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   ↪ Emoji spell: “I will have consistent intimate relationships that flourish.”

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Prayer to Aphrodite Aeria for courage and emotional strength to love freely

O Aphrodite Areia, mighty in love and war, Goddess who blurs the lines of battle and amour, I call upon your power, fierce and fair, To grant me courage in the face of despair.

In the arena of heart, where doubts assail, Bestow upon me strength that shall never fail. May the rose of valor bloom within my chest, And in the crucible of trials, may I find rest.

With your guidance, let my heart be bold, Not swayed by fear, nor seeking to withhold. Transform my trepidation into fearless might, As I navigate through shadows to reach the light.

In love's complex wars, where emotions sway, Lend me your fortitude to face the fray. Aphrodite Areia, in your sacred name, I seek the courage to love without shame.

Grace me with resilience, come what may, An unyielding force in both work and play. Through tempests of sorrow, through torrents of tears, May your presence soothe and calm my fears.

With the golden apple’s promise and the dove's gentle peace, Let my soul's armor be forged, my inner strength increase. For in your divine essence, both tender and fierce, I find the emotional vigor and the courage I beseech.

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Aphrodite is there when you smile at a stranger and then they smile back at you.

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sing, sing, oh i sing to aphrodite who is  most beautiful! she who stirs the passion of men & god alike! o, to she — i sing! golden goddess with soft lashes, golden goddess with soft arms, i spin and sing and delight in  the bright rose that is you. may i dance with  your grace, lifted up as the foam from the sea  as you were — may my smile be blessed with  delight. golden-haired goddess, bless my tongue to be sweet as honey, bless my fingers to be  delicate and swift, bless my steps so they may  bound forth in soft beauty. glory to she — praise  to she! goddess of ever golden smiles, of fierce  beauty, of spilling laughter and delight. o! may i  love as you love — may i delight as you delight! goddess, fill me with your beauty — may i shine & rise above the wrathful waters of those around me  and delight, delight, delight in the glory that you  have given to me! 

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things from sappho to call your girlfriend

ἀστέρων πάντων ὀ κάλλιστος (of all the stars, the fairest)

πόλυ πάκτιδος ἀδυμελεστέρα, χρύσω χρυσοτέρα (far sweeter-sounding than the lyre, far more golden than gold)

τὰν ἰόκολπον (violet-tressed, one with violets in her lap)

ὦ κάλα, ὦ χαρίεσσα κόρα (o beautiful, graceful girl)

ἦρος ἄγγελος ἰμερόφωνος ἀήδων (nightingale, sweet-voiced messenger of spring)

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love your body. do not be ashamed of your body, do not look at it in disgust for it is one of aphrodites creations. feed yourself chocolate, put on your best lotion & scents, wear those clothes & strunt in the mirror naked. all these acts are a devotion & love to the goddess' creation

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the gods love you btw. forgot to pray today or perform an offering you do regularly? well they still love you. too depressed to clean up their altar? too bad! they’re still proud of you! too busy or having too much fun to stop and do devotional things? they’re glad your happy, they want you to focus on what’s most important. avoiding worship because you feel unworthy? what a waste! they still adore you and watch over you!! the gods are inescapable. their love, their offerings, their watchful gaze are all inescapable. embrace it! they’d rather see you happy or focusing on what’s important or simply just living your life over watching you stress about devotion

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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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I have the job I want

Little sigil I kept with me during my job interview (I got the job!). I drew it on my skin and also kept it in a small piece of paper in my pocket. I hope you find it useful as well!

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You are worthy of the care and love of the gods.

You are worthy of the care and love of the gods.

You are worthy of the care and love of the gods.

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BANNED for posting hole on main

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30 days of devotion to Loki

day 10: Offerings, both hysterical and UPG

- Coffee

- Chocolate (i’ve noticed he likes Kisses, and Kinder eggs)

Just food in general

- Cake

- Sweets / candy

- I’ve also noticed Lucky charms

Incense & candles

- Incense: Dragons blood, cinnamon, mulled wine or any sweet smelling incenses

- Candles: Preferably one of his colors (Green, Gold/Yellow, Orange, Red, and Brown), you can also draw a bind rune, on it or runes in general (due to the fact that he loves and uses runes)

- Alcohol (I’ve noticed that he likes fireballs)

Plants associated with him

- Mistletoe, with which he indirectly murdered Baldr.

- Birch, represented by Berkanan.

- Alder, which may be used to call him. (Whether he’ll decide to answer is another thing entirely.)

- Mullein, which can be lit like a torch and used to call out to Loki.

