Temple Kharis

Khaire! Welcome travellers to this temple blog! Here you may find a place to submit prayers, find devotional posts, resources and infomation, etc.

[devils-favorite-idiot]

Hermes is literally so funny. I used shufflemancy to ask for advice and the song that came up was 01010011 01001001 01001110 00101110 by OxemX111.

Why is he like this 😂

Me: hey Hermes what advice do you have for me?

Hermes: have you considered sinning?

[dionysianivy]

Hermes Psychopompos

"he who guides the souls of the dead as they embark on their journey between lives." An ephitet for Hermes Psykhopompós

[pearlsandpeacocks]

[rosary-enthusiast]

This is what I mean when I say myth literalism is bad. While the gods are individuals, they are also concepts- forces that make up a greater whole. Hades is not just a king, he is cold, is is death, in the most literal of senses. His actions are not the actions of a man, they are the planet turning & the world around us breathing.

[breelandwalker]

All of the above, PLUS....

Myths, with absolutely no exceptions, are created by human beings. The myths of the ancient world were often created to explain natural phenomena. They reflect the culture and time in which they were born, and that is the lens through which we must read them in order to properly understand what we're seeing. The story of Hades and Persephone was not created in response to a literal kidnapping. It was the allegorical lens through which one culture chose to view the natural phenomenon of seasonal change.

Expecting ancient myths to scan when viewed through the morals and values of a cultural viewpoint several millennia removed from the the source material is nothing short of ludicrous.

[ravenrook]

reminder that animals have their own spirits that can be venerated in their own right. I've recognized a tendency in myself and many others that if an animal is significant to us, we go looking for a deity related to that animal. this may be fruitful—I came to know Venus through the doves outside my window—but it can also just complicate things. for all that time spent wondering if this crow is a sign from a deity, you could be enjoying the company of the crow itself.

thanks and blessings to the spirit of the vulture who watches over my doorway for teaching me this lesson.

[oscars-wayfinder]

i think a lot of people in helpolblr don’t understand syncretisation.

theres so much talk about “helios is the sun and apollon is the sunlight!” and “apollon isnt the sun god!”

helios and apollon were actually syncretised during the roman period. also there can be multiple gods of one aspect?

anyways apollon can be a sun god or he can be a light god, both are valid ways to see him.

while helios will always be the personification of the sun itself, he and apollon are both gods of the sun.

please please please research syncretisation guys. it’s a huge aspect in a lot of religions and helps us understand the gods in the way they were understood in the ancient times.

same goes for artemis and selene.

[byjove]

It is so hysterically funny to me that homophobic Christians behave like marriage is a Christianity exclusive concept and that is why gay marriage shouldn’t exist. Genuinely out there acting like Jesus invented marriage and it’s not a cultural universal that has existed since before the beginning of written language. Not just in societies that practiced monotheistic abrahamic religions, it was a thing in Mesopotamia. You do not get to act like the Christian concept of marriage is the only valid concept of marriage. It entered the game late.

[byjove]

“Marriage is between a man and a woman and protected by God.” Which god? Do you mean the goddess Hera?

[byjove]

“divorce is a sin” Cartimandua’s druids said it was alright so I’m not sure when you’re getting your information from

[foamspell]

me almost everyday i fear (i make up for it i swear)

[aphrodites-temple-ajourney]

Offering to Lady Artemis

[dionysianivy]

Dionysus Aktaios

"Dionysus of the Seacoast". An ephitet for God Dionysus

[madisonsarchive]

aesthetics: aphrodite — goddess of love, beauty, pleasure and procreation.

[brigitte-poetry]

It's such a fucking shame that everyone hates Zeus because they took the myths too literally because a God King of hospitality, foreigners and the protector of immigrants would be SUCH a good guy to be calling on right now. I literally cannot think of a better god to call on for current political issues but suuure enjoy sitting on your mythic literalism high horse guys

[whatrealbeautylookslike]

hey you're allowed to only actively worship certain epithets of a deity. you're not denying those aspects of them just because they aren't prevalent in your worship. people have been doing that for centuries. yes, learn about the gods and all that they encompass, but you are not required to worship every aspect of an extremely complex deity, just like you're not required to worship every deity in a pantheon.

