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devotional moodboard for Hestia, goddess of the hearth
In thee the Gods have fixed their dwelling place; strong, stable basis of the mortal race. Eternal, much formed, ever florid queen, laughing and blessed, and of lovely mien.

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"I say the god [Dionysus] does not discriminate young dancers from old, that he craves honor from one and all alike, that no one - no one - is excluded from his worship."
- Euripides, "The Bacchae", translated by Herbert Golder
Dionysus Offerings/Devotional Acts
There'll be NSFW themes as he is the god of wine and ecstasy!
Offerings
Wine/Intoxication
Alcohol, specifically wine
Grapes
Wine corks
Wine glasses
Shot glasses
Goblets
Corkscrews
Sparkling cider
Grape flavored things
Cheese
Weed/hallucenigens
Nips (small alcohol bottles)
Bottle opener
Beer/soda tabs
Alcohol bottles with cool labels
Fruit/fruit seeds
Theater/Plays
Play/theater scripts
Play/movie tickets
Masks
Costumes
Nature
Pine cones
FennelÂ
Wildflowers
Fig/fig newtons
Ivy
Leopard/cheetah print
Honey
Bull imagery
Donkey imagery
Bones
Antlers
Dead/preserved animals
Hiking gear
Seeds
Dolphins
Depictions of big cats
Wheat
Barley
Ecstasy
Concert/festival tickets
Various drugs (use safely!)
Sex toys
Your favorite music
Misc.
Locks of hair
Shaven beard hairÂ
Pride swag
Extravagant clothes/clothes that make you feel good
Devotional Acts
Wine/Intoxication
Drink alcohol/get drunk
Go to a wine tasting
Make wine
Eat grapes
Trip intentionally/spiritually
Learn about substance abuse/recovery
Destigamtize drug users
Learn about harm reduction
Use drugs safelyÂ
Theater
Attend a play
Write a play/film/musical
Make home videos
Write poetry
Act
Dress up
Go to the movie theater
Nature
Go to the woods
Dance/sing in the woods
Meditate in the woods
Learn wilderness safety and first aid
Learn what to do when encountering a wild animal
Go off the beaten path
Explore new areas
Pick up litter
Forage
Recycle bottles
Grow fruit
Try new fruits
EcstasyÂ
Attend concerts/festivals
Attend/throw parties/celebrations
Have sex
Masturbate
Have threesomes/swing/whatever your in to
Finally give into that one kink youâve been repressing (you know the one)
Do drugs (responsibly)
Learn about consent/establish boundaries with partners
Death/Rebirth
Dionysus is a god of rebirth and resurrection. This association comes from his birth stories and has resulted in epithets like âtwice-born.â
Learn how to preserve dead animals
Learn about different life cycles (plants, animals, etc)
Learn about your ancestryÂ
Foreigners
Dionysus is also seen as a foreign god with unknown origins. He also traveled through and invaded India.
Learn about immigration in your area
Learn about different cultures
Try foreign foods
Learn a new language
Learn about your ancestryÂ
Help immigrants in your area
Misc.
Grow your hair out
Manifest/Keep a manifestation journal. Sexual/creative energy is linked and can be used to manifest
Shed your old self
Self-reflection/self-exploration
Identify areas where you may overindulge (food, substances, spending, etc.)
The Gods are not trans allies.
The Gods are not trans-friendly.
The Gods do not âsupportâ queer people.
The Gods ARE trans. The Gods ARE queer.
The Gods are transgender, They are transsexual. âTransâ means âbeyond, acrossâ.
The Gods are beyond gender. Beyond sex. Beyond flesh. Beyond normality and normsâ thus, They are queer. They are trans. They are on the other side of gender, of sexâ on the side we cannot even begin to understand.
The Gods are transsexual and transgender and queer not (only) within our human understanding of transnessâ They are not trans in the way we humans are trans.
But They are still trans. They are the original transness. The ultimate transsexuality.
Transness as a transition from a state to another state, from a form to another formâ from Their divine form to one we humans can behold without being consumed by Their inherent queerness. From Their divinity to words we humans can attempt to understand and think of without being utterly lost in the enormity and infinity of the divine.
