I live in the Northern Hemisphere, so the Autumnal Equinox (on September 22nd this year) is thought of by many here, as the descent of Kore into the Underworld where she is enthroned as Persephone, Mistress of the Eleusinian Mysteries. As a Hellenic Polytheist who honors Persephone and her mother Demeter, I recognize this as…
Originally posted on Life With Trickster Gods:
Well, we have now come to the last of the topics I have culled from all my notes made at Many Gods West 2017. This last one, I have written about to various degrees already. But I thought it might be interesting to explore this from the perspective…
I will freely say that I do not like two out of the three major Abrahamic religions, to whit Christianity and Islam. However, on the anniversary of the World Trade Center and Pentagon terror attacks, I try to differentiate between the religious extremists who committed those acts and the literal BILLIONS of people who try…
Source: When Your God Is a Hurricane
Last month when I was writing daily posts about the god Poseidon, for the most part reactions were positive. The exception to this was from some people in the area affected by Hurricane Harvey. As a survivor of Hurricane Katrina, I can understand this completely. Poseidon is not always the kindest of the Theoi. (That…
