A poetic offering to Hera reposted from the Old KALLISTI. There is also some background information about Hera's epithets that influenced the thematic choices I made.
Tag: worshipping Greek gods
Thoughts After an Offering to the Mousai
In which I discuss some thoughts about the Mousai after doing routine religious offerings.
Two Old KALLISTI Posts: (1) The Relationship Between the Eumenides and Purification; (2) A Plug for Worshipping the Erinyes
I took the day off of work so I could blog about the Erinyes and do some in-the-flesh purification and worship. These are two blog posts from the Old KALLISTI that are relevant to today's holiday.
Poetry for the Eumenides
Five poems for the Erinyes, one about Eumenideia 2013, another about their birth, a third about how awesome they are, one propitiating them, and a final poetic fragment.
Happy Eumenideia!
Information about the Eumenideia, a holiday for honoring the Eumenides, with a link to a modern Eumenideia ritual.
Diffusion, Mental Agalmata, and How People Change
In which I discuss some thoughts that have been percolating for a long time about the worship of gods and how that changes devotees.
Anthesteria 2017
It's OK when ritual plans don't go as expected.
Coda: Blood Crimes, Purification Ceremonies, and the Eumenides
A collection of snippets from the Old KALLISTI with some 2017 commentary about the importance of purification ceremonies before engaging in some types of religious worship.
Religion in Daily Life, Part II: Hermes is Klepsiphrôn, Athene is Apatouria
In which I discuss my professional work in the context of Hellenism and provide an introduction to how Athene and Hermes relate to library and information science.
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