Honoring Hermes: A Personal Technique

hermes-is-my-homeboy:

kishikeahi:

echoinemptyspace:

If you’re anything like me you live in your car. From work to
school to various other obligations, life eats away at my time. As I have lost time to worship more
formally, I found ways to honor Hermes that fits very easily in my
day to day life.

• Singing songs with verses and lyrics in another language.
  Singing it passionately and as horribly as I am wont to do. Laughing at myself
  and having fun doing it.
• When driving, singing with gusto and gestures to music. Not
  caring about other’s seeing my fun concert in my car. You will be surprised how
  many people actually smile and laugh seeing such a silly thing.
• Taking a different route to my destination if I have the
  time.
• Shamelessly sending funny memes and pictures to my friends
  in our conversations. If it only amuses me and Hermes it is worth it.
• Star gazing and finding constellations I know as I am
  walking under the night sky.
• Starting a change jar and tossing in coins and even dollar
  bills periodically, offerings made in gratitude for safe travels and financial
  gains. Bonus points for any foreign money.
• Participating in creepypasta and/or perpetuating harmless
  online rumors and conspiracy memes, #tedcruzzodiac style. Also starting chain
  mail full of false facts and threats of a ghost murdering them if they don’t forward
  it to 10 people.
• Raising a Hand to Hermes when I have a convincing lie that
  someone believes. (Hey, we all lie, don’t judge.)
• Learning to spot a red-tailed Hawks and saying a small
  prayer to Hermes when they cross my path.
• On a safe and open road, accelerating my car rapidly. Feeling
  the power of the speed and a small bit of adrenaline. Understanding this small
  burst of speed is nothing compared to the power in the divine speed of Hermes.  

I also keep a few stones in my car, a “traveling herm” so to speak, when I start a journey I say a small prayer to Hermes to make it a safe one. Occasionally I will take one of my stones out at my destination and leave it there in a pile of other stones.

I’ve also heard leaving small change on the ground can be an offering to Hermes as well.

I have a little dish on my dashboard with three stones: kyanite for for Hermes, citrine for Apollo, and amethyst for Dionysus. I also keep a Crown Royal bag full of all the loose change that Hermes likes to leave around the car.