Just wanted to share these beautiful shrines, posted with permission from Sobekemiti Isetemsaf, of Per Sobek.
Tag: greco-egyptian
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,…
The Goddess Isis
Originally posted on Temple of Athena the Savior:
If somebody were to take a poll of the most popular Goddesses in modern Paganism, I’d wager that Isis would be one of the highest ranking, somewhere with Hekate, Artemis and Bridged. Yet, some of Her basic functions are misunderstood. Nowadays Isis is most often depicted with…
February God of the Month Club
Okay, so the Gods for February from the Neos Alexandria pantheon are Hermes and Aset/Isis, and in “other” category is the Celtic Goddess Mala Laith. Hermes and Isis are both Deities that I have had very close relationship relationships with in the past. Hermes showing up for this month is very appropriate, since Alex, Sarah*,…
GMC: Zeus-Ammon, the Hellenistic Form of Ammon
Zeus, Father of Gods and men, was one of the most important Gods in Makedonia, as He was in most of Greece. He was in fact called by the title Panhellenios, “Of All the Greeks”. He is the only Greek God I have seen referred to like this. You see, some times Gods shared titles.…
GMC Poetry: Ammon Acrostic Alliteration
Alexander’s ambiguous ancestral anchor Mystifying monarch, mindful [of] magic Merciful magnanimous mentor [to the] Makedonian Ovine oasis openly offering Nile’s nation [it’s] needed nurture.
Ptolemy IV Philopater
It’s high time I continued posting the series about the Ptolemies. I’ve gotten distracted posting about so many other subjects! Ptolemy IV Philopater Excerpted from Olympos in Egypt Ptolemy IV was born in 245 or 244 BCE. Already as a young man he was being called Philopater, “He who loves his father”. I couldn’t…
GMC: Wepwawet and Gate-keepers in Ritual
I was flipping through P. Sufanas Virius Lupus’ book Devotio Antinoo, and I found something relating to this month’s GMC that I’m thinking of adopting into my personal practice. In the public rituals of the Ekklesia Antinoou begins with invocations or prayers to three gate-keeper Gods, one each from Egypt, Greece, and Rome. The Deities…
Ptolemy III Euergetes
Ptolemy III, who was given the title Euergetes, “Benefactor”, was born in 284 BCE. Euergetes married Berenike II of Cyrene (whom he was not related to). They had six children, including Ptolemy IV Philopater, who succeeded him. He was 30 years old when he became Pharaoh. His Egyptian title, which I’m never going to even…
GMC: Hathor
The sky and the stars make music to You. The sun and the moon praise You. The Gods exalt You. The Goddesses sing to You. The Temple of Dendera, Ptolemaic Period The Egyptian Gods are collectively referred to as the Neteru, Netjeru or Netjer. Kemet is the real name for Egypt, which means “the…
