I meant to write this post a lot sooner, but a lot has happened that has gotten in the way and I have kinda been avoiding it while I think about the right way to phase this message. So, here goes. I’ve made the decision to go to school in Tucson, Arizona. I’ll live with…
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Classes, books, and other projects
Well, I just finished the writing for the last of my classes on Alexandria and Greco-Egyptian Paganism. Sunday will be the last class. I have mixed feelings about it ending. It had to happen sooner or later, but I have really been enjoying teaching it. It is a lot of work and I will be…
This week’s festivals
Tuesday was the Ides of March, the death of Julius Caesar. This was my first year celebrating it, although I have always admired him greatly. It was a simple celebration, just myself. I arranged the altar with Roman symbols, such as the she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus, and the center was, of course, a picture…
Busy Religious Schedule
Things are about to get very busy for me religiously. This Friday I’m holding a public Adoration of Aphrodite ritual. This is not a ancient festival but a modern ritual I wrote to celebrate the Golden Goddess since we are so close to Valentine’s Day and I didn’t want to do Lupercalia. I don’t want…
Khairete! Em hotep! Welcome to the Temple of Athena the Savior
Hello all and welcome to the inaugurating post of the Temple of Athena the Savior! My name is Amanda Sioux Blake, although you can just call me Amanda. I am the Templekeeper of the real-life Temple of Athena the Savior, Alexandrian Tradition. We are a Greco-Egyptian Temple in the tradition of Alexandria, Egypt. I am…