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it's okay to ask your Deities for help when you have nothing to offer in return, especially when you're scared

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Holy Lady Athena, i long for your guidance,

for your wisdom is all that i desire.

may my love and devotion be evident.

praise the Almighty Grey-eyed Goddess

khaire!

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I find myself wondering about what depth of knowledge Lord Apollo's mind must hold. Oceans and oceans worth of information - past, present, and future. I wonder what that must be like. For a mortal, even just the thought of it is a bit overwhelming, but for a god, I suppose such things come naturally. Imagine being able to know the future - exactly how it may happen, every single possibility for how it could turn out. It's somewhat daunting to grasp the magnitude of that.

It's interesting to me to think of the expansive amounts of wisdom that each deity holds. Their minds must be the equivalent of galaxies, filled with endless facts, lessons, and data. It's fascinating to ponder what such knowledge looks like.

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Offerings and devotional acts for Lord Hermes:

Offerings:

-Honey

-Wine (if you are of legal age in your country to buy it)

-Coins

-Candle

-Incense

-Books

-Statue of him

-Herms

-Playing cards

-Stamps

-Coffee/tea (this can be the drink itself or the steam coming up from it when making it)

Devotional actions:

-Go on a walk

-Write

-Travel

-Send letters to friend and family

-Learn an instrument

-Charity (either donating or volunteering or both)

-Go on a run

-Go on a road trip

-Pranks

-Work out

-Clean your car or mode of transport

-Make herms

-Learn how to barter

-Make maps

(There are many more offerings and devotional actions but I came up with all the ones I could think of, I hope you have enjoyed and found this helpful. May the gods be with you)

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dedicating a song you're singing, no matter how rubbish it's sung, to Lord Apollon because he'll love and appreciate the performance either way :>

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Do not tell me that Thanatos hates humanity,

for how is death to hate us if He is there to greet us at the end

Do not tell me that Thanatos hates humanity,

for how is death to hate us if He stays with our bones as they decay

Do not tell me that Thanatos hates humanity,

for how is death to hate us when He holds us in our grief

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Making a mistake during a ritual or an offering doesn't automatically mean that your deities are upset with you. Something bad happening that falls within a deity's domain doesn't automatically mean that your deities are upset with you. More often than not, it is our minds playing tricks on us. Worries, anxieties, fears - these do not equal fact.

It's easy to fall into the trap of assuming that every bad thing is a punishment or some obscure way of conveying upset, especially when you come from a background of interpersonal and religious trauma, but I assure you that nine times out of ten, everything is ok. You will be ok. Your deities likely aren't upset with you. Sometimes shit just happens.

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devotional moodboard for Hestia, goddess of the hearth

In thee the Gods have fixed their dwelling place; strong, stable basis of the mortal race. Eternal, much formed, ever florid queen, laughing and blessed, and of lovely mien.

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i sing, i sing, i sing to you —o  skilled hephaestus! o god of the  ever toiling flame, bright of mind & of hands, guide my fingers to be as gilded as your own. glory to thee, who  strung together craft & beauty and behold! created! you who taught us to create! o,  beloved god, give me the wisdom to fashion & shape the world as you do — may my  hands not falter against the great heat of  this world but hold it fast & give form to it. o creator, shaper, ever working artisan, to you, i sing —

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i sing to thee, poseidon — o lord of the everdark waters — to him who moves the earth, who feeds from the fruitless sea,  o savior, helper, destroyer, & god — i sing  to thee. give me the heart to look upon  the storm ; give grace to my feet, let me  step through upon unbroken water & let the earth tremble with your strength. lord  of the sea — vast and endless is your glory as radiant as sunlight through gentle tides ;  bless me to be as foam upon the waters —  spray upon the wind — my boat unshattered and constantly sailing towards your sharp horizons —

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Travel Altars: Athena

A guide to travel altars for Athena. Please tell me if you want a certain deity covered!

In this guide, I’m assuming you’ve added a tea-light or LED candle. It isn’t necessary, but it’s not going to be included in any of these guides. I’m also going to be assuming you’ve added a photo of the deity and prayers. These guides will not include those, either.

Owl Charms

Owl Figurines

Small Books or Notebooks

Pens

Quills

Ink

Crochet or Knitting Hooks

Yarn

Lapis Lazuli

Mini Helm

Mini Shield

Toy Soldiers

Small Crafts

See more deities here.

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My Grimoire Research Library

this is a list of my major resource I've referenced/am currently referencing in my big grimoire project. For books I'll be linking the Goodreads page, for pdfs, websites and videos i'll link them directly.

There are plenty of generalised practitioner resources that can work for everyone but as I have Irish ancestry and worship Hellenic deities quite a few of my resources are centred around Celtic Ireland, ancient Greece and the Olympic mythos. If you follow other sects of paganism you are more than welcome to reblog with your own list of resources.

Parts of my grimoire discuss topics of new age spiritualism, dangerous conspiracy theories, and bigotry in witchcraft so some resources in this list focus on that.

