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May 2017

May 29, 2017

On Comparing the Gods to Humans

In some of my posts... I will use examples of human behaviour and motives to...

May 26, 2017

The Importance of Ritual in My Paganism

In my religion, in my Hekatean Hellenism, ritual has come to be the backbone. It...

May 22, 2017

Do You Have a Source for That?

Someone will post something that is ostensibly ancient and others will comment either that it...

May 17, 2017

I’m an Armchair Pagan

You don't do rituals, you don't praise the Gods (or equivalent), you don't really do...

April 2017

April 10, 2017

Hekate Goddess of the Underworld

As a lead up to Samhain in the southern hemisphere, here is another post that...

April 07, 2017

The Gods Are More Than Their Symbols

The Gods are real, living beings and They are just as, if not more, complex...

March 2017

March 27, 2017

Do Our Stereotypes Keep us Safe?

By keeping the displeasing stuff out of the public eye, we keep ourselves safe. We...

March 23, 2017

Undoing the Hard Work of Pagan Pioneers

The problem here is that the myths and stereotypes our predecessors dispelled weren't all myths...

March 17, 2017

Iphigenia – The Human Origins of Hekate

In this post we are going to look at another myth about Hekate, the one...

March 14, 2017

Tauri Princess – The Human Origins of Hekate

In this post I am going to explore one of the origin stories of Hekate,...

March 08, 2017

All About Khernips

Making khernips is extremely simple! So simple that honestly, even if you aren't Hellenic, it's...

March 06, 2017

What Will History Know of Us?

Our stone tablets are plastic and metal usb drives, CD discs and black boxes of...

January 2017

January 13, 2017

Why Not Pray to a Toy?

The original intent of whoever created the statue is irrelevant. You can feel it, this...

January 05, 2017

I Can’t Be Recon But I Can’t Be Modern

I cannot rely on the ancients to help me bring their religion into my land,...

January 02, 2017

On Resolutions and New Year Goals

2016 was an interesting one for me though, I actually accomplished many of my goals...

December 2016

December 27, 2016

Ending the Year in Darkness

I am going to extend my observances of the dark moon so that it falls...

December 21, 2016

Aussie Pagan Calendar 2017

It's fairly easy to find lists of all the US events and festival dates online,...

December 14, 2016

The War on Christmas

I don't like Christmas and as such you would think that I would be an...

December 12, 2016

Heliogenna The Hellenic Winter Solstice

The basic premise of this festival is honouring Helios as He mourns the death of...

December 08, 2016

Being Non-Christmas is Hard

Someday I will figure this out, how to make the summer solstice more exciting than...

December 05, 2016

Divination – The Greek Alphabet Oracle

I've never used the Greek Alphabet Oracle before, but I want to try it out....

November 2016

November 28, 2016

Looking Back On My Beliefs About Hekate

Things change, people change, even if in only subtle ways. I have changed many of...

November 25, 2016

The Gods Aren’t Always Nice

Their interests aren't always going to be aligned with our interests. What is best for...

November 22, 2016

Aspects of Prometheus

Some of Prometheus' aspects are quite obvious, but others I didn't really think of until...

November 18, 2016

Tracing Hekates November Festivals

So, my mission this week was to trace these two festivals and find out, 1:...

November 07, 2016

Objections to Animal Sacrifice

Perhaps one of the most contentious issues within the Pagan community is that of animal...

November 04, 2016

That Priestly Title

The title of Priest or Priestess is a somewhat contentious one within the Pagan and...

November 02, 2016

Prometheus in Mythology

He is our creator in myth and lore and is seen as our greatest patron...

October 2016

October 31, 2016

Common Death Festival Practices and Beliefs

Samhain isn't, of course, the only festival that exists to honour the dead. I can't...

October 28, 2016

Inaccurate Pagan Fiction Isn’t All Bad

They are so frustratingly inaccurate that you are sitting in a state of perpetual cringe...

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