Enjoying the Light of the Gods

he/they // trans // autistic //30 // Hellenic Polytheist // Follower of Jesus, Mary, and Eve // Witch // Anything else I can add here?

[xlightxshinesxbrightx]

Hi, Friends!

I wanted to go ahead and introduce myself to you guys and hopefully you'll want to follow me along for the ride!

I'm a 30 year old queer transmasc who is trying to find their way through the world. I was raised Lutheran, attended a Christian private school until I was 13, and was told by my principle that I was going to go to hell because I was attracted to girls.

I promptly dropped anything to do with Christianity and went straight to Wicca. Wicca was... not a good fit (no shade to my Wiccan friends, but it's a no for me) and have kinda wandered around this spinning globe trying to find a good fit. I've practiced some kind of witchcraft/pagan/whatever the vibe was at the time since I was about 18 when I finally felt the pull to worship and honor Persephone.

My connection with her is extremely personal, but she was who I needed at the time and honestly still need. Through her I have begun worshipping and honoring the Theoi and have become extremely close to Aphrodite. I couldn't have started T or gotten top surgery without her beside me.

Recently I have felt the pull to return to some form of Christianity, but it's not in a, "I saw the light and am giving up my pagan ways!". It's very much a pull to learn more about compassion, empathy, and truly following the teachings of Jesus. I have also felt the pull to worship Mary and show honor towards Eve, who I always adored even as a child.

But, yeah, that's the spiel! My asks are always open if you want to pop in to ask me anything or just to say hi! This blog is mostly going to be for my ramblings and me stumbling my way through figuring life out. It'll be a rocky journey and I will never claim to be an expert, but we can all learn together! That's the beautiful part of witchcraft, paganism, and Christianity.

[tridentandtales]

Greek bead depicting a man playing the lyra

5th century BCE

British Museum 1868,0110.424

[bulljumpingfresco]

Apollo. detail from a 2nd.century BC. funerary marble relief slab. Archaeological Museum of Piraeus.

[greekpagan]

To Leto

Blessed Leto, bright daughter of Phoebe and Coeus the wise, beloved of Zeus, bearer of children mighty and fair, shining Apollo and bold-hearted Artemis. O best of mothers, O friend of mothers, yours was a travail unlike any other, a journey beset by sorrow and strife until, at long last, you found shelter at Delos, that welcoming isle. O Leto, O mother of gods, O goddess of mothers, beautiful you are, great-hearted and kind. I honor you always, O glorious one.

[mariam-en-christo]

me, sparing a gnat: St. Francis are you proud of me

[beautyofpoland]

[awomanfromvenus]

[cryptichiraeth]

“They worship Lady Artemis” 🌙

[vtorjenie-deactivated20161214]

[xlightxshinesxbrightx]

I feel like I've been neglecting a large chunk of my practice lately. Part of the reason why is because it's summer and my altars are blocked by the AC unit I use so I don't melt in the heat. Another reason, I think, is because I needed to get on firmer ground when it came to Christianity and Catholicism.

The more I read, the more I understand, the more confident I feel about reconnecting with God, the more settled I feel. It wasn't like I was pushing the Theoi off to the side out of guilt or that I was no longer going to be working with them. I think, because I had gone so long without God, that I needed to almost reacclimated to what it felt like to have Them in my life.

I have had the Theoi in one form or another for almost two decades and to reconnect with the Creator feels like the final puzzle piece sliding into place. I always mourned the loss of Jesus when I left Christianity and to have him back has me beyond thrilled and happy.

I will be slowly but surely bringing the Theoi back into my life. I never felt "abandoned" by them, not that I think I ever would be because I see them as extensions of God and God is all around us. I just want to get back into spending time with those energies. I've missed them. When I spend time with the Theoi, I'm spending time with the Divine so it's a good time all around!

[rosieandthemoon]

Lover's Eye Bracelet,from c. 1860, British {via}

This example is rendered in delicate watercolor on ivory.

Popular in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, lover’s eye miniatures were discreet tokens of affection, allowing the wearer to carry the presence of a beloved without revealing their identity.

By the mid-1800s, such objects could also function as sentimental or mourning jewelry, blurring the line between romance and remembrance.

[ascothrel]

She-wolf Afrodite . . .

[bulljumpingfresco]

Roman workshop Grand Camée de France (Tiberius with the imperial family) ca. AD 25 sardonyx cameo Bibliothèque nationale, Paris

[lovecrumbss]

oh to have foxes play where I've laid to rest

[thetimeofangelz]

Btw my Dad said you can come over so I can show you my collections and talk about my sp/in if that’s on with you. He also said you can talk to Him about your own interests if you want to, He will always listen.

[venustapolis]

Der Erechtheion-Tempel auf der Akropolis (Thorald Læssøe, 1850)

[bishiedoll]

Nuns drawn by Nakahara Junichi, who was born in a Christian family, from 1936 and 1937.