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e-offering to Lady Hestia 💛

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Hestia; Goddess of the Hearth and home.

Where ever i may be, you shall follow.

Where ever i may live, as long as i carry the Hearth, it will be my home.

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been off to an interesting start since arriving home! still trying to sink back into life in the US,,with that Hestia’s energy in my hometown. I feel her more now in my collegetown than anywhere else! which is exciting! but also scary and sad to actively see myself growing up, and Hestia moving with that. An e-offering to Lady Hestia 💛

Khaire Hestia!

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Happy First Day of Spring 🌿🪻🌱

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a banging bagel from brooklyn in dedication to Lady Hestia 💛

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🔥 Subtle Hestia Worship 🥖

Clean your room/house; keep your home in good condition

Make your space your own; decorate your room/home in a way that makes you feel good

Help out with household chores

Bake pastries for those you love, especially those topped with honey or cinnamon

Drink a soothing tea or hot chocolate; any sort of comfort drink; add honey to it if you can

Eat comfort food, especially from childhood

Have a picture of her in your wallet

Make a bonfire for her; gather around it with loved ones

If you have a fireplace, spend time around it

Have a candle that reminds you of her (no altar needed)

Wear jewelry that reminds you of her

Have a stuffed animal of a pig, cow, or donkey; have any stuffed animal, really

Have imagery of cranes, fire, or kettles around

Try veiling in honor of her, if able

Try growing poppy or hollyhock flowers

Volunteer at a homeless shelter

Make a warm meal for someone in need

Give baked goods to neighbors

Learn how to cook or bake

Care for yourself physically and mentally

Be as kind to yourself as you are to others

Practice modesty (this does not mean never celebrating or taking pride in yourself)

Host parties/celebrations at your home, especially those that welcome in family (found family works just as well)

Read a book to relax

Wear comfortable clothing; robes, slippers, sweaters, etc.

Learn how to make homemade bread

Learn how to crochet, knit, sew, etc.

Support local food banks; donate to them, if able

Donate toys to children in need

Donate clothes to others in need, especially warm clothes

Cook yourself/loved ones a delicious meal

Practice body positivity

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May add more later on! For the time being, this is my list of discreet ways to worship Hestia. I hope it helps someone, and take care, everyone! May your hearth fires always be kept warm. 🧡🔥

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Oui yogurt jars make great, inexpensive canisters that also look great!

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Hestia with bronze skin, warm and dark like the shadows her fire casts. Hestia with wide, fluttering eyes, each the colour of honey and cocoa powder. Hestia with a pumpkin orange veil over her chocolate curls.

Hestia, looking as warm as she is on the inside.

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e-offering to Lady Hestia for the past few weeks 💛

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bless Lady Hestia for showing me I value my peace more than almost anything tonight <3

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Morning ritual for Hestia

•Put on a cup of coffee / put the teakettle on the stove •Go to your bedroom, make your bed, pick up the floor, put your clothes away •Go to the bathroom, make sure your toiletries are put away, everything has its place •Go to the living room, clean up any stray food or trash, straighten the throw pillows •Get back to the kitchen, clean up any leftover spills, put away dishes that have already been cleaned •Make yourself a cup of coffee/tea •Say a prayer of thanksgiving and enjoy your morning

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Greek Gods 101: Hestia

Hestia is a goddess of the hearth and home. Excluding the universal offerings, some common offerings include:

Depictions of Fireplaces/Hearts

Tea

Kettles

Depictions of Pigs

Depictions of Fire

Baking Supplies

Cooking Supplies

Spices and Herbs

Homemade Food

For devotional acts, some activities that can be done for her include:

Cooking

Cleaning

Lighting a Fire

Keeping Up Family Traditions (Or Starting a New One)

Doing Home Repairs

Doing Home Renovations

Taking Care of Others

Practicing Simple or Slow Living

She is celebrated in multiple Athenian holidays:

Noumenia

Apatouria

Plerosia, maybe

Hekate’s Deipnon, maybe

Kallynteria and Plynteria, maybe

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I have such strong, personal associations of honey for Hestia.

Something about worker bees flying long hours, all day every day, industrious little creatures collecting nourishing pollen for their home, creating that ambrosia-like sweet sweet honey for the children and queen of the hive. Storing enough honey for winter, the dark months.

Mortals collecting honey in their hives, cutting that perfectly formed honeycomb or squishing it with their fingers in joy, slathering honey on bread or crumpets or making it into a decadent dessert.

Honey is of the home to me. Honey is for Hestia.

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Hello, I’m making a series of phone shrines/backgrounds for the Theoi. Feel free to use.

Starting with Hestia! this looks ok on my computer but really bright on my phone, so feel free to fiddle around in an editing app if you need to (it was enough to turn down the saturation a tiny bit for me)

EDIT i added a more subdued version, i know they’re almost the same *shrug?* just in case the first one is too “in your face” for you guys too

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To the fire-crackling mornings, the whisper of wind on dead leaves.

Ginger tea, lace and curly hair.

My dear, you come home smelling of spices and used bookstores.

Do not be wistful for days lost, you can find them in the quiet solitude of togetherness.

Light a candle in hope; feed it with laughter and love.

Rest easy, until sunlight peeks from behind the curtains.

11•25•17 [For Hestia]

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Things to put on your altar for hestia

-things that remind you of home/make you feel safe inside (ex: for me it’s vanilla, it reminds me of baking cookies, and is a very calming scent for me)

-candles (any really, find some you like. If no candles are avalible, electric ones or something that mimics the vibe if fire like a salt lamp will do)

-pigs (figurines, small plushies, a hand draw/carved one)

-offerings (even if you can’t burn them, fresh fruits/veggies, wine, or sparkling juice, food that tastes like home, what so you remember being home from your childhood, or if you didn’t have a good childhood just comfort foods)

-anything you like/ think SHE will like