Next I did Loki as the Fool (yes, the art got rearranged, there is frequent rearranging going on here) Well, that isn’t all the art I’ve done this summer, but that’s all I feel like sharing here. I hope you enjoyed them. Keeping creating and keep worshiping the Gods!
Category: Greek
A Prayer to Hera to Bless Our Union
Holy Hera, daughter of Earth and Sky, Arranged in Peacock feathers Beauty as strong as steel and soft as a sigh Glory of heart’s love committed Two lives made one under your gaze Bless our home, bless this union, the future we build, Queen of Olympos Grant that I may always be the Queen of…
Altar to the Healing Gods
A few months ago I made an altar to the Healing Gods that was sitting on desk, and swore it would stay up until the Covid crisis was over. Obviously it is still affecting our society deeply but, I needed my desk space back! I was foolishly hopeful when I first built it, I had…
Athesteria: Dionysian Festival of Flowers, Sex, and Death
Musings on my current relationships with Odin and Athena (mostly Odin)
Sometimes I wonder what it is, precisely, the Gods want from me. Lately I wonder about Athena and Odin most of all. I wonder why Athena – a Goddess of logic and rationality and cold, calculating precision of Mind – would bother with an emotional bipolar mess like me. Especially when many of the…
Round-Up of Interesting Links
Interesting Norse folklore: the huldra A fantastic argument that Yggdrasil, the World Tree, was meant to be represented by a yew, and not an ash tree as I had previously thought (I’m not sure which is the more common belief in modern Asatru, but I have to say that I’m convinced of the yew symbolism…
Daily Devotions
If I could name a single habit/routine that I have put effort into changing this year that has had the most positive effect on my life and my mental health, it hasn’t been eating better or losing weight. Those are actually very high on the list, and in fact are somewhat supported by the habit…
Shield of Wisdom will be re-opening for submissions on September first!
Neos Alexandria will finally, finally be getting around to the Athena devotional over here! Whoop Whoop! And we have decided that we will be taking pieces for Minerva as well (yes, I’m still co-editing it). We are hoping for a Spring 2019 publication date, and will start taking submissions on September first. So start thinking…
Submission to Agon for Anteros
Originally posted on Gangleri's Grove:
To Anteros By Amanda Artemisia Forrester O Anteros, You are sung to far less often than Your golden brother, But You are no less great than He Who the Romans called Cupid. Ever-youthful, butterfly-winged, You are truly a chieftain amongst the Erotes. Your blessing is what all men strive…