Life of a Hellenic Polytheist

Altar to Zeus The Month of Zeus has come and gone and what can I say? it has been quite an eye opener, coz this month is when I go through all the Greek myths books and reference guides that I can find and read up on the Mighty Lord Zeus, Ruler of Mt Olympus, Lord of the Skies, Wielder of Thunder and lightening, protector of the home otherwise known as Theos Agathos  (there are more labels but can't put them all here) I have also learned that Zeus goes by quite  few Greek epithets (greek names /labels) to differentiate teh different "sides" of our Mighty Lord Zeus. Some of them are Ombrios (of the rain),  Keraunios (of the Thunderbolt), Astrapaios (Of lightening)etc .There were so many as there were also many cults that were made in his honour and so each had their own name for him as well as each town/village as well. If you'd like to know more you can see the link here   http://www.theoi.com/Cult/ZeusTitles.htm l Altar Set Up Altar cloth Blue or pu...

The Month of Hephaestus is now over, but I wanted to share with you how to go about setting one up and my experiences. There are no hard and fast rules when it comes to altar setups as what you put on it is entirely up to you. I personally like a rather basic "Uncluttered" altar as I believe that less is more, rather than slamming down every imaginable object you have in sight. Altar Set Up Altar Cloth Red , Orange or black Statue/picture As I do not have a statue I had to make do with a picture to which i coloured in with a red and orange background signifying his working in a blacksmiths. He is also a God of fire since he works a lot with it by smelting metals. Objects & Symbols Now the Smith Gods main tool is the Hammer and anvil I didn't think that a full sized hammer would look too well on my small altar, so what I did was to do a makeshift small hammer and anvil out of Lego bits which I thought worked extremely well , given its smaller size. As you...

The Month of Artemis has finally arrived and I thought it would only befitting that I write about how I would go about celebrating Her month , what Artemis means to me and how I incorporate and worship her in my daily life. Altar: Month of Artemis Altar For my Month of Artemis altar I went all out, as I think that she embodies a lot of things, such as female independance, child carer /mother figure, and most of all eco-warrior and huntress of wildlife a well as carer of of the animals. As you can see on my altar, I chose to use my brass stag deer and doe, specifically the stag to the right as it represents the masculine side for me and the doe on the left as being the female side. with the picture of Artemis in the middle. In a way the Stag looks as though he is "hailing" Artemis and the Doe "bowing " in Artemis's great honour. I also put on my altar a brass dog in front of her picture, to represent her hunting hounds as well as protecting her and ...