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Category Archives: Rituals
My Portable Altar Kit
Like many Pagans, I just don’t feel right if I don’t have have my altars around. Paganism is a religion that requires a minimum of a few tools, and often its adherents can go a little overboard acquiring more and … Continue reading
January celebrations from “365 Goddess”
The following is a selection of the daily Goddess-centered exercises and rituals from Patricia Telesco’s “365 Goddess: a Daily Guide to the Magic and Inspiration of the Goddess”. My festival calendar is already quite crowded, so I won’t be … Continue reading
Posted in Greek, Rituals, Roman
Tagged Arakhne, Candlemas, Ceres, Eirene, Hestia, Imbloc, Kore, Native Americans, Pax, Persephone, Proserpina, Rome, Spider Woman, Vesta, Wheel of the Year
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Io Saturnalia! A ritual
Originally posted on Temple of Athena the Savior:
Yesterday was the first day of the Roman festival of Saturnalia, the holiday from which most Christmas traditions are taken. It was the most popular Roman holiday, and all business was suspended…
Posted in Rituals, Roman
Tagged ancient festivals, Bacchus, Dionysos, festivals, home cult, Janus, Ops, ritual, Rome, Saturn, Saturnalia, Sol Invictus
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Appeal to the Gate-keeper Gods
I wrote last month about how I was thinking about adopting P. Sufanas Virius Lupus’s idea of using prayers to Wepwawet, Hekate, and Janus at the beginning of rituals to open the way for the other Deities being honored and … Continue reading
A Hymn for the Vertumnalia
I told you I tend to write these a little bit late. Anyway. ——— Lady of the Apple, Protector of Orchards and Gardens Fair ruddy-cheeked Pomona, I pray to You now She Who carries the pruning shears And Whose skirts … Continue reading
Posted in poetry, Rituals, Roman
Tagged ancient festivals, poetry, Pomona, Rome, Vertumnus
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Prayers for the fourth of the Lunar Month
I wrote this prayer for the fourth of the lunar month, if anyone if interested. In the Athenian reckoning, it is sacred to Hermes, Aphrodite, Eros, and Herakles. —- On this most sacred day of the month, the fourth day … Continue reading
GMC: Festival of Seshat re-post
I have not had as much time to research this month as I would like (something tells me that’s going to be more or less constant, especially in the summer months when there is so much to do on the … Continue reading
Posted in Egyptian, God of the Month Club, Rituals
Tagged festivals, GMC, ritual, Seshat
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