I live in a country that is increasingly polarized. One side of the divide is very much where I would like to see us going, but the other side is often the more vocal. It is this vocal side that creates much of the hostility that I see towards the polytheistic and/or pagan religions. It…

The Delphic Maxims tell us that we should “Intend to get Married” (or “Marriage is sweet” in another translation). That Maxim does not say that we should only have “One-man, One-woman” marriages. In point of fact, the Greeks of the time that the Maxim was probably carved on the portico of Apollo’s temple were often…

In the United States the Supreme Court is expected to rule on same-sex marriage within the next few days and so-called “Conservative” Christian groups have said that if the court rules in favor of same-sex marriage that they will defy on the grounds that “Natural Moral law” trumps human law. Plato speaks to this in…

What would you say to a God (or Titan in this case) who suffered SPECIFICALLY because of giving gifts to humanity? Would you classify him as a “savior”? Prometheus was punished by Zeus because he helped humanity keep the meat of the offering as a means of survival AS WELL AS for his gift of…

The BBC posted an article recently about The Greeks who worship the ancient gods and one of the things that was mentioned was the Prometheia festival. This is definitely something that is part of what I will be doing in the next couple of days… Why? Because, in part, it is a way to connect with my…

Many Ethnic religions have a belief in land spirits and house spirits. Hellenic Polytheism is no different although many people do not have a relationship with these daemons. Yes, we are to have relationships with the Theoi and have those relationships be important factors in our lives. However, we are in an intimate relationship with…

Today is Father’s Day in the United States, (where I live) and I am reminded of more than just my PHYSICAL father who was a Greek Orthodox priest.   I am also reminded of the Fathers that we all have on the SPIRITUAL plane. I look to Poseidon and Zeus for examples of Gods who…

Last year I did a project where I blogged about one of the Delphic Maxims each day until I had blogged about all 147 of them. Trying to LIVE the lessons of the Maxims is something that I have been trying to do ever since. “Know Yourself” is one of the hardest to live, yet…

Father of Gods and Men — This is an interesting title for the King of the Gods. This is because many people only see Zeus as the Lord of Storms and wielder of the lightning. They do not see the father, they see the “infidelities”. They do not see that Zeus is as much a…

This past week the virtue of appreciation has been emphasized in my life because of another person. They are literally having to sleep on the floor of a friend’s home but are so appreciative of having even THAT that they are willing to do almost anything to help out the one that gave them that…