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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Saturday, October 20, 2012
She was born from what???
This week we'll look at Aphrodite, or Venus. Essentially she is the same in the Greek Pantheon and the Roman Pantheon. For ease, we'll call her Aprhodite!
She is one of my favorite Goddesses in many ways! She is the Goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and pro-creation.
Legend says that during a battle Cronos cut of Uranus' genitals and threw them in the sea, and from this and the foam of the sea Aphrodite was created. This makes her older than Zeus, :) I bet he wasn't thrilled with this, LOL. Aphrodite was of course beautiful and had the eye of every man. The other Gods feared that she would, because of her beauty created jealousy and war. Zeus married her off to Hephaestus, who wasn't in the least considered a threat.
Aphrodite loved many men, including Gods such as Ares. She is a huge player in the Eros and Psyche legend. She was also the lover of Adonis and his surrogate mother.
Turtles, horses, doves, dolphins, scallop shells, roses, swans and sparrows are sacred to her.
She wasn't the most even tempered Goddess out there, hence her passion with Ares. She loved a good fight, and a tryst of love. She may have been married, but she cheated more times than can be counted. She was lusted after by mortals and immortals alike.
Legend says that during a battle Cronos cut of Uranus' genitals and threw them in the sea, and from this and the foam of the sea Aphrodite was created. This makes her older than Zeus, :) I bet he wasn't thrilled with this, LOL. Aphrodite was of course beautiful and had the eye of every man. The other Gods feared that she would, because of her beauty created jealousy and war. Zeus married her off to Hephaestus, who wasn't in the least considered a threat.
Aphrodite loved many men, including Gods such as Ares. She is a huge player in the Eros and Psyche legend. She was also the lover of Adonis and his surrogate mother.
Turtles, horses, doves, dolphins, scallop shells, roses, swans and sparrows are sacred to her.
She wasn't the most even tempered Goddess out there, hence her passion with Ares. She loved a good fight, and a tryst of love. She may have been married, but she cheated more times than can be counted. She was lusted after by mortals and immortals alike.
When working with her, you can expect to feel loved and embraced. Remember she is your friend. I wouldn't get overly impatient though, as she can be quite tempermental. Enjoy her and be surrounded by her love. She has a healing quality, so all you need to do is relax and let Aphrodite take over.
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Friday, October 19, 2012
Changing it up a bit...
This week I'm going to change it up a bit. Take a break for this week from the Gods/Goddess blogs. Like each of us, I've just had an off week where I haven't felt so connected.
So instead this week, I'm going to tell you about an adventure, that sort of is connected to an Earth based path, that my husband has just started.
This adventure started about 4 months ago when we went to the local strawberry patch, brought home ten pounds of berries and ended up putting some in a mason jar in the fridge. We had forgot about the jar in the back of the fridge until we came back from our trip to Canada. When we found the jar, it had sealed itself and was fermenting pretty good at that point. Well, we decided to leave it to see what would happen.
Hubby called his sister, the wine maker of the family, and asked her what her suggestion was with the strawberries in the fridge. The weekend of my oldest son's birthday, hubby's sister brought with her everything that he would need... Including the carboy and yeast!
Fast-forward to tonight. Hubby took the jar of strawberries from the fridge, plus another two and a half pounds, put them into a cheese cloth bag, pressed the juice from all of it, added water, and some other dry ingredients. There is now a 1 gallon starter bucket of "I-hope-it-turns-into-something-good" wine on my counter. This process is supposed to take up to 4 or 5 months to finish depending on the wants of the dear wine-maker husband. I can't wait to be able to try his wine because if it turns out well, I may just get him a carboy and all the supplies to keep making wine!
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~*Fire*~
So instead this week, I'm going to tell you about an adventure, that sort of is connected to an Earth based path, that my husband has just started.
This adventure started about 4 months ago when we went to the local strawberry patch, brought home ten pounds of berries and ended up putting some in a mason jar in the fridge. We had forgot about the jar in the back of the fridge until we came back from our trip to Canada. When we found the jar, it had sealed itself and was fermenting pretty good at that point. Well, we decided to leave it to see what would happen.
Hubby called his sister, the wine maker of the family, and asked her what her suggestion was with the strawberries in the fridge. The weekend of my oldest son's birthday, hubby's sister brought with her everything that he would need... Including the carboy and yeast!
Fast-forward to tonight. Hubby took the jar of strawberries from the fridge, plus another two and a half pounds, put them into a cheese cloth bag, pressed the juice from all of it, added water, and some other dry ingredients. There is now a 1 gallon starter bucket of "I-hope-it-turns-into-something-good" wine on my counter. This process is supposed to take up to 4 or 5 months to finish depending on the wants of the dear wine-maker husband. I can't wait to be able to try his wine because if it turns out well, I may just get him a carboy and all the supplies to keep making wine!
