Sable Shadows

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[homey-worshiper]

Subtle altars around your house.

Put crystals, like pyrite and quartz, on your bookshelf, or books for Athena.

Present your jewellery on a hanger or a tray for Hera.

Have a coffee/tea corner for Hestia.

Curate the most colourful stationery collection for Iris.

Have a mini bar or cocktail station for Dionysus.

Organise your vanity for Aphrodite.

Keep a ready-to-go picnic basket for Persephone.

Start a windowsill herb garden for Demeter.

Make a seashell showcase for Amphitrite.

Prepare a sleep essentials tray near your bed for Hypnos.

Prepare a hiking essentials backpack in your closet for Artemis.

Curate your computer space for Hephaestus.

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[nikkas-cottage]

Hand rolled ‘marble’ offering candles to Zeus, king of the Greek pantheon and god of the sky.

While Zeus is remembered for his power and flaws, he was also seen as the protector of humankind and hospitality. He is the guardian of travelers and foreigners, those far from home seeking safety and belonging.

See how I made his candles here :)

[evanxhunter]

Gods of the Hearth - Hera

Part 2.3 about Zeus

As the goddess of marriage and family, Hera is intimately linked to the matrimonial home. She embodies the sacred union between husband and wife and watches over the stability and sustainability of marriage, the foundation of domestic life in Greek society. The Greeks invoked her for the protection of the home, seeking to ensure harmony between family members and the fertility of the couple. Hera was considered as guarantor of the birth and education of children, essential elements for the continuity and prosperity of the family line.

Her worship reflects this function: through rites and festivals, she is honored as the guardian of matrimonial unions and the transmission of family values. In Argos and Samos, two major centres of her cult, ceremonies marked the stages of initiation into adulthood and celebrated the strength of conjugal bonds. By her role, Hera symbolizes the pillar of the Greek home, protecting the family unit, ensuring its fertility and the sustainability of generations.

I am a bit sad not to find much information about her, if you have sources about her don’t hesitate to put them in comments pls !

Next part about Hecate

Masterlist

[khaire-traveler]

🦚 Subtle Hera Worship 🐄

Star-gazing and cloud-watching

Making flower crowns

Wearing outfits that make you feel confident

Have a candle that reminds you of her (no altar needed)

Keeping a picture of her in your wallet

Wearing jewelry that reminds you of her

Wearing perfumes with bold yet sweet scents

Have a cow, peacock, or lioness stuffed animal

Having imagery of stars or lotus flowers around

Giving yourself compliments each day; pointing out one thing you like or love about yourself

Support women's rights or domestic abuse survivor organizations

Spend time with loved ones

Be kind to children; play them if offered

If you have a partner, send them a kind message or do something romantic together

Practice standing up for yourself; speak your mind and assert your personal boundaries

Do household chores; upkeep your living space

Take care of yourself emotionally and physically

Show support for any mothers in your life, especially new ones; help out when/if you can

Keep a self-love/self-care journal

Make yourself feel pretty/handsome/attractive; wear makeup, paint your nails, style your hair, wear your favorite outfits, etc.

Take a self-care bath or shower

Learn about astronomy; learn about the different myths behind constellations

Show compassion towards others, especially those who are hurting or in need

Showing compassion towards yourself, the same as you do for others

Prioritize your own well-being

Feed the local birds with bird seeds; bird-watching

Keep framed photos of loved ones; put photos of them on your wall, etc.

Eat pomegranate seeds

Have cow print items; own peacock feathers (been told these can be really cheap, actually!)

Give a kind gesture to a loved one; buying a gift, cooking a meal, baking pastries, etc.

