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And if I say these neopagan helpols who change everything about the religion because it inconveniences them, and is easier⌠are the exact same as the Christians who entered Ancient Greece and erased their culture, and made them something completely different (christians) likkeeee yes girl you are just as bad.
What the FUCK is up with neopagans making HelPol a re flavored Christianity LMFAOOO
They see HelPol prayer the exact same as Christian prayer
They think the Greek gods can hear us in our heads like the Christian god
Prayer beads like Catholics
The erasure of reciprocity because they canât grasp the fact that we pray as a request
They think the nature of the religion is âselfishâ since they havenât deconstructed their idea of religion
Think every god needs worship since itâs ârespectfulâ
God I could go on go to therapy instead of appropriating a religion
Doing those âbeginner helpols ask me questionsâ videos just to have a bunch of misinformed people respond to the questions pmo so bad, like who are youđ§đ
Nymph worship rant/ramble idk.
Imagine being so unemployed you harass my HelPol discord server⌠Like leave me alone with all this you could have made bands yet here we are.

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Priesthood: A world of marvels for a failed understanding:
PrĂŠface
Before writing this essay I must preface this by saying, the term priest is a term charged with Christian theocracy and does not correctly ascribe the wide range of acts, roles and understandings that were held under áźąerážśteia. For reasons such as the need to simplify to the wider audience, I will be using the term priest, priesthood, or any form of this noun to simplify the notion in the readers mind, but please understand that it is not a necessarily correct term and in reality is a proof of how scholar work still holds western biases in their research and view on pagan, polytheistic and cultural practices.
What is priesthood?
A priest is understood across most scholarly work as "someone who takes care of what is hiera (sacred)", but, what does such thing mean in the context of Ancient Greek religion? The average practitioner is able to conduct sacrifices on their own, and does not need a so called "intermediary" between them in order to interact with a deity. Herodotus himself found it quite strange that Persians would require the presence of a priest for every sacrifice.
What is a priestâs role then?
A priestâs role is mainly to care for the cultâs sanctity. The priest would take care of the offering at the altar, clean the effigies, conduct the sacrifices. We must add to that, there was not only a singular priest that would take care of such things, but they were actually divided into multiple tasks that were assigned to cult members through all ages that held specific cultic roles assigned to their identity.
All of this was held under the state cults supervision, which identifies that to be a priest was to be a civic office holder. Contrary to what western biases might tell us, Greek polis was not secular and held cult laws (although differentiated between regions and cities) and "general" laws under the same umbrella. This, however, does not mean that there was such thing as a priestly caste quite the opposite. Priests were not like the Christian priests, they did not take up on the matter of the peopleâs faith, or "religious laws", not at all.
Who could be a priest, and how could you be one?
Only men could be priests of gods, and only women could be priestesses of goddesses. Added to this two main requirements, Physical and socio-economic status.
Physical requirements:
Priests are required to be in great health, serious birth defects could rule out anyone wishing to hold office.
Some cases would ask of the worshippers to prove their sexual abstinence, or to not do so for a couple of days before entering temples.
They were also required to fit the "wholeness" of the gods, they had to be beautiful, similar to how Homer describes the priestess Theano as "fair cheeked".
Class and financial status:
A priest was required (especially in cases of inherited priesthoods) to hold a pedigree, certain offices were held only to specific tribes or families that could trace themselves over at least four generations. As well as some prestigious priesthoods were only available to those who followed the principal of genos.
Financial status was also required. Old families that came with impressive economic resources that used to finance festivals and cults, said wealth eventually waned and that is mainly how the sales of priesthoods came along. This allowed for those who lacked the pedigree could then hold office thanks to their wealth.
Priesthoods could be acquired in one of four ways:
Inheritance:
The most prestigious of priesthoods were held within very restricted clans, that managed to hold inheritance to this office despite the political changes in the region.
In certain cases families would claim lineage to the hero founding cult, which was one of the strongest claims to priesthood.
