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The gods are all in their own “groups” of sorts, or at least most of them are, I’m going to try and break down the groups, what they are, and the divinities in those groups.

Now another thing to mention is that some gods are in multiple groups, as they’re not confined to just one role or job and have a broad range of skills and abilities!

The names of the groups are,

Theoi Olympioi

The Olympian’s, in a broad spectrum. Basically everyone who is not in the Theoi Khthonioi.

Theoi Agoraioi

These are the gods of the peoples assembly and marketplace, some of the gods in this group are;

King Zeus

Lady Athena

Lady Dike

Lady Themis

Lady Colliope

Lord Hermes

Lord Hephaestus

Lord Apollo

Theoi Daitioi

The gods of feasts and banquets

Lord Dionysos

Lady Hestia

Lady Aphrodite

The Charities

Occasionally the Theoi Mouskoi also join the Theoi Daitioi

Theoi Gamelioi

The gods of marriage

King Zeus

Queen Hera

Lady Aphrodite

Lord Hymenaios

The Erotes

Lord Peitho

The Charities

Lady Eunomia

lady Harmonia

Lady Hebe

Theoi Georgikoi

The gods of agriculture, I would like to note that most of those in this group are Chthonic deities, though I couldn’t find specific names

Lady Demeter

Theoi Gymnastikoi

The gods of the gymnasium

Lord Hermes

Lord Heracles

The Dioscuri

Lady Nike

Lord Agon

Lord Eros

Theoi Halioi

The gods of the sea, most of those in this group are minor sea divinities, nymphs, and others.

King Poseidon

Lord Apollo

Lady Artemis

Lady Aphrodite

The Dioscuri

Theoi Iatrikoi

The gods of medicine and healing

Lord Apollo

Lord Asclepius

Lady Epione

Lady Hygeia

Lady Panaceia

Lady Aegle

Lady Iaso

Lady Akeso

Lord Telesphorus

Theoi Ktesioi

Gods of the house and home

King Zeus

Lady Hestia

Lady Hekate

Lord Hermes

Theoi Montikoi

Gods of oracles, divination and prophecy

Lord Apollo

King Zeus

Lady Phoibe

Lady Themis

Lady Dione

Lady Mnemosyne

Lord Hermes

Theoi Nomioi

Gods of the countryside and country pursuits

Lady Artemis

Lord Hermes

Lord Dionysos

Theoi Mousikoi

Gods of music, dance, and education of the arts

Lord Apollo

Lady Artemis

The Muses

The Charaties

Lord Hymenaeus

Lord Lino’s

Lord Dionysos

Lord Hermes

Lady Aphrodite

Theoi Polemikoi

The gods of war

Lord Ares

Lady Athena

Lady Enyo

Lady Eris

Lady Nike

Lord Deimos

Lord Phobos

King Zeus

Lord Apollo

Theoi Thesmioi

The gods of divine law and order

King Zeus

Lady Demeter

The Horae

Lady Themis

Lord Apollo

Theoi Khthonioi

The gods and divinities of the underworld

King Hades

Queen Persephone

Lady Hekate

Lord Erebus

Lord Hypnus

Lady Makaria

Lady Nyx

Lord Tartarus

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the gods understand your disabilities, mental health, and neurodiversities.

they understand if your disabilities, mental or physical, prevent you from being able to go outside.

they understand you even when you cannot articulate what you mean during prayer or cannot find the words to express gratitude and love.

they understand if you can't spend much time or stand still at their altars.

they understand if executive dysfunction keeps you from making offerings or doing a lot of active practice.

they understand if you have to take breaks and hiatuses from practicing to focus on yourself and your mental or physical health.

they understand if you lose focus during meditation/trance work or cannot do it to begin with.

they understand you and are with you when you cannot get out of bed for mental or physical reasons.

they understand you and are with you during times when you cannot care for yourself or love yourself.

the gods will always understand, love, and accept us for who we are. we are all valid, and we are seen and heard by the gods, even when it feels as if we are alone. 💙

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october 2022 • athens

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I'm a big supporter of "the gods love you, regardless of how much you're able to do to worship them", but at the same time, it's difficult to forge a relationship with any deity (or even other people) if you don't allow yourself to be known by them. If you don't have moments of vulnerability, moments of silliness, moments of small joy even, then it's difficult to forge relationships or take them to a deeper level. Loving gods (or even other people) can be a scary thing for some people (hell, it was for me), but if you don't allow your heart to be exposed, even just a little, then you're not going to get back as much as you're hoping to.

Anything that's worth anything in life is going to require some level of risk, as terrifying as that feels sometimes, and in my opinion, having a deeper connection with a deity is one of those things that's worth the risk.

My point isn't that we aren't loved by the gods if we don't do a ritual everyday or pray every hour; my point here is that we cannot deepen our bonds if we aren't willing to dip more than just our toes into our deity relationships. Love your gods, and know that you are loved, but they can't really help you if you won't let them in, you know?

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Yuletide

Khaire and Good Yule Saturnalia to all syncretic Hellenic polytheists! Wassail!

