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honestly Hestia for some reason reminds me of fall, like fall is HER season and I think thats absolutely amazing, I think mainly her color scheme and attributes with the hearth/home is why, idk man but I fucking love Hestia and she deserves this season
A guide to worship of Apollo - cheat sheets
A Guide to Greek Alphabet Divination (Runes)
As many may already know, Runes are a popular form of divination in order to communicate with the gods! However, aside from the popular Norse runes (elder futhark) that everyone might be aware of, did you know that there’s also a form of “rune casting divination” for the Greek alphabet?
First found inscribed in Olympos, a city in ancient Lycia, the Greek alphabet divination system uses the 24 letters from the Greek language and assigns them meanings, and based on what rune you pull, can give you advice from the gods on your current situation!
There were many Alphabet Oracles in ancient Greece, and the idea of reading the Greek alphabet for signs of the gods is one of the oldest divination methods that we know of.
How do I create my “runes?”
To create your runes, any way of making them works! Historically, they would be painted onto pottery shards, but any way you can think of to have them accessible to throw/draw is completely okay. I have personally used black stones with gold paint on them.
You create one piece per letter, and in total there will be 24. Each letter will be listed and elaborated on later on in the post!
I’ve made my alphabet set. How do I use them?
In order to call upon the Theoi to get an answer, you can firstly call upon them in an invocation. After you have called upon them or asked your gods to give you an answer (sometimes no formal structure is needed) you can reach into a bag which contains the letters and pull out one at a time and read that, or you can grab them and throw them and look for patterns or groups of letters that are clumped together.
THE LETTER MEANINGS
Α - Alpha - “The God Apollo [Apollon] says you will do everything successfully.” With his luck and good fortune, the current thing you are working on will turn out well and you will be the leader of your situation and have good transactions with others.
Β - Beta - “With the help of Tyche, you will have an assistant [Boêthos], who is the Pythian Apollon.” You might be at a time in your life where you’re struggling, but this divine-coded letter tells you that the gods that you worship are going to help you soon, so the signs you get might be more prophetic in nature.
Γ - Gamma - “Gaia [Gê] will give you the ripe fruit of your labors.” It is time for you to take a break and admire the hard work you have put in. Gaia will reward you, and you will have abundance in happiness, emotional fulfillment, food, or all of the above.
Δ - Delta - “In customs inopportune strength [Dunamis] is weak.” Timing is everything. Wait for the right time to act, and do not act to hastily. Wait for your time, but at the same time, use your strength for good to make a change in your situation.
Ε - Epsilon - “You desire [Eraô] to see the offspring of righteous marriages.” You need to surround yourself with good friendships, romances, allies, or relationships in general in order to get the most out of it. Surround yourself with positive people or situations to bring yourself up in a righteous way.
Ζ - Zeta - “Flee the very great storm [Zalê], lest you be hindered in some way.” If you’re already struggling, know when to pick your battles. Sometimes flight is better than fight, and only you know your own limitations.
Η - Eta - “Bright Helios [Hêlios], who watches everything, watches you.” Helios knows that in the past you feel like you have been wronged. As the enforcer of oaths and promises, if you are honest with yourself and the situation the truth will come out and you will be aided.
Θ - Theta - “You have the helping Gods [Theoi] of this path.” If you are taking a plan of action do not worry! The Gods are guiding your way and you are in good hands.
Ι - Iota - “There is sweat [’idrôs]; it excels more than everything.” Within your situation, there is going to be a lot of work. The gods recommend you buckle down and work as hard as you can, and it will not be easy. But it will be worth it.
Κ - Kappa - “To fight with the waves [Kuma] is difficult; endure, friend.” Now is not the time. You should wait until the vicious waves die down, and then take action.
Λ - Lambda - ““The one passing on the left [Laios] bodes well for everything.” Something that may seem really bad currently or in the future is actually going to turn out to be a blessing in disguise. Pay attention to your intuition!
Μ - Mu - “It is necessary to labor [Mokhtheô], but the change will be admirable.” You might feel distressed right now and that nothing is going right. But keep working to change either your situation or yourself, and the results will be in your favour.
Ν - Nu - ““The strife-bearing [Neikêphoros] gift fulfils the oracle.” Something will be given to you and enter your life. While it might not be obvious at first, this is the first domino in a line of changes that will happen in your life and make prophecy come true.