Collect gold-colored items; golden ram horns are also a great symbol (maybe draw or paint this, since it's pretty niche)

Buy a bouquet of white flowers, whether for yourself or a loved one

Add honey to your tea, coffee, or other drink; a good drink to try is warm milk with honey and cinnamon mixed in (better than it sounds)

Start a skin/body care routine

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I may add more down the line! For now, here's my list of discreet ways to worship Hera. Hope it helps, and take care! 🩵

Link to Subtle Worship Master list

[theareiandaughter]

healing with Hera and Aphrodite can also look like sitting in the shower, remembering the sorrow of being abandoned by a lover, and just letting them witness your cries. they understand your loss of innocence and the grief that goes with it.

healing with Hera and Aphrodite can also look like regressing back to your thirteen year old self, or protecting that thirteen year old self who needed nothing more than love.

healing with Hera and Aphrodite can also look like acknowledging being at rock bottom, and realising you have nowhere to go but up now.

healing with Hera and Aphrodite can look like forgiving.

healing with Hera and Aphrodite can also look like anger.

healing with Hera and Aphrodite looks like love.

[fairyboy1111]

A digital offering for Queen Hera! May the protectress of us mortals and our families always keep us safe and sound 🩵

[bodhi-devotee]

don’t burn out! practice mundane worship—

i dedicate my work as a massage therapist to Apollo and Asclepius

budgeting for my and my wife’s future is dedicated to Zeus and Hera

my physical fitness is dedicated to Artemis and Apollo

i dedicate my meditations to Selene, and Guan Yin

i water my house plants in honor of Artemis and Leto

i dedicate cleaning my home and space to Apollo and Helios

these are all things i would do whether or not they were devoted to a divinity. worship is apart of my waking up and interacting with the world. do you have any examples from your worship?

[shrine-of-the-theoi]

This is the best artistic rendition of Mother Hera I've ever come across. She's so beautiful I can barely move my eyes. So gentle and loving. Btw this is not my creation. The creator has their name in the corner and they're in devianart so all credits to them and a load of gratitude cuz this is very very accurate to how I see my Mother in my mind. I found this pic on Pinterest so yep. BUT MOTHER DO I LOVE YOU?!!!!! I could cry just by looking at this.

[bodhi-devotee]

“oh it’s storming bad! Zeus and Hera must be fighting aga—” WRONG! they are FUCKING, narsty style!

[whatkindoftrickeryisthis]

If I might inquire from the polytheistic community,

What in the ever-loving FUCK is with this seemingly common attitude that the gods view us as nothing more than a speck in the universe, not remotely worth their time or affection? That we are worthless to them unless there is some special reason they should pay us attention? That they don’t have a care for us at all?

I escaped that mindset from a cult I was forced to be in, foolishly thinking I’d be safe from it in polytheism, but instead it seems to just get reinforced, discouraging me from it altogether. That cult taught me that I was worthless to my god; that I was no more than the dirt under his divine feet, and that it was a privilege to be loved by him and seen as worthy by him, even though I was fundamentally worthless and pathetic. I don’t ever want to feel that way with any god ever again.

The lack of certainty when it comes to the gods makes it so hard for me to subscribe to one mindset or another. I can neither confirm nor deny that the gods care about us, that they care about me. So it feels really easy to be swayed from one mindset to another. It’s hard to feel like people saying “the gods care about us—about you!” Isn’t just some kind of self-soothing gesture instead of a fact.

I’ve been away from polytheism for over a year now due to the struggles I have with it + my mental health, but this mindset a decent chunk of people have about it puts me off of coming back to it. Why would you even worship gods who could not give less of a shit about you? More importantly, why do you feel the need to push those views as a fact when nobody can know for certain save for their own experiences?

[witness2caesar-deactivated20250]

I just saw someone say with full confidence that they use AI to help decipher their tarot readings and I just??? You work and worship God's of the Arts and assume it's okay to use technology that takes away from ARTISTS? And not only that, boasts about it online as if it's a good thing that you are doing when this is also scientifically proven to hurt the Earth as well. It makes no sense to me, sorry.

[faroffthepath]

"Zeus is objectively evil" I had the greatest conversation with him last night where I felt so much more safe than I remember having felt in a long time and if you think that's evil then off the blog, shoo. respect my king

[laurelsandteacups]

SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK.

[citrineandrosmarin]

Lil boost for a podcast I have been enjoying for... years now actually...

