#votives

[chasingrainbowsforever]

~ Jewel Tones ~

[dionysianfreak]

I had the honor of crafting my own idol for Aphrodite this month 🐚💕 the photos are a timeline of Her creation, about 2 1/2 weeks worth of effort.

She was fired in American "raku" style (not true raku) and She is very iridescent in person !! I can't put into words how amazing it felt to form the statue from mud, gently glaze it, carry it to the sacred flames, and then slowly lower it into cool waters. I feel so much pride and love when I hold it. the glaze was meant to resemble the dark oceans, but glaze does what it desires <3

Khaire Aphrodite and Her numerous blessings!! it's fitting my first ever statue from my new favorite medium is of the Goddess that blesses us endlessly with love. thank you for giving me the opportunity to create with clay and the opportunity to create your sacred form 💘💕💓

｡⁠*ﾟ✧ please do not save or repost to other sites

[findingthe-stillpoint-blog]

Gangleri - Odin the Wanderer.

How much do you think solitude, ostracisation, and 'wandering' in your own way, has influenced your Spirituality?

[snailworldonline]

Garden Snail Lantern via Viridian Bay

[angryladyrants]

[y2kbeautyandother2000sstuff]

BBW At Home Holiday Home Fragrance Winter Forest Votives

late 1990s-early 2000s

Found on Ebay, user apinchofpretty

[loneberry]

Terracotta anatomical votives offered to Asclepius.

The sufferer's bodily ailment was transferred to the substitute organ, and the diseased replica was left at the sanctuary so that the sufferer could returned cured.

Votive Offerings of Breast and Penis, Corinth

Votive Offering of Eyes, Athens

[verdantlyviolet]

[...] The object set up in this way, anathema, is a lasting, visible gift: a witness to one’s relationship to the deity, the principal form of expression for private devotion and the most representative document of official piety. As the inscriptions state, the donor expects a gracious gift in return, even if only that the god may grant him occasion to set up another gift in the future. The gifts can take many forms. Valuables in early times are garments and metal. Since the object set up acts as a sign, a substitute model - a sign of the sign - can take its place: bronze and terracotta figurines, or a painting in clay or wood; quite an industry in devotional objects developed at an early date.

— Greek Religion by Walter Burkert ‘Anathemata’ pg93