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Altar Ideas

Apollo - Bay leaves - Laurel - Hyacinth (Candle or flowers) - Lyre/Any musical instrument - Poetry book - Concert Tickets - Arrows - Medicine - Swans/Ravens/Pythons - Runes or other divination tools - Printed Lyrics - Olive oil - Cypress wood (possible scented candle) - Ipod when not in use - Candles (yellow, white, green)  

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Hi! If you're still taking requests for altar ideas, could you do a list for Persephone? Thanks in advance!

Persephone- Pomegranate- Daffodils- Spring and Summer blooming fruit and flowers- Asphodel- Wheat- Deer- Bones- Bees- Black ram and sheep- Seeds- Iron- Flower crowns- Bats- Dirt (Graveyard dirt)- Wine- Preferred Spirit Communication tools- Pressed/Preserved FlowersAltar IdeasAmphitrite - Aphrodite - Apollo - Ares - Artemis - Asteria - Athena - Demeter - Dionysus - Hades - Hebe - Hekate - Hemera - Hephaestus - Hera - Hermes - Hestia - Khione - Persephone - Poseidon - Selene - Zeus

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Can you do an altar idea for Zeus please?

Zeus- Olive leaves/oil/wood- Oak- Eagle/Bulls/Swans- Gold- Cloud lamps (x x x)- Septre- Lightning representation (x x)- Goat milk- Rain water- Honey- Rainstick- Judicial scales- Ivory- Storm Glass - News article of justice servedAltar IdeasAmphitrite - Aphrodite - Apollo - Ares - Artemis - Asteria - Athena - Demeter - Dionysus - Hades - Hebe - Hekate - Hemera - Hephaestus - Hera - Hermes - Hestia - Khione - Persephone - Poseidon - Selene - Zeus

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Zeus/Jupiter

Small devotional acts.

Know the weather forecast for the day

Drink coffee with milk

Form a deeper understanding of politics – even if it’s just the basics

Step up into a leadership position

Pay for someone’s dinner – it doesn’t have to be someone you know

Find the courage to ask for that person’s number

Embrace the energy of storms

Stand up for and support your co-workers

Toss coins into fountains

Go hiking/exploring in the mountains

Hang wind chimes outside your window

Always have a couch or bed open for the friends who need a place to crash

Open your window on rainy days

Donate to charities that help those affected by storm (hurricane/tornado) damage

Be the designated driver

Pay attention to protesters and what they are protesting

Enjoy the overcast days

Know what to do if you get caught in lightning, and how to help someone who’s been struck by it

Share an umbrella with those caught in the rain

Apply for that job – even if you think you’re underqualified

Help settle arguments

Wear scents that remind you of storms and rainy days

Go on a road trip

Take a business class

Learn about cloud types and weather patterns

Always help when someone asks – give money, a ride, etc. (don’t do anything that makes you uncomfortable)

Buy more white flowers

Take a cold shower

Only respect those in leadership and power positions when they’ve earned it

Listen to music that makes you feel connected to storms, and to him

PRACTICE LOVING YOURSELF

Many, many, many other things not said here

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Persphone

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Modern Pagan Ways to Worship

I’ve been thinking a lot about the ways I worship the gods, and watching my other Pagan friends to see how different our styles are. I thought I might list some of the ways I’ve noticed. Feel free to add anything you think is worth mentioning!

Learning about the gods: This is always the first thing I tell people to do when they decide to work with a new god. Read the stories we do have about them, even if there’s only one. What are scholars saying about the story/ies? What can we learn from knowing about the culture of the time? Is there any crossover from other cultures and mythologies?

Prayer: The obvious one, but perhaps not one that all Pagans engage in for fear of feeling ‘too Christian.’ Ceiswir Serith has a great guide, “A Book of Pagan Prayer,” if you want to take a look at new ways to pray. 

Offering food/drink: Whether you’re offering a separate meal to the goddesses or sharing a part of your plate, this is a very old tradition. Some gods prefer you partake of the meal, and others don’t. Whatever is best for you, offering a glass of wine or a portion of your lunch to the gods also makes you more conscious of the food you’re ingesting.

Building/maintaining an altar: Another very common one under the Pagan umbrella. We dedicate a space to a deity or deities, and decorate it as a workspace for spells, a welcome mat for the god(s)/ess(es) we worship.

Donning a deities’ associations: If yours is a sea goddess, it is likely she’ll prefer you wearing shells, pearls, or colors that remind her of her home. By contrast, a fire god might like to see you sporting some carnelian or even lava rock. Wearing their colors, crystals/stones, scents, animal representations, symbols (either overt or covert), etc., is a way to remind yourself of them throughout the day.

Writing: Some Pagans keep journals, a Book of Shadows, and blogs to write to and about the gods. If you’re a verbal learner, this can be a great way to figure out your feelings if you’re working through new concepts, or to tell stories about your deities if they like to hear you talk about them.

Art: Other Pagans like to draw, paint, or otherwise decorate parts of their world with a visual representation of their god(s)/ess(es), their associations, or experiences they’ve had with their deity.

Music: Writing a chant, alternative Christmas carol lyrics, or compositions can be a great way to worship! Don’t forget drum circles and jam sessions.

Meditation: One of my personal favorites, guiding yourself (or having them guide you) through a visual meditation to show them more of their world. You can learn a lot about a god this way.

Crafty hobbies: Making jewelery, fetishes, or other gifts for the gods can be a relaxing and informative way to learn about how you see your goddesses compared to how other people do.

Volunteer work: Many goddesses and gods require their followers to flow good energy back into the world, whether that’s by volunteering at a women’s shelter, running a recycling campaign in your neighborhood, or counselling LGBTQ+ youth, this is a rewarding way to prove you can put your money where your mouth is, spiritually speaking.

Academic work: Particularly for knowledge/wisdom deities, this can be a good one for students. Silently dedicating your homework assignments to your gods can boost the quality of the work you turn in–it’s going to someone a little higher than your professor, after all!

Designing sigils and symbols: A lot of people are starting to take up the sigil-making hobby, which is great! Making a unique symbol for your deities lets them know you’re thinking of them, without necessarily letting other people know. Particularly good for people in non-Pagan-friendly households.

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Apollo

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Persephone

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Loki

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