An Egyptian Priestess depicted with wine containers (on the left). I found this on vinetalk.com
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~*Fire*~
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
The God of What?
The God of War! You may ask who the God of War is exactly. Well, it depends on which pantheon you're working with. In the Greek pantheon, it's Ares! That is who we are looking at today.
Ares is the only son of Zeus and Hera, although neither of the Gods liked their son very much. Like Thor, Ares is portrayed as a vigorous young man with a beard. The main thing with Ares, is that he's a very handsome God. The attributes of him are that he's determined, fearless, and very decisive. On the other hand though, he's blood-thirsty, and looking for a fight regardless of the consequences.
This is how I have imagined him. The actor is Kevin Smith, the picture is a screen shot from the show Xena: Warrior Princess.
I find that I work with him the most when I have stress, conflict and confusion in my life. It seems like through him, I am able to "battle it out" with myself. Of all the Gods and Goddesses that I have worked with, Ares seems to be the one that I find myself calling on the least. Unlike Anubis, Thor, and Loki; Ares comes on strong and fast so it takes very little time for me to start working with him. I admit, when impatience on my part plays a roll in working with the Gods and Goddesses, Ares is there and ready to go for me. Ares always seems to bring in something new and teach me something new about my dark side. Even though he teaches me new things about my dark side, there's always a note of caution to not let it take hold.
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Ares is the only son of Zeus and Hera, although neither of the Gods liked their son very much. Like Thor, Ares is portrayed as a vigorous young man with a beard. The main thing with Ares, is that he's a very handsome God. The attributes of him are that he's determined, fearless, and very decisive. On the other hand though, he's blood-thirsty, and looking for a fight regardless of the consequences.
This is how I have imagined him. The actor is Kevin Smith, the picture is a screen shot from the show Xena: Warrior Princess.
I find that I work with him the most when I have stress, conflict and confusion in my life. It seems like through him, I am able to "battle it out" with myself. Of all the Gods and Goddesses that I have worked with, Ares seems to be the one that I find myself calling on the least. Unlike Anubis, Thor, and Loki; Ares comes on strong and fast so it takes very little time for me to start working with him. I admit, when impatience on my part plays a roll in working with the Gods and Goddesses, Ares is there and ready to go for me. Ares always seems to bring in something new and teach me something new about my dark side. Even though he teaches me new things about my dark side, there's always a note of caution to not let it take hold.
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~*Fire*~
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Happy Thor's Day!
Thor... What do we know about Thor other than he was the son of Odin and God of War, Thunder, and Strength? Well, let's explore him...
Thor was generally depicted as a good-natured, careless, head strong, adventurous, and never got tired of trying his strength. Not only was he associated with thunder, strength and war, he was associated with oak trees, hallowing,healing, fertility and the protection of mankind.
Now, I'd like to think of Thor as you see him when he's played by Chris Hemsworth. You know the guy, long-ish hair, lots of muscles... Something to drool over. This is what I see when I envision him at least. But you'll find that he's usually depicted as a red-haired, long bearded man in his prime. So the image isn't too far off.
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Once again, Happy Thor's Day! ~*Fire*~
Thor was generally depicted as a good-natured, careless, head strong, adventurous, and never got tired of trying his strength. Not only was he associated with thunder, strength and war, he was associated with oak trees, hallowing,healing, fertility and the protection of mankind.
Now, I'd like to think of Thor as you see him when he's played by Chris Hemsworth. You know the guy, long-ish hair, lots of muscles... Something to drool over. This is what I see when I envision him at least. But you'll find that he's usually depicted as a red-haired, long bearded man in his prime. So the image isn't too far off.
When I am working with Thor, I tend to take my time. Like with Loki, I really never know what I am going to get when I work with Thor. Being that he's a God of Asgard, and even though he feels to me like he's impatient, he still demands respect, time and patience. There have been times where I have been impatient with him and I get nothing. There are other times where I have been overly patient with Thor and have been shown new visions or felt a completely new feeling in reward for my patience. He's really quite fun to work with, especially during storms! The storms bring a whole new meaning to working with Thor!
I know that I've only touched on part of Thor in this blog but I promise, you'll see more where this came from! Maybe the next installment I make on Thor should be about his hammer that keeps the Frost Giants away?
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Once again, Happy Thor's Day! ~*Fire*~
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Anubis...
