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Fully agreed here, do what you want and leave others the fuck alone

I’m so confused when people bring up helpol elitism like hon if someone has a different understanding of their religion and therefore has a practice and relationship with their gods that you wouldn’t normally have I’m sorry to say but their not doing it to show off they probably want to show their practice

if you see hubris sure you can speak on it but I find it so funny when people attack well educated priests who help and guide their community or people who shoot down others who use a different class for their relationships with their deities

I frankly fear their practice is their business. If the gods are offended they will act accordingly. I love unique deity relationships <33

JUST A RANT BECAUSE I TALKED WITH @edensvessel LAST NIGHT AND I WAS JUST SO SHOCKED

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I forgot to post it but back around summer I drew Baba Jaga's hut. Try to find the cat!

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Hello hormonally intersex people, I'm here to kill the imposter syndrome demon in your head. Hypoandrogenism and hyperandrogenism are both enough to make a person intersex. And perisex children don't get put on hormones to correct their sex trait development. That only happens to intersex children.

You need to know that a doctor will almost never call you intersex, even if you straight-up have ambiguous genitalia, ovotestes, tits, and a penis, the doctor will tell you that you have a disorder, a syndrome, a deficiency, an excess, an abnormality. Never that you're intersex. You'll be told you're something wrong not that you are something else. The perisex medical establishment wants to separate us and deny we exist. Don't forget that, ok?

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Artemis would shoot ICE agents for how much they disrespect everything her father stands for.

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Tour of my travel altar!!

Was gonna call it a pocket altar, but you could not fit this into your pocket lol. It fits great into a backpack or purse though!!

This big bag has a lot of stuff in it, including two tins. One is premade with a bunch of witchy spell ingredients, the other I made for Dionysos.

I have a small container of salt, and a bottle with (ethically sourced!) mica powder and beads for scrying. I got it the perfect moss color! Plus a little fidget toy and a tiny incense tray, plus some extra incense to pick from when giving offerings

I have a lot of trouble scrying in stationary things like mirrors, but things like ink, mud, entrails, clouds, things with shapes, are MUCH easier for me to read. I have a bigger jar of it too, this is just a cute tiny one I made for out and about!

The little purple bag is filled with charms, that way if I want to pray a bit more formally out and about, I can set up the little icon with the incense offering while I pray. Some I have for specific gods, and others are ambiguous for any lesser known gods I may just want a symbol for. I also have lots to choose from because gods have different epithets!

The larger green bag contains a small obsidian for scrying, some prayer beads I made out of crystal bracelets, and a metal pendulum with animal bones inside it

The first tin is the premade one. This was a gift. It's got bay leaves, black salt, rosemary, lavender, a dragon's blood candle, a VERY Wiccan prayer that I can't peel off (covered in bay leaves bc it's cringe). It's important for me to clarify that yes, there is Palo Santo in this kit. I am very aware that it is being over harvested, and that it is harming the planet as well as indigenous communities. I do not purchase Palo Santo. I plan to use this small piece of it so that it doesn't go to waste. I would not purchase Palo Santo or white sage (unless the white sage was from my tribal reserve, but sadly it's like 4 hours away from me).

This one is my pride and joy. This is my mini Dionysos altar. It's got a little skull, a quartz, an amethyst, a Chevron amethyst pendulum, a coffin nail, a bay leaf, a lighter, some incense matches, little metal pots from a doll house that work really well for incense, a candle full of herbs and oil for him, and a (mostly burned) cinnamon stick.

There's also one of the translations of his hymns on the inside cover. I plan to change it to a translation I like better soon, this one was made to be more flowy and rhyme, which is fine but not what I'm looking for anymore. Still shocked I wrote that on that tiny paper, if you could see the back you'd see the first draft I fucked up haha

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idgaf if your mama an ice agent your daddy an ice agent your great grandma an ice agent . they all need to kill themselves

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How to easily tell if someone has NPD:

they'll be sooo sexy ahaha like.. so pretty and hot and smart and

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"insert something wasn't a thing in ancient hellenic polytheism which means you shouldn't do it!"

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I see a lot of discussions on this, but I want your thoughts! Please be kind in any comments and replies to anyone who you may disagree with

To clarify, it shouldn't be your first resort because it isn't great for your skin. This is just a hypothetical

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The feminine urge to post the internal pictures of my uterus

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An altar to the goddess Inanna, inspired by the (much smaller) famous statue of Babylonian Ishtar. I included some items found in the royal tombs at Ur, as well.

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Dionysus(the og creator of wooden pe-wees) giving a pe-wee to Penelope for a loaf of bread and full bottle of world's best tasting wine

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dionysus and two satyrs

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Khaire Altis!! I wanted to ask you about your favorite/other helpful helpol blogs on here

Hello, anon!

This is tricky because I don't really look to other blogs to learn or for guidance. If I happen to learn something, then that's amazing! But if I had to pick favorites, I'd probably just end up tagging a few of my friends.

So here we go :)

@dancing-with-maenads, a devotee of Lord Dionysos who is very straightforward and honest, which I think we need a lot more of in this community. @wingsofaphrodite, a Priestess of Lady Aphrodite Pandemos who posts about the Gods, worship, and spreads a lot of positivity. @seasaltdevotion, a training Priest of King Poseidon who reblogs a lot of useful information for Helpol. @whispersoftheharvest, a training Oracle under Lord Apollon, who spreads plenty of positivity and reblogs helpful posts. @edensvessel, a vessel of King Asmodeus, and while not entirely Helpol, they do make informational posts regarding Helpol here and there. @khaire-traveler has a large master list of subtle worship of deities and posts a lot about HelPol worship and different ways to practice and honor the Gods. @the-banks-of-lethe, a devotee of Lord Hypnos who posts a lot about worshiping Him and similar concepts.

I could go on and on with tagging people - but just because these are the people I trust and recommend doesn't mean that their content will be digestible for you or work for you. You should always branch out, look around, and find new people.

And hello friends, who will get the notification that I tagged them, I hope all of you are well :)

Xaire, Altis.

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moss mage

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My body is a temple, which is why I will cover it in art

i like to think of the whole “your body is a temple” thing a little differently. Yes, your body is something beautiful to be revered, so use it. Decorate it. Make your body the most outward reflection of your soul that you can, both in action and in adornment.