We know about the current fires in Australia, how devastating they are and clearly forest fires have become a concerning trend in the past years. 

At the end of the wedding there was a procession between the bride’s old house and her husband’s house. Sometimes by foot, sometimes on a chariot. Oftentimes the groom would drag the bride back to his house by her wrist, performing a ritual kidnapping of sorts.

When the bride reached her new home with her husband she would be offered a fruit. What kind and the general purpose of this part of the ceremony is inconsistent. But the bride taking a bite out of the fruit generally signified her acceptance of her new family and completed the wedding ceremony.

So why does the pomegranate tie Persephone to the underworld? We’ll never know for sure, but it’s possible that she didn’t accept fruit from him at first because she knew that would complete the marriage ceremony. So her eating the pomegranate, whether on purpose or because she was tricked, completes the ceremony and seals her to Hades’ household, making them officially married.

I mean, I obviously won't give Them a shared altar, but like you know...being in the same room as your ex is quite awkward, isn't it?

look i’m not an authority or teacher or anything so i can’t give you a solid “this is absolutely the truth” answer but

i'm open to making these under request, just send me an ask with the deity you'd like a box for!! please be nice, too.

gods in this post: Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Hestia, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Athena, Hermes & Dionysus.

1500 years for which we know that the Theoi were worshipped. First locally, but then brought along Empires to be extended to the whole Mediterraenan, from the Middle East to Spain and later, with the game of syncretism, up to Great Britain. 

You are reading this in 2020. There is as much time separating you from the year 520 AD then there was between a pagan of the late roman era to the first attested litterary presence of the Theoi in Linear B. 

What can you tell me of the state of humanity in 520 AD? Put this way it’s evident that your reality is not the same as your ancestor from the 6th century. In fact, for the grand majority, it’s so abstract that you have no clue of what life could be to them, even less so their religious life. 

I know that, you know that, but when it looks like supernatural things you look to supernatural solutions and you might not be thinking clearly.

Drafty house. Uneven floors. Pressure changes.

Toxic mold syndrome can mimic depression and anxiety, cause listlessness. Guess what extreme anxiety can do. It can mess with your head. It can mess with your memory.

If you have scratches on you and you dont know where they came from, see a doctor. See a doctor. I dont know why you wont see a doctor. They can tell you if it comes from an animal. They can tell you if you’re suffering from a mold allergy. They can tell you if you’re experiencing side effects of gas exposure.

I wholeheartedly believe in ghosts. Absolutley not debating that ghosts and spirits and whatever you think you’re seeing. I am posting this in a pagan facebook group. I 100% believe in ghosts.

I also believe in carbon monoxide.

This is why we need to stress, and I mean really stress, that mundane explanations are just as important as superstitious ones, and why I genuinely worry about our echo chambers.

Yes, I know we all want to believe that the feelings of dread may be coming from an evil presence in the room, but also certain hvac systems hum at a frequency that causes confusion and anxiety.

Yes it seems reasonable that your doors open and close on their own because granmas ghost is still hanging around. But please consider that the foundation of your house might be shifting.

Yes, you might feel a sense that something bad is going to happen, but that can also be generalized anxiety or obsessive compulsive disorder.

And being in a circle that refuses to accept that mundane explanations for supernatural problems feeds and triggers delusions. The pagan/witchcraft community is extremely neuro diverse, and these delusions can trigger spirals and put people in very… very bad places.

Please accept mundane explanations.

You are not ‘crazy’ for seeing ghosts and your house is not dirty for needing an inspection.

If you get an inspection and it comes back clean, you can feel smug about being right. If you dont get an inspection and you’re wrong you and your children could get sick and die.

Occasionally I have *ideas* and that’s just one of them. By now you all know I’m a fan of clay offerings, but they’re effort and making a clay animal a long process and can be difficult. 

And then I remembered those exist: 

Inspired by this, with left newspaper and cardboards and some wool felt, I made these votive goats for Thor. They are held together by flour-glue and bast lines and everything should be 100% ecological friendly.

These bois can be burnt or buried.

On the one hand, this is kind of awesome. Yay for papier mache animals! So very burnable, excellent art, excellent tinder, Let’s Do This!

On the other hand… historically, animals for sacrifice would be ones you’d raised well over the course of years, yeah? I can see why replacing them with ceramics you shaped with your own hands makes some kind of sense.