Books

Apollodorus - The Library of Greek Mythology

Astrea Taylor - Intuitive Witchcraft

Dee Dee Chainey & Willow Winsham - Treasury of Folklore: Woodlands and Forests

John Ferguson - Among The Gods: An Archaeological Exploration of Ancient Greek Religion

Katharine Briggs - The Fairies in Tradition and Literature

Kevin Danaher - The Year in Ireland: Irish Calendar Customs

Laura O'Brien - Fairy Faith in Ireland

Lindsey C. Watson - Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome

Nicholas Culpeper - Culpeper's Complete Herbal

Plutarch - The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek Lives

R.B. Parkinson - A Little Gay History: Desire and Diversity Around the World

Rachel Patterson - Seventy Eight Degrees of Wisdom: A Tarot Journey to Self-Awareness

Raleigh Briggs - Make Your Place: Affordable & Sustainable Nesting Skills

Robin Wall Kimmerer - Braiding Sweetgrass

Ronald Hutton - The Witch: A History of Fear in Ancient Times

Rosemary Ellen Guiley - The Encyclopaedia of Witches and Witchcraft

Thomas N. Mitchell - Athens: A History of the World's First Democracy

Walter Stephens - Demon Lovers: Witchcraft S3x and the Crisis of Belief

Yvonne P. Chireau - Black Magic: Religion and The African American Conjuring Tradition

PDFs

Anti Defamation League - Hate on Display: Hate Symbols Database

Brandy Williams - White Light, Black Magic: Racism in Esoteric Thought

Cambridge SU Women’s Campaign - How to Spot TERF Ideology 2.0.

Blogs and Websites

Anti Defamation League

B. Ricardo Brown - Until Darwin: Science and the Origins of Race

Dr. S. Deacon Ritterbush - Dr Beachcomb

Folklore Thursday

Freedom of Mind Resource Centre - Steven Hassan’s BITE Model of Authoritarian Control

Institute for Strategic Dialogue

Royal Horticultural Society

The Duchas Project -National Folklore Collection

Vivienne Mackie - Vivscelticconnections

YouTube Videos

ContraPoints - Gender Critical

Emma Thorne Videos - Christian Fundie Says Halloween is SATANIC!

Owen Morgan (Telltale) - The Source Of All Conspiracies: A 1902 Document Called "The Protocols"

The Belief it or Not Podcast - Ep. 40 Satanic Panic, Ep 92. Wicca

Wendigoon - The Conspiracy Theory Iceberg

Other videos I haven't referenced but you may still want to check out

Atun-Shei Films - Ancient Aryans: The History of Crackpot N@zi Archaeology

Belief It Or Not - Ep. 90 - Logical Fallacies

Dragon Talisman - Tarot Documentary (A re-upload of the 1997 documentary Strictly Supernatural: Tarot and Astrology)

Lindsay Ellis - Tracing the Roots of Pop Culture Transphobia

Overly Sarcastic Productions - Miscellaneous Myths Playlist

Owen Morgan (Telltale) - SATANIC PANIC! 90s Video Slanders Satanists | Pagan Invasion Saga | Part 1

ReignBot - How Ouija Boards Became "Evil" | Obscura Archive Ep. 2

Ryan Beard - Demi Lovato Promoted a R4cist Lizard Cult

Super Eyepatch Wolf - The Bizarre World of Fake Psychics, Faith Healers and Mediums

Weird Reads with Emily Louise -The Infamous Hoaxes Iceberg Playlist

Wendigoon - The True Stories of the Warren Hauntings: The Conjuring, Annabelle, Amityville, and Other Encounters

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I made my own travel altar.

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Just wanted to let you know, if you don’t have certain pendants or jewelry for your deity, that’s ok! You could always wear a crystal in their honor and it doesn’t even have to be one accociated with them if you don’t have one. They always appreciate you.

Currently I am wearing rose quartz for Aphrodite and citrine for Apollo, gifts for them. It makes me feel whole to have a peice of them with me.

Even if you can’t get jewelry, do something else, make a poem, color a picture, do something and that still counts as an offering.

They will always be greatful. I hate when people say that gods and goddesses don’t care about us because they do. We are their prized creation. They love us in a way a mother and a father would, but that’s for another time. They appreciate all you do. Even just showering or doing your hair in their honor would please them.

Keep all of this in mind.

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I think I’m so fucking funny

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opening your heart to Aphrodite is like:

a sudden burst of self love, you look in the mirror and you see the best version of yourself reflected

a heightened sense of adoration for your partner - i just looked at him and was so overcome by the love i felt that i burst into tears

inescapable yearning for the ocean, the ocean, the ocean

seeing the beauty in even the tiniest of things - have you seen light reflecting from the droplets on a spiders web? that is ethereal.

feeling a little more vivacious in what you do, but also more gentle

realising she's been around you the whole time, you just had to open your eyes

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