Transness as a journey, a constant state of evolution within the worldâ evolution of the world itself, for the Gods are the world, are beyond time, beyond space, yet constantly changing.
The Gods do not love trans worshippers despite their transness, despite their queerness. The Gods love trans worshippers for their transness. They love us because we are trans. Because we are queer.
As we defy norms, we become closer to Themâ trans people are humans, mortals, but I firmly believe that there is something inherently holy in transition. To change yourself, to think the limits of the body and to alter your own flesh is to create, is to destroy. To understand how limitless the world isâ how flesh and sex and gender are human things, social things, that are made by us and can be expended and transgressedâ is to take a step towards the Gods.
The Gods love you. You are made in Their image. Or maybeâ you make yourself in Their image. And that is beautiful.
(reminder that this is my vision of divinity, not a definite fact, even if i think there are a lot of things (in multiple cultures/religions) that point to the divine being beyond gender)
Devoting things to Lady Aphrodite
Devoting my skin care to Lady Aphrodite,
Devoting taking care of myself to Lady Aphrodite,
Devoting doing my hair and makeup to Lady Aphrodite,
Devoting taking care of my body to Lady Aphrodite,
Devoting painting my nails to Lady Aphrodite.
Devoting things to Lady Aphrodite has helped me care for myself more, because I know she'd want me to take care of myself, because she cares for me.

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I love seeing peopleâs passion for their deities
I love seeing peopleâs eyes light up when their deities come up in conversation
I LOVE SEEING PEOPLE LOVING THEIR DEITIES đ
~ đˇ Witchy things you can do to honour yourself, your craft and your deities! đˇ ~
~ đˇ This will be a long post! đˇ ~
- Spend time in nature (go hiking, meditate outdoors, collect some river water, make some sun water, plant something etc)
- Interact with your pets (example, dogs are often associated with Hekate so you could play with them or take them on a walk etc.)
- Donate to a shelter or charity in the name of your deity.
- Create a protection charm to add to your dog or catâs collar. Our companions need protection sometimes too!
- Do your self-care as an act of devotion to yourself and your deity (you could do your skincare as devotion for Aphrodite for example.)
- Have a cleansing bath or shower. You can create a pouch full of cleansing and protective herbs to use.
- Make a piece of artwork for your deities. It could be a painting, clay vase, etc.
- Make a playlist of songs that give you positive energy or remind you of your deity.
- Make a journal or scrapbook about the things you love about your craft to remind you why you are practising.
- Do a daily card pull in the morning. This can be to see how your day will go or what you should be focusing on etc.
- Stir intentions into your drink in a morning (anti-clockwise to remove negativity, clockwise to bring in positivity. You can also say what you wish to manifest for that particular day. You may need an extra boost of inspiration for example.)
- Do some spell work with your deity. Ask them to give you aid with it or to protect you whilst you are doing it.
- Consider enchanting an item. It could be jewellery, a plant, a decorative item in your home etc.(If you would all like, I can make a post of how I personally like to enchant objects.)
- Tidy up your home. This one may seem a bit odd but please read my explanation as to why it is important to take care of your home. Different rooms in your home can be associated with different parts of your life. If you want to manifest something in part of your life, You need to take care of your home in order for your manifestation to work. Your kitchen is connected to your health and health of your household. Your bathroom is connected to your finances and the flow of finances in your household. Your bedroom is connected to the happiness and prosperity of your romantic relationships. Your living room is connected to your relationships with your friends and family.
- Learn how to read candles. Candles are commonly used as an offering to deities and for manifestation workings but sometimes you can have other entities trying to communicate with you via the candle flame. I personally have had ancestors messing about with candles, Not just deities.
- Use colour magick associations when picking out your outfit for the day. For example black is most commonly used as a protection colour.
~ đˇ Want me to make a part 2? Lemme know below đˇ ~
at the off chance someone is out there thinking this: your deities won't think you're "too much" for being passionate about them. just because someone or some people have called you this, means nothing regarding your worship of deities. your passion is welcome. your presence is welcome. your devotion is welcome. your worship is welcome.

