#I just love Theogamia so much 😭

[lenaslittleworld]

In my 4 years of worship, I have implemented many Ancient Greek festivals into my everyday life.

If you were to ask 5 year old me, what her favourite day of the year was, she’d probably say Christmas (mostly for the presents, duh. But also for the warm, fuzzy feeling it gave me)

But, since choosing these sacred days myself, celebrating them knowingly and intentionally, my most beloved one is Theogamia. It is just so full of love. It fills me with immense sense of peace and hope.

It celebrates such a divine act, but it’s one so close to us, humans, as well, and I think, that is what makes it so special in my heart.

So, I think 5 year old me would be disappointed, that my most special day does not include presents anymore, but she’d be so, so happy that the warm, fuzzy feeling stayed.

Blessed Theogamia to you all. 🤍🦚⚡️

[buried-in-autumn-leaves]

if im allowed to ask, which deities do you worship? What does their presence/energy feel like? What activities do you like to do for them?

Ofcourse, only answer the questions You're comfortable with answering.

-Lynn / Azalea (i will probably become a frequent person in your ask/inbox shh)

Yeah absolutely !!

I worship a lot of deities sort of casually if that makes sense ? As a newbie I am super interested in learning and I want to know so many things at once so I end up doing like little things to acknowledge different ones. But for ones I worship very regularly, I have more info obvi !!! Under the cut because I ended up yapping a lot more than I planned 😭

Also !! I use the word pagan as a sort of catch all term, but I personally do not identify as one, instead using HelPol specifically ❤️

Aphrodite is warm like hugs !! Very grounding, like when a cat is laying on you or when you're laying in someone's lap <3 She is currently the only one I have an altar for due to lack of space, but I love showing it off 😭❤️

I have devotional perfume for her, and I also devote my engagement necklace to her, so it lives on her altar when I'm not wearing it. I write her letters as often as I can, and a big thing for me with her is spreading kindness.

Through my life I've been a bit unlucky with kindness finding its way back to me. Whether that be because of my troubles with socializing or just the people I'm around at certain times, it doesn't matter. When I smile at people, even if I feel maybe they don't deserve it, it's because of her. When people tell me I made their day better it makes me feel like I'm doing her proud. I give out love freely because sometimes people need it.

I do devotional makeup for a lot of my deities, but I love doing looks for Apollo because I almost never use yellow otherwise (excluding today, ironically- I used it in my look for Zeus and Hera for Theogamia). I also just make an effort to admire the sun. I'm a total night owl, so it's not often I'm up early enough to see it for long, but I try.

Apollo is interesting because I usually see people describe him as warm too, but to me he has always been cold. Not cold as in ice, almost like air. He is the wind that strikes my face as I stare out the car window, or the wind around me as I pace my house with my headphones on maladaptive daydreaming.

I'm also learning to draw ! It's a promise I made to him this year. I'm not very good, but I'm having fun learning. I'm gonna learn to draw and I'm gonna finish writing my book and he'll be with me the whole time <3

Ares is like a weighted blanket that's slightly too heavy to be entirely relaxing but I actually like it a lot. He is the feeling when I clench my jaw and set actual boundaries.

That's a main thing I'm working on with him. I do have a necklace charm that makes me think of him but I keep it on Lady Aphrodite's altar in honour of her Areia epithet.

I don't have much else to say about him, but I would love to be able to dedicate more stuff to him.

Poseidon is quiet. Not in the sense that his energy is less than intense. He's the way the world sounds when your head is under the water. He makes everything slow and muffled and less intimidating. Over a year ago now, I moved away from the coast for the first time in my life. I never liked the beach, yet I find myself longing for the ocean. My love for it exists beside my love for him, and collecting ocean related things makes me happy because it makes me think of him.

Khione is, rightfully, cold.

I've always liked being cold. I'm super heat sensitive and get heat sick easy so I always prefer the feeling of being piled under blankets and still feeling a chill. I honour her by embracing my inner child, by making hot choclate and watching childrens christmas movies even when it's nowhere near the time because that is nostalgia for me. It makes me feel close to her.

I guess as a more general devotional activity, I really love veiling. I do it to protect my energy and to honour those who came before me. That's not to say that there aren't other reasons of course- I think it impossible to believe that there are no pagans who veil for modesty reasons. It just makes me feel closer to the people who kept this religion alive, who believed so deeply that their love lasted through it all.

Apologies for the long post, I just really like talking about them. Questions are always welcome !! Since the day is essentially over for me (15 minutes- I work second shift so I'm just now getting to answer this), I hope you had a wonderful Theogamia !

Xaire ❤️