Medj-Diunet-Full Moon Feast

Tonight, at sundown, we will be honoring the god Thoth, again, Hathor, again, and Osiris. We will be giving offerings to the blessed dead and to these three gods. I hope that you will enjoy this lunar festival as the month is slowly coming to a close.

Bouphonia (2016)

Tonight, at sundown, is the festival of Bouphonia. This festival is for Zeus Polieus or the guardian of the city of Athens and the last one for the Athenian month and year. He had a small shrine to him near the temple of Athena but that has been lost to time. I do hope that, one day, it will be found. I hope that you all have a good ritual and may Zeus bless you.

Skira (2016)

Tonight, at sundown, I will be celebrating Skira which is a festival for women to honor the goddess Demeter. She's the grain goddess, the mother to Persephone, and a very important goddess for farmers. She is really important because it's her power that makes things grow. So I will be giving her offerings and thanking her for the bounty that she's producing. Have a good ritual everyone and may Demeter bless all farmers.

What Happened in Florida

Early yesterday morning a man shot up a popular gay nightclub called Pulse in Orlando. It was almost closing time and it was going to soon be time for everyone to leave. 50 people, and counting, have died. At once the hate against Muslims came out as it usually does when Muslims kill others. What can we do as Polytheists when something like this happens? Simple! We look at what energies are at work here. If you practice Egyptian paganism then the demon snake of chaos is at work here.

If you do Hellenic practices then Eris is at work or some nasty minor god is working. We can't allow hate to take over our thoughts and we can't allow those harmful energies to come into our lives. We have to get rid of them and we have to pray to our gods that healing will take place. Hate against Muslims is for Christians to do or for those that want to blame an entire group of people for the actions of one man. We must also say this.

Gays will still be looked at with hate. No matter how much progress is done there will still be people out there, Muslim and Christian, that want gays dead. They don't like them and they celebrate anyone that has the nerve to put them six feet under. It's not right and it's not something that I like seeing on the TV. I don't like seeing video of dead bodies and bleeding, injured, people. It's sickening and disgusting. And these feelings have nothing to do with the fact that I have a gay friend.

Terrorist attacks are wrong and it targets people that don't even know the person doing it. We can't praise and thank whatever god that we believe in that it happened. Healing is the next step and asking our gods to help the healing process. So I will be giving an offering to Hermes so that he can guide their souls to the land of the dead. To the halls of Hades and lovely Persephone. May their souls find rest in the land of the dead or in the field of reeds.

This Heat is Getting to Me

Yesterday was supposed to be a time to honor the gods Poseidon and Theseus as well as the Feast of Apip. However I was only able to do the Feast of Apip. The reason for this is the heat. It's not even Summer and the heat has come around with a vengeance. See I have an AC in my window that blows in cold air. That's the only way that I can actually be in my room and not die from the heat.

So I had to make a choice and decided to do the Feast of Apip. I was also doing it for others that might not know what my version of the ritual looks like. Anyway, the heat has forced me to make a choice and it's not something that I like having to do. However the ritual went through well and I enjoyed myself. I think that I'm going to have this problem for many years to come and that sucks.

Feast of Apip (2016)

Tonight, or the next day, will be the Feast of Apip. We celebrate Tawent and and Amun. Tawent is in the form of Apip and Amun is here because he's mentioned. This feast has no records except for one that says that it was celebrated so I had to pretty much create it from scratch, which wasn't easy. I hope that you have a good one and may the gods bless you.

Honoring Poseidon and Theseus

At sundown, tonight, I will be turning my attention to Poseidon and Theseus, marking the end of the holy days and marking the beginning of festivals and feasts to the gods. Poseidon is the god of the seas and the god of earthquakes and Theseus is his son and one of the first heroes of Greek mythology. Theseus slayed the Minotaur and became King of Athens after his mortal father thought that his son had died.

Yes, you heard me right. Theseus had two fathers. It's all complicated! I hope that you have a good ritual and may the gods bless you.