Anubis is first seen in the Old Kingdom in pyramid texts. He was associated with the burial of kings and was the most important God of the Dead before Osiris replaced him during the Middle Kingdom. During a funeral procession, the procession would be headed by Anubis. It was not heard of to have a funeral procession without him. Often you would see in the tombs and pyramids pictures of Anubis taking part in the funeral rites of embalming and mummification. (See the picture below.)
Anubis is the God that protects the dead and brings them to the afterlife. He is portrayed as a human with a black jackal head. The color black is to symbolize the dead and decaying flesh. Anubis is also portrayed in pictures to be guarding the tombs of the dead.
When I work with Anubis, I feel a very calming presence. Usually he is very patient and thorough. He doesn't like to be rushed and there is a constant reminder from him to take my time, be conscience about my movements, and follow the ritual or spells to the letter. He is very meticulous. When I need to work with him, he calls to me louder than any other God or Goddess in my pantheon.
Anubis has always been a large part of my pantheon as far back as I can remember. I really believe that his presence is so noted because of my past lives in Egypt.
Have any of you worked with Anubis? I'd love to hear stories of your work with him!
Anubis is the God that protects the dead and brings them to the afterlife. He is portrayed as a human with a black jackal head. The color black is to symbolize the dead and decaying flesh. Anubis is also portrayed in pictures to be guarding the tombs of the dead.
When I work with Anubis, I feel a very calming presence. Usually he is very patient and thorough. He doesn't like to be rushed and there is a constant reminder from him to take my time, be conscience about my movements, and follow the ritual or spells to the letter. He is very meticulous. When I need to work with him, he calls to me louder than any other God or Goddess in my pantheon.
Anubis has always been a large part of my pantheon as far back as I can remember. I really believe that his presence is so noted because of my past lives in Egypt.
Have any of you worked with Anubis? I'd love to hear stories of your work with him!
~*Fire*~
Saturday, September 15, 2012
One HUGE step forward...
It's been a long year and a hard journey but now that I know my path and have had time to get down the path a ways, it's time. It's time to be honest and say what it is. I am Pagan.
There have been a couple people who have now asked recently about the tattoos on my wrists and I've explained them and that I'm Pagan.
One tattoo is the triquetra and the other one is the ankh. I've had to explain that these are now a symbol of my path that I've come to know as mine. It's been a year since Water and I got the triquetra inked on ourselves. That's when I really started this journey! The journey to the path I'm now on...
I guess I've always known. I never really believed in the same things that others did. I never really accepted blindly and believed a Christian faith. I'm Pagan. I believe in higher powers but I don't believe in a male only dominated faith. The God and Goddess are Yin and Yang. I believe to every male side, there has to be an equal female side.
That being said, in my pantheon I personally have Isis, Anubis, Thor, Loki, Freya, Artemis, Ares... These are just a couple of the Gods and Goddesses that I connect with. Anubis, Thor and Loki are the main Gods I connect with. Anubis has always been a favorite and I believe that comes from my past lives in Egypt. Thor has also been like Anubis and I believe that comes from past lives too. Loki, now he's an interesting God to work with. He wont' be rushed and at times he becomes quite frustrating in that he takes his sweet time or uses trickery.
In the coming months, I am going to be exploring with you the Gods and Goddesses that I have in my pantheon so that maybe I can help someone else with their own pantheon!
I'm so glad that I've been able to share this all with you! Blessed Be!
~*Fire*~
There have been a couple people who have now asked recently about the tattoos on my wrists and I've explained them and that I'm Pagan.
One tattoo is the triquetra and the other one is the ankh. I've had to explain that these are now a symbol of my path that I've come to know as mine. It's been a year since Water and I got the triquetra inked on ourselves. That's when I really started this journey! The journey to the path I'm now on...
I guess I've always known. I never really believed in the same things that others did. I never really accepted blindly and believed a Christian faith. I'm Pagan. I believe in higher powers but I don't believe in a male only dominated faith. The God and Goddess are Yin and Yang. I believe to every male side, there has to be an equal female side.
That being said, in my pantheon I personally have Isis, Anubis, Thor, Loki, Freya, Artemis, Ares... These are just a couple of the Gods and Goddesses that I connect with. Anubis, Thor and Loki are the main Gods I connect with. Anubis has always been a favorite and I believe that comes from my past lives in Egypt. Thor has also been like Anubis and I believe that comes from past lives too. Loki, now he's an interesting God to work with. He wont' be rushed and at times he becomes quite frustrating in that he takes his sweet time or uses trickery.
In the coming months, I am going to be exploring with you the Gods and Goddesses that I have in my pantheon so that maybe I can help someone else with their own pantheon!
I'm so glad that I've been able to share this all with you! Blessed Be!
~*Fire*~
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