Yesterday my roommate and I were at a local metaphysical store, and I wanted to get crystals to use as stones for my altar to Hermes Propylaios and Apollon Agyeius we keep by the door. I found a sunstone, but it didn’t feel right. I really wanted something in an obelisk shape, similar to the shape of stones dedicated to Apollon Agyeius in ancient times. I picked up a pretty orange obelisk that I felt drawn to; imagine my surprise when the store owner said, “That’s Golden Healer.” Y’all. Apollo picked his own rock.
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A prayer to Romanticize life
Oh heavenly Aphrodite,
You who who oversees the beauty in small things,
Whether in a child's laugh, in a good friend or somewhere in a field of flowers; We can see thy face everywhere.
Oh heavenly Aphrodite,
You who created our bodies along the sweet roses and the tranquility of holy starlight, I praise thee!
May you grant me to see thy beauty not only around me but to see the one you have created within me.
Oh heavenly Aphrodite,
May you grant me to see thy peace and grace in the small things so that I can appreciate the beauty of the deathless Gods.
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Prayer to Hypnos for Good Memory
"Oh Bearer of the branch of lethe, God of Illusion and God of Sleep,
May you hear this prayer and answer my cry, for I call to you Hypnos. Lord of the songbirds and lord of the flowers.
Sleep God who rest in Erebos, I worship and devote myself to you.
May you aid my memory, Oh Hypnos
May I remember what is important, and may I remember you. May I sense your presence always, and bless my memory you shall. Thank you Hypnos for listening to my prayer."
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Sometimes chronic illness sucks when you're trying to keep up with the prayers you do.
Last night and tonight I am just too mentally and physically fatigued to even try to pray in the formal way I started doing a couple of weeks ago, although I've still been doing smaller prayers throughout the day, and I feel so guilty. Does anyone else get this guilty feeling when your disability gets in the way of your faith it is it just me? SHOULD I feel guilty?
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"In Focus: World of Islam" in National Geographic Magazine (2002) Photography: Don Belt
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I’m so grateful for my beautiful altar space, but I’m missing my first altar something fierce today. It was just a cereal bowl and a candle, but it was where I met the gods for the first time.
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