Some people support that the today pronunciation of the Greeks was dramatically different from the ancient. Let's see from where originates this theory and why this theory is not correct.
The problem of the true pronunciation of the letters of the Hellenic...
Here is a general list for offerings to the Goddess Hekate.
This is a guide that will show you how to pronounce every greek/hellenic word with paradigms. We will see how sound the vowels (v), the consonants (c) and the double letters.
The Letters
Lately, it has come to my attention that people, especially those using social media, become more and more frustrated and emotional when they post. I have seen and participated in many conversations (including those about the goddess Hekate) and I noticed that when people are having a conversation using logic and reason many times it ends...
The beauty (of the god) is unique; a beauty above any beauty. (The god) bears beauty and he makes it more beautiful with the excess of beauty flowing from him, the beginning and the end of beauty. As a source of beauty, everything that comes from him is beautiful. - Plotinos VI.7
I have read and heard many times that gods can be scary showing up...
In the following article we will see how two main Stoic philosophers saw piety on Gods. From the blog we have also seen the opinions of Theophrastus and Plutarch on that subject.
Ancient and modern Hellenic: two different languages or not?
Some foreigners have claimed that the ancient Hellenic language is different from the modern Hellenic in such a way that they are not connected at all. Some others believe that when someone who has as mother language the Hellenic and claims that he also knows the ancient Hellenic, they believe that he speaks two different...
Socrates explains that death is not an experience accompanied with the loss of someone's existence. The real human is the soul which is immortal.
Goddess Hekate as a Goddess of crossroads and changes is associated with the cycle of life...
The stoic philosopher Epictetus writes about those who want to become priests before they are ready and rightly trained and the importance of the correct priest during the ceremonies. Many people have supported and still claim to be priests and priestesses of the Goddess Hekate or other Gods, while others claim to be priests/priestesses of a magickal tradition. Being a priest/priestess demands great commitment and a lot of hard work internally...
Philosophy of Life is a series of lectures given by a modern Hellene, legendary, philologist, Ioannes Sykoutres, around 1930. Foreign scholars wrote that modern Hellas met a second presence from ancient Hellas, meaning him. He was a professor at the university of Athens and he studied at the Universities of Athens, Berlin and Leipzig, entering the circle of Willamowitz and Jaeger. He founded philological societies for students, writers...
The following article is going to make some people mad, causing them mania to the point that they may even want to hit their screen. It is not suitable for people who base their practices and ideas regardings the cult of Hekate, on illusive personal gnosis, feelings, channelings, New Age ideas, etc. Hopefully, the readers of this blog base their practices on well-documented historical and archaeological facts. Those readers, our readers,...
Goddess Hekate, the Queen of Life with the immortal beauty, is the one who generously gives her blessings to those who honor her name. Excellent hunter is the Great Goddess who stands upon the Universe! And Ηer preys are the restless souls who will follow the spiral of light that She revealed to them. And when we feel lonely and lost, then She sends to us her hounds to accompany us during our journey and to bring us kindly back to Her. Blessed...
Theurgy and Philosophy are two different methods which lead to the union with God.
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It amazes me how so many traditions follow these ancient protocols and roles,