🔥 Praise be to Hestia the First and Last at the Feast who protects our homes and keeps them warm in the coming winter months.

🐍 Praise be to Zeus Ktesios the Good Spirit and protector, who blesses us with his favor and protection in the new year.

🗝️ Praise be to Hecate Trivia who watches over all crossroads, including the change of seasons. May her magic and blessings be felt throughout the new year.

☀️ Praise be to Apollo Apolysis who brings the light of the returning sun to redeem the earth from these short dark days.

🌌 Praise be to Aphrodite Melaenis of the night, who watches over us and protects us on these long cold nights and always reminds us of the warmth of love.

🌞 Praise be to Helios Isodaetes Invincible Sun, who divides all seasons into equal portions and blesses the southern hemisphere on this first day of their summer season.

❄️ Praise be to Lady Khione who blankets the earth in snow, driving away all pests and protecting our gardens as they rest through winter.

⚡️Praise be to Zeus Charidotes increaser of joy and abundance, who joins us as our families gather, protects our beloved family, and brings us Yuletide cheer.

🍷Praise be to Dionysus Hestius Lord of the Feast and giver of plentiful bounty, who joins us in our Yuletide feasting, and who we graciously honor with our jolly wassail.

🎄Praise be to Dionysus Endendros who dwells within trees and blesses our Yule tree, keeping our homes joyful in these days of bare trees and whose baubles hold years of joyful memories.

💸 Praise be to Hermes Empolaios of commerce and travel who we honor with our purchase of gifts for our loved ones, and who protects those who are traveling this holiday season.

🐐 Praise be to The Yule Goat whose generosity and whimsy have blessed my family for many years, a very hearty “Oh Hell Yeah, Witches!” to him and his beautiful wife this Yule!

🎶 Praise be to Apollo Mousigetis Leader of the Muses who bless us with the joy of music, as we honor them with our Yuletide carols.

✨ Praise be to our household Tomte Ed spirit of the previous owner of our home, who protects our home, animals, and child and whose influence as a teacher in life are still felt in the world.

🌲 Praise be to the ancestors whose spirits protect this land as it slumbers in winter. Our gratitude to you always for your stewardship.

🔥 Praise be to Hestia the First and Last at the Feast we dedicate these days of feasting to all of the gods and to you, in honor of you!

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Haloa means “threshing floor” or “garden.”

The celebration was held every year during the month of Poseideon (December-January), after the end of the first harvest. The feast was held around the threshing floor (αλώνια) and only women participated, while men were almost always excluded. Men had a legal and moral obligation to pay their wives' expenses for these festivities.

The festival was dedicated to Demeter and Dionysus as a celebration of the harvest, grapes and wine. Rituals took place during the pruning of the vines and the tasting of wine, when the soil around the vineyards was cut and hoed and the first cycle of fermentation completed. According to these notes, the women's ritual practices involved “pits, snakes, pigs and genital patterns, all with more or less sexual significance.”

The sexual aspect of the festival was deeply linked to two different myths: The myth of Baubo and the myth of Icarius. The first myth is related to that of Demeter and Kore in which the goddess Demeter, grieving over the disappearance of her daughter, wanders the land bringing destruction until she meets Baubo, who manages to make her laugh by showing her her genitals and thus bringing back a spark of vitality and fertility for the land.

The second myth recalls the one in which Dionysus gives wine to men through Icarius, who is killed by the people who confuse drunkenness with poisoning. Dionysus punishes the citizens by maddening their sexual desire, and the oracle tells them that they must placate the gods by dedicating clay models of genitals to them. This dedication thus became a custom of the festival.

Both festivals involved lustful words and activities, an abundance of sexual symbols, and the consumption of much wine and pornographic confectionery. Women celebrated alone so that they had freedom of speech, and some sources state that “the sacred symbols of both sexes were handled, the priestesses secretly whispered into the ears of the women present words that might not be uttered aloud, and the women themselves uttered all manner of… unseemly quips and jests”. After the banquet, women would dance around a giant phallus, leaving offerings and engaging in ritual obscenity.

Priestess presented the fruit offerings and conducted the initiation ceremonies under the presidency of women. The feast consisted of specific foods such as cereals, fish, fowl, and cakes shaped like the symbols of sex. Forbidden foods included flesh and pomegranate.

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Happy Yule for everybody!

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Subtle ways to worship Hestia

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• make yourself a cup of tea and enjoy reading a book, or watching a show or movie that brings you comfort

• decorate your home with things that have value and meaning to you, not just whatever is on trend. I personally love to decorate with Victorian and art deco decor and antiques, as well as my houseplants and crystals!

• if you have a fireplace, start a fire and sit around it to let it warm you, if you don’t, light some candles in an intimate space like your bathroom! maybe sit there and meditate to Hestia to thank her for your home and comfort.

• get cozy in bed during a storm or power outage, take solace knowing you are safe and warm in your cozy covers she heats for you.

• take a hot bath or shower and enjoy the cozy intimacy of it. if you want to go the extra mile, maybe add bubbles or a bath bomb, or light a candle/listen to music to relax with.

