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Beings associated with Hades

I thought to make a list for you guys who not only want to work with hades but those in which work for him and or with him. I want to mention that yes the entites are associated with LHP but that does not make Hades “evil” in any way.

Abigor 60 Legions of Devils

Agares Duke. 31 Legions of Spirits.

Alastor Executor of decrees

Alocer Grand Duke. 36 Legions.

Amduscias Grand Duke of Hades

Amoymon Grand President of Eastern Hades

Amy Grand President of Hades 

Barbartos a great and powerful demon who is a duke in Hades

Cacodaemons - Deities of inferior rank (their king is Hades)

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“Hades is the Host of Many. The broken, the damned, the lost, the hopeless, the abandoned. He welcomes them like a loving father and lets them finally have peace. He watches over them and cares for them.

Hades is the Unseen One. He is a presence behind you. He is reaching out for your hand when it clenches in rage or fear. He is sitting at your bedside to soothe your nightmares. He is kneeling next to you while you pray. He is always there when you need Him.

Hades gives. He gives love to those who need it. He gives hope to those without it. He gives guidance to those lost. He gives courage to those afraid. He gives comfort to those who seek it. He gives and He gives and He gives.

But what does Hades get in return? Hades, the King of the Underworld. Hades, God of Riches and Precious Metals. Hades, Husband to Persephone. What does He get in return for giving and giving and giving?

Hades does not get gifts, love, respect not from fear. He does not get tales of glory told of Him. He does not receive praise or songs. Hades does not get anything like that from the world unbeknownst to Him.

Hades is the Receiver of Many. We are what He receives for giving and giving and giving. The children of a forgotten faith. The children who got lost. The children who lost hope. We, the broken, the damned, the outcasts, the fallen, the hopeless, the downtrodden, are what Hades receives.

A crown and a kingdom are nothing without the people. And to Hades, the Host of Many, it is the best gift He can receive.”

- Excerpt of Poem or Speech I Will Never Finish (Ren)

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Quotes that remind me of Hades 💀🌹

“heart, I implore you, it’s time to come back from the dark” (Mary Oliver)

“why pick at old wounds? Goodbye Grief!” (Aeschylus (tr. Anne Carson))

“….grief doesn’t care how many years it’s been.” (Sara Barnard)

“the darkness has its holiness” (Euripides (tr. Gibbons))

“I carried darkness into the forest and sliced it out.” (Jennifer Givhan)

“don’t grieve in advance, my love: no need to be prophet of pain.” (Aeschylus, tr. Mary Lefkowitz and Romm James)

“you don’t have to be steady. cracks are how the light gets in. there is a crack in everything. that’s how the light gets in.” (Julia Gray)

“I am silent. Without words / I am ready to become you again, earth.” (Anna Akhmatova)

“I sat with my anger long enough until she told me her real name was grief.” (C.S Lewis)

“Before today, what darkness did you let into your flesh? What stillness did you cast into the soil? Lift up your head. Time to enter yourself. Time to make your own sorrow.” (Mary Szybist)

“This horror will grow mild, this darkness light.” (John Milton)

“All becoming and growing — all that guarantees a future — involves pain.” (Friedrich Nietzsche) 

“In the dark, my soul said I am your soul. No one can see me; only you — only you can see me.” (Louise Gluck)

“I am a forest, and a night of dark trees: but he who is not afraid of my darkness, will find banks full of roses under my cypresses.” (Friedrich Nietzsche)

“I said to my soul, be still, and let the dark come upon you.” (T.S. Eliot)

“He will place white lilies upon my flaming roses / and bandages of calm upon my delirious frown…” (Delmira Agustini)

“I listen always. Give a small sign. Feel me here.” (Rainer Maria Rilke)

“—just sort of relax your mind and say yes, it does hurt, I know. Don’t try and shut it out.” (Philip Pullman)

“HADES : Tell them that you weren’t hungry, tell them you followed the pomegranates seeds because they tasted like blood, like love.” (Pauline Albanese) 

“Je suis maître du silence. / I am the lord of silence.” (Arthur Rimbaud)

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something that happened to me today

I don’t usually write about my personal relationships with the Gods. The way they make me feel is beyond words, and I love that its mine and mine alone to experience. But I feel the need to share something.

The first encounter I ever had with anything divine was almost 8 years ago, when all of a sudden, from nowhere, I had an intense urge to look for Hades. I was just on the bus, minding my own business, and BAM! I found myself searching him frantically. Since then, I got older, and more confident and today he is part of a whole system of Gods and Goddesses I follow. But no matter what happened since then (and a lot has happened), he is my first, and I am so deeply in love with him.

