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the gods: CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU ARE DESTINED TO FOUND GREAT ROME, YOU MUST ESCAPE YOUR BELOVED CITY WHICH IS BURNING TO THE GROUND AND LEAVE BEHIND EVERYTHING YOUVE EVER CARED ABT TO GO FIND THIS PLACE U DONT EVEN KNOW EXISTS :D

Aeneas:

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Altars vs Shrines

Altar — Where the household builds a relationship and interacts with the gods; a place for general worship.

For Hellenic pagans, where the oikos (household, home, family) builds kharis (grace, relationship with the divine) with the Theoi (the Gods).

Shrine — A place for personal worship dedicated to a favoured deity.

For example, I have an altar for the household gods and shrines for each of the gods I personally worship. (I have been using those two terms the wrong way around for ages!)

Two sources that explained this concept well:

https://ofthespiae.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/whats-that-altars-and-shrines/

https://lykeiaofapollon.wordpress.com/2014/08/26/of-altars-and-shrines/

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it was snowing on campus- Yule time here i come

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I have been falling off my spiritual habits and feeling very disconnected as of late, and I'm finally sick of it. I am going to deep clean and cleanse my space today and I am going to lock in spiritually from now until the New Year to solidify new habits.

I am aiming to post updates either every weekend or every other weekend to keep myself accountable. Follow along if you would like and don't want to wait for the New Year to start achieving goals.

Goals for Week 1:

Pray daily, even if it is just quick

Pray before meals

Keep altar clean consistently

Do an offering or prayer ritual every Sunday

Practice more intentional gratitude towards the Gods

Break out the tarot cards again

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They consider me strange and unusual due to my autistic behaviors. And maybe the unnatural experimentations too but thats unlikely.

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Polytheists from the US: please stop fear mongering

I wanna start this post by saying that, as a bisexual woman, I do feel for my fellow women and LGBT people in the US, as well as for other minorities. I also fear for all of us around the world, as US politics have a direct impact in all countries.

However, please stop projecting your fears on the gods. If you think the gods suddenly became angry after the elections, after everything the world has gone through this year, that means you think the gods care more about you than they do about everyone else. And that's not okay.

1. You're the centre of the world. Please don't be entitled.

As I said, whatever the US does has an impact everywhere. That doesn't mean we need to extrapolate that into religion.

There are two things that have happened this year that would directly impact the gods. One was Mt Olympus burning in August. The other is an Israeli airstrike nearly hitting the Temple of Bacchus in Baalbek. I saw ZERO posts about the gods being angry about that. Or about the gods being angry at all. I understand you can't read the news about every country ever, but at least try to keep up with the country your religion comes from?

To those two things I said, I could add others that don't impact the gods directly like Palestine, Lebanon and Ukraine getting b0mbed; Argentina, Brazil, Greece, Poland, Austria, Spain and many other countries having deadly fires and floods; the rights of Italian LGBT people being set years back by their current PM, as well as LGBT people in some countries not having rights at all; conservative politicians being elected all over the world; WOMEN BEING BANNED FROM SPEAKING IN AFGHANISTAN; Pakistani Pagan tribes being targeted; the whole Gisèle Pelicot case... I could go on and on and on because there's just too much stuff going on in the world.

If you think none of these things would make the gods go angry, but the moment something happens in your country they're suddenly angry then that's an issue. And if you're trying to make this into a collective truth then you're making it everyone else's issue.

2. This is not an Abrahamic religion.

I understand many of you come from an Abrahamic background. I was raised in a deeply Catholic country. In the type of town where people get their favourite apparition or Mary tattooed. So I understand. But you have to somehow unlearn that when it comes to things like these.

The gods are not angry at you. Why would they be? Did you personally do something to offend them? Did you steal from their temple? Did you brag about being better than them in any way? I'm sure you didn't. So why would they be angry?

If you start saying things like “the gods are angry because of this!!” you sound just like the Christians who repeat Christ is coming soon everytime any type of natural catastrophe happens. Please stop. You're making all of us look crazy.

