guys throw some helpol podcast name ideas at me + some episodes you'd like to see
kafkasgirlhood reblogged
witchy reminder:
you don't have to work with deities to practice witchcraft
similarly:
you don't have to practice witchcraft to work with / worship deities
if anyone has experience with thinking one entity is a specific one but it's actually a completely different one , have you learned to spot the signs of an entity not being who you thought or do you just have to wing it <- guy who has mistaken certain entities for other ones and is now fearing it's happening again
after asking hermes to help me interpret signs and messages from the gods better , i think my claircognizance has been getting stronger because a majority of my communication with the theoi these days is just me Knowing . sometimes it'll be energy but constantly tuning in to feel energy is beyond exhausting so now most of the time i just Know
guys real talk how do i do digital offerings
i've made a few already and i made a bunch today but like ... do i just mention to the gods that "hey this is an offering" or is posting it enough ?
me: ok so today i will be studying
aphrodite: awww that's cute. anyway time for some healing
hey i wasn’t sure if you were open to dms, and feel free to ignore this if you aren’t okay with asks but i was wondering how you set boundaries with food offerings, like i know for chthonic gods it’s pretty set in stone but for ouranic do you let the food mold and go bad, or do you set a limit or something so it doesn’t go bad? and what do you do after it does go bad?
all the best, ᏥᏍᏚ
hii digitalbun ! i'm glad you went for asks instead , i should add those boundaries to my intro post , thanks for the idea ! i'm not really cool with dms unless we've interacted before through replies or asks , but i'm always open to asks ^_^ thank you for making sure !
as far as your question ! i can't really afford to allow my food to rot , even if it's a small portion , mainly because of ( 1 ) guilt and ( 2 ) i'm real tight on money all the time .
so , to combat this , this is basically my routine every time i offer food:
- pick the food ( obv ) . sometimes it'll be a portion of my food , mostly it's my entire plate though because i don't eat much to begin with and i want them to at least have something of substance . also i struggle with eating , so if it's a food offering then i'm bound to finish it all . win-win for everyone !
- choose the deity you'd like to offer to . this is a bit diffcult for me sometimes because i often can't choose between my deities , but on wednesdays i dedicate everything i eat to hermes , on sundays it's all for apollo , and so on . obviously though for me it'll always have to be an ouranic deity .
- offer it ! mine usually goes with me either whispering or saying in my head , "i offer this food to [deity name]" . but we're not done offering yet !
- since i have to always eat the food , i always mention to the deity , "i offer you the spiritual portion , because i have to consume the physical portion" . letting the deity know that i'm going to consume it is essential , just so they know i'm not disrespecting them . also saying the same thing every single time tires me so sometimes i play around with the wording but it always means the same . most of the time i'm not that formal and i just go "i offer you this food but i gotta eat it so.............keep that in mind"
- "i will begin eating when you allow me to . thank you" is the final thing i say . i wait for a bit , usually about five minutes , and then i ask "may i eat it now?" . this part will vary person to person , because i'm in the practice of being able to receive yes / no answers through energy , so i can usually always interpret a yes or a no on the spot . however , constantly having to sense energy is exhausting so on the times where i just cannot do it , i usually just wait until i feel like it's okay for me to eat it . you can always use a pendulum or tarot or you can also wait until you feel it's right to start eating ! i only start eating after i get a "yes" . sometimes i'll get a "maybe" , in which case i wait for about another minute and then ask again . if i get a no , i'll wait another few minutes ^_^
the reason i cannot wait for more than five minutes at a time is because normally i'm eating with my family , so i can only stall for so long . my deities know i'm closeted with my beliefs so they don't hold me up for too long . the longest time was maybe the first time i ever offered lemonade to apollo and he took hours to give me a yes .
i hope this helps ! ^_^ if you have any more questions feel free to ask !
me for the past year: euu i have such writer's block :(
apollo on a random thursday night: #notmydevotee
erebos: Let The Boy Rest
hypnos, ready to throw hands:
** no but in all seriousness i desperately need to set boundaries with apollo guys pls set boundaries with your deities it's so important
reminder your prayers don't have to always be formal <- just prayed by going "sos apollo father of healing help it hurts" and the pain immediately stopped
sonne by rammstein really puts apollo's darker sides in perspective for me. even though he's always shown himself to me as a whimsical fatherly / brotherly figure, sonne helps me understand that despite the joyous whimsicality he shows me, he's still the god of plagues and illness. he is the god of light, and he can take it away as easily as he grants it. it reminds me that he can easily flip the switch on me whenever he so desires. and for some reason, it's slightly comforting. comforting in the sense that, i know he'll hold me accountable. he won't sugar coat things for me, he'll tell me when i've done something wrong, and if i don't know how to fix it, he'll show me the way. i haven't really experienced his infamous overprotectiveness yet, probably because nobody's really wronged me yet, but i still feel safe around him nonetheless.
learning more and more that my primary method of giving offerings is offering my time and energy and showing devotion via singing
it makes me feel better AND i love doing it. i just got done singing for erebos and i feel so light and i feel like he enjoyed it as much as i did
don't know who needs to hear this but you don't need to listen to greek-adjacent instrumental lyre/harp music to connect with the hellenic gods <- coming from someone who has been listening to bollywood movie instrumental soundtracks to meditate and connect with the hellenic gods
#i'm desi so listening to music like#the instrumental soundtrack from baahubali or something#makes me feel better#because i connect with the music much more#point is#meditation music can just be whatever music you connect with the most#i think that makes it more effective actually#helpol#⑅ ˚ hellenic polytheist says ♡ ⁺#hellenic polytheism#hellenic polytheist#hellenic pagan#hellenic polytheistic#hellenism#paganblr#pagan witch#pagan
sometimes all you need to do is lay in bed for a while and hold your red teletubby plush that you associate with your soul dad to feel better
reached out to aphrodite for the first time today , been a long time coming because being an ex muslim comes with a LOT of romantic and sexual guilt
#⑅ ˚ hellenic polytheist things ♡ ⁺#⑅ ˚ ex muslim says ♡ ⁺#⑅ ˚ aphrodite ♡ ⁺#helpol#aphrodite#lady aphrodite#hellenic polytheism#hellenic polytheist#hellenic pagan#hellenic polytheistic#hellenism#hellenic pantheon#pagan witch#paganism#paganblr#witchblr#religious healing#sexual healing#romantic healing#sexual guilt#romantic guilt#religious guilt
met a mythic literalist today and lost a few braincells due to their misunderstanding of the rape of persephone
the entire convo went exactly like this because i'm copying this all from the texts:
#this is why researching before you begin worship is so so SO important guys please don't get all your information from tumblr?#⑅ ˚ hellenic polytheist things ♡ ⁺#⑅ ˚ zeus ♡ ⁺#helpol#hellenic polytheism#hellenic polytheist#hellenic pagan#hellenic polytheistic#hellenism#hellenic pantheon#pagan witch#paganblr#pagan#zeus
guys does playing games count as meditating because i heard it somewhere and it sounds too good to be true and as someone that plays tons of games i Need To Know
btw offering / sharing airplane food with hermes is a great idea and i will be doing it on my flight tomorrow