Hearthfire Handworks
Wouldn’t It Be Nice?
Generally speaking, I am glad to be living in the 21st century. While I draw inspiration from the ancient world, I would not want to live there. I like being in a […]
Building with Old Lumber
This is a true story, but it is also an analogy. Many many years ago, my mom and dad built the house where I lived for eight years of my childhood. My […]
Greek Pagan Basics: Hints for Studying Religious Sources
When I say I’m a semi-reconstructionist, I mean to say that I draw heavily on historical, archaeological and literary sources in building my religious practice but don’t limit myself to those sources. […]
All I mean when I say I am a polytheist is this
Polytheism, as it happens, is basically a pretty simple concept. All it means, if you say you are a polytheist, is that you believe in and honor multiple gods. That is it, […]
Ethics: The Delphic Maxims
People often say that when it comes to ethics, all religions say basically the same thing. This isn’t exactly true (I only follow some of the Ten Commandments on a regular basis, […]
What Do They Want? Hints for the Headblind on Determining the Will of the Gods
I am, as I will freely admit, not a woo person. On the whole I am fine with this–from what I have observed, having an active godphone is not a thing that […]
Festivals: Theogamia
(I meant to post this earlier, at least before Valentine’s Day, but due to technical difficulties you are getting it today!) Hera Teleia and Zeus Teleius were honored in Athens on 27 […]
Hero worship
The practice of hero worship is not something that has spread widely among the modern Hellenic polytheist community, and this is not surprising. You occasionally see the honoring of “epic heroes” such […]
Devotions and Festivals, Intimacy and Community
One of the disadvantages of a solitary religious practice, for me, is the tendency to focus on–well, solitary religious practices! In saying that, I don’t mean to disparage solitary practice. I’ve always […]
Using Your Gifts for the Gods
There are many ways to honor the gods. Prayer, rituals, and offerings are the ones we think of most often; they are so very explicitly god-directed that it can be hard to […]
Multiple Gods, Multiple Practices
There is, I think, a misunderstanding among some polytheists about those who have connections with more than one group of gods–an assumption that unless you are focused on only one group, at […]
Happy New Year!
I want to wish you all a wonderful and blessed 2016. May the gods gift you with love and joy, passion and purpose, health and prosperity!