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This is pure fearmongering. This never happens.

No doctor is comparing patients’ citizenship before providing care. Johnson is weaponizing hate to score political points.

Mike Johnson is gaslighting his gullible base.

I’ve been wanting to make something like this for a long while, and talking to my friend @olympianbutch today gave me the push I needed to do so. When I was starting out as a Hellenic Polytheist years ago, this is the kind of resource I needed. So I hope you all enjoy and find this helpful!

Introductory Reading:

Ancient Greek Religion by Jon D. Mikalson

Athenian Popular Religion by Jon D. Mikalson

Greek Religion by Jan N. Bremmer

On Greek Religion by Robert Parker

Hellenic Polytheism: Household Worship by LABRYS

Comprehensive Guides:

Greek Religion by Walter Burkert

Companion to Greek Religion edited by Daniel Ogden

Understanding Greek Religion by Jennifer Larson

Rethinking Greek Religion by Julia Klindt

The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion edited by Esther Eidinow and Julia Klindt

Polytheism and Society by Robert Parker

The Gods and Theology:

Ancient Greek Cults by Jennifer Larson

Theologies of Ancient Greek Religion edited by Esther Eidinow, Julia Klindt, and Robin Osborne

Underworld Gods in Ancient Greek Religion by Ellie Mackin Roberts

Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World (Routledge Series)

Offerings and Sacrifice:

Personal Experience and Materiality in Greek Religion by K.A. Rask

Singing for the Gods by Barbara Kowalzig

Smoke Signals for the Gods by F.S. Maiden

Sharing with the Gods by Theodora Suk Fong Jim

Primary Sources:

Theogony & Works and Days by Hesiod

The Homeric Hymns

The Orphic Hymns

Sources for the Study of Greek Religion by David Rice and John Stambaugh

Greek Religion: A Sourcebook by Valerie M. Warrior

More than that, even though people like to say "I read fic that's better than anything published!" that's... not widely true. Sometimes it is! But fic is a thing that can go up without editing, without any kind of checks. It can be bad and ungrammatical and typo-riddled and nonsensical, and that's okay! Because fic doesn't have to be in any way good! It's for pure experimentation and fun for the writer.

Traditionally published works, however, are meant to make money. They have multiple sets of trained eyes that try to make the final result the best it can be. Sometimes the final work falls short of that goal, sure, but there are steps to at least try to filter out some of the worst elements, which means you're ingesting and internalizing fewer bad habits, which is crucial when you're trying to figure out how to do this writing thing.

To reiterate, reading actual books means:

You're more likely to have solid examples to internalize during your own learning process.

You have greater scope to read original work that at least attempts to do new things you've never seen before.

You're reading works that have been vetted and refined multiple times by multiple people who do this for a living.

You're reading things made with the GOAL of being polished, deliberately crafted, enjoyable experiences (as opposed to fic, which can be dashed off and is for the writer, not the reader)

Anecdotally, reading a really good book has always made me feel creatively sated to the point that I then feel like I need to release some pressure via writing.

Question everything, and give yourself room to grow.

The other day I saw a post on my dashboard about the uses of eggs in magic. The post, seemingly meant for a general audience contained two appropriative elements: the mention of cascarilla and and instructions for limpia con huevo

First, cascarilla — at least in terms of witchcraft, religion, and spirituality — is not egg shell powder. Cascarilla is the Spanish name of a sacred ritual powder originally of West African origins that found its way into Afro-Diasporic and LatAm practices via the slave trade, most notably Santería. It became known as "cascarilla" because due to a lack of access to their native plants, enslaved West Africans in what is now Cuba had to use the cascarilla plant as a replacement. Yes, some modern cascarilla powders are made from egg shells. However, to say that cascarilla = egg shell powder is similar to claiming that smudging = smoke cleansing

Egg Cleansing (or alternatively Egg Testing) was culturally appropriated from Latines. Before anyone tries arguing: Yes "Egg Cleansings" do exist in other cultures. However, the "rub an egg on yourself, crack it into a glass of water, and 'read' it method that has become the "default" over the past several years is specifically Latine. We Latines have stated countless times that our method of Egg Cleansing — limpia con huevo — is closed. Limpia con huevo is more than just rubbing an egg on yourself, cracking it into a glass of water and reading it. It is often part of a larger ritual called "limpia" involving prayers, other forms of cleansing, and even the consumption of herbal remedies and other drugs. My own mother, who is from Mexico, has memories of seeing some limpias take days to complete. Limpia con huevo has only become the "default" method of Egg Cleansing because gringos (ie non-Latine white USAmericans) appropriated it from us

Woke up at 4:30 am just to find that we were robbed as my boyfriend was leaving for work and all of my boyfriend's tools have been stolen.

