#hellenic pagan

Months of the Olympians

𓈒　 ₊Იੵׅᰍ　　　　𝓜orpheus 　　💭

💤  Μορφευς; Morpheus, Morpheus; Form, Shape (morphê)    greek; transliteration; latin spelling; translation 💤  domains    dreams, sleep. 💤  common offerings/devotional activities    edible: wine, water, bread, olive oil, bread, honey, fruit.    nonedible: poppy flowers, feathers (maybe dark), nighttime imagery, any animals/things that remind you of him, wing imagery, glow in the dark stars, dream journal, horns (ethically sourced).    devotional acts: dreamwork, reading, journaling about your dreams, make a playlist, meditate, study dream symbolism, practice lucid dreaming, draw him moths, butterflies or fire flies, set and stick to a sleeping routine, listen to classical music or sleep sounds. 💤  sacred things    n/a 💤  travel altar ideas    small dream journal, amethyst, lavender, letters to him, poppies, a vial of honey, dandelion seeds. 💤  Epithets   empty, master of dreams, winged, dark-winged, shaper of dreams, mildest of gods, balm of the soul, shaper of forms, dream giver, father of dreams. 💤  prayer            made by me         1st for good dreams   🐦‍⬛ Hear me, O dark-winged Morpheus, master of dreams, mildest of gods. Hear me, you who shapes dreams, you whose dark form blesses mortals, you whose gentle touch brings the dreamless the most elaborate of dreams. Hear me as I call upon you with respect and humility, bless me with sweet dreams and restful sleep. Grace me from Epiales’s harsh embrace, or from another dreamless night.

deity of the day!! sorry I haven't posted...

Instead, add to your life in honour of the Goddesses and Gods. Switch to 60% and up dark chocolate in honour of Queen Hera.

Every time you want to doomscroll social media like TikTok, sit with your journal and write.

Write/speak/communicate with your Deity when your "urges" are overwhelming. Be present, focus on the feelings "why". Ask your Deity for guidance.

Before acting on the feeling, give yourself 10 minutes to communicate with your deity and do something in their favour. Before going on TikTok, clean your house in honour of Lady Hestia. Before ordering fast food, check if you can cook something. Before checking Instagram or Pinterest, ask yourself what you want to find there.

Instead of using AI like ChatGPT to ask questions as they come up, write them down in a notebook. Please consider why you want to know and how it will help you. Then search for the answer, learn and understand. Learn in honour of Lady Athena.

If you're using Google, add "-ai" at the end of the search, so the automatic AI feature will not answer.

Always remember that AI is not reliable.

If you need something more active, do a workout in honour of Lord Ares, a yoga routine in honour of Queen Hera, or go for a walk & hike in honour of Lady Artemis.

If your answer as to why you need social media is community - go out, annoy your parents or siblings with stupid questions, make your roommate laugh, call your friends, message your online mutual.

Let yourself be vulnerable about needing social connections, let yourself be cringe, annoying and weird. Let people reject you and let yourself process that.

When you catch yourself doomscrolling, don't be mad at yourself. Don't let your anger ruin you. Instead, pause, close the app. Get your journal and write a letter to Lord Ares and explain your bad feelings about that. Then write to Lady Athena and write what you learn from that doomscrolling time, what you remember. Ask for guidance.

Make a list of your hobbies and a hobby basket, both easy accesible and VISABLE. A lot of the time, what you don't see doesn't exist.

When you catch yourself in a doomscroll, reach for your hobbies and make it a devotional time. Do a Sudoku for Lady Athena. Check on your knitting WIP for Lady Hestia.

To Aphrodite (Venus)

Orphic (Thomas Taylor, 1793)

Heaven-born, illustrious, laughter-loving queen, Sea-born, night-loving, of a lovely mien; Crafty, from whom Necessity first came, And every nature from thy secret frame; Of the great Gods, the parent, who dost bind All things in one, by thy all-conquering mind: All things are thine, and subject to thy will, And in thy hand the world’s whole order still.

Thee, blessed goddess, I invoke, all hail! With holy rites, and pure, I celebrate thy tale: Come, and with joy the sacred feast attend, And to thy mystics thy blest aid extend; And teach them, from their earthly cares to rise, And view the light of truth with holy eyes.

Proclean Hymn To Venus [Aphrodite]

O, queen, who dwellest in the starry skies, Mother of Love, and source of sweet desires, Whose soul-dissolving beauty, as it flies Around the world, with intellectual fires, Allures the Gods, and fills the heavenly quires; The source of union, and the bond of peace, That joins the mortal with the immortal race: All-various, many-named, with golden wings, Whose power the universe to order brings:

Hear, blessed goddess, and to me impart Thy sacred influence to my inmost heart; Banish the cares that on my bosom prey, And give my soul a share of heavenly day. Drive from my mind the passions of the earth, And give me wisdom, and celestial birth. And to the human race, thy gifts extend, And in their souls, a love of truth befriend.