these are short prayers for the sacred days of the lunar month. I wrote these years ago, when I first book, Songs of Praise, was published. Most of these are historically attested to as the Athenians considered the days sacred to the God named. I added the days for Asklepios and Dionysos, since They did not…
Tag: Agathos Daimon
Round-up of Interesting Links
I have not had as much chance to leave the homestead recently, and since I am lacking internet out there currently, I’m afraid that I have been neglecting this blog more than I would like. So I decided to post a round-up of interesting links (the first one I’ve done since 2012! Whew, I fell…
Day of the Agathos Daimon
And the second day of the lunar month belongs to the Agathos Daimon, both the personal Daimon that watches over you and the household Daimon who guards your family and whose special domain to protect the pantry and food stores. Offer Him a few drops of unmixed wine, or milk mixed with honey. He seems like an…
February GMC Wrap-up
So, I didn’t get to do quite as much as I had planned this month, and I didn’t have time for any elaborate rituals, which I would have liked to do. But when I did have a problem or something come up this month, I made a point to pray to the Agathos Daimon and/or…
GMC: Some interesting links
Just a quick one here, not quite the long essay I wrote last time, lol. I’ve gathered some links for each of the Gods of the Month, so you can go forth and so studying and thinking of your own on each of these very intriguing Deities. Some of these are mythological “just the facts”…
GMC: Bes, Agathos Daimon, and Household Worship
GMC: Bes, Agathos Daimon, and Household Worship So, Bes and the Agathos Daimon both shoved up in the same month, which I find fascinating. A cursory examination of Bes’ symbolism shows that He was regarded in Egypt as a protector of the home. He is sometimes also called Aha, which means “fighter”. There do not…
Greco-Egyptian Noumenia Ritual
So, today is the Noumenia, the New month in the Greek Calendar. Although Noumenia means literally “New Moon”, it is not on what is astrologically called the new moon, which is really the dark moon. Rather, it occurs a few days later, when the first sliver of light appeared. It was considered one of the…
