Despise A Slanderer

One of the Delphic Maxims…and one that I wanted to talk about because I’ve found it to be significant on a personal level.

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Last night I was reading Aesop’s Fables to my four year old boy, Little Star.

His favorite story is Hermes and the Woodsman.

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I recently wrote a blog talking about how our monotheistic conditioning creates a need for Americans to feel “special”, “called” or “working” for the Gods. There seems to be a desire for some of us to feel that we are on some sort of Spiritual Mission, or have some sort of Divine Calling. I have warned against this line of thinking.

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So yesterday I was at the OB/Gyn doing my yearly thing, and as I was waiting to check out, I looked in the billing office. In the corner, on a shelf, I saw a vase….filled with peacock feathers. I smiled, because I immediately thought of Hera, the Protector of Women….on display in a Gynecologist’s office. Then I started looking, and I saw other things on the shelf that were decorative,…but for anyone practicing Hellenismos…I knew this was an altar to Hera.

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Honestly, I have no stomach for it. That being said, there are some things that are vitally important, that I have great passion and strong views about.

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This is not nearly as well written as Tim’s blog entry. I wrote this is November, and I wanted to show another Recon perspective of the spiritual importance of the UPG in Hellenismos.

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l have been working on a Children’s Book for Hellenismos. The age range it is written for are ages 5-9. It is an educational book, but also a workbook to teach children about the Greek Pantheon. It also touches on philosophy and ethics, and gives children an idea of what to do to worship on their own and with their family.

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Yesterday, everyone cleared out of the house and I had the whole day to myself. I worked on my altar…cleaned it all up, got it organized, set up some new offering saucers.

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It starts by identifying Hellenismos as a Reconstructionist religion, which it is. There are some in the Hellenic community that would take umbrage with that, but this should not at all be controversial. Personally, I feel it is an accurate use of the term, as other authors before Mr. Alexander have the same definition, notably, Drew Campbell, author of Old Stones, New Temples.

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After reading Mr. Alexander’s first book, Hellenismos Today, and being very impressed, I was very happy to see a second book out so soon. I eagerly snatched it up, as this book was marketed as an intro to actual worship.

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