Changing Times

 One of the huge things that have affected my Hellenic practice is time. I work nights, meaning that if I want to celebrate a Hellenic holiday I have to wait until the next morning. That is if I'm all there to do it. That has changed. Starting next week, I will be stuck doing mornings. Unless they need a body for nights. That means, for me, that I will be able to celebrate the holidays when the time comes. I'm really happy about that and I look forward to all the chances to celebrate and honor the gods that I love.

Turning This Into My Main Blog

 I have to Hellenic blogs on here, but I decided to just have this one. So, this will be my main Hellenic blog and I do hope that you all will enjoy it. I want to be someone that someone can look to and say 'yes, she knows her stuff.' I would love that more than anything. So, I hope that you do get something out of the future posts and thanks for reading.

Diasia

On Wednesday I celebrated the Lesser Mysteries, so today, since I don't have to work tomorrow, I'm celebrating Diasia. Diasia was dedicated to Zeus Meilichios. Zeus Meilichios was the underworld aspect of Zeus. Since Zeus was a very important god, then this festival was important and widespread. Here's a link to my lovely fellow Hellenist that does way more research then I do and has some pretty lengthy posts.

http://baringtheaegis.blogspot.com/2013/03/celebrating-diasia.html

Thanks Baring the Aegis for your time honored work.

Protests Mount Over Tall Buidlings Around Acropolis

Here's the link

http://www.ekathimerini.com/237874/article/ekathimerini/news/protests-mount-over-tall-buildings-around-acropolis

I'm going to talk about why this is wrong on so many levels.

One of the things that I can't stand is when something that was enjoyed by all is now enjoyed by a selected few. The acropolis, which has several ruins that made up the most impressive and splendid religious site in the world. To have the view partly obstructed by hotels is beyond disgusting and I can understand the outrage that these people are feeling.

To most these ruins are just that, ruins, but to Greece they mean something. Something that's timeless and important. Buildings that host snooty guests, who can see the full acropolis, is just wrong. Oh how Athena is crying.

The Lesser Mysteries Approch

This year's Lesser Mysteries is upon us and it will be time to honor the goddess Dementer and Persephone. Due to work I usually pick a day that I'm off to do this. Here's some info about this observance, which runs from tonight, at sundown, to sundown on the 4th of next month.

There were two Eleusinian Mysteries, the Greater and the Lesser. According to Thomas Taylor, "the dramatic shows of the Lesser Mysteries occultly signified the miseries of the soul while in subjection to the body, so those of the Greater obscurely intimated, by mystic and splendid visions, the felicity of the soul both here and hereafter, when purified from the defilements of a material nature and constantly elevated to the realities of intellectual [spiritual] vision." According to Plato, "the ultimate design of the Mysteries … was to lead us back to the principles from which we descended, … a perfect enjoyment of intellectual [spiritual] good."^[46]
The Lesser Mysteries took place in the month of Anthesteria under the direction of Athens' archon basileus. In order to qualify for initiation, participants would sacrifice a piglet to Demeter and Persephone, and then ritually purify themselves in the river Illisos. Upon completion of the Lesser Mysteries, participants were deemed mystai ("initiates") worthy of witnessing the Greater Mysteries.

I hope that you all will have a good one.

Been a Member of Hellenion for a Year

The middle part of January marked one year that I've been a member of Hellenion. I didn't renew on time, but I did renew. When the time comes I will renew, on time. Being part of Hellenion has been one of the best things that I've done. It's connected me to community and helped me feel as though I'm not a lone Hellenist. One of the things that I really want to do, when I'm able to, is have a proto grove that's connected with Hellenion. Here's a link to the group and I hope that you enjoy being a member, if you decide to join.

http://www.hellenion.org/index/

A Celebration of Ancient Greek Music

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2019/02/19/a-celebration-of-ancient-greek-music-in-athens/

Oh how Apollon loves this. This was in the Greek Reporter and I just love the fact that these students are celebrating something that all cultures have enjoyed for thousands of years. Naturally we don't really know what Greek music sounded like, but this is a start. May Apollon bless them and help them in their efforts.