Not Related To Anything On My Blog But HOLY FUCK I LOVE CHAPPELL ROAN SO MUCH

Not related to anything on my blog but HOLY FUCK I LOVE CHAPPELL ROAN SO MUCH

@divine-thievery <- my pagan blog

You were raised muslim too 😭 I can't believe I'm not the only one also I wasnt raise religious.

Yep. Well, I didn't really have religion shoved down my throat by my parents. Just school, grandparents and everyone else around me basically. Even though I didn't think about religion too much I still experienced religious guilt, I guess I was influenced by my classmates. Now that I believe in metaphysical beings, not necessarily a creator, I try to get rid of my overleft beliefs from Islam that aren't good for me.

Hey, I've been looking up Poppies on pinterest to draw them and I came upon this website. I thought it could be interesting to those who work with herbs. And the pictures are just pretty.

The picture I found the website through:

Are there any requirements for hygiene in Hellenism?

I was raised Muslim, this is relevant. Muslims wash their hands, feet and face before they pray. I think this is neat, however I really don't know what I should worry about when it comes to hygiene in Hellenism, specifically for worshipping Aphrodite. I try to at least wash my face and brush my teeth on fridays before doing devotional acts as I can't give offerings. I'm trying to prevent my previous beliefs from harming me as I could hardly get rid of them even when I was an atheist. I'm trying to keep it as separate as I can.

I wrote this in Turkish but I'll try to translate. Here's the original:

Ey Güler Yüzlü Afrodit!

Ey güzellik ve aşk Tanrıçası!

Günümü ve gecemi güzelleştirdiğin

Kendimi sevmeme yardım ettiğin için çok teşekkür ederim

Pozitif enerjini,

Sevgini üzerimde hissetmeyi,

Bana verdiğin hislerle dolup taşmayı seviyorum

Ey güzel Tanrıça!

Lütfen bana rehberlik et

Kendimi sevmeme yardım et

Beni nazik, zeki, içinden güzel insanlarla karşılaştır

Beni gerçek arkadaşlarla tanıştır

Mükemmel sevgi ve güvenle sana sığınıyorum

Herşey için teşekkür ederim 💘🕊️

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English translation: (please change it into a way that makes sense in English if necessary)

O Smileful Aphrodite!

O Goddess of beauty and love!

Thank you so much for making my day and night

And for helping me love myself

I love your positive energy,

Feeling your love upon me

And overflowing with the feelings you give me

O beautiful Goddess!

Please guide me,

Help me love myself,

Make me come across people who are kind, smart and beautiful on the inside,

Make me come across real friends,

I ask you with perfect love and perfect trust

Thanks for everything 💘🕊️

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I have to note that "make me come across good people" is something people where I live use a lot. I don't know if it's a Turkish thing or a Muslim thing. I'm guessing Turkish. I think perfect love and perfect trust might be a Wiccan thing but I'm not so sure. It just fits the prayer well and it's for my personal use.

Does anyone have any prayers to Aphrodite which isn’t asking for anything and it just to show appreciation and worship?

the ladies' bathroom is the temple of Aphrodite

I make my pilgrimage through the crowd

I dance my way through the beer garden and enter her sacred space

past midnight, the sermons begin

the sink is the altar at the temple of Aphrodite

the priestesses are gathered around one tiny mirror

their giggles and cackles are ambrosia to my ears, the nectar has long before started flowing

it has to, else no service tonight

"oh my god," the high priestess says, invoking the prayer

"you're too good for him," says another of the women

"girl, I love that dress," says the third.

one of them offers her mascara. communion.

the stalls are the confession booths in the temple of Aphrodite

as the godess herself holds a girl's hair as she confesses her sin

"do not worry, child, it is not a sin to live in hedonism," she says, her voice like honey

"stall’s free," the girl stumbles out

it is a mess, the temple of Aphrodite

but not a repulsion. tear tracks are a mark of love,

not for the man who caused the tears but for the girls who wipe them away

you’ll never see them again, but tonight they voice the will of a godess

I ask the high priestess where she got her shoes

it is part of the ritual of the temple, and I have done my part now

"ooh, girl, on sale!" the priestess is pleased.

the godess herself is appeased. I go in peace.

the ladies' bathroom is the temple of Aphrodite