It’s been an insane year, hasn’t it? I’ve been using the time to get ahead on some projects that needed doing, but I do have to admit that with my mental health, it is sometimes a battle. A lot of basic mental health and self care routines I had before Covid are tied to going…
Tag: my writing
A healing Prayer to Sunna
I was late for Galina Krasskova’s agon but oh well, I’m posting this prayer here to share. I waited too long trying to edit it. Foiled by perfectionism again! Oh well, praising the Gods is the point, and hopefully you get some enjoyment out of this, and even more that the Gods hear our pleas…
Second Submission to Persephone’s Agon
Originally posted on Gangleri's Grove:
Both by Amanda Artemisia Forrester Hail to You, Silent One, Nameless One! Beautiful flower, with a steel core Who walks the sunlit paths of the world above And the ghostly roads below Only You can live in both worlds Only You can taste of the forbidden fruit of the…
Submission to Loki Agon
Originally posted on Gangleri's Grove:
To Loki by Amanda Forrester My head is on fire. I can see it all – The threads of destiny, of wyrd, coming together, I see the ghastly fate of my sons, I feel the bindings tying me to the boulder I see the red, weeping eyes of my…
March GMC: Hermes of the Homeless
A few lines in the last poem sent me on a tangent, and I liked it but it didn’t fit within that particular praise-poem. So I split it into two separate hymns. This is the second, Hermes of the Homeless. Hermes of the Homeless by Amanda Artemisia Forrester I offer to Hermes of…
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…
Devotional to Hestia now available!
So the Bibliotheca Alexandria devotional to Hestia, First and Last, is now available! I have three poems and a ritual home blessing published in this volume. The table of contents can be seen here, and you can order your copy on Createspace here. Although there are few surviving writings regarding Hestia, She is arguably one…