A Single Catholic Priest was Responsible for Destroying the Entire Mayan Written Language! Horrible. Considering Da’esh’s actions in the Middle East towards any reminders of their Pagan past, it’s also a sobering lesson. Ruins of Viking Settlement Discovered Near Hudson River in New York State Artemis, Artumes, Nemi, Diana Lucifera and Witchcraft Twitter Bot Posts How…
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Artemis Agon Submission: A Homesteader’s Prayer
My submission to Lykeia’s Agon for Artemis in honor of Mounykhia. Still a week left if you want to submit something! A Homesteader’s Prayer to Artemis by Amanda Artemisia Forrester O Artemis, bright daughter of Leto, Who knows not the touch of man, Wild Virgin of the Woods Who runs with Her nymphs…
Agon winners for Aphrodite Agon
Originally posted on Beloved in Light:
This afternoon I praised Aphrodite and greeted her to sweeten herself to those who sing her praise, and that she take pleasure in their offered hymns. That each be blessed. One by one I entreated the goddess to listen with favorable mind as I read each hymn. At the…
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 more stuff. As I’ve said before, just creating an altar is an act of devotion,…
Short Prayers for the Sacred Days of the Lunar Month
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…
Kala Noumenia!
It’s the Noumenia today, and tonight the first silver of Selene’s light reappears in the sky. If you are able, and you did not do it yesterday on Hekate’s Deiphon, today would be a good day to clean your house and focus on renewing your relationships with your household Gods and your family. This particular lunar…
Collage Art: Artemis
In honor of Artemis’ sacred day in the Greek lunar calendar.
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…
Closer than I thought to my Dream Homestead
Okay, don’t want to jinx it here, but I **may** be buying a 5 acre wooded property, even with an unfinished cabin on it already, in a few weeks. If this works, it should definitely go through before Yule. If it happens, it won’t be ready to live at full-time for 6 months to a…
The Day of Artemis
Today is the 6th of the lunar month, the day in the Athenian calendar sacred to Artemis. The moon is waxing, shaped into the form of the Virgin Huntress’ bow. Remember Her today, and tonight when the moon’s gentle light shines on you, say a prayer of thanks to Leto’s glorious daughter. Over the shadowy…