And also, what do you gain from this? Making other people upset? Especially those who just came into this religion and might think the gods are angry at them? It'd be fine if you posted something like “let's pray for our fellow Americans” but this doesn't make any sense. I just don't understand you people sometimes.

Also if you're gonna reply to this post by saying something along the lines of “people are allowed to talk about their feelings” then delete the comment because it shows you have little reading comprehension.

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There’s a level of confessional that only occurs when someone is driving you home late at night

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Hey folks, something to keep in mind - far right indoctrination runs on a lot of pseudoscience and pseudohistory. Promoting and spreading real science and real history is incredibly important, both to help people deradicalize and to prevent people from being radicalized.

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Patron Saints for your problems

If you see a problem you're experiencing down below, pray to the associated saint for intercession to aid you. ♥

Insomnia — St. Peter Damian Headaches — St. Teresa of Avila Illness — St. Raphael the Archangel Chronic illness — St. Lidwina Burnout — St. Thomas Aquinas Animal wellness — St. Francis of Assisi Studying / academia — St. Joseph of Cupertino Housing insecurity — St. Benedict Joseph Labre Anxiety / depression — St. Dymphna Desperation / hopelessness — St. Jude Thaddaeus Loneliness — St. Rita of Cascia Gender identity — St. Joan of Arc Fear / insecurity — St. Michael the Archangel Dysfunctional families — St. Eugene de Mazenod Abuse — St. Monica Grief — St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Financial trouble — St. Matthew Lost items — St. Anthony of Padua Travel / motorists — St. Christopher Spiritual oppression — St. Benedict

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Yes, I think about Odysseus in the middle of the night, walking through his camp, going to Menelaus' tent, entering the tent, waking up the Spartan King and when Menelaus wakes up thinking that,I don't know, is there an enemy attack happening? Odysseus is like, "I miss my wife..."

And Menelaus needs a whole minute to process that his BEST STRATEGIST is in his tent at DAWN to tell him he misses his wife.... then he would just sigh and say: "I miss my wife too, Laertiades"

And the two start talking about their wives and how perfect and wonderful they are.

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places associated with the planets

adapted from the three books of occult philosophy and including my own correspondences for both the inner and outer planets.

moon - barren places, cliffs, and immense rocks, mountains, woods, forests, springs, waters, rivers, the sea, the shore, and ships; dry places.

sun - bright places, serene air, palaces, pulpits, theaters, thrones, and all royal and magnificent places.

mercury - offices, schools, shops, markets, thrift stores, trading places.

venus - beautiful fountains, green meadows, flowery gardens, ornate beds, and brothels; baths, seas, seashores, waterfalls, temperate places.

mars - fires, furnaces, bakeries, provision markets, crosses, battlegrounds, torture chambers, warm places.

jupiter - places of privilege, royal assembly places, tribunals, chairs, gymnasia, schools, fragrant places, places of prosperity.

saturn - churches, graveyards, tombs, crop fields, deserted homes and other buildings, solitary caves, hollows, wells, ponds, swamps, dark and stagnant places.

uranus - airports, public transit, colleges, space center, museums, cold places.

neptune - beach, ocean, reflective pool, boats, house of mirrors, art museum, windy places.

pluto - churches, graveyards, tombs, crossroads, liminal spaces, hospitals, cypress forests, icy places, quiet and still places.

© 2024 ad-caelestia

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REMINDER TO ALL APOLLO DEVOTEES TO DRINK WATER!

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NOOOO LITTLE SCULPTED HELLENISTIC DOG DONT EAT THOSE GRAPES

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happy sunday, hail lord apollo 🙏🌞

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Bought these last night so I can prepare myself for what we’re in for.

Anne Frank and her father wanted her diary to be read. No matter what, make sure others read it. The history our government will try to suppress going forward is history that we must know.

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Call back your courage, send off your fearful sorrow- Perhaps someday you'll recall even this with fondness.

Vergil, Aeneid I.203-204

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any trans person reading this I love you

any woman reading this I love you

any poc minority reading this I love you

any queer person reading this I love you