Zeus, the principle deity of heavenly Olympus and of classical Greece, appears to be a primordial entity that has been worshipped in the Balkan Peninsula from at least the third millennium BCE. His name derives from dyeu, a Proto-Indo-European word which means “to shine” and connects the god to the sky, thunder and the heavenly realm in general.
Hephaestus was the Olympian god of fire and the artisanal crafts, particularly metallurgy which involved the smelting and pouring of metals into casts under searing temperatures. His relation to fire also connected him to lava and volcanic eruptions. Two of his major epithets, Chalkeus (Coppersmith) and Klutotechnes (Renowned artificer) like the god with the aforementioned traits indefinitely.
In classical myth the god Hermes acts as the messenger of the Olympians, the living, tangible connection between the heavens and the earth, as well as a psychopomp. His epithets Diaktoros and Psychopompos definitely allude to the two just mentioned qualities.
G’day and welcome to the first blog of week two! This week I’ll be discussing Greek folklore. Today’s lesson, apart from focuseing exclusively on the nature and evolution of the Greek “nymph”, also has a video component in honour of the sailors and the nymphs who they see in their worldly travels.
A contemporary, modern retelling of disparately related ancient Egyptian myths, reworked as an autobiography of the goddess Isis (First-person narrative).
Lately I've been seeing the importance of meditation. I've also noticed that when I am consistent with a meditation practice I am transformed & strong. But when I fall out of practice I am very vulnerable to the energy around me. Especially other people's emotions, the media & my own ego.
What is it about the sun that makes us deny the shadow? We revel in the dark until we find a light, and then we escape it as though it were an epidemic of catastrophic sorts. Lost under a veil of life and death, light and dark, we will always fight for the light of life, that is always our initial base, our lead.
It's been difficult to write as of late, so sorry for the delay. As it happens, I am recently out of the hospital from a bad fall wherein I needed surgery to put some broken bones back together. The narcotic pain killers have also numbed my ability to tell my story, though, truth be told, this is my third attempt at writing the next installment of my story.
How does a woman arrive at feminism when she comes from sex, drugs and rock and roll? Why is feminism such an unpopular, un-liked thing? How did I go from stripper to conscious feminist? How did our ideas of masculine, feminine and sex get here Evolvers? What is a woman's story and on what basis are her opinions formed?
Suddenly I have found the power of True Belief, and now I will perform miracles. The power of GoddessGod, GodGoddess, Existence-and-beyond - the power of all that is - flows with this belief. The belief is all that it takes.
This is a massive moment. Wow.
I love you, I know you love me too - and we can perform miracles.
Very simply put, I believe that Existence is True Love as One becoming True Love as One-and-Apart, where every part has free will and is unique.
I believe that every part of Existence is helping all the other parts to reach more understanding of Existence, and through that, we will all be able to live freely according to our true nature, which I believe to be True Love.
In the remarkable BBC documentary "From the Heart of the World: The Elder Brother’s Warning," the reclusive Kogi tribe, considered to be the last surviving pre-Columbian civilization, emerge from their secluded home in the Sierra Nevada mountains of northern Columbia to deliver a sobering message to the rest of the world: the Great Mother is dying and we, the industrialized nations of the world
"Banish the word 'struggle' from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.
We are the ones we have been waiting for." — Hopi elders
