as fire to the sun

Hellenismos // 25 // she/her // cancer sun, gemini moon, leo ascending // to be bigoted is to go against the laws of nature, if you hold any such beliefs you will find no home here // please do not refer to me as a pagan

[touchmyfiremind]

my little eiresione <3

[touchmyfiremind]

Have a well and healing Thargelia dears <3

I've been deep cleaning the house all week and will finish up today before preparing for the feast tomorrow

[hornedsaturn-deactivated2023042]

fuck. just go out into the world and experience the gods, soak up the divinity all around you.

[hermo-dactylus]

Woodland outdoor altar to Dionysus

[iliosflower]

In this bustling polytheistic environment, religious behavior was embedded in daily life. Few actions and activities could have been regarded as purely secular.

Household Gods; Private Devotion in Ancient Greece and Rome, Alexandra Sofroniew, p.3

[luminarycanary]

Thinking about how Apollo is a god of tiny creatures again. Mice, rats, locusts, grasshoppers, cicadas, crows, moths, nightingales, songbirds, crickets, flies. He’s so big, but he holds these fragile, delicate and often unwanted animals in his gentle hands.

[brxtwalda]

3/8/22

[fireburningbright]

The Gods are not detached, locked away in their temples like crypts. They walk in the world with us. They know us. When you open yourself up to them you will find them in the strangest places.

[aksiris]

[the-evil-clergyman]

Diana the Huntress by Gaston Casimir Saint-Pierre (19th Century)

[enchantedbook]

Ode to the Sun, painting by Frixos Aristefs (1879 - 1951)

[wheatfalls]

“Every home can be a temple, every table an altar, and all of life a song to God.”

— Abraham Joshua Heschel, God in Search of Man (via allhailqueenant)

[thunderstruck9]

Janet Fish (American, b. 1938), Honey Jars, 1971. Oil on canvas, 66 ¼ x 54 ½ in.

[ancienthistoryart]

Dolphin frieze from the palace complex on the Mycenaean Acropolis of Gla, Boeotia, Greece, 14th c.BC. Arch. Museum of Thebes.

[apollons-arrow]

I was casually skimming the textbook for my summer Latin course and my eyes landed on the sentence “Apollō mē saepe servat”, which translates to, “Apollon often saves me” - call me emotionally fragile but I cried a bit (a lot), especially since I’ve been having a bummer of a day. Praise be to Lord Apollon, always a savior to those in need of Him!

[hisfluer]

i sing to ares, lord of  war & the ever sharp blade.  oh, unweary helper of men,  guide me with your strength & lead my weary feet forward.  unwavering god, drive away the fear in my heart & give me  the next day to fight on —

[ancienthistoryart]

Glass pomegranate. Greek, Hellenistic period, 2nd c.BC. Phoenix Museum.