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Statue d'Hermès (Mercure), par Rossend Nobas.

“Why do you need to bring politics into Hellenismos?”

And... I... okay.

Are we talking about the same Hellenismos?

Our religion is political. In fact, modern politics is largely born of our religion! The word “politics” is from an ancient Hellenic word!

We have an (Athenian) festival literally called Demokratia celebrating the gift of democracy from the theoi. Almost all, if not all, Olympians are law, war, justice, or order deities.

Did you forget the Delphic Maxims? The ones that say “Obey the law,” “Be ruled by justice,” “Judge incorruptibly,” and “Die for your country”?

There isn’t such a thing as “bringing religion into Hellenismos.” Hellenic Polytheism is political. Removing the politics is, in itself, a political choice. And frankly, being apolitical is both a mark of privilege and fairly opposite to how Hellenismos functions. How do you honor Zeus, the King of Gods, the god of justice and law and civil order, and choose not to have that be political?

Frankly, if you don’t want politics in your religion, find different gods.

Historically Sacred Items/Offerings to each of the Ouranic Theoi! I made this for my Hellenic polytheism group on discord, so I thought I’d share this information with all of you as well.

All information has been taken from theoi.com as well as various historical books on the gods, and I have decided to make this powerpoint so that other people don’t have to sift through all the pdfs and books themselves.