Ξ - Xi - “There is no fruit to take from a withered [Xêros] shoot.” Being bitter and angry is not the way to go about things. Don’t keep trying to pull water out of a well that is empty, and know when to let go.
Ο - Omicron - “There are no [Ou] crops to be reaped that were not sown.” In order to get things out of the situation, you have to plan ahead. What goes around comes around.
Π - Pi - “Completing many [Polus] contests, you will seize the crown.” After many trials, you will achieve your goal. Persistence will give you your rewards, and do not be afraid to use your talents.
Ρ - Rho - “You will go on more easily [Rhaion] if you wait a short time.” You should act, and quickly. Now is the best time and waiting longer is not a good idea. The stars are aligned and while it not be easy, there is no better time than the present.
Σ - Sigma - “Phoibos Apollon speaks plainly [Saphôs], ‘Stay, friend.’” The gods want to inform you to wait for more information before you make any decisions. In this time, relax, and let the signs come to you.
Τ - Tau - “You will have a parting from the [Tôn] companions now around you.” Soon, people in your life might not stay the way they are. Friends might leave or enemies might leave. You might grow apart or distance or travel might force you away. Be wary of this, and act accordingly.
Υ - Upsilon - “The affair holds a noble undertaking [Yposkhesis].” The task at hand is certainly a grand one, but with confidence, you, the hero of your own story, can pull through. You must acknowledge your strength, but also acknowledge the size of the task.
Φ - Phi - “Having done something carelessly [Phaulos], you will thereafter blame the Gods.” Something is going wrong, and you may be trying to blame other things than the cause of the problem. Don’t resort to pointing fingers. The Gods will help you if you do not take out your anger on them or others needlessly.
Χ - Khi - “Succeeding, friend, you will fulfill a golden [Khruseos] oracle.” Luck is on your side, and by mere chance, things might fall into place. The answer is positive, and you might be pleasantly surprised at all the riches that the world gives you in addition to your solution.
Ψ - Psi - “You have this righteous judgment [Psêphos] from the Gods.” Truth will be brought forwards, so be careful in your actions. The Gods are watching, and they will be fair, honest, and unforgiving to those who deserve it. This includes those who might be harming you, as well.
Ω - Omega - “You will have a difficult [Ômos] harvest season, not a useful one.” The times will be rough, and you will not get what you wish for at the end. You also might be forced to make tough decisions that you are not ready to make.
And those are the letters! Happy letter-casting!
self love spell
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Honour Apollo by singing loudly and wholeheartedly (regardless of your natural talent) even though you know approximately 23% of the words
Free Recommended Online Articles and other for Hero Worship
A list of Articles I have chosen (and yes I’ve read every single one on academia.edu and these were the best ones.) I hope they help!
General hero worship
Heroes Identified with Horses
Revelent Facts about Ancient Greek hero cults
The Sacrifical Rituals Of Greek Hero Cults in the Archaic to the early Hellenistic Periods
Heroes and hero cult
Epithets in Homer
The Hero Cult and the Tomb Cult in Early Greek Society
Recovering the Past The Origins of Greek Heroes and Hero Cult in Heroes, Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece
What did Homer actually believe about Hades?
Singing Heroes: The Poetics Of Hero Cult in the Herokios
Specific heroes
A Marginal Hero: The representations of Diomedes in the Greek world
We Two Alone Conjugal Bonds and Homoerotic Subtext in the Iliad
The divinity of Alexander the Great
Priestess and Polis in Euripides Iphigenia in Taurus
Updated as of 16 September 2020
So there’s an active wildfire a few miles from me. This morning, my Orphic hymn book fell open to this hymn. I was telling a local Hellenic polytheist friend about it, and her hymn book happened to fall open to the same one a few days ago. Make of that what you will.
21. For the Clouds
The ethereal Clouds who nourish fruit wandering through the skies, bringing the rains— you are driven throughout the universe by gusts of wind, flaming and thunderous, loudly shouting, you leave a trail behind of wet earth. In the folds of air you make a terrible crash, yanked apart by gusts of rapid and roaring wind. I pray now to you, clad in dew and sweetly breathing in breezes, send us the nourishing rains to water fruit upon the mother earth. (trans. Patrick Dunn)
Once when I was very little, my mom said “god, I wish I was like your aunt, ignorant about everything in the world. It must be so peaceful.”. I couldn’t understand what she meant then.
