drummingforartemis

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Digital offering for Lady Artemis 🏹

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As a devotee of Artemis who deeply loves her and feels my very soul is hers to hold, sometimes I think about how Artemis has watched her worshippers come and go for thousands of years. People have called to her in caves, in forests, in temples long since crumbled, and now in bedrooms lit by phone screens and candlelight. She has witnessed every offering, oath, petition, and silence that followed.

There’s something in that continuity that makes my chest pull tight. To know she’s still here, listening, and beautifully wild. And I get to be part of that… one voice in a long, uneven line of devotion. It humbles me in ways I can’t explain. I have a hard time articulating the feeling.

Like touching a thread that runs all the way back.

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Low-Energy Ways to Work with Nature and her Spirits:

Look outside. That's it - just open the curtains and see the sunlight, find the trees outside your window and watch the birds.

Put on a documentary or youtube video about a cool animal, ecology, the natural world etc

Talk to nature - whisper, talk out loud, say it in your head - just talk. Compliment pretty flowers, chat about how creepy but cool you think spiders are, picture light dancing off morning dew.

Trace the shapes of leaves/flowers/animals etc on your bed sheets or skin - try to see how many different shapes make up the natural world, find the patterns and fractals within them

Learn the name of one new local plant a week! Just one a week! If you have the energy, research a little about their ecology, history or medicinal uses

Make a flower crown/daisy chain/leaf crown

Take up nature photography - you don't need a fancy camera, jsut your phone!

Collect some shells/rocks/bones etc!

Just sit outside! can be just outside your front door, next to an open window, or in the woods (whatever you can manage)

Take your daily activities outside!! Read in the garden, eat your breakfast under the sun etc

Create art from nature - paint rocks, press flowers, create patterns using feathers or leaves as paintbrushes/stamps

Cloud watching!

More High Energy Activities:

Go for a walk or hike outside and take some offerings. Introduce yourself to the trees and plants and streams and leave them a gift.

If there's one nearby, visit a local farmer's market and buy some local produce; honey, meat, vegetables, fruit, etc! Chat to the sellers and talk about their practices and produce

Do a small spell outside! Find a secluded, comfortable spot and invite the spirits to observe your spellwork - let them get used to your energy and way of working

Make a small diary of your time outside! Don't worry about filling it in regularly, just whenever you have the energy! Write down when the bees start coming out or leaves return after winter. What plants stay during the cold season?

Research local plants and come up with your own correspondences based on their ecology/medicinal use/folklore etc

Go on a walk to see what plants and animals exist in your area! Research them - are they native? Invasive? What is their ecology? Medicinal uses? Even the most urban areas tend to have some wildlife!

Join a local facebook group for birdwatching!

Research your area and figure out what plants or animals would be native, or used to live there - create artwork or something to honour and remember them

Research gardening groups nearby - some cities will have volunteer gardening projects or local groups that help maintain natural spaces! See if any would be feasible for you to join and get out there

Join a local allotment or community garden if you have the means - do some weeding, plant some tomatoes, say hello to the coal tits nesting in the old shed!

If you have the means - invest in a hardy houseplant! Name it, research its care and talk to it! Make a ritual out of watering and talking to it.

Take an online ecology course! Free courses exist and can be super interesting!

Watch youtube videos on a favourite taxa and make notes - build your own knowledge at a pace you're comfortable with on the things you're interested in!

Invite some nature spirits in for a meal - cook something you enjoy and set the table (if you can) for the spirits. Enjoy a meal with them.

Please add any suggestions you have below and I can add them! Everyone has unique energy levels and capabilities, but I hope that I've given people a quick idea of things they can do, if they want!

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Who’s to say mythology is wholly false?

I’ve never wanted to touch the sun more than I do now

To be embraced in beautiful rays of light and cradled in clouds

To sing with my whole heart until my voice gives out

I want my laughter to echo in the sky

I want my joy to be tangible

I want my words to flow without fear

Wishes are counted with stars in the sky

Serenity is condensed in the clouds

Warm bliss is the sun, watching over each of us

To be seen and cared for

For once by gods that speak to me

No longer alone as I cry

Something to peruse

A mentor of music, of healing

A father of the heavens, close and kind

A friend of wine, of chaos and theatre

The beauty of flowers on an altar

The comfort of knowing my drawings are cherished

That my gifts are received and enjoyed

I no longer feel dirty, no longer a disgusting sinner

I am human, I am myself

I am not something confused or broken for loving who I choose or changing my name

My words are heard, replied to

I’m finally allowed to be a child

I finally see my efforts paying off

I may not be what my parents think I am

But I’m happy

I’m so happy

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worship can be so simple. when i’m focused with my head down, ive started tilting my face upwards instead. at work, at the gym? i can turn my face up to the divine and worship. i can face the heavens and seek its aid

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A glade of moonlit silver

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Artemis bc shes very cool🥰

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Power of The Hunt 🏹

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This hauntingly beautiful duet with Artemis is probably my favourite part of the game so far

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The moon and the hunt

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Artemis Hades II 🏹

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“(…) flowers I wanted to bring to you, wild and wet from the pale dunes and still smelling of the summer night,”

— Mary Oliver, from Doesn’t Every Poet Write A Poem About Unrequited Love? in “Thirst: Poems by Mary Oliver” (via adrasteiax)