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im not in a very good mental state at the moment so my worship has been really messy. ive been making a lot of mistakes (like forgetting to light hestia's candle when i do offerings) and in general i just have been very distant from the gods and that made me feel so guilty.

i felt ashamed because i thought i was disrespecting the gods in some sort of way. that wasn't really a conscious thought just a consequence of growing up catholic since a part of me knew the gods wouldn't be upset at me because of things outside of my control, but the other part of me was still surprised at how forgiving and understanding they were.

it's hard to love myself in the moment, yet the gods still make me feel very loved<33

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There is no Hellenic Polytheism without Zeus. There would have been no ancient Greek religion without Zeus.

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you ever go: 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢life🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢

but then: 💞💓💗💞💓💗💞💓💗💞💓💗💞💓💗💞💓💗💞💓💗💞💗💓💞💓💗 aphrodite 💗💞💓💗💞💓💗💞💓💗💞💓💗💞💓💞💗💓💞💗💞💗💓💗💞💗💓💞💓💗💓💞💗

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I love u tumblr pagans I love u polytheists I love u deity devotees I love u all and this niche little community we've created for ourselves

I love that the same love people have been experiencing for their deities for hundreds and hundreds of years moves through us

I love that we are all part of the gods and they are part of us and we are all part of each other

I love all of you and how we love

Love love love u ❤️

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Ares isn't just violence.

To me, Ares is energy. He's courage and He's determination. He motivates us to push through when we feel like we can't. He is the voice in our head which tells us to keep going. He's strength and He's perseverance, He's warmth and support.

When you fight for what's right, He's standing right there beside you. He pushes us to be the best, to achieve greatness, but He won't let us break. He's the older brother who watches you struggle so you learn and get stronger, but He still loves you and wants the best for you.

He's kind and He's gentle and there's so much to Him that I could never put in words. So don't write Him off because's He's the God of War.

I just love Him. so so so so so much. And I wanted to share that because I think He's pretty neat<3

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Reminder:

Your Gods are always there. Stressed? Pray. Nervous? Sing a hymn.

Not only has this helped my anxiety, it’s helped me form a closer bond with the gods.

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┊ ➶ ｡˚ "mighty aphrodite rising out of the sea foam" henry courtney selous (1803-1890)°

happy april 3, this is dedicated to aphrodite !! blessed be ♡

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Don’t make religious oaths until you’re damn sure you’re not going to go back on them. 

Don’t make religious oaths until the decision making part of your brain is fully formed (~25 years old). 

Don’t make religious oaths until you’ve seriously looked at all sides and possibilities. 

Don’t make religious oaths if what a love interest says will make you break it. 

Don’t make religious oaths if you’re not ready to feel uncomfortable.

You don’t swear your life to a king or queen, a god or goddess, or a group or coven without seriously considering the consequences. Unless, of course, you’d rather experience those consequences.

Anyone pushing you to make a serious religious oath is pushing you to join a cult, not a true religious group. They are dangerous. They are vipers. You will regret it.

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The Birth Of Venus by Botticelli, Bouguereau, Cabanel and Fragonard.

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could you write a devotional poem to Apollo, focusing on His protection of young trans men? thank you so much!!

thank you so much for your request!! i really hope u like this :3 please feel free to request another!

O Apollon Akesios, averter of evil; You who protects the young, and especially young boys. A great healer whose eyes radiate bright, glorious light. You, my Lord, who is ever loving and kind.

Leto’s gracious son, who protects the young trans men of the world, I thank You. I thank You, Phoebus Apollon, for Your great protection of transmasculines, demiboys, man-aligned people, and young trans boys.

My Lord, I ask You humbly to keep protecting them. I ask You, great hunter, to use Your far-shooting arrows and their divine aim to shoot arrows of love and gender euphoria to them. Please guide them through any and all obstacles they may face.

Hail, Apollon! Protector of young trans men.

Thank You, Apollon. I love You forever.

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Dionysus: Respect my trans homies or I’m gonna identify as a fucking problem.

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finding divinity in art and nature is one of the best things i’ve ever tired to do. gaining enlightenment from brushstrokes on a canvas, from harmonies in your favourite song. looking the gods straight in the eye when you gaze down a forest pathway, or finding sacred knowledge in secret gardens. it’s the closest thing to Elysium we’ll ever see without dying.

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Hellenic Pronunciation for the Gods

It is likely, like me, you grew up without an education in Classical (or Modern for that matter) Greek. You might have read “Hecate” and read it as “Heh-KATE” or, at best, “Heh-kuh-TEE” (a habit which I fear I might take to the grave). So hopefully you will also find this selection of pronunciation from HellenicGods.org interesting. I recommend reading their full article. In particular was the use of the diphthongs - where the tip of the tongue meets and presses flat against the roof of the mouth right behind the teeth before releasing. It makes a sound that is something between a D and a Th. This is common in Indian languages, like Punjabi, where I became familiar with it.

Ækáti - (Hecate or Hekate; Gr. Ἑκάτη, ΕΚΑΤΗ) Pronounced: æ-KAH-tee. or eh-KAH-tee.

Ærmís (Hermes; Gr. Ἑρμῆς, ΕΡΜΗΣ) Pronounced: ayr-MEES, the ‘H’ is silent; the 'R’ is rolled slightly such that it almost sounds like the name has three syllables.