I kinda get it now.
“Life is a gift from the Gods, to live it is to give Them thanks.”
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Hi. I’m a licensed mental health therapist here with a reminder:
Taking medication for psychiatric issues does not weaken your magickal abilities or witchcraft practice.
Anyone who says otherwise needs to
SHUT
THE
FUCK
UP
FOREVER
this isnt true. antipsychotics completely shut down your 6+7 chakras connecting u to the spirit realm. they will BLOCK that shit close it all the way up. heavy metals in high doses are neurotoxins. ok. this is science i have researched this bc i care deeply bc i got fucked over and so did my mother. IF UR SPIRITUALLY INCLINED AND HAVE A BREAK DOWN GET ENERGY WORK BEFORE MEDS. PLS
good thing I don't work with chakras because they're not part of my culture then isn't it
honestly? I wouldn't be able to practice AT ALL if it weren't for my meds. my meds help me. if you don't wanna take meds then fine, but you cannot tell people how they should practice and encourage them to harm themselves by not seeking medical help.
Are we all gonna forget that witchcraft shares roots with medicine?? That witches have been concocting aids for mental wellbeing for centuries, and some modern meds are based off of these and that knowledge?
Also why only psychiatric meds? Why don't heart meds cause trouble in witchcraft? Why don't painkillers? Why doesn't surgery? Is it only because you think of mental illness as trendy and powerful instead of disorders and illness that might destroy a life if untreated?
I like to think psychiatric meds have helped my craft, I mean, mainly because you can't practice if you're dead.
whoop there it is
The Delphic Maxims
The Delphic Maxims are aphorisms believed to have been spoken by Apollo through the Pythia at Delphi in response to queries.
The first three maxims were inscribed on the walls and/or columns* of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi as early as the 6th century BCE. It seems that the lettering was probably duplicated each time the temple was rebuilt (it was destroyed in the 4th century BCE, in the 1st century BCE, and again in the 1st century BCE) because Pliny and Plutarch describe the inscriptions as having been engraved in letters of gold. Ancient Greek writers were recording and interpreting the Maxims by the second half of the 6th century BCE.
*Ancient sources disagree on the location - the walls? the columns? the doors? the gate?
1. Follow God 2. Obey the law 3. Worship the Gods 4. Respect your parents 5. Be overcome by justice 6. Know what you have learned 7. Perceive what you have heard 8. Know yourself 9. Intend to get married 10. Know your opportunity 11. Think as a mortal 12. If you are a stranger, act like one 13. Honor the hearth (or Hestia) 14. Control yourself 15. Help your friends 16. Control anger 17. Exercise prudence 18. Honor providence 19. Do not use an oath 20. Love friendship 21. Cling to discipline 22. Pursue honor 23. Long for wisdom 24. Praise the good 25. Find fault with no one 26. Praise virtue 27. Practice what is just 28. Be kind to friends 29. Watch out for your enemies 30. Exercise nobility of character 31. Shun evil 32. Be impartial 33. Guard what is yours 34. Shun what belongs to others 35. Listen to everyone 36. Be (religiously) silent 37. Do a favor for a friend 38. Nothing to excess 39. Use time sparingly 40. Foresee the future 41. Despise insolence 42. Have respect for suppliants 43. Be accommodating in everything 44. Educate your children 45. Give what you have 46. Fear deceit 47. Speak well of everyone 48. Be a seeker of wisdom 49. Choose what is holy 50. Act when you know 51. Shun murder 52. Pray for things possible 53. Consult the wise 54. Test the character 55. Give back what you have received 56. Look down on no one 57. Use your skill 58. Do what you mean to do 59. Honor a benefaction 60. Be jealous of no one 61. Be on your guard 62. Praise hope 63. Despise a slanderer 64. Gain possessions justly 65. Honor those who are good 66. Know the judge 67. Master wedding-feasts 68. Recognize fortune 69. Flee a pledge 70. Speak plainly 71 Associate with your peers 72. Govern your expenses 73. Be happy with what you have 74. Revere a sense of shame 75 Fulfill a favor 76. Pray for happiness 77. Be fond of fortune 78. Observe what you have heard 79. Work for what you can own 80. Despise strife 81. Detest disgrace 82 . Restrain the tongue 83. Keep yourself from insolence 84. Make just judgments 85. Use what you have 86. Judge incorruptibly 87. Accuse only one