• clean and dust/maintain your space, make sure to keep it tidy and healthy!

What do you to to worship lady Hestia?

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Hestia the Hot Spring

Hail to you Mother Vesta. I see you and I feel you here. The Earth is your hearth.

Photos from Yellowstone National Park

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Books are expensive, Hermes thinks learning about your religion should be free.

They're just the basics and only a few, but feel free to ask me to add anything and I'll try my best!

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❌ Curse Correspondences ❌

Crystals:

Agate - for use on a target who has entered a space uninvited, i.e. someone breaking into your home or vehicle

Alexandrite - causes obsession and delusions

Amethyst - causes sensitivity and self-destruction

Astrophyllite - causes those who have died at the hands of another to torment the target from the grave

Diamond - causes blindness, confusion, and disorientation

Diopside - lowers inhibitions and causes secrets to be revealed

Emerald - causes greed, selfishness, and isolation

Flint - causes conflicts

Garnet - leeches energy from a target

Kunzite - induces vulnerability 

Kyanite - used to infiltrate a target’s mind

Meteorite - used as a catalyst in baneful magic

Obsidian - used for general aggressive magic

Onyx - causes nightmares and mental torment, and is used to break up relationships

Opal - used to store negative energy, and then to be given to a target

Ruby - used to focus your intent on a target

Colors:

Black - law, justice, manifestation, sorrow

Red - force, energy, confrontation, jealousy, anger

Greenish Yellow - strife, discord, illness, conflict, jealousy, greed

Magenta - catalyst

Botanicals:

Ague Weed - confusion 

Angelica Root - misery, strife, distress, discord

Asafoetida - drives enemies away

Bayberry - depression

Bindweed - binding

Blackberry Root - distress

Black Salt - misery, strife, distress, discord

Bladderwrack - illness

Bloodroot - substitute for blood

Blueberry - confusion, strife

Boneset - distress, confusion

Cayenne Pepper - anxiety

Chicory - discord

Chili Powder - discord, misery, strife

Cinquefoil - discomfort

Clove - stopping gossip

Cramp Bark - pain, illness

Dogbane - deception

Dragon’s Blood - destruction, strife, misery

Hemlock - discord, sadness

Henbane - illness, discord, melancholy

Jezebel Root - wickedness, ending relationships, punishing unfaithful lovers

Knot Weed - binding

Lemon - sourness, bitterness

Lemon Verbena - a boost of power, ending relationships

Lime - sourness, bitterness

Lobelia - discord

Mace - misery, strife

Mandrake - misery, strife

Mistletoe - isolation, confusion

Mullein - spirit work, nightmares

Mustard Seed - strife, discord

Myrrh - a boost of power

Nightshade (Belladonna) - discord, illness

Onion - strife

Patchouli - illness

Poke Root - confusion, discord

Poppy Seed - discord

Rue - misery

Safflower - destruction

Spanish Moss - bad luck

Slippery Elm - ending relationships

Stinging Nettle - jealousy, envy, discomfort

Sumac - bad luck

Tobacco - a substitute for any baneful herb

Tormentil - distress, harm, discord

Vetiver - silence

Wormwood (Absinthe) - misery, strife

Yew - spirit work

Yohimbe Bark - impotency

Planets:

Mars - power, force, energy, war, conflict, jealousy

Saturn - law, justice, chaos, revenge

Neptune - confusion, illusion, chaos

Pluto - death, mystery, crisis

Lunar Phases:

Waning - binding, banishing

Dark - destruction, banishing, justice

Black - power, manifestation

Taglocks:

Drawings

Photos

The target’s name written on paper

The target’s signature

An item that belongs to the target

Other Ingredients:

Cigarette butts

Broken glass

Razorblades 

Vinegar

Lemon/lime juice

Alcohol

Bones

Needles

Nails

Thorns

Shark teeth

Catfish spines

Murex seashells

Flying Devil Oil

Dead insects

Black sand

Charcoal

Disclaimer: I do not condone the unethical practice of collecting or harvesting animal parts, or forcefully obtaining taglocks. This is just a list of theoretical correspondences and I am not responsible for the actions of others.

© 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟺 𝙰𝙳-𝙲𝙰𝙴𝙻𝙴𝚂𝚃𝙸𝙰

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for lady hestia, a little different take on my usual collage offering

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A picture of my altar for Hestia/Vesta.

I pray to her whenever I need comfort.

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Who else can relate? 😔💔

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Plural witch ideas to bring your plurality into your witch craft!

1- make an intention bracelet and tie in strings representing your headmates with intentions of happiness, connection, communication, or any intention you’d like!

2- bottle some herbs that represent your headmates or system and cleanse it (with incenses or perfected method) to help clean out negative energy

3- buy witchy things you know your headmates likes, like their favorite herbs and crystals or incenses smells!

Most importantly hace fun and respect boundaries

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please pray for greece, for another year the wildfires are burning our forests and homes, both animals and humans are suffering and losing their lives. it's getting hotter and harder to breathe every day, our government isn't doing anything. please pray for us, please father zeus bless us w healing rains

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MADE IT!!!!