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Got to visit the Parthenon in Nashville while on vacation and it was one of my favorite stops! Just seeing to scale replica sent chills through my body and I stared at the statue of Athena forever trying to soak in all the details
Create your own mythology
No seriously
The poets of our mythology worshipped these deities too, if they create it why can't you?
Recognize the symbolism of the gods, recognize the symbolism of these tales. I consider my play of my dnd character Saix to be a devotional act to Hypnos, as he was a cleric to Remnus(God of Sleep), and ended up taking the role of sleep god for Himself. Do not be too strict, for the symbols of the Gods are fluid in their interpretation.
They will love what you do to literature that features them, even if it may put them in an "evil" light, in hellenism there isn't pure good or evil, only balance
To add on to this wonderful piece:
I didn't have the time or the safety to avidly read mythology when I first started, and sometime into my practice I had realized - you more or less do not need it. I see it as - it was once UPG. And technically speaking, you too can create mythology of your gods. They won't see it as disrespect - they enjoy you're doing your own forms of worship. That you're having fun with it. Because it shows a piece of you, a piece of them, and a piece of you two together. Which is beautiful.
Giving them their own symbols, their own associations, epithets, and so on. In my experience, it can even bring you that much closer and have that much more of a personalized relationship with that deity.
You can of course use the already documented mythology readily available as much as you want, there's nothing wrong with that; but there's always so much more information to be learned about our beloved gods. What was true for the people that had written all their mythologies may not be true for you, and a part of the joy in deity work is learning about them in your own style, if that makes sense haha. Expanding your perspective on your deities is a wonderful experience for the both of you. For all the good, bad, and in between.
Everyone has a different take on deities, and some of the information about them will be lost to time. Lost at the bottom of seas or buried in books that hold unreadable languages in them. Deities are infinite creatures, epitome of nothingness and the absolute of everything - there's always something to learn, always something you may not ever see online or through another devotee - their histories, their human lives if they had any, their entireties are complex. And searching with your deity to find out that lost, unknown, or underrated/mis-worded information they may allow you to figure out with them creates such a strong bond between you two, in my opinion.
I associate Hera with butterflies and Zeus with mint. I donât think these are historical associations. But they are mine.
Personal Associations are fun! Many donât realize but Hypnos never originally was associated with Lavender as that wasnât well known for sleep in Ancient Greece(instead for healing wounds), thatâs more of something over time we added as we associated it with sleep
Unpopular Opinion Time
The doodle you make or the picrew you use, the poorly executed poetry or basic bare bones prayer will ALWAYS be better than AI generated offerings.
I am sick of having my feed flooded with practitioners, pagans and other polytheists using AI. Specifically deities like Brigid should never be offered AI in my opinion, itâs essentially a slap in the face.
AI generated spells arenât shit, itâs what a computer assumes will work based off of what it can gather from internet trends and research. MAKE IT YOURSELF, ask a human for help anything but AI.
There is no place for Artificial Intelligence in these spaces.
a reminder to all the helpols, something i need to remember too; it's okay to not be able to worship and pray properly every single day, the gods will keep you in their blessings as long as you keep them in your hearts
Things to Watch Out For in Hellenic Polytheism (WIP)
I decided to write this after reading Timothy Jay Alexanderâs old homophobic statements. Here are some tips for what to look for in sketchy people in Hellenic Polytheism and Hellenismos - I hope they are helpful!.
Talk of restoring our religion to its ârightful placeâ
An âethnicâ or âracialâ focus to their worship
Focus on having and rearing children with the same religion (ie., indoctrination to force continuation of our faith)
Calls for violence
Labeling people who ask for basic respect or rights as whiny, etc.
Saying our faith is superior to any other
Fixation on hatred for monotheistic religions
Bigotry
Claiming that a big event is coming, or that they themselves are important to some big scale cosmic event
Using free speech as a âget out of jailâ card for any bigotry
Insisting on calling oneself a polytheist instead of a pagan
Appropriation or tokenization of non-neo pagan or non-pagan religions (i.e. Hindu, Shinto, etc.)
