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ym.nara_mislin on ig

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digital offering to lord ares ⚔️

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Lord Ares is there when i'm angry towards all the injustices going on in the world. Lord Ares is there when i fight for the causes i believe in.

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So, I found s good teacher and a discord (that I want to pay for) who has a ton of good Japanese lessons. I was given homework on the consultation, and I’ve been having a good time!

Things like あ、い、う、え、お have been relatively easy to do.

Things like か、き、く、け、こ have all been easy to get pat down.

I’m working on さ、し、す、せ、そ right now.

I look forward to working with Jeff. To become fluent would be amazing and possibly moving to Japan (within time.) I’m slowly learning how words are put together, but its always backwards in Japanese.

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こんにちは! Konnichiwa!

My name is Sami and this is my spiritual personal blog!

(私の名前はサミです. これは私のスピリチュアルな個人ブログです！≧◡≦ )

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→ I go by she/her/hers pronouns!

(私は代名詞として彼女/彼女の/彼女のを使います!)

→ I'm 24 years old, going on 25 yrs.

(私は24歳です!)

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I am a hellenistic polytheist and have a focus on these Gods:

Lord Ares ╚(•⌂•)╝

Lady Aphrodite ♥‿♥

Lady Persephone 🌿🍃

Father Hades ☠️🪦

Father Poseidon 🌊🐎

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🍛A little about me:🍚

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ Currently: I’m studying Japanese and the language!

(現在、日本語と言語を勉強中です！)

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ I am a huge fan of Greek mythology, fantasy, hot chocolate, and sweets!

(私はギリシャ神話、ファンタジー、ホットチョコレート、お菓子の大ファンです！)

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ Currently, I’m OBSSESSED with Epic: The Musical by Jorge Rivera-Herrens and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky

(今は、ホルヘ・リベラ＝ヘレンズのミュージカル『Epic: The Musical』と『ポケモン不思議のダンジョン 空の探検隊』に夢中です。)

*⁀➷ I play Dungeons & Dragons. I am working on my own campaign with my three players!

(ダンジョンズ＆ドラゴンズをプレイしています。3人のプレイヤーと共同でキャンペーンを制作中です！)

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Hey, to all the people who are sad we as Hellenic Polytheists don't have a temple to worship in:

We never had temples to worship in, that was never a thing.

I keep seeing posts of people lamenting that we no longer have places to worship the gods in, in the same way people use churches and other places of worship today, but as someone with a degree in this, that was never officially a thing. This is what I mean when I say people need to deconstruct from their previous religion because the religions are different and what you might miss from one, you'll bring to the other, like missing a place of worship.

The temples were solely places to either hold things given to the gods, like thank you offerings, etc. or in some cases, where you got your prophecy told (Delphi), or some people slept in temples for Asclepius in order to dream of cures they believed the god would give them.

The ancient Greeks worshipped the gods in nature and had little altars in their homes.

This is why there were so many sacrificial altars outside in nature or outside the temples.

I understand it can be frustrating not having a place to worship because religious places of worship are great places to find like-minded people and find community, but the ancient Greeks didn't have to do that because the religion was a government mandated religion. Their literal governments would do things with the whole city-state outside of the temples. The closest thing we got to that were mystery cults but those were usually for the elite and still did things outside just in more secluded areas: (LINK)

Most of the time people weren't allowed to go into the temples, just priests, and the very few people that were allowed (to either drop off a gift, dream of a cure or get their fortune told) had very strict rules on making sure they were super clean because the priests would have to clean after them and they really didn't want to do that.

My point is that if you are worshipping the gods in nature (especially outdoor areas that inspire you because they believed a god resided in those areas) or in front of your altar at home, you're already doing what the ancient Greeks did.

Places of worship later got popularized with the rise of mystery cults in Rome and Roman Christians needing a secret place to worship, usually in someone's house which would later get converted as official places because of the persecutions.

I understand it can be frustrating to not have what more modern religions around you have but I need Hellenic Polytheists to understand that official places of worship were never a thing in the ancient Greek world.

