to make a safe community for those who follow the path of our lady.

We welcome Aphrodite devotees, godspouses, worshippers, followers and those interested in her path. We do not welcome queerphobes, transids, radqueers, TERFs/radfeminists, bigots of any kind and please no purely fandom folks.

If you have any questions about priesthood, devotion, or anything related to Lady Aphrodite, please be respectful. My asks are open 24/7.

Services list can be found here

Temple of Love discord server

Temple website (WIP)

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♡ Sunday Service, Dec. 8 ♡

O radiant Aphrodite, lady born of seafoam

Heavenly beauty and warlike queen

Shine your loving light upon us

We pray to your for your guidance and wisdoms

O kind Aphrodite, lady of night

Bride of the Heavens and dark teacher

Bestow upon us your gently grace

We pray to you to embrace us with love

As we face the East, my friends

Let us pray to our Lady of Love, Aphrodite

Venerable goddess, guide to us all

Khaire, my friends! I apolgize for the late service, as you know we had a tie on the voting! But today's topic if one near and dear to me, Godspousal.

I, myself, am a queerplatonic godspouse. But what does that mean? Well, in simple terms, godspousal is a relationship to a deity beyond devotion and worship. It can be romantic, queerplatonic, sensual, ect. It is a practice that I encourage people to understand and research in their own time, learn what other people's experiences with it are.

It is a path that demands an amazing level of communication with your deity and a lot of experience. It is based off mutual consent and understanding of each other, just like mortal relationships. It is also important to be able to take a "no" for an answer and step back if that is the case.

While it is a positive thing overall, I discourage minors to persue this path. For your own health and safety.

This week's reading comes from the Deadly Apothecary oracle deck. It may or may not apply to you and that is alright.

Belladona

Belladonna is about procrastination, both from tasks and emotions. It is a card about hiding from emotions, dodging them like bullets. For a devotee or worshipper, this can look like hiding from big truths that your practice has uncovered. The best way to end this cycle is to just feel and do. It sounds easier than it is but it is an important step forward. Belladona must learn to be comfortable with the uncomfortable.

O radiant Aphrodite, lady of seafoam

Heavenly beauty and warlike queen

We thank you for your guidance and wisdoms

O kind Aphrodite, lady of night

Bride of the Heavens and dark teacher

We thank you for embracing us with love

As we close service today, my friends

Let us thank our Lady of Love, Aphrodite

Venerable goddess and guide to us all

[temple-of-her-love]

This poll is for Saturday December 21st

Service Topic

Hexes & Curses & the Goddess of Love

UPGs vs SPGs vs VPGs

Personal Talk of Priesthood

Voting ended onDec 21, 2024

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SERVICE WILL BE HELD TOMORROW DUE TO ME HAVING BEEN CHRISTMAS SHOPPING TODAY