Yesterday I was indexing the new library (going well, 30% of it is done already), and in the bibliography section of one of the articles, I found a source named “Worshiping Hades”. Well, I stopped whatever it is I was doing and used all the tricks I know to find this one article on open source. The only thing I found was in a German magazine, and it was all closed.

So, I did something I heard others do, but I never tried. I sent an email to the author of the article and asked her if she could send me a copy. I know. I KNOW! But some scholars are not bound by publications restriction and would love sending you their works. I asked nicely and sent the email, and sure enough, a few hours later, I got her reply.

At that point it was 3 am, and I woke up for the baby. I saw the email from her and couldn’t bring myself to open it. I feared she might scold me. I just looked at the notification on my phone screen, frozen. Thought about leaving it for the morning. Thought about screaming. But I could almost hear him saying “open it! Don’t worry! Just open the email!”. I listened to him and opened it. She was amazing and sent me a PDF copy of the full article! I read it like my life depends on it. And it was marvelous.

what did it said??

This article made so much sense to me, yet it broke my heart to pieces. The author explains that Hades, in this aspect as lord of the dead, can benefit human kind only by abstaining from them, and since the relationship between Gods and humans is based on reciprocity, people gave him nothing in order to receive nothing. He is the bringer of wealth and abundance as ‘Pluton’, and the absence of those as ‘Hades’. She goes on to explain how he fought to protect the cities that did worshiped him, and how vulnerable he is, and isolated.  

We had this discussion before, didn’t we?

Then after that, I wondered, so much have changed. I can’t find it for some reason, but there was a post about the cultural warming up towards Hades as opposed to the disappearing of Demeter from common modern worship, as a byproduct of humanity detaching themselves of agriculture, or the detaching from death as present and constant option throughout our lives. Now that I read this article, I got some new insights. I believe it’s more than just how we spend our days and whether or not we need to call Demeter for help with crops or not.

Those of us who feel called to Hades, who devote ourselves to him, who adore him in every aspect he may have, and venerate him higher than any other, might not search for the same reciprocity talked about in other relationships with other Gods. Personally, when I pray to Hades, I don’t pray for anything but thank him for the job he does, and for allowing me to honor him. Being able to pray to him and having him in my life, is itself the blessing, and I aspire for nothing more than that.  Having him being seen, is the best gift I could possibly pray to.

I’m glad I live when I live, and that the years have led more people to seek the presence of a wonderful, kind, loving, and wise deity as Hades in their lives. 

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Offerings Masterpost:

(Last updated: 9/7/2020)

Major Hellenic Deities:

Apollo

Ares

Artemis

Athena

Dionysus

Hades

Hephaestus

Hera

Hermes

Hestia

Persephone

Poseidon

Zeus

Minor Hellenic Deities:

Hecate

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I would definitely choose Advanced Nocturnal Perversions.

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Can't shake this thought

This is the second scholary piece I read this kind of lines:

The first one being "worshiping Hades" and the second is "underworld Gods in ancient Greek religion- death and reciprocity". Which are both amazing.

So- Hades: having almost no cult, basically is the background ruler next to Persephone, lord of the dead, and the living has no incentive to worship him. No cult of dead either.

But what if..

I don't know. I'm just thinking out loud here.

What if, they did have a cult? Of dead people, I mean. They're unseen and have an unseen God. How could we even know? What if he has a cult, and is honored and loved and cherished just not by living people, cause he is literally the lord of the dead?

What if, this is the mystery in the mysteries? I mean, we have some records of "secret stuff" about drinking from the right fountain and so on. But what if, this is just an initiation for the secret dead cult of Hades? What if those rites were held above ground in the name of Persephone, in order to maintain the connection with her husband in the next world? What if we, Hades' devotees, are just early?

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Necromancy- a learning journal

This is a complete new thing for me. Even though I've been Hades devotee for the last 8 years, I had no interest in practicing necromancy what so ever. I barely use divination techniques, and have a very strong opinions on exploiting dead people for prophecies. Other than that, there was the big (huge) elephant in the room- starting to work on necromancy meant I would first have to deal with my own dead, my family members, that abused me for years. I felt like I was not ready for that kind of thing.

But that's not longer how I feel. Last few months were crazy, and I feel like handling my dead should be a priority for me now. But I have no idea how to lay them to rest and keep up nice, polite relationship with them.

I could have gone around tumblr to gather some info, I might still do it, but I wanted to start at the base. I wanted to know what the actual literature says about this practice, how it looked, what is to be expected. I read every bit (and summarized) from the book Greek and Roman Necromancy (Ogden, 2001), and I really want to share what I found with other.