who is present 88. Tell when you know 89. Eschew force 90. Live without sorrow 91. Live kindly among others 92. Finish the race with confidence 93. Deal kindly with everyone 94. Do not curse your children 95. Guide your spouse 96. Benefit yourself 97. Be courteous 98. Give a timely response 99. Struggle with glory 100. Act without repenting 101. Repent of your errors 102 Control the eye 103. Give a timely counsel 104. Act quickly 105. Guard friendship 106. Be grateful 107. Pursue harmony 108. Keep secret what should be secret 109. Fear ruling 110. Pursue what is profitable 111. Accept due measure 112. Do away with enmities 113. Accept old age 114. Do not boast in might 115. Exercise (religious) silence 116. Flee enmity 117. Acquire wealth justly 118. Do not abandon honor 119. Despise evil 120. Venture into danger prudently 121. Do not tire of learning 122. Do not stop to be thrifty 123. Admire oracles 124. Love whom you rear 125. Do not oppose someone who is absent 126. Respect the elderly 127. Instruct the youngs 128. Do not put your trust in wealth 129. Respect yourself 130. Do not begin to be insolent 131. Crown your ancestors 132. Die for your country 133. Do not be discontented by life 134. Do not ridicule the dead 135. Share the load of the unfortunate 136. Gratify without harming 137. Grieve for no one 138. Beget from noble routes 139. Make promises to no one 140. Do not wrong the dead 141. Be well off as a mortal 142. Do not trust fortune 143. As a child be well-behaved 144. As a youth, be self-disciplined 145. As of middle-age be just 146. As of old -age, be sensible 147. On reaching the end, be without sorrow
Mythic Context Is Everything
Sometimes a myth plays out a certain way because that’s the way certain aspects of our world seem to play out (The Eleusinian mysteries).
Sometimes a myth is a reflection of the societal norms of the culture that created it (sexual coercion of mortal women by gods).
Sometimes the author of a particular myth wrote it the way they did because they had a personal investment in writing it the way that they did (Ovid was known to exaggerate the brutality of Hellenic myths in his retellings).
Sometimes the myth doesn’t seem to line up with the cult practices of the culture in which the myth originates (Homer’s treatment of Zeus vs the Greek’s absolute adoration of Zeus).
Sometimes particular myths are taken as rote fact despite contradictory myths from lesser known authors (the birth of Aphrodite as extolled by Hesiod, Homer, Apollodorus, and Cicero).
Sometimes a myth just happens to be the one that survives the passage of time.
Sometimes a myth is used to teach a mortal lesson (literally every instance of a mortal being punished for their hubris).
Sometimes the translation of a myth reveals a quality not intended in the original work (the rape vs the abduction of Persephone).
Mythology is a product of humanity attempting to find its place in the universe. Taking every myth at face value, without considering allegorical symbolism, authorial intent, societal prejudice, or contemporary mythologies is a mistake many newbies make, and is certainly one that will bar most from coming to a wider understanding of the figures, lessons, and themes behind the myth.
This is literally why Socrates was killed, because he argued with the Athenian government about teaching mythology to children because mythology does not teach anything about the gods because mythology is not about the gods but fiction propelled by a mythologist’s specific grudge and agenda.
Please read history, philosophy, the hymns, the Epithets, look at art, try to get to the meaning behind everything regarding the gods.
Devotional Poems to Apollo✨☀️
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Golden rays on his
Sunkissed face, surrounded by his
Curls of caramel
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A Raven feather
Careens down to their hand
and their wings sprout forth
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I feel you in my
Warmth, the sunlight upon the
Lost and the looking
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Why can't Apollo
Have an alive lover, he
Deserves to love
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Blessed be!
hi! your blog is a huge inspiration and is incredibly helpful in learning new witchy recipes as someone who is learning witchcraft and wants to be a kitchen witch! is there any chance you could post a witchy cake recipe? it’s my sisters birthday soon
Awww thank you so much! and I do! What about a witch's chocolate cake!
