#demeter devotee

[aureliaeiter]

If you worship any deity related to animals and have some money to spare, please consider this

Hello pagans and polytheists of Tumblr. As you may or may not know Spain is going through a flash fall. At least 100 people have lost their lives. Even though the rain will probably stop tomorrow, there's no way to know how long it'll take to rebuild the towns that have been swept away.

As humans and pets are being helped by family, friends and neighbours, I want to share some resources here to help those animals that lived in shelters until two days ago. If you are devoted to any deity related to animals or to any of these animals in particular, please consider donating as an act of worship.

Refugio Minipow gave shelter to 50 bunnies and guinea pigs. Luckily the owners have been able to evacuate all the animals to both their and their neighbours houses, but the shelter has been destroyed and they had just finished reforms. There's different ways to donate here.

Modepran is a dog shelter. The infrastructure has been damaged and some animals don't have a box to sleep in anymore. You can donate through PayPal here.

El Refugio de María is a dog shelter. The whole place is completely flooded and the poor dogs look so confused as you can see here. You can donate to PayPal maria.g.may@gmail.com

Gatos Campo de Gibraltar is a cat shelter. They mostly need help trying to evacuate the cats to new houses but also rebuilding the infrastructure, you can donate to their PayPal gatoscampodegibraltar@gmail.com

Thank you so much and may the gods bless you all!

[homey-worshiper]

lady demeter

working on an offering for lady demeter

{i love drawing & painting offerings, for sure will later use it in my collages}

[necrolatria]

my mistress is so beautiful

[temperamentalgreen]

🌾DOSO🌾

🌾Doso🌾

"And she walked through the threshold and her head touchedThe roof, and she filled the doors with a divine radiance.And they were seized by reverence, awe, and pale fear."

An old rough sketch I made of Queenly Deo. She roamed around as a mortal while she mourned for her daughter.I pray she gives me strength to deal with my own losses, and I comfort myself knowing that spring will come again.

🌼🌾 May Demeter keep your plate full and your cup overflowing 🌾🌼

[fabledfoxglove]

I feel like both Hestia & Demeter would love stardew valley. I’m gonna play some stardew valley for them later I think

[crone-wolf]

Looking for Demeter followers/worshippers/devotees

IF YOU 🫵🏻 YES YOU! Work with Demeter 🌾 in any capacity, I'm begging you to interact with this post so I can follow you. I'm looking for more people who also follow Demeter.

Any Hellenic witches / pagans may also interact with this post. I need y'all in my life and on my feed!

[ray-does-witchcraft]

2024 Attic Calendar - January

Currently working on my own version of the adapted Attic calendar! So far I only have January, but February is almost done as well. Fair warning, this goes in depth about what the festivals/celebrations are and how to commemorate, so this post is gigantic. Attention: This is for the SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE!

⛧ [10/01/24] [Hekatombion 40th] - Hekate Deipnon

WHAT IS IT & WAYS TO CELEBRATE: It takes place at the end of the Lunar month. Hekate means "bringer of light", so at the darkest part of the month, we prepare our homes for the transition to a new month and offer her a meal. Think of it as a mini new year; clean/cleanse your house (especially altars), get rid of things you don't want to bring into next month (physical, spiritual, etc), and leave Hekate an offering at sundown (preferably a meal, but if you can't afford to waste food, just give her something else. Maybe bury or burn it if you can). Here's a list of good offerings (best left outside or at her altar, if you have one for her):

Bread

Cake (especially lit with candles)

Pomegranate

Wine

Honey

Cinnamon

Milk

Chocolate

Roses

Lavender

Poppy seeds

Dandelions

Incense (Frankincense, Lavender, Jasmine, Citrus, Dragons blood, Rosemary, or anything you have at hand)

Keys

Candles

Tea lights

Bones

Fire/Bonfire

Oil lamps

Crow/Raven/Own feathers

Poetry, Literature, Music, Hymns, etc

⛧ [11/01/24] [Metageitnion 1st] - Noumenia

WHAT IS IT & HOW TO CELEBRATE: The Noumenia is the first day of the visible New Moon and is held in honor of the household Gods. The Noumenia is a celebration of the start of a new Hellenic month and seeks blessings for the household. Honestly? You can just kick back and relax if you want or can, to invite calm energies into the upcoming month. But, if you (like me) want to be a little extra, here's some ways to celebrate:

Start a new personal project or hobby, or just pick back on things you've been putting off.

Set intentions for the coming month, and make plans for any of the month’s upcoming festivals, or for any of your personal upcoming plans.

Leave offerings for your deities.

Moon/stargaze, maybe meditate under the Moon.

Do a reading with your preferred divination method with the Theoi, asking what you should focus on in the coming month.

⛧ [12/01/24] [Metageitnion 2nd] - Agathos Daimon

WHAT IS IT & HOW TO CELEBRATE: One of my favorites! Daimons are household spirits that look after you and your family, so this is a day to honor Him! Pour a libation (especially wine, but mine likes milk better to be honest), make an offering, light a candle, maybe even make Him a lil altar! He's heavily associated with snakes, but aside from that you can offer (or put in His altar) anything you correlate with abundance, good luck, protection, etc. These guys are so overlooked and I love them. Here's a more in-depth post about Him and the holiday.