- Cinnamon, peppers, and other hot spices

Crystals associated with him

- Volcanic and sulfurous stones (e.g., obsidian, gypsum, hematite, etc.)

- Pyrite

- Color-changing stones (opal, labradorite) to represent shapeshifting

- Bloodstone

- Clear calcite, likely what the vikings used as their navigational "sunstones”

- Flint, because it's used to start fires

- Red stones (eg., red jasper, garnet, carnelian, ruby)

- Stones of any other color associated with Loki

Photo’s/Art/Items of him and Photo’s/Art/Items of the animals associated with him, for example I have a spider ring that is orange on his altar and an Oracle card with orange and yellow snakes.

Animals associated with him:

Snakes

Spiders

Flies

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daily reminders

no human being is 100% happy 100% of the time

being a person is extraordinarily difficult even in the best of times

this is not the best of times

someone is grateful you exist (don't argue, it's true)

a bad day does not predict a bad existence

it's gonna be okay

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Someone on reddit asked about my journaling suppies so I thought I’d share here too! 

Weiterlesen

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Helen Sewell (1896-1957), “A Book of Myths: Selections from Bulfincher’s Age of Fable”, 1942 Source

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The Nommo [Dogon mythology; African/Malian mythology]

In 1948, French anthropologist Marcel Griaule published his book Dieu D’eau: Entretiens avec Ogotemmêli (‘god of water: conversations with Ogotemmêli’) on the culture and mythology of the Dogon people in Mali. This book detailed the Dogon creation myth in which Amma, the creator god, built the Earth out of clay. He then had sex with the Earth (the sexual organ of the Earth was an ants’ nest), which bore his offspring: the two Nommo twins. The Nommo helped their father to create humanity. It was also said that the Nommo built an elaborate stairway to descend to Earth from the heavens.

In 1965, Griaule published another work on the matter: Le Renard Pâle (‘the pale fox’). This book presented a completely different Dogon creation myth, in which the creator god Amma hatched the world from a primordial egg. The Nommo feature in this version as well, being ancient water spirits created in heaven. One of the Nommos, Ogo, rebelled against the others and managed to escape from heaven, starting the universe in the process. This was the beginning of space and time, and his placenta became the Earth. As punishment, Amma transformed Ogo into a pale fox. The fox then attempted to have sex with the Earth, spawning strange bush spirits.

Though the Earth was created, it was tainted and corrupted by Ogo’s acts. And so another Nommo, Ogo’s twin, sacrificed themselves to purify the planet. In the process, he created the stars Sirius A and Sirius B. This detail spawned a lot of discourse throughout the years, since Sirius B is not visible with the naked eye, so how could the Dogon have known about it?

But it gets weirder: the Nommo, the primordial beings associated with the Sirius system, built an ark on which they sent the first 8 humans to Earth, where they would populate the world and became the ancestors of humanity. Many ‘ancient alien’ theorists (such as Erich von Däniken) viewed this as proof that Africa was visited by beings from the Sirius star system in the distant past. This also renewed public interest in the Dogon people and kickstarted local tourism.

But there were problems. For one thing, why are there two different sets of Dogon mythology and creation myths? According to anthropologist Germaine Dieterlen, this is because there are several differing levels of initiation into Dogon religion. A bigger discrepancy is presented by the Dogon themselves: when questioned by later anthropologists, the two creation myths mentioned earlier were unknown to most Dogon people. In addition, the Dogon claimed that it was Griaule who told them about Sirius B and that they had no knowledge about that star before the arrival of the French anthropologist. Therefore, it seems likely that the story about ancient creatures who came from the heavens in an arc were at least partly made up by Griaule or originated from a misinterpretation. The Nommo, however, do feature in Dogon mythology as water spirits. Though they are not as central to the native Dogon religion as was previously believed, the Nommo are widely feared: in traditional Dogon beliefs, each river, lake or other significant body of water is home to either one Nommo spirit or a pair (one male and one female Nommo). They reside in the depths and occasionally grab people who venture too close to the water, pulling them under and drowning them. People also make offerings to the Nommo to placate them, so that they stop taking people.

Sources: Van Beek, W. E. A., 1991, Dogon Restudied: A Field Evaluation of the Work of Marcel Griaule, Current Anthropology, 32(2), pp. 139-167. Bouju, J., and Leonardo, J. R., 2003, Nommo – the Spirit of Water – in the Dogon World, MIT Press, 36(4), pp. 279-280. (image source 1: Miki Montlló on Artstation) (image 2: three Nommo statuettes. Image source: lot-art)