They are worshipped in nature because the gods ARE nature itself.

So understand that your place of worship is all around you, and the gods will always be with you whenever you need them, as soon as you need them, and I think that's beautiful.

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EKKKKKK THERE IS AN EPIC ANIMATION FROM AN ARTIST I FOLLOWED (they are students from the university I really want to attend so Im extra exited)

Please go check their premier out!!!!

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digital offering to lord ares ⚔️

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Lord Ares is there when i'm angry towards all the injustices going on in the world. Lord Ares is there when i fight for the causes i believe in.

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#Selfies

that's what happens if you leave a phone to two clouds

It's super silly, but i bet we all needed this

All characters' design - except Ganymede - are from @neal-illustrator!

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Hermaphrodite

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Child of Lady Aphrodite🕊 and Lord Hermes🐏

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i love Aphrodite

i love love and i love how she is also a goddess of war :3

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Hey *hand on shoulder* you know that Greece, along with most of the balkan countries, has been under ottoman turkish rule for more than 400 years? You know that Greece today has many economic problems today, despite it's history being rich?

You know that Greece is very prone to forest fires and natural disasters?

Also, do you know that Greece, along with Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as Montenegro... They are all protesting against corruption, and no one talked about it.

You talk about wanting to have temples to worship in modern day, but you don't care about the land that those temples would be built on?

Greece may be an Orthodox Christian country. But trust me, the gods are still very much living there. Their spirit is still there. Poseidon is still ruling the waves, Zeus is still watching over in the sky, Demeter is taking care of the crops.

All i am asking is... Spread awareness. I am saying this on behalf of my greek friend, firstly, who has complained to me about their issues not being heard. LEARN HISTORY. STUDY CURRENT WORLD EVENTS. SEND LOVE TO THE LAND OF GREECE, WHO HAS ENDURED GREAT HARDSHIPS.

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Found this cute poppy flower while at work. It made me think of Lord Ares, and it had a little tag on it saying it had been purchased to support veterans. I wore it on my finger all day and then twisted the wire into a little dagger to offer to him.

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I love you primordial deities

I love you titans and titanesses

I love you lesser known/worshiped deities

💕💕💕💕

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I love you psychotic pagans

• Pagans that get delusions that interfere with worship!

• Pagans that get religious delusions! Delusions of grandeur! Delusions of control!

• Pagans who can’t discern between hallucinations, delusions, and the Gods!

• Pagans who get hallucinations of the Gods!

• Pagans that get auditory hallucinations! Tactile hallucinations! Visual hallucinations! Olfactory hallucinations! Internal hallucinations!

• Pagans who get intrusive thoughts!

• Pagans who experience negative symptoms that make it hard to worship!

• Pagans whose psychosis makes it hard to worship in general!

• Pagans who think their psychosis brings them closer to the Gods!

• Pagans who get disorganized thoughts. Who can’t pray because of them!

• Pagans on medication! Pagans who can’t be medicated, who don’t want to be medicated, who aren’t medicated!

You’re all seen. You’re all loved. The Gods understand when things get tough.

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Its day 2 of half sleeping. Its rough.

Lord Hypnos if you can hear me, please let me fully rest.

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PLEASE DO NOT USE TIKTOK AS A RESOURCE FOR HELLENIC POLYTHEISM

Tiktok is probably one of THE WORST places to learn about REAL hellenic polytheism because it is rampant with misinformation and most creators are only interested in views and parroting misinformation THEY heard. Yes there are some great and informative creators on there to learn about the hellenic gods but they are far and few in-between.

INSTEAD if you're new to the religion and have no clue where to start researching/learning, here are a few phenomenal creators on here with wonderful and informative posts!

@wisdom-devotee has an amazing guide for starting out in hellenic polytheism

@seasaltdevotion also recently made a fantastic post on resources for starting out

@crazycatsiren has a SUPER long list of resources and research material

@khaire-traveler has possibly the greatest list on subtle deity worship for just about every god

Please actually learn from those of us that truly love and covet this religion and spread information that will truly benefit you.