⛧ [13, 14, 16, 17, 18/01/24] [Metageitnion 3th, 4th, 6th, 7th & 8th] - Athena, Aphrodite/Hermes/Eros, Artemis, Apollo, Poseidon

WHAT IS IT & HOW TO CELEBRATE: Not exactly festivals, that's why I compiled them into one section, but these Lunar days are sacred to these deities in that order. Maybe leave them an offering or light them a candle, maybe even just devotional acts! Here's a good list of offerings for each:

ATHENA

Owl feathers/imagery

Pottery

Books

Toy weapons, athames, etc

Roses

Bread

Olive

Honey

Milk

Olive oil

Olive tree branches/leaves (real or not)

Clear crystals

Silver jewelry

Incense (Frankincense, Dragon's Blood, Cedarwood)

APHRODITE

Apples

Chocolate

Honey

Milk

Olive oil

Baked goods

Anything vanilla scented/flavored

Golden jewelry

Flowers (especially roses and anemones)

Sea stuff (sand, seashells, water, etc)

Perfume

Self care products

Rose quartz

Incense (Frankincense, Rose, Myrrh, Jasmine, Cinnamon, Vanilla, Cypress)

HERMES

Currency (real or not) (especially foreign)

Strawberries

Lemons

Dice

Playing cards

Travel tickets

Honey

Milk

Olive oil

Clovers

Cool rocks

Hematite

Incense (Frankincense, Myrrh, Safron, Dragon's Blood)

EROS

Honey cake

Chocolate

Fruit

Sweets (he likes candy a lot)

Milk

Honey

Olive oil

Rose quartz

Feathers

Flowers (real or not)

Heart-shaped objects

Arrows

Jewelry

Incense (Frankincense, Myrrh, Rose)

ARTEMIS

Animal related stuff (Imagery, bones, teeth, etc)

Moon related stuff

Moonstone

Clear quartz

Amethyst

Bows & Arrows

Leaves

Wild flowers

Acorns

Pine cones

Milk

Honey

Olive oil

Water

Silver jewelry

Incense (Frankincense, Cypress, anything woodsy)

APOLLO

Sun related stuff

Arts and crafts

Clear quartz

Citrine

Sunstone

Bows & arrows

Dandelions

Sunflowers

Poetry

Music

Honey

Milk

Olive oil

Water

Honeyed chamomile tea (he loves it)

Golden objects/jewelry

Divination items

Incense (Frankincense, Myrrh, Cypress, Clove, Cinnamon, Bay)

POSEIDON

Saltwater/Seawater

Seashells

Fish

Sand

Toy horses/horse imagery

Photos of the sea

Olive oil

Milk

Honey

Salt

Aquamarine

Sapphire

Incense (Frankincence, Myrrh, Pine)

⛧ [25-27/01/24] [Metageitnion 15-17th] - Eleusinia

WHAT IS IT & HOW TO CELEBRATE: The Eleusinia was a thanksgiving festival held to honor Demeter for the gift of grain. A modern way to celebrate is to have a big dinner (maybe include some breads and baking) and give thanks to Lady Demeter through it! Thank her for grain and the agricultural processes that we benefit from!

⛧ [28/01/24 ?] [Metageitnion 18th ?] - Adonia

WHAT IS IT & HOW TO CELEBRATE: A festival mourning the death of Adonis, one of Aphrodite's human lovers. Traditionally, it was celebrated only by women (as a trans guy, I personally don't give a fuck and celebrate it anyway). Also, there's no source for an exact date, so this is an educated guess at best (most sources just refers to it as taking place "midsummer"). For a way to celebrate, I found this amazing hymn/poem. Remember to honor Aphrodite on this day as well.

⛧ [30/01/24] [Metageitnion 20th] - Hera Telkhinia

WHAT IS IT & HOW TO CELEBRATE: A minor sacrifice for Hera, taking place in the suburbs of Athens. Again, not a lot of info, but if you worship or have a connection to her, maybe read her a hymn, pour a libation honor her on this day! Here's a Orphic hymn to her:

Hera, incense aromatic herbs and spices. You are seated in a cerulean cavern, having the form of air,    Íra queen of all, happy one who shares the bed of Zefs, You provide gentle breezes which sustain the soul. Mother indeed of storms, attendant of the winds, all-begetting. Apart from you life and generation cannot be found;    Mingled with the majestic air you partake of everything. You alone hold sovereignty, ruling over all. You are the stream which flutters down through the rushing winds. And now you, happy Goddess, many named, queen of all, Come with a countenance of kindness and joy. 

