A few days ago, I was inspired to write a post about Kronos being involved in mystical experiences. In the act of swallowing his children he, in essence, gave them an experience of rebirth after a period of mystical incubation. I knew when I made the post that there was something relating to this which…
Over the past month I have been thinking a lot about Kronos. Specifically, I have been thinking about how he might relate to mystical experiences. Many mystical experiences start with being “reborn” in some way, and that got me to thinking about the stories surrounding Kronos and Rhea. The one that seems to “fit” for…
I saw this and was moved to ask the original poster (and writer) if he would allow me to share it here. It is for Apollon as patron of Trans youth…. I would venture to add his twin as well for young trans-women. Apollon, Protector of Young Transgender Men
There are multiple kinds of literacy. There is the type of literacy where a person is able to read and write just well enough to function in society. Most people manage to attain this, but don’t try to go any further. Another kind of literacy takes things somewhat farther. It is literacy that is founded…
When you are the only one of your three sisters to be a polytheist — as well as the only one who’s a mother — it can get “interesting” around the Winter Holy-days. One of my sisters is visiting for her school’s Winter Break, and we are visiting the churches we went to as children.…
I’ve been somewhat reluctant to post on what would potentially be a “controversial” issue in the wider world because of several reasons. First, I have very strong views on sexual harassment and assault because of personal experience. Second, I wanted to post in a measured way about the issue. Finally, I wanted to think about…
For people who have been following me for a while, I understand that it is unusual for me to “drop off the map” when I’m in the middle of a sequence of blog posts that go together. I apologize for this latest one with a bit of an explanation. For some reason, still unknown to…
The focus for today’s post is on common offerings made to Zeus, both historical and UPG. Some of these are relatively easy to do in the modern era, where others are less so. In general, incense is usually acceptable to the Theoi. Zeus is primarily offered storax according to several sources, both ancient and modern.…
Variations in how Zeus is viewed by various areas of Greece is something that is interesting to a lot of people. And this is reflected in the various myths that describe Him. The variations begin in the story of his birth, because Crete is where Zeus was raised from infancy, but other stories don’t describe…
This is the second of my “catch-up” entries and discusses Zeus’ epithets and titles. Because Zeus has SO MANY, I will be discussing only some of them. The reason for the large number is that many of them are regional epithets or titles, so in this post I will try to focus on some of…
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