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phoenixgirl God Member Offline Athena & Apollo, may I always serve you in grace Joined: 02/02/10 at 10:14:00 Posts: 582 Philadelphia, PA Gender: Path: Hellenismos Zodiac sign: Mood:	Re: Hellenismos... the most scariest religion ever. Reply #15 - 02/08/10 at 01:39:11 So where do I start? Just morning and evening worship? How would one go along with this?
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Reply #16 - 02/08/10 at 04:34:16

Yes!

That is basically what I stick with, a simple worship routine that is modifiable. I do my morning and evening adulations. You might want to print off a copy of the Orphic hymns and maybe even the Homeric hymns…they have versions available for free (Google search).
Anyway, I do my morning and evening adulations and then also offerings when I cook. It can seem overwhelming at first but not once you get the hang of it…
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phoenixgirl God Member Offline Athena & Apollo, may I always serve you in grace Joined: 02/02/10 at 10:14:00 Posts: 582 Philadelphia, PA Gender: Path: Hellenismos Zodiac sign: Mood:	Re: Hellenismos... the most scariest religion ever. Reply #17 - 02/08/10 at 21:03:08 Okay, got the hymns... do I have to recite the ENTIRE hymn to a certain god, or can I just say part of it... because some of them are long.
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Reply #18 - 02/08/10 at 22:42:56

The Orphic hymns are not very long; I use them as a sort of book of prayers so to speak. The Homeric Hymns do indeed have long passages. How and what hymns you might use or use portions of is up to you and your style and what you have planned so to speak.

Remember, there is an orthopraxic outline to ritual worship, but it is not a meticulous procedure.

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_Lisa_ God Member Offline Joined: 11/25/08 at 14:35:18 Posts: 750 Path: Hellenismos Zodiac sign:	Re: Hellenismos... the most scariest religion ever. Reply #19 - 02/09/10 at 03:19:14 You could also write your own heartfelt prayer, using the epithets of the Deity you are praying to. It is heartfelt, but also orthopraxic.
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Reply #20 - 02/09/10 at 04:15:54

Phoenixgirl, you may already be familiar with these sites, but I'll mention them just in case.

Theoi.com
http://www.theoi.com/ has epithets and primary source information for the Pantheon. It is an exhaustive and wonderful resource and the Hellenismos movement is fortunate to have it. Many reconstructionist faiths would give their eye teeth for a website comparable to Theoi.com devoted to their mythologies.

Sacred-Texts.com
http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/index.htm#greek has freely available the works of Homer, Hesiod, Sappho and many other Classical writers.

I hope these sites will take a lot of the apprehension you have right now and whisk it away!

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astalon Senior Member Offline I Love Hellenismos.us! Joined: 11/25/08 at 15:55:12 Posts: 152 Gender: Path: Seeker	Re: Hellenismos... the most scariest religion ever. Reply #21 - 02/09/10 at 07:36:42 Phoenix:- I suggest that you think on praying and honoring the Gods first .. to the best of your ability and learn along the way. Apprehension is good but it must never get in the way of worship and veneration.
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FyreByrde God Member Offline I am the phoenix that flaps in the night! Joined: 01/30/09 at 00:46:58 Posts: 550 Gender: Path: Seeker Zodiac sign:	Re: Hellenismos... the most scariest religion ever. Reply #22 - 02/15/10 at 05:39:58 And remember: no religion can be learned in a day, (No, not even Wicca.) keep at it. The most important thing is that you try harder every day, to live in the manner that is pleasing to your gods. "To err is human." so don't freak out.
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Reply #23 - 02/15/10 at 15:08:48

FyreByrde wrote on 02/15/10 at 05:39:58:

And remember: no religion can be learned in a day, (No, not even Wicca.) keep at it. The most important thing is that you try harder every day, to live in the manner that is pleasing to your gods.
"To err is human." so don't freak out.

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FyreByrde God Member Offline I am the phoenix that flaps in the night! Joined: 01/30/09 at 00:46:58 Posts: 550 Gender: Path: Seeker Zodiac sign:	Re: Hellenismos... the most scariest religion ever. Reply #24 - 02/18/10 at 05:49:40 LOL. Yeah, I'm nitpicky that way.
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Timothy Administrator Offline Feelin' 7•Up!! Joined: 10/12/08 at 00:00:00 Posts: 2288 Pennsylvania Gender: Path: Hellenismos Zodiac sign: Mood:	Re: Hellenismos... the most scariest religion ever. Reply #25 - 02/18/10 at 11:58:18
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Aias God Member Offline I Love Hellenismos.us! Joined: 06/22/09 at 04:02:31 Posts: 715 San Pablo, CA 94806 Gender: Path: Seeker Zodiac sign:	Re: Hellenismos... the most scariest religion ever. Reply #26 - 02/18/10 at 18:14:09 FyreByrde wrote on 02/15/10 at 05:39:58: "To err is human." so don't freak out. As Mae West might have put it, "To err is human, to sin is...divine."
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Re: Hellenismos... the most scariest religion ever.
Reply #27 - 02/18/10 at 21:35:01

FyreByrde wrote on 02/15/10 at 05:39:58:

no religion can be learned in a day, (No, not even Wicca.)

A pair of teenagers halts in midstride upon hearing this. The male drops his Ipod, the girl drops her cellphone.

What does Fyrebryde mean, they wondered? Did they not after all just become High Priest and Priestess to all Wicca after a single reading of The Ultimate Guide to Wicca.

They are even very religious. They perform the Great Rite not just once but twice to thrice a day. In fact the only thing stopping them from performing the Great Rite so vigorously recently is because of the gift of the Goddess so visibly manifested in the belly of the High Priestess, the third such gift of the Goddess.

Maybe those people who say that one cannot know Wicca in one day is that sour looking obstetrician of theirs who confesses to being a Gardnerian High Priestess and the tired looking social worker who turns out to be of the Alexandrian lineage. Both furiously told them that they were definitely not performing the Great Rite, their knowledge was shallow at best, and they were certainly causing harm.

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FyreByrde God Member Offline I am the phoenix that flaps in the night! Joined: 01/30/09 at 00:46:58 Posts: 550 Gender: Path: Seeker Zodiac sign:	Re: Hellenismos... the most scariest religion ever. Reply #28 - 02/19/10 at 05:48:23 @Aias: Hey a little sinning here and there... waggles eyebrows @astalon: Bwahahahaha! Oh that just made my day! Thank you.
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