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Religious beliefs are not psychosis

You do not randomly develop psychosis out of nowhere just because!!!

Please be more thoughtful about how you discuss a serious medical condition that real people struggle with

Generative AI has no right to be in HelPol spaces .ᐟ.ᐟ

Translations of the Orphic Hymns from The Orphic Hymns; A New Translation for the Occult Practitioner by Patrick Dunn

Hear me, Queen, many-named daughter of Zeus,

Titanis, boisterous and great-named holy archery,

Divine Diktynna, with a torch shining on all, attending birth.

You help women in childbirth,

Although you are not initiated in childbirth yourself.

Frenzy-loving hunter who loosens bonds and chases cares away,

You love the hunt, running, roaming the night, pouring arrows.

You bind up and you loosen, kind-hearted with a masculine nature.

Orthia, granted of quick birth, daimon who nurtures mortals,

You are most divine, though earthly, slaying beasts, richly blessed:

You, who governs the mountains copses of oak,

Who shoots deer, blessed lady, queen of all, beautiful child forever.

Many shaped, wood haunting protector of dogs, Kydonian goddess:

Come, divine and beloved savior, gracious to all initiates,

Bringing fair fruits from the hearth, with lovely peace, and health, too,

With her beautiful hair.

And send away pain and disease to the peaks of mountains.

Shout out to the devotees/worshippers of Zeus that fear thunderstorms

Shout out to the devotees/worshippers of Hera (goddess of family) that have crappy biological families.

Shout out to devotees/worshippers of Apollon who have light sensitivity (can’t go outside without sunglasses because the sun is too bright)

Shout out to devotees/worshippers of Artemis that don’t like hunting.

Shout out to the devotees/worshippers of Dionysus that don’t like to drink.

Shout out to the devotees/worshippers of Hades that fear death.

Shout out to the devotees/worshippers of Athena that have intellectual disabilities.

Shout out to the devotees/worshippers of Poseidon that live nowhere near the ocean.

Shout out to the devotees/worshippers of Demeter that can’t keep a plant alive for the life of them.

Shout out to the devotees/worshippers of Hephaestus that dislike welding and building.

Shout out to the devotees/worshippers of Hestia that love traveling far away from home.

Shout out to the devotees/worshippers of Hermes that can’t travel due to medical disabilities or lack of financial stability/nbr

Shout out to the devotees/worshippers of Ares that heavily dislike war in all it’s forms.

EDIT, ADDING SOME OF THESE:

Shout out to the devotees/worshippers of Hypnos that have insomnia.

Shout out to the colorblind devotees/worshippers of Iris.

Shout out to the devotees/worshippers of Nyx that love the sun.

Shout out to the devotees/worshippers of Helios that are sick and tired of seeing people label Apollo as the sun deity.

Shout out to the devotees/worshippers of Gaia and Kronos that hate their deities portrayal In PJO/HOO (I see you)

Shout out to the devotees/worshippers of Hekate that don’t do witchcraft.

Shout out to to devotees/worshippers of Gaynamade. I see you. You’re here.

Shout out to the devotees/worshippers of Kronos that loose track of time.

Shout out to the devotees/worshippers of Gaia that can’t go outside much for whatever reason (work, medical issues, etc)

Shout out to every Pagan!!!

🌿Leucippus of Crete 🌿

Antoninus Liberalis wrote in 'Metamorphoses' that Leucippus was born a girl but given a masculine name and raised as a boy in order to prevent his father from killing him. Once he got older, his mother, Galatea, prayed to the goddess Leto to make him biologically male.

hebe with zeus

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I see, pretty often, people thinking they're not allowed to worship or pray when they're on their period, and since I'm currently on mine, I figured I'd clear this up a little, especially for new worshippers who may not know yet.

It's a common misconception that being on your period makes you dirty, unclean, and that you shouldn't pray during this time. I've even seen people claim that it's miasma.

These ideas are ancient and from a very misogynistic society. Not only that, but they didn't have the same hygiene practices and products we do today. So back then, women, more commonly poorer women, would likely just free bleed at home, which, as you can imagine, was messy.

Today, we have better hygiene practices, products, and we know how things like diseases transmit.

As long as you are clean and hygienic, it's fine. It's why we wash our hands and faces before we touch the altar or pray, we just have to be clean and presentable.

As long as you're not somehow getting blood on the altar, it's okay.

To add to this, I've even seen some sources that say that our periods are sacred, powerful, and connect us to Lady Artemis, as it is feminine (if you are transmasc, this part doesn't have to apply to you 🫶), and like the phases of the moon, it is a monthly cycle.

I've seen that this time of the month is a time for us to rest, and that bleeding is sometimes seen as the body's way of naturally cleansing itself.

I do not believe that you're "not allowed" to pray if you are menstruating. I believe that this is a time where you are encouraged to rest and take care of yourself, especially if your periods are particularly painful.

I always take this time to rest and take a break from my practice, not because I think I'm not allowed, or like it's misasmic, but because I always feel gross on my periods.

I'm hot, I sweat much more than the average person, I'm lethargic, I sometimes don't have the energy to change my clothes, I get nauseous, I get easily irritated which to me, isn't the right headspace for deity worship. But this is personal, so if you were blessed with non-painful periods and you can function on them, you do what feels best for you.

The closest I got to worship today was thinking of Asclepius as I took pain meds, and that's okay.

And if you're new and coming from a Christian background, no, the gods will not be mad at you if you take a break. They've been around for forever, they've seen humanity grow and evolve. They've seen us at our lowest moments, and for some people that includes being hunched over in pain or laying in bed all day because you're on your period.

They will understand, no one will get mad at you for a bodily function that's out of your control. It is pretty hard to anger a god unless you're actively defying or disrespecting them, or unless you've murdered someone in cold blood.

I will remember and not be unmindful of Apollo who shoots afar. As he goes through the house of Zeus, the gods tremble before him and all spring up from their seats when he draws near, as he bends his bright bow. But Leto alone stays by the side of Zeus who delights in thunder; and then she unstrings his bow, and closes his quiver, and takes his archery from his strong shoulders in her hands and hangs them on a golden peg against a pillar of his father's house. Then she leads him to a seat and makes him sit: and the Father gives him nectar in a golden cup welcoming his dear son, while the other gods make him sit down there, and queenly Leto rejoices because she bare a mighty son and an archer. Rejoice, blessed Leto, for you bare glorious children, the lord Apollo and Artemis who delights in arrows.