#psyche devotee

There’s something about walking through isles of a store and finding something that reminds you of your god. Or sitting down to write pages full of words detailing your love for them, giving them praises, talking about how they’ve helped you or how they’ve impacted your life. As a god, a friend, lover, sibling, or parental figure. Creating things in honor of them, dedicating pieces of art, finding silly things you just *know* they’d find hilarious, or helping others find their way to them just like you did.

Or finding them in everything you do.

I think about Hermes every time I’m writing, I think about Aphrodite every time I look in the mirror and bring myself to admire what I see, or how I think deeply about the type of love and devotion I’d want, my mind strays to Eros and Psyche. When I see and feel how much I hate certain emotions of mine, I think about how they can be expressed in healthy ways, and how I can lean on Dionysus and Ares without fear or judgement. When I feel the warmth of the sun on my skin, I think about our sun gods, and when the moon takes her rightful place in the sky, I think about our lovely moon goddesses. When a thunderstorm happens, I know I can say a bright hello to Zeus. When I’m doing house work with a frown, I know I can think of Hestia to make it a little less tiresome. When I’m clawing my eyes out because I can’t sleep, I know Hypnos will be by my side to make sure I can get a few restful hours.

Finished my eros and psyche art 🥺 turned out so cute. I’m going to work on animating the sparkles and her little butterflies in her hair

Goddess of the soul

I take requests for digital offerings

Lovely Psyche, goddess and guardian of the soul, I call to thee,

You are the embodiment of the essence of life, the core of what gives humans being,

Blessed Psyche, partner of Love, please protect me from ill energies, especially those caused by PTSD and bipolar disorder,

Cleanse me of any negative thinking, heightened emotions, and flashbacks and allow me the freedom to move in the world without fear.

Grant me the strength to work through these obstacles with your grace.

I pray for your favor and offer my praise to you.

Lady Psyche, whose beauty rivals any mortals, please look upon me with kindness and hear my prayers as I ask for your protection and strength.

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Lady Psyche: “You should do shadow work buddy!”

Me: “I made a gratitude list.”

Lady Psyche: “That’s great. What do you need to work past and why?”

Me: “Here’s another gratitude list.”

Lady Psyche: “Yes, I know you’re very grateful. We gotta dig deep here. Come on! You can do it!”

Me: “Gratitude list?”

Lady Psyche: “Okay, repeat after me. Shad-ow-work.”

Them ten seconds later: here’s a strawberry lollipop for you 💖

Psyche was not worshipped by the ancients, and as such has no historical festivals or holy days. This is how I personally like to worship her.

Daily

I wake up and bind my hair immediately. I then pray to all of my deities, including Psyche. When I pray to Psyche I mist myself and her altar with a lavender mist. Every night I invoke her as I write in my diary. Some mornings once I’ve prayed to her I’ll invoke her and perform dream interpretation.

Weekly

Psyche told me through divination that she would like me to worship her on Mondays. So on Mondays I wake up, rinse off in the shower to spiritually cleanse, bind and veil my hair, and do my usual prayer and mist. Then I leave an offering, usually a candle, and I perform a weekly check in. I do two tarot spreads, one to check in on our relationship and one to check in on any messages or lessons she has for me. That evening in addition to the diary, I write in a separate work and invoke her while I do shadow work.

Holy Days