Refusal to take criticism
Refusal to use accessible language
For Twitter, check who they follow. Even self-proclaimed âliberalâ or leftist accounts often follow fash. Confronting them on these accounts is helpful especially in gauging their reaction to fascism. If theyâre a decent person theyâll be disgusted and unfollow the fash, if theyâre not so great they might snark at you or something.
Elitism and pretentiousness, âIâm better than you no matter what I doâ mindset
Condemnation of animal sacrifice
Claiming to be oppressed for being pagan
Insisting that Greek paganism be called âDodekatheismâ
Refusing to do or read any research; becoming defensive when someone tells them their claims are unfounded or their sources are unreliable
Claiming ancestry is necessary to practice Hellenismos (or Hellenic Polytheism etc.)
Refusal to acknowledge or address White Supremacists in their friend circles (goes with the who theyâre following point)
Charging prices for research
People claiming to be oracles or incarnations of deities (the former warrants serious critical thinking, the latter is hubristic).

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Hellenic polytheism - free (and reliable!) resources
Updated 23 February 2022
The Homeric Hymns: http://www.theoi.com/Text/HomericHymns1.html       Â
The Homeric Hymns, translated by Apostolos N. Athanassakis are also available to read online for free:Â
https://archive.org/details/homerichymns00homeÂ
https://archive.org/details/homerichymns00atha
https://archive.org/details/homerichymns0000unse
The Orphic Hymns: http://www.theoi.com/Text/OrphicHymns1.html
The Orphic Hymns, translated by Apostolos N. Athanassakis:Â Â https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780891301196
The Delphic Maxims: https://www.scribd.com/document/186693295/Delphic-Maxims
Many other primary sources from ancient Greece can be found in English translations at theoi.com, which is a fantastic resource for information about the Theoi.
Modern prayers to the Theoi:
Hearthstone: https://greekpagan.com & https://greekpagan.tumblr.com/ Note: downloads of Hearthstoneâs two books of Hellenic prayers can be purchased at https://www.etsy.com/shop/HearthfireHandworks
winebrightruby:Â https://winebrightruby.tumblr.com/devotional
Some of the best and most essential sources to start with - and for continuous reference, in my opinion:
Adam, John. The Religious Teachers of Greece. Clifton, New Jersey: Reference Book Publishers, Inc, 1965. https://www.giffordlectures.org/lectures/religious-teachers-greece
Adkins, Lesley and Adkins, Roy A. Handbook To Life In Ancient Greece https://archive.org/details/handbooktolifein00adki
Betegh, Gabor. Greek Philosophy and Religion. https://www.academia.edu/4990433/Greek_Philosophy_and_Religion
Burkert, Walter. Greek Religion https://archive.org/details/greekreligionarchaicandclassical
Angelos Chaniotis, âThe Life of Statues of Gods in the Greek Worldââ Kernos [Online], 30 | 2017, posted on October 01, 2019. URL : http://journals.openedition.org/kernos/2492 ; DOI : https://doi.org/10.4000/kernos.2492
Dignas, Beate, and Kai Trampedach, eds. 2008. Practitioners of the Divine: Greek Priests and Religious Figures from Homer to Heliodorus.Hellenic Studies Series 30. Washington, DC: Center for Hellenic Studies. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.ebook:CHS_DignasB_and_TrampedachK_eds.Practitioners_of_the_Divine.2008
Dillon Matthew. âHousehold, Families and Womenâ in Kindt, J. Eidinow, E. (eds) The Oxford Handbook of Religion in the Ancient World, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2015. https://www.academia.edu/7974646/HOME_AND_HEARTH._THE_CLASSICAL_GREEK_EXPERIENCE_OF_DOMESTIC_RELIGION_in_Kindt_J._Eidinow_E._eds_The_Oxford_Handbook_of_Religion_in_the_Ancient_World_Oxford_University_Press_Oxford_2015
Furley, WIlliam D. and Jan Maarten Bremer. Greek Hymns: Selected Cult Songs from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period. Part One: The texts in translation.Tßbingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2001. https://www.mohrsiebeck.com/uploads/tx_sgpublisher/produkte/leseproben/9783161586552.pdf
