To Hestia on Thanksgiving Goddess of the Hearth, Today I thank you for bringing the family together around the hearth. I thank you for the food you have helped me to create.  I thank you for the time spent with those I live with and those I love who are not with me. I ask…

The Horai — Eunomia (Good Laws), Eirene (Peace) and Dike (Justice) are the daughters of Themis and Zeus. As the children of the King of the Gods and the Titan Goddess of divine law and natural order and the sisters of the Morai (Fates) they have the jobs of helping us maintain our social structures…

#43. To the Seasons incense — aromatic herbs Seasons, daughters of Themis, daughters of Lord Zeus, Eunomia and Dike and Thrice-Blessed Eirene, pure spirits of spring, of blossoming meadows, you are found in every color, in all scents wafted by the breezes. Ever-blooming, revolving, and sweet-faced, O Seasons, you cloak yourselves with the dew of…

80. To Boreas incense — frankincense Freezing Boreas, your wintry breezes make the world’s lofty air quiver,  come from the snowy Thrace! Dissolve the rebellious alliance of clouds and moist air. turn the water to rushing drops of rain, bring fair weather everywhere brighten Ether’s face as the sun’s rays shine upon the earth, This…

XXII. TO POSEIDON I begin to sing about Poseidon, the great god, mover of the earth and barren sea,  the sea-god who is lord of Helikon and broad Aigai.  O Earth-shaker, two-fold is your god-given prerogative, to be a tamer of horses and a savior of ships. Hail, Poseidon, black-maned holder of the earth! Have…

Recently there have been a number of blog posts on the subject of animal sacrifice. Predictably, some are in favor of the practice and others against. My thought is that if sacrifice of any kind is not practiced with reverence to the Gods/Land Spirits then it is not true sacrifice. If it does not not…