Before I begin with my thoughts on the Goddess Eris, I would ask that you read the following from Hesiod: Hesiod, Works and Days 11 ff (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or C7th B.C.) : “It was never true that there was only one Eris (Strife). There have always been two on earth. There is…
Yesterday, I went to donate platelets and plasma at my local blood bank. I used this as a devotion to Asclepius and Apollo because of their roles as Healer Gods in the Hellenic pantheon. These are the basic criteria that my blood bank uses — Blood Donation Eligibility . It is especially important since less that…
The Christian Bible has an interesting verse in Second James 2:26 — For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. And with the current political climate in the United States, the verse is also applicable to those of us who follow the various polytheistic religions. Earlier this week,…
There have been a lot of things that have been happening in the United States and around the world that, especially in the realm of social activism, have been pointing to a period of “troubled times”. One blogger that I read quite a lot is referring to it in terms of the Tarot card “The…
The past few days have had me wondering about the things we leave our children with. Not just the physical objects, but also the lessons that we teach them. There seems to be a huge interest in the material world as shown by the commercials on our television sets, which are also engaged in wars…
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