Styx and Bones

The podcast hosts are a Psychic Medium Italian Folk Witch and Priestess of Hades, and an Archaeologist who specializes in the ancient Mediterranean. They also have a blog and a store which has some cool stuff. You may particularly enjoy if you worship Hades, Hekate or Persephone but many others come up also.

Some episode examples:

The Secrets of Ancient Greek Magic, Sorcery and Witchcraft

Did the Ancients Worship Medusa?

Ancient Superstitions | The Evil Eye and How To Protect Yourself

High Priestesses, Miasma and Modernising Hellenism

Greek vs Roman Gods - What's The Difference?

The Cult of Dionysus

Hekate Part IV | The Protector and Her Misconceptions

Apollon the Greek God and the Oracles of Delphi

How to Connect to the Spirits of your House and What is Animism?

Divination Types and Their Problems

[likethestarsatnight]

Stop policing other peoples practice.

I got a helpol "tutorial video" against my will on my tiktok for you page this and I have to rant about, but I believe this is very important.

This person said in their comment section that hellenic polytheism IS ONLY a reconstructionist religion and someone who isn't a reconstructionist shouldn't be in the religion. And their post was about offerings to the gods and in their caption they implied that any offering that wasn't in the video (those being common offering like milk, honey, bread, hymns, etc) wasn't valid.

Here are my thoughts on that:

That's an opinion, not fact, and that opinion can fuck right off. The claim that Helpol is only a reconstructionist religion is fucking stupid, and that's coming from someone who's a borderline reconstructionist. I don't call myself that because I have to adapt to a modern way of practicing to make practicing more accessible for myself. Everyone has to. Including the overconfident poster who said that stupid thought. Unless that poster is currently building temples for the community, they can fuck off. They even told a commenter on their post who challenged that thought that they shouldn't be a part of the religion. It's fucking disgusting. Everyone also shows their love to the gods in many different ways. Just because someone decides to offer the gods something over another something does not mean they do not actually love the gods.

Now in these pictures, there are a good amount of things that I agree with. Yes, people shouldn't treat this religion like some game and treat it seriously. Yes, there is more to this religion than altars. Yes, TikTok has done a lot of damage to this community. But that includes this person's post. Stop speaking for the entire Helpol community. Stop gatekeeping. Stop policing shit that does not affect you.

I'm stressed right now and i don't know if this is a rational crash out💀 If I'm acting crazy, please tell me

[apollophanes]

"...and everywhere, all of us have need of Zeus."

Aratus - Phaenomena

[vibeswithrenai]

As my creativity kick-started again, I finally did the first round of new dividers based on a request (that I lost thanks to Tumblr).

They are pretty time consuming but other ones will be coming sooner or later. Anyway, just as previous ones, they are free to use by anyone who likes them!

[atomicwitchfestival-deactivated]

Helpol Christmas Prayers

For stealth Hellenic polytheists who will be celebrating with their Christian families.

🔥 Hear me Hestia, First and Last at the Feast, when I partake in food and drink offerings, I partake in them to invoke your name first and last, and I partake in them to invoke all of the gods, to honor of them.

👑 Hear me Zeus Pater, Father God, when I invoke God the Father, I am invoking you and honoring you as the Father of the Gods.

🌅 Hear me Apollo Maponus, the Great Son, when I invoke the Son, I am invoking you and honoring you as an Honored Son of Zeus.

🐍 Hear me Agathos Daemon, the Good Spirit, when I invoke the Holy Spirit, I am invoking you and honoring you as the Good Spirit Who Protects.

🥖 Hear me Dionysus Omadios, Eater of Raw Flesh, any bread offering that I partake in is consumed in to honor you, within the temple of my body, as you are the Consumer of Flesh.

🍷 Hear me Hecate Aimopotis, the Blood Drinker, any wine offering that I partake in is consumed to honor you, within the temple of my body, as you are the Drinker of Blood.

🔥 Hear me Hestia, First and Last at the Feast, when I participate in prayers and hymns, I speak and sing to invoke all of the gods, in honor of them, and in your name first and last, in honor of you.