Æstía (Hestia; Gr. Ἑστία, ΕΣΤΙΑ) Pronounced: æs-TEE-ah.

Aphrodíti (Aphrodite; Gr. Ἀφροδίτη, ΑΦΡΟΔΙΤΗ) Pronunciation: ah-froh-DEE-tee, roll the 'r’ slightly; the d (dǽlta) is pronounced like the soft th in this, not like the hard th in theory

Apóllohn - (Apollo; Gr. Ἀπόλλων, ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ) Pronounced ah-POH-lohn.

Áris - (Ares; Gr. Άρης, ΑΡΗΣ) Pronunciation: AH-rees 

Ártæmis (Artemis; Gr. Ἄρτεμις, ΑΡΤΕΜΙΣ) Pronunciation: AHR-tay-mees 

Athiná (Athena; Gr. Ἀθηνᾶ, ΑΘΗΝΑ) Pronunciation: ah-thee-NAH, the accent on the final syllable, or not accenting any syllable.

Daimohn (Gr. δαίμων, ΔΑΙΜΩΝ) Pronounced: DAY-mohn, the D sounding like the th in thee (not like the th in thesis).

Dimítir (Demeter or Demetra; Gr. Δημήτηρ, ΔΗΜΗΤΗΡ) When enunciating the name Dimítir, the D (delta) is pronounced like the soft th in this, not like the hard th in theory: dee-MEE-teer, with the accent on the second syllable.

Diónysos - (Dionysus; Gr. Διόνυσος, ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΣ) The D in Diónysos is pronounced like the th in thee (not like the th in thesis). Pronounced: dee-OH-nee-sohs.

Ílios - (Helios; Gr. Ἥλιος, ΗΛΙΟΣ) Pronounced: EE-lee-ohs.

Íphaistos (Hephaestus; Gr. Ἥφαιστος, ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ) Pronounced: EE-fays-tohs, with the accent on the first syllable; there is no 'H.’

Íra (Hera; Gr. Ήρα, ΗΡΑ) Pronounced: EE-rah.  The 'H’ (Íta [Eta; Gr. ἦτα]) at the beginning of the name of the Goddess is a vowel.

Nyx (Gr. Νύξ, ΝΥΞ) Pronounced: neeks.

Orphéfs (Orpheus; Gr. Ὀρφεύς, ΟΡΦΕΥΣ) Pronounced: ohr-FEFS

Pærsæphóni - (Persephone; Gr. Περσεφόνη, ΠΕΡΣΕΦΟΝΗ) Pronounced: payr-say-FOH-nee.

Poseidóhn  - (Poseidon; Gr. Ποσειδῶν, ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ) Pronounced: poh-see-DOHN, accent on the last syllable; the d (delta) at the beginning of the last syllable is pronounced like a soft th as in this, not like the th in theory. 

Rǽa - (Rhea; Gr. Ῥέα, ΡΕΑ) Pronounced: RAY-ah, rolling the R just slightly.

Titánæs (Titans; Gr. Τιτᾶνες, ΤΙΤΑΝΕΣ) Pronounced: tee-TAH-nays or tee-TAH-nehs.

Yaia - (Gaia; Gr. Γαῖα, ΓΑΙΑ. Pronounced: YÆ-ah.

Zefs (Zeus; Gr.  Ζεύς, ΖΕΥΣ) Pronounced: zĕfs; the diphthong εύ is pronounced like the ef in left.

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Prayer to Hephaestus against wildfires

Lord Hephaestos of the Smoldering Kilns—

tamer of the flame and shaper of smoke,

lover of the ashes and crafter of unmatched skill.

i plead with thee to tame this wild beast.

quell the roaring spirits whom consume all they touch,

their greed unquenchable, destructive, and smoldering.

thus I call to you, my savior, undying Hephaestos—

Klytomêtis, Klytos, Aithalóeis Theós—

bend back this unruly beast and strike down your mighty hammer.

show mercy to us, God of the Scorching Heat,

that we may sing your praises to the unburned skies.

for i will remember you with this prayer, and again with another.

Klytomêtis (Κλυτομητις) - Famed for Skill, Crafts

Klytos (Κλυτος) - Renowed, Famed, Glorious

Aithalóeis Theós (Αιθαλοεις Θεος) - Sooty God

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Hades 🪦 goth playlist

The Mourning Lestat

Black River Long Night

Funeral Rites Shadow Project

Graveland The 69 Eyes

Tomb Lilies Cinema Strange

Hades »Pluton« Sopor Aeternus

Through the Pale Door Faith and the Muse

Death to Wake Up Angels of Liberty

Necropolis A Covenant of Thorns

Feast In Black (Mortualia) Chants of Maldoror

Deathless Hamsas XIII

Still I Can Hear You Singing Paralysed Age

The River Twin Tribes

Ashes Indigo Bedless Bones

Graves Child of Night

YouTube playlist 🪦 Other devotional goth Theoi playlists

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If Hermes is the one of the wanderers and Hestia is the one of the hearth, then together they care for the homeless – holding their hands on the street, keeping them safe, finding them shelter. If Hermes is the path and Hestia is the destination, then together they lead their lost ones home.