#eris devotee

★ Touching someone's altar w/o permission is so fucking disrespectful and if one does touch another's altar it's not their job to protect you from their spirits should they be offended.

★It's completely morally justifiable to ⚰️ curse a sexual abuser. Same thing goes with those who abuse children and animals. If you kick a docile animal you will be fed to the Wolves 🤗

★There's no such thing as "beginner", "intermediate", or "advanced" deities. The gods come to whosoever they please at whatever stage of their craft they're in. Classifying deities in a tier from most difficult to least difficult is a really limiting mortal way to describe immortal beings. They (the gods) are as amicable as they choose to be, and that varies from person to person, especially if they're the one coming to the practitioner first. I know someone was saying that Eris was sadistic and almost downright malicious and shouldn't be worked with by beginners, meanwhile I've known Her for longer than I've been a witch.

★Generational witches aren't any more powerful than non-generational witches. Witch blood is in everyone, and coming from a lineage of practitioners doesn't make you special. It just means that you already have connections that others may not. What makes the witch is the time and effort and rigor put into a practice, not the heritage of a practice.

★It's completely okay to hex and curse inside of your home, just make sure you have protections put in place and maybe employ a spirit to make sure that any lingering or residual energy from your baneful workings is purified or dispersed before it becomes a problem.

★If you don't respect and preserve nature, you're not a witch and you need to gtfo. Witchcraft, no matter the witchcraft practice, is nature based first and foremost. Becoming a witch also means becoming a keeper of the Earth. If you're actively and maliciously destroying it you're a problem and you will NEVERR be that bitch.

★Worshipping a love god but hating queer people? Fuck off. You're horrid. You need to work more closely with that love god because you're missing an important message. Like seriously, if I see one more TERF idolizing Aphrodite's energy I'm going to be pissed tf off cus tell me you don't know Her mythology without telling me you don't know Her mythology. Aphrodite Ourania is THE patron goddess of homosexual love. Aphrodite joined with Hermes to create Hermaphroditus, a god who's literally and canonically INTERSEX. Don't piss me the fuck off.

Again, this post is more correspondence and resource heavy than anything. You can find Her myths fairly easily. The best texts for that are the Theogony, Works and Days, and The Iliad.

Other resources on Eris include:

Principia Discordia by Malaclypse the Younger (did I spell that right?)

Theoi.com (though I didn't find that resource very helpful)

Wikipedia

I know that's not a lot, but she's kinda an obscure goddess. You just gotta like- go your own way. I believe in you diva, trust.

Crystals:

Crazy Lace Agate, Onyx, Obsidian, Pyrite, Bloodstone, Red Jasper, Black Tourmaline.

Herbs/Plants:

Apple, Wormwood, Poppy, Belladonna, Orris Root, Mugwort, Cinnamon, Clove, and ps*chdelics.

This goes without saying, but PLEASE x999 use the last one VERY x999 responsibly and adhere to your federal and local laws and guidelines. The goddess of chaos would like you to be safe, and so would I 🫶🏾

Incense and Resins:

Myrrh, Dragon's Blood, Cinnamon, Frankincense

Tarot Cards:

The Tower (duh) , The Fool, Seven of Swords, Death, The Chariot (it's said that she escorted Typhon into battle w/ Zeus. It's also said that she's the charioteer of Ares)

Music:

Charli xcx (especially Brat)

Angry Classical

Wtv else you can think of cus I'm drawing blanks rn- usually I listen to music more with Lord Lucifer :-)

Animals:

Wasps, Ravens, Honey Badgers, Magpies, Boars, Snakes, Black Cats.

Celebrations:

None in ancient times, but in modern times I like to think if the fifth day of the month as Hers. Apparently it's when vengeful chthonic spirits come to collect the debt of malefic mortals or something. It doesn't have to be anything big tho. Just make sure she knows you're thinking of her :)

Colors:

Red, Black, Gold, Purple, Grey

For us humans, the Dark is a place where we have to work despite the detriment to our vision. However, without vision, our hearing sharpens. We feel the slightest shifts in the winds. Our heart pounds in our ears, our intuitive knowing takes precedence over the rational mind. We are allowed to decenter what we're used to knowing and doing so that we may explore and discover what we need to know and do.

I know it is common to make Darkness evil due to the things that happen in it, but bad things also happen in broad daylight. As we would say in psychology, "correlation does not equal causation."

Darkness is simply the absence of light. As in most if not all things, it is a duality. Light and Dark. Masculine and Feminine. Life and Death. Fire and Water. Saint and Sinner. Hot and Cold. Logic and Instinct. Pure and Impure. Overworld and Underworld.

Just because the Darkness is harder to understand and make peace with does not mean that it's evil. It means that it's raw, authentic, and here to challenge what you think you know so that you can grow as a person.

The Dark is scary, yes. But have we considered that it's supposed to be? Fear is one of the most universal emotions for a reason. It's part of the reason entire species have evolved. It's the reason you're alive today. Fear keeps us living, breathing, knowing when to fight and when to take flight. It is an essential teacher and safeguard in the mortal experience.