Since there is a lot, I will make it into a series of posts. After this book, I will of course read others, and might share some insights from my actual practice when it will be relevant.

You are more than welcome to discuss and share your ideas and knowledge about the information I'll share.

Part #1- About necromacy

Part #2- Examples in ancient writings

Part #3- Terms used in necromancy

Part #4- About the ghosts

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Hades Offerings

"Haides (Hades) is the king of the underworld and God of the dead."

Large Altars:

Sweet dark red wine

Strong, dark whiskey

Black coffee

Black tea

Peppermint tea

Honey

Dark chocolate

Rich meats (like lamb)

Sharp cheeses

Breads or cakes

Pomegranates/pomegranate seeds

Apples

Statues or art of Cerberus

Art or statues of Him

Black, gold, and/or silver candles

Cypress, amber, pomegranate, and/or winter scents

Helmets, imagery or otherwise

Drinking horns

Scepters

Small/Hidden Altars:

Mint

Peppermint

Poppy seeds

Black narcissus

Cypress tree leaves or bark

Thyme

Rosemary

Coins

Garnets

Black gemstones (onyx, black tourmaline, jet, black obsidian, and hematite)

Any stones or metals

Small fossils

Keys

Art drawn of Him or for Him

Art of Cerberus or black dogs in general

Shedded snake skin

Owl or vulture feathers

Narutally shed fur from a black dog

Naturally collected animal bones

Writings, such as poetry or prayers for Him

Devotional Acts:

For chthonic deities, liquid offerings are usually poured out onto the ground or down the drain and food offerings are usually buried or thrown away; however He will understand if you aren't able to waste food or drink

Donate to those who can't afford to hold a funeral

Donate to suicide prevention organizations

Donate dog food/toys/blankets to animal shelters

Volunteer to walk/play with dogs

Keep a budget/save your money and spend it wisely

Honor the dead

Learn more about your own ancestors

Learn about Him, His history and symbolism

Learn about other religions' funeral rites

Visit cemeteries

Clean up litter in cemeteries

Visit and tour caves

Visit caves that let you mine for gems or fossils

Make a playlist for Him and sing along to the songs (if they have lyrics)

Practice and learn death magic

Learn about and work with spirits

Tend to a garden or grow indoor plants and herbs

Wear the color black or muted colors, veil your hair (or wear a headband), wear silver or gold metallic jewelry, etc.

Sources:

Artwork from the game Hades by Supergiant Games

https://occult-world.com/hades/

https://vocal.media/futurism/ways-of-worship-hades

https://www.theoi.com/Khthonios/Haides.html

https://aminoapps.com/c/pagans-witches/amp/blog/hades-devotions-divinedevotions-owc/o3Pw_4vDhduD6D5ogEZ83rrJPJY367RWKG3

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Everyday worship: Hades

Look after my dog and tend to his every puppy whim.

Walk through cemeteries and clean gravestones.

Take time to honour the dead by reading their names aloud - especially where they have faded or been worn down on their grave markers.

Drink a lot of black coffee

Grow and help tend to the garden’s roses

Do any task given to me to my fullest ability.

Look after items my friends find too painful to hold onto because of the memories attached.

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"Persephone doesn't love Hades! They are a toxic couple!!!! You can't glorify this!!!! This is abuse!!!"

People who know the actual myths and pagans who worship them:

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When the spirit is being a stubborn son of a bitch

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There are 146 days until HALLOWEEN

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True Love Tarot Combinations My Elders Taught Me

Death + Ace of Cups

Love that lasts a day after forever

Six of Pentacles + Five of Pentacles

Love that asks for nothing in return

Knight of Wands + King of Wands

Love that makes a boy into a man

The Tower + Four of Wands

Love that can withstand any earthquake

Seven of Wands + Knight of Swords

Love that will fight and die for you

Six of Wands + The World

Love that puts you on a pedestal

The Moon + The Sun

Love that consumes you night and day

The Devil + Four of Pentacles

Flaming love that engulfs you

Ace of Cups + Ten of Cups

Love you never have to shed tears for

Two of Cups + The High Priestess

Love you recognize at first sight

Six of Cups + Two of Cups

Friendship that blooms into love

The Hermit + The Fool

Love that outlasts time itself

Death + The Wheel of Fortune

Love that can resurrect a dying soul

Ace of Wands + The Sun

Lust that matures into love

The Hermit + Strength

Love that grows stronger each passing day

Five of Pentacles + Ten of Pentacles

Love that makes lords out of beggars

The Hierophant + Four of Wands

Love no storm can conquer

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