This is his job, our main source of income . How we feed our kid. There was about $3000 worth of tools in that bag that we need to replace by tomorrow so that he can at least go to work.he had to call in today bc of this. We had our electricity turned off on us at the beginning of the month. Bills are starting to pile. negative balance in my account. We're already hurting for money and this is just the icing on the cake. We're trying to remain positive for our child but shit shit shit this is the worst

I just got off the phone with insurance and they're treating it like it's our fault. Someone broke into our garage and yet it still our fault 🫠😵😵😵

Hopefully when we submit what was stolen to the police our insurance will change their tune a bit But police are saying that no one can come out to investigate for another 4 hours... So yeah they're about as useful as a spoon is to cut a steak at the moment

Ugh I just don't know what to do 😥

Please if anyone would like a paid reading or would like to purchase something from my shop, please order 🙏🙏 I'm on hands and knees at this point

Just like how you can read up on how to do wood working, and learn all the tools and techniques, at a certain point, you need to make your hands learn to actually do the things required to apply those tools and succeed at those techniques. It's the same with spells.

DO a luck spell.

"They told me I didn't know what I was messing with and that I absolutely needed to do more studying before I can do any spellwork!"

Do a Protection Spell.

"They told me that I couldn't do magic for petty needs and it's spiritual only, mundane reasons aren't good enough for magic! It's last resort only!"

Do a Money spell.

These are just a few ways that people tear down newbies doing spells that I've seen (and some even said to me, directly, when I was a newbie!). Newbies are just that - fucking new - so let's make sure that they have the confidence to do spells successfully.

Likewise, let me also offer "doing spells" without doing them.

Get you a paper towel roll or a toilet paper roll, you know the cardboard. That one? Okay, so just on the off chance anything goes wrongly, target that fucking paper towel / toilet paper roll for any of the spells you're practicing. And then walk through the steps of the spell. If the spell is like "get you some strings and knot them." Just take the two strings and touch them and drop them in front of you. If the spell says "Walk around saying these things" - just hum the "dun dun dun" / "wom wom wom" beat of the words. Don't say them, just doot doot doot the words. And walk through the spell how it goes physically. Even if it's a visualization. I want you to talk yourself how you'd do it. Okay Imma visualize me, right here, imma visualize myself okay, what outfit am I wearing? IDK. I'm wearing this one. Okay, then Imma visualize myself being surrounded by a big ol light *gestures in the space around where I'm pretending the visualization is going* just a big ol' light, just big ol, it's getting brighter I think, I think the light will be purple I guess. maybe it'll be fine. Okay, and then I'll visualize all the bad stuff bonking off the light and on to the floor.

NO I don't like that, because bonking and it's near me. So I will visualize instead anything that bonks into my purple light will immediately be ejected into the sun. just bonk to the sun, okay, through space. Gone. Bye. See you later, to the sun. It lands and explodes pew pew pew bye bad thing to the sun with you to burn forever. Play acting / practicing the movements the motions of a spell is not casting the spell. But it helps. It helps build confidence so that when you do the spell you know how you want to do it and why.

I am absolutely fucking serious. The original meme, without the big red denial, is someone's attempt to fucking kill people.

There is NO SAFE DOSAGE of pennyroyal oil. Even Mother Earth News says there's no reason to use pennyroyal essential oil for ANYTHING, even topically or as a fragrance, for fuckssake! That should give you some idea about how dangerous it is!

Pennyroyal tea, plant matter in hot water, is a traditional abortifacient. It is *incredibly* dangerous, induces abortion by bringing the body close to organ failure (and frequently pushing the system right over the edge, because dosage is impossible to meter), but I would drink a gallon of it before I took a half-teaspoon of pennyroyal essential oil.

Two teaspoons, taken across 48 hours, has successfully killed someone.

Three teaspoons taken as a single dosage killed the consumer within THREE HOURS.

There is NO SAFE DOSAGE! FOR PENNYROYAL OIL INTERNALLY! NONE!

There is no antidote for pennyroyal oil poisoning.

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.