[novadaylight]

SUNFLOWER SOS🌻‼️🌻‼️🌻

SO, my sunflower started dying. I searched what to do, Ive been taking a lot of care of it and cut the top so it can re grow. I also put fertilizer on the dirt. It still looks like this, any advice? I wanna revive him. His name is Helianthus. Please anything helps

[ancientcanopiess]

shout out to all the Demeter and Hera devotees who have unstable family lives, you guys are strong and i’m so proud of all of you <3

[boymanmaletheshequel]

Subtle ways to honor Demeter 🌾🌻

- buy produce from farmers markets or from local grocers

- grow your own crops, this can be something as big as corn, or as small as a potted basil plant!

- cook with organic herbs and veggies

- eat your veggies and grains

- be kind and respectful of livestock animals

- source your meats and eggs ethically and sustainably

- vote in local elections in favor of local farmers over large agricultural corporations like the cargill corporation.

- visit farm events and homestead museums

- learn about agricultural history

- eat pork or corn

- plant or enjoy looking at sunflowers

- honor her daughter Persephone

- take time to healthily mourn the loss of a loved one, a pet, or a friend if one passes away.

- support investigations of missing persons and support those effected by the disappearance of a loved one or friend.

- fight and protest against human trafficking and human exploitation.

- respect and love your mother

- wear the colors green or yellow

- celebrate and enjoy the autumnal season

- admire pretty leaves during autumn

- go for a drive in the countryside

- wear jewelry of stones like citrine, jade, or aventurine.

- eat a pomegranate or pomegranate flavored things

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[luciferfalls]

ik i don’t post about hellenic polytheism at all usually but modern demeter devotees are way too powerful and it needs to be said. the way she gets vilified in the name of being progressive is so sick. it is rare that i find any modern retelling of persephone’s abduction that doesn’t do so. that gets pointed out a lot at this point, but i don’t think enough thanks and appreciation go out to her devotees. i think y’all are so badass for venerating her in spite of the shit she gets. hail lady demeter 💖

[homey-worshiper]

digital offerings for lady demeter and lady hestia

{it's a little "bread baking" themed as i am making bread as an offering, and i haven't made bread in a while, so i honestly need some additional support}

{also, how i love making those collages as offerings, both digital and on paper}

[necrolatria]

demeter megala thea, ploutodoteira

[temperamentalgreen]

Queenly Deo, the sender of splendid gifts 🌾

"To Demeter Eleusinia. O universal mother, Deo famed, august, the source of wealth, and various named: great nurse, all-bounteous, blessed and divine, who joyest in peace; to nourish corn is thine. Goddess of seed, of fruits abundant, fair, harvest and threshing are thy constant care. Lovely delightful queen, by all desired, who dwellest in Eleusis' holy vales retired. Nurse of all mortals, who benignant mind first ploughing oxen to the yoke confined; and gave to men what nature's wants require, with plenteous means of bliss, which all desire. In verdure flourishing, in glory bright, assessor of great Bromios (Dionysus) bearing light: rejoicing in the reapers' sickles, kind, whose nature lucid, earthly, pure, we find. Prolific, venerable, nurse divine, thy daughter loving, holy Kore. A car with Drakones yoked 'tis thine to guide, and, orgies singing, round thy throne to ride. Only-begotten, much-producing queen, all flowers are thine, and fruits of lovely green. Bright Goddess, come, with summer's rich increase swelling and pregnant, leading smiling peace; come with fair concord and imperial health, and join with these a needful store of wealth."

----- Orphic Hymn 40 to Demeter

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[tiramisuwithmascarpone]

Hello, everyone! I have no idea what's the time for you, but where I am right now, the clock had struck midnight about 30 minutes ago. I should be sleeping since I have a full schedule tomorrow, but I allowed myself to stay up just a little more to finish writing down the Delphic maxims. There are some outdated rules which we need to take with a grain of salt (remember that you can modernize them without making them loose meaning!), but a lot of them are also great advice, in my opinion.

I'm getting lost in words. What I meant to do in this post is wish you all a goodnight. I wish goodnight to devotees, worshippers and those who honor Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, Aphrodite, Athena, Artemis, Apollo, Ares, Hephaestus, Hermes, Hestia, Dionysus

and other deities who aren't part of the olympians. I wish you all to have good dreams, to feel as Artemis is lightning the moon onto you, as Hypnos is petting your head as your drifting off to sleep where you're dreaming about all of the deities you currently are devoted to.

I love you, Lady Aphrodite

Goodnight. May I have the best beauty sleep I could ever get. And may I tell you all about it when I wake up.

I love you, Lord Hermes

Goodnight. May we travel all around the globe in my dreams, in only a week of time and laugh all of it off while remiscining about it when I wake up.

and I love all of the other deities and nymphs that I do not worship or I'm devoted to. I honour you all and bring up your name every chance I get. Every and each Hellenic Pagan is important to me and I feel as we are deeply connected through our religion, making me care that much more about all of you and making me share my love with you. I'm grateful for this life, for my physical body, for the fact that I always get a time to rest and shur down my body without anybody telling me to do otherwise, and the fact that I get to share this with all of you. Goodnight, I love you and your deities.

[nikkas-cottage]

Special spring tapers I made in honor of Persephone’s return 🌸