Back at home tonight. Set things up in the living room since my normal altars/shrines are veiled for the Anthesteria. Used the Brandon Newburg ritual as well as the same divination system as yesterday to keep things consistent. Hana wanted to participate tonight, so I let her observe and interact as she wanted. I didn't have any more chocolate wine ( Read more... )

The first day of Anthesteria didn't quite go as planned. I ended up spending the night at my mom's instead of going home, so I had to improvise a bit. I printed off a copy of the ritual written by Brandon Newberg to work with. I made the hallows with a white taper candle I got off my mom, a bowl of water, and a tree made out of construction paper. ( Read more... )

Hope everyone had a nice equinox and any other holidays that come around this time ( Read more... )

Let Zeus first be my witness, highest of the gods and greatest, and Gaia, and wide Ouranos above us, and Helios who sees and hears all, and Hera, and Horkos, and you who under the earth take vengeance on dead men, whoever among them has sworn to falsehood, you shall be witnesses, to guard the oath I offer here.

I, LaDawn, your child and ( Read more... )

Tonight is a full moon and I decided to celebrate it using Emerald's solitary Hellenic ritual. Selene is a goddess that I've been fond of since high school (where, oddly enough, I discovered her through my fandom of Sailor Moon, which took some inspiration from the story of Selene and Endymion) and she was a primary goddess for me when I first ( Read more... )

This morning I finished Anthestria with the final ritual. Again using Mr. Newberg's script: http://www.adf.org/cgi-bin/adf/wiki/view/Main/AnthesteriaKhytroiRead more... )

Just finished honoring the second day of Anthesteria using Brandon Newberg's ritual: http://www.adf.org/cgi-bin/adf/wiki/view/Main/AnthesteriaKhoesRead more... )

Last night/this morning I celebrated the first day of Anthesteria. Even though I had been thinking about it all week I still managed to forget to buy most of the stuff I had wanted to purchase for it (other than the wine, I bought plenty of that). So I celebrated sans-decorations and it was still great. I used Brandon Newberg's ritual: Read more... )

Tonight I attended an Imbolc ritual with my mother-in-law with a group called Sophia's Portico. Its a bit of an interesting group, its a feminine spirituality group run by retired nuns and yet very new age-ish. Their rituals seem to be Wiccan-inspired but aren't full on Wiccan rituals ( Read more... )

Last night I celebrated the wedding of Zeus and Hera using a ritual from one of the Hellenion Proto-Demos websites, modified a little as I was alone and inside. (Ritual found here: http://www.hyperborean-demos.com/Gamelia-2007.pdf ) I prepared "Greek-style" ribeye ( Read more... )