Allotment:
Allotment was a development that sometimes would introduced itself into preexisting cults. The choice by lot was based on the idea of luck of draw was in reality a way to allow the gods to choose the winner. (This might be a fifth century development that I give too much importance to!)
Election and appointment:
We do not have enough information on how these elections were constituted, but, we do know that elections were done for priesthoods with more importance or to elect low level offices.
Purchase:
Sales of priesthoods generally came with a life tenure, they could be sold before death or bequeathed to a child.
This clearly shows that there was no such thing as "self appointed" priests!
What is a priestâs relation with the gods
Priests acted as the servant of the gods, they were there to tend to the sanctity of the deities property, and were there to conduct rituals and festivals in their honors.
What were the privileges that were acquired with priesthood
Priesthood had its multitude of privileges, which were granted thanks to their being as servant of the gods, and thus their proximity to them.
This included, being granted access to holy precincts and to the cult statues, having their images held within the temple, and residency within the sanctuary. Added to that, cash payments and the sacrificial victimâs meat and skins.
Conclusion
We have seen throughout this essay what the role of a priest is and how can said title be acquired. Hellenic polytheist priesthood is in no way, shape, or form close to what Christian theocratic doctrine is, it is not a title that is especially closed to a specific gender and it is not a role of religious leader but divine servant.
Priesthood is as of today impossible to reconstruct, due to the complexity of cults, the very specific cultural nature of certain cults that were closed to specific tribes and clans, and its significance as a civic office of the Greek polis.
The only way where one could acquire the role of priest would be temporarily when conducting a festival!
Sources: Portrait of a Priestess women and ritual in Ancient Greece by Joan Breton Connelly; Practitioners of the Divine: Greek priests and religious official from Homer to Heliodorus; Ancient Greek Religion by Jon D. Mikalson.
Deeply pisses me off when people misuse / donât understand words like miasma and various other Greek words.
You do realize this isnât just a religious thing but a LANGUAGE???? Kharis doesnât mean what you want it to mean, it had context and means something BECAUSE ITâS IN A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE??? Like oh my god bruh yâall PMO
So, I will be making a post on this because holy shit bruhđ
Why am I getting traction from the misinformed half of helpol tumblr leave me alone manđ
How much more clear do I have to be
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@shewhoshines tagged me in this too and this additional tag reminded me that I actually want to do this but forgot lol
FAVORITE COLOR: right now it's orange, but I find I alternate between sunset colors
LAST SONG: it was either City Walls by Twenty One Pilots or Vulcan by Snake River Conspiracy. Both are stuck in my head so it could be either. I don't know anything about Snake River Conspiracy, but that song is really good and it's the only song of theirs I've heard.
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Tags just to put them no pressure whatsoever these are for fun :) @that-one-grey-witch @auenaufbruch @spqrcatoromano @trash-bin-witch
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In my presentation today in my college class I went over the orthopraxic nature of the religion.
One of the main things I covered was the demonization of animal sacrifices in the modern Hellenic polytheism. Itâs such a white take to say the gods do not want animal offerings, itâs a white take to say itâs bad to do animal sacrifices. Stay with me here now.
If you can not do ethical animal sacrifice that is more then fine, but donât act hubristic and speak for the gods saying they donât like animal sacrifice when that was the main thing done for them in Ancient Greece.
If you can not do ethical animal sacrifice that is fine, but do not call those who do bad people or it is deranged⌠many MANY cultures â including mine still do animal sacrifice to this day.
I say itâs a white take because many of the people who bitch and moan about this are white, no culture involving animal sacrifice whatsoever⌠and that would be fine if they didnât demonize it.
Most people that criticize others for doing animal sacrifice are also hypocrites, they hate the ethical sacrifice of an animal but still eat their overproduced, overpriced meat made by the animal industry that has caused SEVERE damage to the ecosystem.
