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Blessed Imbolc everyone! Be sure to take a moment this evening to reflect on the good in life and to be thankful for your survival. Only then can you truly rebel with righteous fury.

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today marks the day that the sun is slowly departing.

he gifted his warm light for a little longer, day by day conquering the darkness.

a ray of hope.

and now, it's his time to bid us farewell once more.

and then, the circle will repeat again and again.

because there's always light in the end, no matter how the seasons change.

- wherever you are, i wish you a blessed Litha ♡

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Offerings to Ares can be wide and varied. It could be as simple as you devoting a 5k run to him, or setting aside part of your meal. Blood sacrifices and the like don’t need to be a part of it.

That being said if you do want to sacrifice something to Ares, I would recommend a pig. Boris Johnson specifically.

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Hey strange! Can I request a sigil for worship of Ares?

Gotcha!

I made this on a twitch stream I did today, this one didn’t take me long to do but if you wanna see how I went about making it check out the playback on twitch, under the same username as my blog here

**SIGIL REQUESTS ARE CURRENTLY OPEN, PLEASE READ MY RULES AND GUIDELINES POST HERE AS WELL AS THIS ASK HERE**

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Lord of the battlefield.

I may pray for success. For luck. For gain.

For relief. For money. For anger. For pain.

I may lie in bed, stuck under hatred I strain

Against metal that burns both me and the chain

Yet when I can rise from where I was lain

My mind and my body I will vow to train

As I pray and I pray and remember your name

All that I ask is to do it again.

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I vow to thee that I will grow,

Never turn to stone in my own hallways.

That I will find the light and make it count,

Feeling my blood pound in it’s warmth.

I will excel. I will attack. I will be a warrior at heart.

I know this in my bones that shake with every punch.

In my lungs which burn in the cold.

In my heart which pumps with joy.

You will find me past the finish line,

I pray to keep you in my mind as I cross it

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Hymn to Mars 4

O Great is my Lord Mars, And wholly deserving of our praise Beautiful in majesty and in glory Wonderful in power and justice. Listen, all nations on the Earth Sing praises to Mars, the Swift, the Mighty. It is he protects all those who call upon him. It is he who answers my call. The call of the one who cries out in the darkness. Where fallible men may fail me,  it is the Lord Mars who is Swift in aid. It is he who bolsters of those who cry out against injustice It is he who strengthens those who yell out in despair. Even if my mind may falter,  Let me sing your praises forevermore.

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Lord Ares be with them, these protesters as they are pushed to riot. Give them the strength and passion they need, the will power they must maintain, so that they may make a change. Shield their eyes from bullets of rubber and balls of paint and cans of gas. Shield their bodies from violent attacks. Be with the medics and reporters and innocent passerby, protect them from unprompted police brutality. Shield those who need it now, and give them the strength of your fury so that they may harness it and use it to make a change.

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Hey! Could you tell me a little about Ares? I'm interested in working w him!

Ares is very complex.

Don’t let others fool you into thinking he is just a war obsessed “dumb” god.

If you look at war, it’s pretty moronic to think it comes out of nothing. Most wars happen for a few reasons.

Expansion- The civilisation located in a region has exhausted or is about to exhaust it’s resources and wants to colonize. In history, this is usually what inspires a nation to venture out. (Humans are naturally “efficient/lazy.” If we have everything we want, we will be content where we are, but if we start running low on food, water, shelter, we will expand). This is the survival mindset.

Deffense- Since resources are limited many groups will try to expand and if you have a neighboring village who is expanding, it will come to your home and see what it can take. Most of the time, this wasn’t peaceful so you’ll need to defend your family against them. This is where defense comes in. This is the protector mindset.

Revolution- when the people within their own group no longer like the way things are run and want to change the current system, thus having a civil war. This is the Revolutionist mindset.

There are a lot of other factors but for all intense and purposes let’s focus on these three since they were the primary concerns for Ancient Greece.

Expansion, defense and revolution are the primary causes of war. Ares, who represents war is the embodiment of these three things:

He is a survivor, protector, and revolutionist.

As a survivor: he is a master of coming up with strategies and tools to hunt for shelter and food. Survival is his main concern so he may not seem like a nice god at first. Since survival is his main priority during this mindset, you can find Ares in poor neighborhoods, the wilderness, war torn countries, or even with those who are battling their inner demons.

As a protector- Ares always seems angry or passionate about something. Granted, who in their right mind can be calm when there is so much racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia and discrimination in the world? He has a soft spot for those who did not choose to go to war but find themselves in the middle of a battle, especially children. Ever heard tales, news or general stories of children surviving something that should have killed them? Ares was there. Rape victims are also ones that he helps because they didn’t ask to be raped. Ares takes victims and turns them into warriors.

As a revolutionist: Remember when I said he hates discrimination? If you hate someone for things they can’t change about themselves (like the color of their skin), things they were born with, Ares will be knocking you out sometime soon. Ares will never side with nazis, it goes against his nature. As soon as I see a nazi try to start something in the name of Ares I tell them “as a POC child of Ares, fuck no.”

He also represents the mental and emotional turmoil leading to and from war. He brings Phobos and Deimos to battle with him (fear and dread/panic), whom he can control, which also makes him a mental health god who takes care of those with PTSD along with other battle infused mental problems. (Noticed I didn’t say war here because you can be a rape victim with PTSD or a mistreated person with other conditions.)

Ares is defends those who are mistreated. He goes to war against those who discriminate, he encourages his followers to call out racism, sexism, etc. when they encounter it and he builds warriors to change toxic systems that oppress people.

Ares is more than the war god those who don’t understand will try to portray.

“Every battle is valid in the eyes of Ares” (a little quote I stole from @thepastelpriestess’ amazing Ares video which I recommend watching (LINK)) including your inner demons and personal struggles.

I hope this helps.

May Ares help shield you from the rocks life will try to throw.

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Homeric Hymn No. 8 to Ares

Ares, exceeding in strength, chariot-rider, golden-helmed,

doughty in heart, shield-bearer, saviour of cities, harnessed in bronze,

strong of arm, unwearying, mighty with the spear, O defence of Olympus,

father of warlike Victory, ally of Themis,

stern governor of the rebellious, leader of righteous men,

sceptred King of manliness, who whirl your fiery sphere

among the planets in their sevenfold courses through the aether

wherein your blazing steeds ever bear you above the third firmament of heaven;

hear me, helper of men, giver of dauntless youth!

Shed down a kindly ray from above upon my life,

and strength of war, that I may be able to drive away

bitter cowardice from my head

and crush down the deceitful impulses of my soul.

Restrain also the keen fury of my heart which provokes me

to tread the ways of blood-curdling strife. Rather, O blessed one,

give you me boldness to abide within the harmless laws of peace,

avoiding strife and hatred and the violent fiends of death

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Lord Ares please bring me strength, I am much too tired for the bullshit of the world. Thanks, love you <33

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Reblog if you are a devotee of Ares

And want to be included in a list of Ares devotees. I want to document how many there are of us out there on tumblr and maybe make a discord for us.

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Lord Ares

Tonight I devoted my sweat to you.

My anger on the grass that never grows.

My knuckles are red and my muscles ache.

I train for you, to please you, to know you better.

My strength grows as does my devotion to you.

And when I can no longer grow stronger I know you will still be there.

My strength may lessen, my scars may fade,

But you will always be there.

I offer you my anger, my bloodlust, my power.

And when the time comes to fight, I will follow your guidance.

Life is war, to exist is to fight.

My Lord, I will fight just to exist and to know your glory.

And I will battle in your name in every life I can.