Garrett, Jan. Did Socrates âTeach New Deitiesâ? Or: Homerâs Gods, Platoâs Gods  http://people.wku.edu/jan.garrett/pgods.htm
Hesiod. Theogany  https://www.theoi.com/Text/HesiodTheogony.htmlÂ
Hesoid. Works and Days https://www.theoi.com/Text/HesiodWorksDays.html
Kearns, Emily. The Nature of Heroines in The Sacred and the Feminine in Ancient Greece edited by Sue Bundell and Margaret Williamson, Routledge, 1998. pp. 96-110. http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic1500680.files/kerns%20nature%20of%20heroines.pdf
Kindt, Julia. âPersonal Religion: A Productive Category for the Study of Ancient Greek Religion?â The Journal of Hellenic Studies, vol. 135, 2015, pp. 35â50., www.jstor.org/stable/44157346
Kitts, Margo. Whatâs Religious about the Iliad? Religion Compass 7/7 (2013): 225â233, 10.1111/rec3.12050 Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2013. https://www.academia.edu/5744383/_Whats_religious_about_the_Iliad_Religion_Compass_7_7_2013_225_233_draft_version_
Koutoupas, A. âThe Meaning of Reciprocity in Ancient Greek Religion.â https://www.academia.edu/12126893/The_Meaning_of_Reciprocity_in_Ancient_Greek_Religion
Meyer, Marvin.The Ancient Mysteries: A Sourcebook: Sacred Texts of the Mystery Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean World  https://archive.org/details/ancientmysteries0000unse_p7i2
Morford, Mark, P.O., Lenardon, Robert J. and Sham, Michael. âThe student companion to Classical Mythology, Tenth Editionâ: https://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780199997329/
Otto, Walter.The Homeric Gods https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.4448/page/n5/mode/2up
Petrovic, Andrej, and Petrovic, Ivana. âIntroductionâ in Inner Purity and Pollution in Ancient Greek Religion Vol I. https://www.academia.edu/30262742/Introduction_in_Inner_Purity_and_Pollution_in_Ancient_Greek_Religion_Vol_I
Pirenne-Delforg, Vinciane and and Francesca Prescendi. Feeding the gods? Sacrifice and representation of the divine.  https://books.openedition.org/pulg/1604
Rask, K.A. âDevotionalism, Material Culture, and the Personal in Greek Religion.â  https://journals.openedition.org/kernos/23
Seznac, Jean.The Survival of the Pagan Gods: The Mythological Tradition and Its Place in Renaissance Humanism and Art, Princeton University Press, 1953. Chapter One, pp. 11-36. http://people.bu.edu/bobl/paganchristian.pdf
Smith, William. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities John Murray, London, 1875. Articles on Greek and Roman religion, including divination, festivals, funerals, magic, priestly officers, and rituals: https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA/Religion/home.html
Von den Hogg, Ralf. âImages and Prestige of Cult Personnel in Athens between the Sixth and First Centuries BCâ in Practitioners of the Divine: Greek Priests and Religious Officials from Homer to Heliodorus, edited by Kai Trampedach, and Beate Dignas. Kolloquium. pp 107-141 http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/propylaeumdok/2166/1/vdH_Images_Prestige_2008.pdf
Webster, Michael. Reading Hesiodâs Theogany. 2005.  https://faculty.gvsu.edu/websterm/Hesiod2.htm
Webster, Michael.
Ways of Interpreting Myths
. 2005. Â
https://faculty.gvsu.edu/websterm/ways.htm
Weddell, Poly. Touching the Gods: physical interaction with cult statues in the Roman world. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/555/1/Touching_the_Gods.pdf?DDD3+
Whitmore, Emily. Personal Religion in ancient Greece. https://www.academia.edu/8729313/Personal_religion_in_ancient_Greece
Woodward, Roger D. The Cambridge Companion to Greek Mythology https://archive.org/details/TheCambridgeCompanionToGreekMythology/page/n1/mode/2up
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Find more information at my Masterpost of Resources for Hellenic & Roman Polytheism:Â https://honorthegods.tumblr.com/masterpost
Please feel free to ask me questions or contact me about books/articles on specific topics related to ancient Greek religion and modern Hellenic polytheism!
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