Alexandria, Hypatia and her death, will be the plot of “Agora”, a movie from spanish director Alejandro Amenabar; with a english speaking cast, the movie is expected to premier in october.

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I have often said (and still believe) that Hellenismos…the Reconstruction of Ancient Greek Religious Practice….should not be a religion of the intellectual elite.

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Because I am a regular schmo, and a Hellenic Reconstructionist, I decided I needed to delve more deeply into the philosophers, but develop a way to do so without my brain bleeding out of my nose.

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The spark of inspiration for this short essay came from a conversation on our forum, and a misunderstanding regarding the concept of kharis that is currently spreading through some “Hellenic polytheist” online groups. Subsequently, I provided a list of quotes (here) from several scholarly sources explaining this concept, and now would like to meld those thoughts into a coherent statement regarding this essential concept.

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I would have presumed, based on the last great debate over what is and is not Hellenismos, and the subsequent forum announcement several months ago, that there would be an understanding of the intent and purpose of this website. I was wrong. I am writing this statement to further clarify the guidelines of this website, and some of the accepted definitions we use.

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Today I’ve dreamt I was a mermaid, I was in the sea near the beach and I saw a closed bottle of champagne inside a bucket of ice, over the rocks, and I knew it was from a bad guy who would use it to celebrate his deed. So, I’ve noted the fishnet he had put around the part of the water where I was in, and I tried to swim to the shore while the net was closing. I don’t know if I got it, but the feeling I had is that I did it, because – after that – I was already in another dream.

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As many people know, I am the owner of Mind-N-Magick.com. We are organizing a donation drive to the victims of Hurricane Ike in Texas. There is a great need to non-perishable foods and other basic necessities.

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Hellenic Polytheistic Reconstructionism (also Hellenic Reconstructionism) refers to various reconstructionist movements that attempt to revive ancient Greek religious practices, emerging since the 1990s. Since 1997 the movement in Greece has been institutionalized under the Supreme Council of Ethnikoi Hellenes. Polytheistic reconstructionism is not a religion itself, but is the methodology for re-establishing a historical polytheistic (or pre-Christian) religion in the modern world.

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