WITCHES FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE
Ingredients
For the Cake:
8 tbsp unsalted butter
increases tenacity, smoothes and soothes energies, increases spirituality and connection to deity on the physical plane
1 tsp cinnamon
healing, love, self-love, success, protection, victory,
3 large eggs
strength, protection, nurturing
1/2 cup cocoa powder
love, comfort, prosperity
1 cup milk chocolate chips
friendship, self-love, love, balance
2 tbsp heavy cream
nurturing, so it sits right
3/4 cup sugar
love, attraction, good outcomes
A pinch of kosher salt
protection, anti negative vibes
1 tbsp espresso powder
energize, strenth, happniess
1 tsp vanilla extract
self-love
For the Ganache:
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
love, grounding, prosperity
1 tsp vanilla extract
self-love
1 tsp sugar
love, attraction
1/2 cup heavy cream
just so it sits right
Directions
Preheat your oven to 375 F. Butter a round cake pan around 9 inches and line with parchment paper. Melt your chocolate chips for the cake and add them to a large mixing bowl along with salt, sugar, heavy cream, eggs, espresso powder, and vanilla. Whisk until smooth.
Stir in cocoa powder until combined. Pour the batter into your prepared baking pan and spread it out evenly. Bake for about 24-27 minutes, or until thoroughly cooked.
10 minutes before it comes out of the oven, make your ganache by combining your chocolate chips, sugar, and vanilla. With hot heavy cream pour over the chocolate chips and vanilla. Mix until it is thoroughly melted.
When the cake is cool, spoon your ganache over the cake and spread it till it starts to drip off the cake. Let it stand 1 hour for the ganache to set until serving.
☀️Sun Meditations☀️
🌞Drawing in Sun Energy Meditation🌞:
This can be done right before any kind of Sun magic or working with Sun deities. It’s also a easy way to recharge your personal energies. If you’re tired and in need of an energy boost during the day use this exercise to recharge your energy levels. It’s also an excellent way to raise energy for any type of healing work
🌞If possible, sit outside in a sunny spot where you will not be disturbed or, if it’s cold outside, stand by a window where the Sun’s light can shine on you. Sit in a comfortable position.
🌞 Close your eyes. Feel the warmth of the sun on your skin. Take 3 deep breaths in-and-out and allow your body to relax.
🌞Turn your hands palm up, raise them to the sky (if that’s comfortable, just resting them on your lap, palms open, works just as well). See the Sun’s energy streaming towards you, and then draw it between your hands until you hold a fiery, golden orb of light.
🌞Slowly lower your hands. As you do, see the Sun’s energy filling your body. See the Sun’s energy filling your head then lower your hands to your chest and see it filling your heart in the core of your being.
🌞Lower your hands again and see the Sun’s energy fill the lower part of your body, going down the soles of your feet. Repeat as many times as you wish.
🌍Grounding Sun Meditation☀️:
This meditation is my favorite way to ground. The sun and earth work in harmony to bring you balance and strength.
🌍 If possible, sit outside in a sunny spot where you will not be disturbed or, if it’s cold outside, stand by a window where the Sun’s light can shine on you. Sit in a comfortable position.
☀️Hold your hands palms up. See a ray of golden light shining on you. Concentrate on the light. Concentrate on emotions being felt and physical sensations. Feel or imagine its warmth on your skin.
🌍Take a deep breath, and as you do, see the sunlight filling you. Take 2 more deep breaths, or until you feel filled with sunlight.
☀️Now place your hands Palm down on the ground to either side of you. Imagine reaching down through the Earth - down, down to the fiery core of the planet.
🌍Take a deep breath and, pulling up the fires that are at the heart of the Earth, take 2 more deep breaths until you are filled with the fires of the Earth.
☀️Place your palms over your heart. See the golden sunlight in the fires at the core of the Earth mix and blend as they fill in circulate through your being.
☀️Say or think:
Fires above, fires below
Within, without I am whole
Source
You’re safe.
There’s nothing chasing you. There won’t be a face in the window. Nothing is following you up the stairs. Nothing is under your bed. You can throw your legs over your bed, you can have your arm over the side of the bed, because nothing is out to get you. I promise. I’m here to protect you. I’ll kick its ass.
You’re safe.
This just really helped me oh my God
Same. I have really bad anxiety around my house when it’s at night.
