Given the catastrophes of the past few months, I want to spend a bit of time today reflecting on how I'm factoring the climate crisis into my personal actions right now. A lot of corporate and special interests money is spent distracting us from the sobering climate crisis reality of our time, and I'm often … Continue reading Reflections on Sustainable Products and Societal Change
Tag: hestia
Becoming Fire: Symbolizing Polytheism with Fire to Represent Our Commonality — Household Cultus
[T]here are many aspects of Prometheus: on the intellective, the supra-mundane, and the intra-mundane level, each transmitting the divine gifts to the world accordingly. We must also add, he says, that the distinctive character of this deity is to reveal the good that is hidden within the Gods; therefore he is said to have stolen … Continue reading Becoming Fire: Symbolizing Polytheism with Fire to Represent Our Commonality — Household Cultus
Prayer to All of the Gods II
I praise Hestia, ever-embering,whose hair hangs oil-heavy;Storeroom Zeus, Standing Zeus,swallower of all swollen with life;Agathodaimon, thoughtful guardianabundantly giving good wisdom;Celestial Gods celebrating the cosmosin endless feasting, in delightful flow;Gods of skies, of seas, of seasons;Gods of rivers, of rocky heights;Gods of deep murky dominions;Gods of meadows, of murmuring brooks;Gods of cities, of scent, of sapience;Gods … Continue reading Prayer to All of the Gods II
Flame Vessel
Hestia alight,candle's wick an arteryanchoring these prayersbeyond the raging ocean,its form embering hollowlike slow-cooked stew meatwhose veins once pumped a cow's blood.Feeding life through fleeting life:each, devoured, transforms.
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A Beginning Prayer to Hestia
Hestia, who is first and last, receives the first post on this blog.