In life, as well as in faith, we sometimes come across conflicting responsibilities. Today was one such day for me. Hestia is not only a Goddess that is at the center of the household and family, but also a Goddess that is at the center of community. When Hestia and her fellow Khronides accepted me…
I’m not going to tell anyone to go against their conscience, but in the case of the recent vote on net neutrality I wish that one more member of the FCC governing committee had listened to the actual people speaking loudly in favor of keeping corporations from charging more for different types of content. At…
I’ve been somewhat reluctant to post on what would potentially be a “controversial” issue in the wider world because of several reasons. First, I have very strong views on sexual harassment and assault because of personal experience. Second, I wanted to post in a measured way about the issue. Finally, I wanted to think about…
For people who have been following me for a while, I understand that it is unusual for me to “drop off the map” when I’m in the middle of a sequence of blog posts that go together. I apologize for this latest one with a bit of an explanation. For some reason, still unknown to…
The focus for today’s post is on common offerings made to Zeus, both historical and UPG. Some of these are relatively easy to do in the modern era, where others are less so. In general, incense is usually acceptable to the Theoi. Zeus is primarily offered storax according to several sources, both ancient and modern.…
One of the things that I consider to be one of the biggest misconceptions about Zeus is that he is a philanderer and even a rapist. If you look at the culture in the Mycenaean and Pre-Classical Greece. you see that there are documented instances of males having multiple wives. This is in approximately the…
Variations in how Zeus is viewed by various areas of Greece is something that is interesting to a lot of people. And this is reflected in the various myths that describe Him. The variations begin in the story of his birth, because Crete is where Zeus was raised from infancy, but other stories don’t describe…
