#beginner hellenist

A prayer to Lady Aphrodite

praying for recovery, healing, and calm ♡

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To my Lady Aphrodite,

Feminine Embodiment of Love & Fertility,

Tendrils of Roses Blossoming at Your Feet

Your Heart One of The Purest,

Leaving Life Feeling Complete,

And no Longer Shattered

My Heart, Scarred, Lies Bittersweet

In Need of Restoration,

Might Just Heal in Your Company

May I Continue to Flourish,

Just Like The Climbing Rose,

Everlastingly, Determined Blooming,

Tendrils Reaching Up Until no Longer Meeting The Land

Before Bracing Itself Into Your Warm, Guiding Hands

Golden Fingers Stretch Across the Horizon,

Painting The Vast Surface Of The Ocean

With Glowing, Golden Hues,

Resembling a Glimpse of The Shining Hair

Cascading Down a Godly Picture of Divine Beauty

May I Heal, All of it Devoted to You

To The Calming Aura of The Sea, I Pray

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Like the other day I ordered a little statue of him for my altar. I get the package today and guess what? The package contained 16 of the same statue! I went back and checked my receipt-I was only charged for one but they must have somehow went me a whole pack of them by accident!

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☆ noticing the moon at night

☆ moonlight seaping in through the curtains

☆ seeing selenite/moonstone crystals

☆ small, white lights in the dark

☆ black yet sparkly fabrics

☆ monday evenings

☆ driving by a black and white or silver horse

☆ seeing my shadow outside at night

☆ finding silver things

☆ finding lotus flowers

☆ moonflower or lotus incense

☆ studying late at night

☆ drinking chamomile tea

☆ white flowers at night

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I love digital offerings as a hellenist, plus they're so simple and enjoyable to make !! here's a little list of things you could do with the usage of apps, websites and games :)

• Minecraft

I created an entire world on Minecraft for some of the goddesses, Aphrodite and Demeter. It's so symbolic, too, as you can add in all of the things associated with them—like their sacred animals, crystals, etc etc. And it fits any sort of gameplay, too! Survival gameplay, peaceful/creative gameplay, and even creative on a flat world where the entire world is just a canvas. Or it's fun to recreate landmarks in greek mythology !! Or make a skin based on them !! As you must pay for Minecraft, Boku Boku is a good 2D alternative, and I believe it's available on most mobile devices for me anyway :)

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• Dress To Impress

This is apart of the roblox hemisphere of games, lol. But its so fun going on freeplay mode and basing the outfit off of one of your deities, or even something symbolic to them. Or do a challenge playing in regular/pro/master servers or even style showdown where every fit has to have some symbolic meaning to your deity, no matter the theme.

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• Picrew

Go ahead and make them on picrew! There's lots of different picrew options, firstly. And as I've said with pretty much every option, make it instead something symbolic to them.

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• Pinterest

Pinterest boards are absolutely perfect for digital offerings !! There can be so many sections of it, too. Like altar inspo, things you want irl to offer to them, a board simply just of their aesthetic, and its a perfect digital altar as a whole. The best and most flexible option, in my opinion.

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• Tycoons

I'm speaking more of the behalf of more customisable Tycoons, sort of like Restaurant Tycoon 2 on roblox, not disney princess ultimate tycoon or whatever where it isn't as customisable. Customise everything with the vibe of that deity! I have an Aphrodite restaurant on Restaurant Tycoon 2 atm, ehehe.

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• Wattpad

This one is VERY flexible, so much so that it's hard to explain. And if you don't have wattpad or simply dislike it, then you can always use the notes app instead if you don't want to publish it. You could make an entire story based off of that deity, literally or symbolically—though that's quite a big thing, since you'll also be designing characters, writing, making whole plot points... the app Fortelling is also good if you want to get really into it. However, you could just also write poetry for the deities, or just prayers. It would also be nice to publish them for other hellenists or even just fans of greek mythology to observe :)

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• Gacha

Entering the gacha hemisphere of games, you could design characters or make a gacha devoted to a deity of yours !! And there's so many different apps too, though I recommend Gacha Life 2, as its very flexible with character design. I recommend Gacha Life (1) for the most simplicity, and Gacha Club for an in-between. Proud Gacha kid since 2018 ♡

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• The Sims

Also super duper flexible! Make a house based off of them, design a character based off of them or even one that worships them, so many possibilities!

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• Spotify, Apple music, YouTube music, and others

Music apps! Make a playlist for them, or just devoted to hellenism itself. There's also playlists already out there that you can listen to!

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And so, so many others !

I can't put the amount of digital offerings you can do into words! There's simply so many, but I will likely update this in the future to create an even bigger list. Comment more suggestions or scroll through them to find more ideas! ♡

I saw some really pretty roses today, the sun shined bright for me this morning, and before I went to bed, the sky was clear, and the moon was also looking down on me. Thank you, Lady Aphrodite, Lord Apollo, and Lady Selene ♡

One of the biggest things that has struck me so far is how little we have remaining from history when it comes to how Hades and Persephone were worshipped. I understand that worshipping Him was a bit taboo, but I’m surprised that I’ve struggled to find evidence of Her being worshiped in isolation from other gods. She’s usually with Demeter.

It seems to me that, other than in a few regions outside of Greece proper, Persephone was mainly worshipped in relation to her Spring aspect, not her role as Queen of the Underworld. I hope I can serve both aspects of her so she’s not limited in any capacity

I feel an urge to give them more of what they have historically been overlooked for: recognition and veneration. Of course there are some stereotypical elements that are associated with them, such as the pomegranate, but I’d like to find ways of acknowledging and praising them that are a bit more individual, tuned to my personal relationship with each of them, as those relationships develop. I think I’m getting stuck in my head and overthinking my struggle to come up with ideas of what to put on their altars, and am overthinking it.

With not as much historical evidence of practices and rituals as other gods may have, I’m going to rely a lot on my intuition and what I gleam from my interactions with them to guide me in what ways are best to venerate Them. I’d love to hear any suggestions you all have or any practices you’ve had experience with that are related! What actions/offerings do you think are appropriate here? I do have a background in history (not much Greek, though), so I do hope in my continued research I’ll find a practice or offering with historical precedence that I can adapt to todays world!