Let us stop villainizing the Darkness. Let us learn from it. Open your ears, quiet your breath, let your instincts speak to you as the Sun dips below the horizon and the forest comes alive. Confront your shadow. Allow the divinites that operate in the darkness guide you.

Lucifer, Eris, Lilith, Hekate, The Morrigan, Nyx, Erebus, Azazel, Azrael, Osiris, Ereshkigal, Thanatos, Hades, Persephone, Samael, Loki, Rān, Set, and all the others who have been victim to the notion that what's dark is evil and what's evil is dark. They're not here to scare you, per se (although some might). They're here to show you what you couldn't have known without the absence of light.

If anything, this post is mainly going to be about Her personality and other novel little things about Her that I've learned over the course of the year and four months we've known each other. If you want to know her correspondences and offerings and whatnot, I have a post from a few months ago about that. Here's the link.

Before that, though, dear Anon, I recommend reaching out to Her via guided meditation for the first time. I used the first one I linked below

If you're not looking for guided meditations to meet Eris/meditate on Her energies, you can skip this entire section and read what I've written past the videos.

Now, a year and four months ago, that was the ONLY Eris meditation on YouTube. Trust me, I checked. However, it seems that there have been MORE UPLOADED (YAYAYAYAYAYA). I haven't tried any of them, but I'll link them here.

This one is three minutes. Don't use this one for the first contact.

That was a lot, huh? Now for the fun stuff!!

Though, I feel the need to express that Eris is the goddess of chaos, strife, discord, and entropy. She isn't to be taken very lightly, and I describe Her personality a certain unserious way because that's just the nature of our relationship with each other.

Her Personality: CUNTY, Wily, Sassy, Humorous, Wise, Mischievous, Teasing. If I had to describe it in emoji form it would be 💅🏻💁🏻‍♀️👯🏻‍♀️🍎♏️🍾🏛👑✨️🎭. She gives quintessential Scorpio energy.

She does possess a duality. Sometimes I get the very unserious "let's laugh and dance" joyful and mischievous, almost youthful Eris. Other times, She really does embody the primoridial force of entropy that She is and shit gets serious very quickly. Like- I'll be calling Her up and She isn't as lively. Her presence is quieter, less obvious. And She doesn't laugh. It's like when you walk up to the fun teacher's desk expecting them to be in friend mode but they look up and you realize they're in teacher mode instead and now it's serious and not fun anymore 😬

I don't say that to fear monger, She's only ever purposely scared me once, and that was when I left a whole bunch of shit on her altar because I was trying to cover it up from my parents. She yelled at me and I deserved it but I explained why I left Her altar messy and She forgave me.

If you're not sick of me yet we can talk about some Dos and Do Nots

DO:

BE CONSISTENT AND SHOW UP FOR HER WEEKLY IF NOT DAILY

Ask Her questions you have about Her. Who better to ask than the goddess Herself?

Cry at Her altar. Offer your pain and sadness and especially your rage to Her.

Give Her offerings

Talk to Her at least twice a month. Thrice a week is better, as much as you can is best. She's not going to get tired to talking to you, like a mortal would. At least, She hasn't tired to talking to me yet 😼

Bake for Her!! She likes it.

Sow harmless chaos in Her name. Be mischievous diva.

Renounce the oppressors. Boycott. Duh.

Meditate with Her!

Work out in devotion to Her (if your bodily conditions allow you to do so 🫶🏾)

Sacrifice your bullies and abusers to Her. I'm being deadass. She came to me in a time of strife when I was dealing with almost daily homophobia at school. I fed her the names of the people who picked on me and they didn't bother me again xoxo

Do the hard things!! Even! When! You're! Tired! That being said, it's okay to rest, please don't teeter on the edge of burnout. However, if you've been bedrotting for hours maybe you should like- do something (I'm calling myself out). She seriously respects and appreciates grit and determination. She is a warrior/war goddess, after all.

DO NOT:

Make promises you can't/won't keep

Ask Her to do the hard stuff for you. Will She do it with you? More than likely yes. For you? More than likely no.

Stress over being accurate in modern worship as it compares to Her worship in antiquity. She wasn't even really worshipped in Ancient Greece, and I assure you She probably doesn't care about tradition. Just do what works and what feels good.

Let Her altar (of you have one for Her) fall into disarray

Stress over being "worthy enough" or "proving yourself"

Act spineless and feeble. It's okay to be tender, sensitive, and to cry. Just don't act helpless and afraid 24/7. She respects assertion, determination, courage, dedication, strength, and kindness.

Neglect to talk to Her for weeks on end (Calling myself out again)

Okay that's all I got for Do and Do Not.

now let's talk about some other stuff. I feel like Eris is slept on in certain areas. She's a war goddess, the embodiment of chaos, strife, discord, and entropy, but she's also great for other things. I'll list them.

(Metaphysical) Transmutation

Shadow work. She's a Dark goddess

(Metaphysical) Invisibility

Easing anxiety

Taking chaotic forces OUT of your life

Having fun!!!

Trickery. She's a Trickster goddess.