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Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone

Tales of the Greeks and Trojans , 1963

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Love and War

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New statue of Aphrodite discovered in Turkey. People thought it was originally meant for a nymph. It was found this year around February. Greek art is so beautiful.

I find it really admirable how detailed Greek art is and how they can last this long in such beautiful condition. I hope one day, if it wasn't burnt like some theories say it was, the real Athena Parthenos is found. Just to see something that old in beautiful condition would be amazing.

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the evolution of my Aphrodite shrine 🩷 2019-2024

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Aphrodite Areia wants us to know when to be courageous and stand up for ourselves

Aphrodite Androphonos wants us to know when to seek revenge

Aphrodite Melainis wants us to embrace the darkness in ourselves

Aphrodite Ourania wants us to feel beautiful and heavenly

Aphrodite Philomedes wants us to find happiness and laughter around us

Aphrodite Antheia wants us to see the beauty in plants and flowers

Aphrodite Pontia wants us to see the beauty in the sea

Aphrodite Aphrogenia wants us to remember what made us

Aphrodite Kypria wants us to remember where we come from

Aphrodite Pandemos wants us to find unity and acceptance

Aphrodite Chrysea wants us to know that we are golden

Aphrodite Nymphia wants us to be able to marry who we want if we choose to

Aphrodite Erototrophus wants us to feel motherly love

Aphrodite Xenia wants us to be hospitable and friendly to all

Aphrodite wants so much for us all, for She loves us 🫶

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SEX IS NOT SINFUL!!! IT IS HOLY!! AND IT IS MAGICAL!!! AND IT IS BEAUTIFUL!!!!! AND WE SHOULD DESTIGMATIZE IT!!!

I'm so serious. Magic is love and sex is an extension of love and it shouldn't be holy in a way that it becomes untouchable!!!

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aphrodite areia

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Aphrodite

Pretty digital offering

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crushing on someone really hard as devotional act for Lady Aphrodite.

writing love poems for the person you love as a devotional act to Lady Aphrodite / Lord Apollo.

saying "i love you" to your special person/the ones you love as a devotional act to Lady Aphrodite.

being gentle and lovely about yourself as a devotional act to Lady Aphrodite.

going on a solo date as a devotional act to Lady Aphrodite.

buying yourself a gift as a devotional act to Lady Aphrodite.

loving people and seeing love and beauty in everything everywhere as a devotional act to Lady Aphrodite.

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I feel like when people get into deity work, deity worship or anything deity related we all kinda think that we NEED to communicate with them, we NEED to do tarot cards with them, we NEED to reach out and actively work with them. But I feel like that's not it. Yes, you can communicate with them if you and them want to. Yes, you can do tarot cards with them. Yes, you can actively work with them, but you don't HAVE to. I think you can also just light their candle, give them an offering and just spend 20 minutes or however long you want listening to music with them and just chatting to them about whatever is on your mind and they won't mind it. Because you are putting in the effort and your time to be with them even if it's not doing any of the things you see a lot of pagans and witches do on tiktok.

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Aphrodisia night 1: Feast

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Frits Thaulow: ‘Swans on the River’ (1880)

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fresh lilies for Aphrodite’s altar 🩷

all hail to the mother of beauty, the goddess of love, the divine gift to the earth

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The orbit of Venus.