[hypnotic-wine-dove-deactivated2]

⋆˚࿔ Aphrodite is with those who struggle with dysmorphia

⋆˚࿔ Aphrodite is with those who have had toxic relationships

⋆˚࿔ Aphrodite is with those relearning trust and love

⋆˚࿔ Aphrodite is with those struggling to accept themselves

⋆˚࿔ Aphrodite is with those who are healing from abuse

⋆˚࿔ Aphrodite is with those who dislike intimacy

⋆˚࿔ Aphrodite is with those who are triggered by sex

⋆˚࿔ Aphrodite is with those who experience gender dysphoria

[sweetnymphie]

O glorious Aphrodite,💕

foam-born goddess, mother of the sea

May my acts and offerings reach you

As a sign of gratitude and adoration♡

For you are Olympos most shining jewel

And captured my heart with your live and beauty🌹

♡Happy venus day everyone♡

[trash-bin-witch-deactivated2025]

Your HelPol practice is valid if you:

Are a Reconstructionist

Are a revivalist

Study ancient language

Don't study ancient language, only looking into it when it's needed

Have read the myths

Are still working on the myths

Are disabled

Give physical offerings

Give digital offerings

Give acts of service as offerings

Pray every day

Don't always remember to pray

Practice witchcraft

Practice sorcery

Don't practice witchcraft or sorcery

Use tarot/pendulum/divination to talk to the gods

Use clair senses to talk to the gods

Don't use divination or clair senses at all

Have a degree in classics

Don't have any degree at all

Have been to Greece

Have never been to Greece

Have an altar

Don't have an altar

Have a shrine

Don't have a shrine

Call them gods

Call them deities

Call them Theoi

Are a man

Are a woman

Are neither

Are trans

Choose to godspouse (it's nobodies business but yours anyway, idk why people care so much)

Believe in egregores

Never "work with" a deity and only ever worship

Have made mistakes in the past

Have trouble finding resources

Believe in pop culture paganism/magic

Worship other gods too

The gods love you, and they won't smite you or hate you for your mistakes or your differences. They love you. And anyone who says otherwise is sabotaging you.

[likethestarsatnight]

Digitial offering to Artemis/Wallpaper

Dedicate this one to Artemis cause I'm feeling some appreciation for hunting rn :).

I've always wanted to use a bow and hunt, but I'm too lazy to let my dad teach me and it's not deer season so💀. It is turkey hunting season in my state tho! I don't like the taste of turkey...>:(

Happy hunting to every ethical hunter tho!

[viaofease]

The Cult of the Daimones: Hebe

In astrology, Hebe has an asteroid that reflects her nature as the Daimon relating to youthfulness or the youthful prime. One might consider her as a promethean figure in that her cup of Ambrosia might be shared with mortals to promote longevity and youthfulness. So there we might find sabbatical associations.

She is considered to be the child of Zeus and Hera, mentioned as bathing her brother Ares which might then associate her with children or, as Hebe's asteroid notes, service and maternal affections.

Since she garbs Ares in delicate clothing, she can represent the end of wartime, a protector of those who fought in wars and bringing them back into the fold of society, though there's no other major connection between Hebe and War outside of her brother.

Despite Aquarius being associated with Ganymede, we might also associate the Water Bearer with Hebe, which may tie into her qualities as being the Daimon of youth in that Aquarius provides healing and reformation in Stellar magick, associated with the Star Card.

She is also associated with Aphrodite, the Charites, Hera and Harmonia in relation to weddings, showing her placement as a minor state deity when it came to the affairs of marriage.

Interestingly, one of her names associated Philasians is Ganymeda, a feminine form of Ganymede.

Her other name, Basilea, places her as a princess in Olympus. One can regard her as similar to Artemis in patronage of young women and hens, though she's more likely to be associated with young brides, especially with her marital role and hers being the wife of Herakles.