Animal sacrifices in my culture and many others not only take great purpose with the way they slaughter the animal, they also use every single part of the animal, and one animal can feed a whole family and make great artifacts for religious purposes or daily tools.
EXACTLY, animal sacrifice isnât just for the meat and to be given to the gods. The bones from the animals can be used â for example when sheepâs & goats were sacrificed to the gods the Greeks would use the ankle bones for dice, not only for divination but games. The skin and fur of the animal can be turned into clothes or be used as blankets.
These things have cultural significance outside of âoh animal to sacrifice to gods!â, they also have more purposes to help the community.
In my presentation today in my college class I went over the orthopraxic nature of the religion.
One of the main things I covered was the demonization of animal sacrifices in the modern Hellenic polytheism. Itâs such a white take to say the gods do not want animal offerings, itâs a white take to say itâs bad to do animal sacrifices. Stay with me here now.
If you can not do ethical animal sacrifice that is more then fine, but donât act hubristic and speak for the gods saying they donât like animal sacrifice when that was the main thing done for them in Ancient Greece.
If you can not do ethical animal sacrifice that is fine, but do not call those who do bad people or it is deranged⌠many MANY cultures â including mine still do animal sacrifice to this day.
I say itâs a white take because many of the people who bitch and moan about this are white, no culture involving animal sacrifice whatsoever⌠and that would be fine if they didnât demonize it.
I'll just say this: I personally do not subscribe to the pillars of Hellenism or pillars of Hellenic Polytheism or whatever weâre calling it. Itâs fine and dandy to practice xenia in whatever fashion that makes sense to you, but I donât and have never preached for it to be part of anyoneâs moral ethics.
I would also like to add my two cents.
and if it feels like when youâre reading this and Iâm âdumbing it downâ I donât mean to do that itâs just I have to explain it like 70 times bc people get confused
But anyways, the concept, the structure of âpillars of HelPolâ is a neopagan belief. This does NOT mean that the ancient words like Xenia donât exist. I am saying that the concept of the pillars is made up, and the person who made them up was lowkey a horrid piece of shit⌠so maybe donât use them gulp.
ONCE AGAIN let me emphasize the CONCEPT, THE BELIEF of âPILLARSâ is not something we should accept as fact, because the âPILLAR OF HELPOLâ is neopagan made by iirc a racist but I digress.
THE WORDS EXIST NIT THE CONCEPT OF PILLARS.
What is something you wish other helpols knew about this religion?
Please remember that your practice is your own. Anything me or anyone else says online is just a suggestion, and itâs your choice whether to listen to it or not. The only advice you should absolutely take from me is to learn about Hellenic Polytheism yourself from the historical sources (to understand the culture of Ancient Greece and how practice was traditionally done) and the myths (to understand the stories about the gods and any cults that stemmed from the mythology). You cannot learn about a religion from scrolling online all day, you need to try and put in the effort and time on your own to research.
This religion has rules that we need to follow btw, because it is orthopraxic, of course this is only one book to show an example but Jennifer Larson does reference many many people at the end of the essay
My notes on the screenshots in order
[ONE] The gods enforced orthopraxy, orthopraxy wasnât just in religion but the witchcraft ⌠also ritual pollution needs to be cleaned ⌠Also piety required orthopraxy meaning if you donât practice orthopraxy youâre actually indulging in impiety
[TWO] If you donât do something correctly youâre seen as untrustworthy not from just the people but the gods.
[THREE] Further proving orthopraxic practices were big in the community.
[FOUR] Piety and xenia, aka a part of orthopraxy.
[FIVE & SIX] The gods donât need anything from mortals further playing into practice > belief⌠orthopraxy
[SEVEN] Basically saying if you try to change A the domain of the god, like saying ares isnât the god of war, or B trying to change the idea of worship from Kharis to just because is wrong

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Chthonic & Chthonian Theoi
What is the difference, why does it matter?
I love the Nymphai & Pan, I love them so dearly.
Thatâs it, thatâs the post.