#I didn't expect to have these mental images at 5am but here we go xD

[alatismeni-theitsa]

I'm not Greek, but I do practice Hellenic Polytheism as accurately as I possibly can to the archaic and classical periods. I completely agree with you that non-Greek people (mostly USians) are extremely disrespectful with the way they practice their "Hellenic Polytheism". I've seen people do things that blatantly go against the ancient socially accepted rules in the religion, like offering their very human blood to the gods or apparently having intercorse on their altar (yes, literally). Some temples and sacred spaces bared menstruating people because blood was spiritually polluting, why do you think it's okay to offer that????? I understand some cults had practices that involved sexuality and human blood, but that was under very specific circumstances, which these people aren't. Also doing Tarot with the gods is weird because it's definitely not a part of the religion????? Why not practice forms of divination that actually existed in ancient Greece????? It's impossible to practice the religion exactly as it was done 2000+ years ago, but that's not an excuse for refusing to educate yourself on at least the basics. It's just blatant disrespect to the gods and Greek people, ancient and modern. Sorry if this was long, I just have a lot of rage

Hello! No problem, rage to your heart's content, we are a salty blog here! My #xenoi doing bs tag has some of this stuff in

I confess I had no idea things were so bad! I knew about the tarot, crystal balls, semiprecious stones and the zodiac being involved - all in the most modern and western sense - that it weren't just additions but made the practice unrecogniseable from what it is. Now you opened my eyes to new horrific scenarios 😅 (εεε... ευχαριστώ anon? 😂)

Seeeriously.... human blood* and intercourse on the altar?? That's a more like a fetish! I mean any person can do whatever they want but they can't really believe they are in this particular religion while doing this! My goodness! 😰 And the worst thing is, if you ask an explanation for this - I bet - they'll be like "I felt this in my heart" or "the deity told me" or "I am a priest/-ess of X god and I know what I am doing" 😖

*Menses are considered different from human blood in terms of purity from what I know but still, the Greek gods are not known to seek human blood. There could be exceptions as you said but we both understand these people haven't really researched that much. Oooor perhaps they would specifically search about these cases so they can satisfy their fetish to offer blood or sex to any deity really. These types of people live their lives by aesthetic and edginess 😫

I am not in the helpol circles so I can't imagine what else you've seen but...have strength, anon!