baringtheaegis:

I do! I have a series on my blog called ’The beginners guide to Hellenismos’ in which I try to explain the fundamentals of Hellenismos. Currently available in the series:

Introduction
What is Hellenismos? Who do we worship? Why do we worship the way we do? What is our history?
Ouranic versus Khthonic
The distinction between Olympic, Earth and Underworld Gods.
Generations of Gods
A more in-depth look into the pantheon.
The daímones
On the lesser spirits of Hellenismos.
Ritual and sacrifice in Hellenismos
On how and why we worship.
Traditional versus Reformed Hellenismos
There are different terms for different levels of reconstructionism a practitioner might apply. This is an overview of those terms.

More posts will be added so keep an eye on that link above or follow my blog.

pomegranateandivy:

I get a lot of questions about appropriate offerings for the Theoi. What should I give to the Ouranic Theoi? What do I give Khthonic Theoi? How do I know what to sacrifice to the dead? And while I have a few other posts where I talk about offerings, how to make them, and what you can give (1) (2), and plenty of posts that talk about upg(unverified personal gnosis) and modern offerings, I realized that sometimes you just want a collected list what the Ancient Greeks did.

So, while I’m not claiming that this is an exhaustive list, I spent a very long time putting together lists of offerings and sacrifices that I could find writing on. It’s broken up by Ouranic, Khthonic, Hero and Heroine Cultus, The Dead, and then lists for specific Theoi. This does not include any upg, or “modern” offerings; just historical offerings that I could find sources for. I tried to include the sources for everything, but there were a handful of things I couldn’t find again but I know I’ve read as being historical practices.

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shipping-the-gods:

1. The gods like they’re food flambé
2. Or in the ground
3. Sometimes patience and perseverance is key
4. Don’t trust the sturdiness of rocks lining a pond
5. seriously don’t
6. The Theos are less scary when you introduce yourself instead of worrying
7. I think they find our clumsiness and nervousness cute sometimes
8. It’s okay to admit that you’re not right all the time
9. Always be a good host
10. Always be a good guest
11. Prayers should come from the heart
12. I know nothing
13. Seriously, elementary and middle school education has failed me
14. It’s a good idea to double check and triple check all of your information
15. Tumblr users you trust are great resources
16. It’s okay to not do elaborate rituals when you don’t ant to
17. Mental Illnesses are hard to deal with
18. But The Theos will help you and support you if you ask them to
19. Ask your gods for help when you need it
20. Hellenic Polytheism is a living, breathing religion
21. Veiling is a real Hellenic practice
22. It’s okay to not have a temple
23. Actually I don’t think anyone has one
24. If you do hook me up
25. The Odyssey is a really good thing to read
26. So is the Iliad
27. You can form actual relationships with Theos
28. Zeus is pretty cool
29. But he ends up in a lot of memes
30. No one has died at his hands due to these memes
31. yet
32. I think Hermes must be the one who delivers them to him
33. He probably softens the joke
34. The afterlife isn’t as bad as I thought it was 
35. I love Hellenic Polytheism
36. And I love its tumblr community

31. yet

lzeen:

How do you kill a God?

Aphrodite laughs, head tossed back with stars in her hair, ‘We are immortal. We are ageless. We will never die.’ 

How do you kill a God?

Hera sighs, ‘You rob them of love and loyalty. They will be alone and unhappy, and eternity will seem like a punishment, but it is not death.’ 

How do you kill a God?

Zeus declares, rather confidently, ‘You deny them their power. Poseidon nods his head in agreement. ‘They will be weak and defeated, perhaps even chopped up into pieces, but it is not death.’ 

How do you kill a God?

Apollo closes his eyes. ‘You strip them of their senses. Their eyes, and they cease to see. Their ears, and they are rendered silent. They will be in the dark, conscious and cut off for millennium, but it is not death.’

How do you kill a God?

Hades whispers, though still his voice carries, ‘With another God. An immortal for an immortal. Era for an Era. A celestial being to strip another’s soul. He pauses, the rest are silent. ‘A God for a God.’

L.H.Z // How do you kill a God?

decadentsleep:

May Apollo surround you with healing light, and Artemis bring you the strength of the wild.

May Athena open your mind to knowledge.

May Aphrodite bring love to you, and may you feel that love.

May Ares quench the bloodlust that rushes through your veins.

May Demeter grant you hearty sustenance.

May Dionysus allow you pleasurable relaxation.

May Hephaestus calm raging fires deep within your soul.

May Hermes bless you with safe travels, and protect you from theives.

May Hestia warm your home.

May Hera tear the sky apart, and allow you to see the beauty of the heavens.

May Posideon ward floods, earthquakes, and others from you.

May Hades show your beloved lost one the way to eternal peace after life.

May Zeus bestow good fortune and fairness upon you.

soloontherocks-moving-refollow:

The three frontrunners are the laurel wreath, the dodecagram, and the greek key pattern. I personally prefer the laurels, and I can say from personal experience it is extremely easy to find a simple nice pendant necklace for it along the same theme as wearing a cross or Star of David necklace.

If she’s devoted to a particular god, however, I would encourage her to seek out symbolism of theirs in addition to the overall theme. For instance, I have a Greek helmet amulet.

EDIT: That link mentions it briefly, but in more depth: I would avoid the Star of Vergina in particular. It has ties to Greece but it is also heavily politicized in the Macedonian/Greek disputes and you don’t want to get involved in that. Additionally, the labrys is theoretically a Hellenic polytheist symbol…but has been almost entirely appropriated by the lesbian community as a triple-moon symbol. Which is probably why that blogger didn’t mention it. So…we certainly have a STRONG claim to it, but she’ll probably be assumed to be a lesbian more than once.

As an aside though? Pentagrams ARE Hellenic. The Greeks were one of the first groups to use it. Specifically, Pythagoreans used it. So if she wants to use that to represent Hellenic polytheism, she definitely can. I personally prefer something less likely to get me confused with a Neowiccan.