“While the world saw my encounter with Apollo as further proof of my strange mind, I saw that the day he had come to me in the temple was like a lightning bolt shattering the center of my life, the cracks in the earth spiraling from it in every direction. I knew that the madness within me had not been building to that moment, but rather that the echoes of his devastation had rung back through my years as well as forward. Such was the power of Apollo: he could shatter my existence from beginning to end.”

-Elektra by Jennifer Saint

Me reading how Cassandra got kissed by Apollo and then he spat in her mouth: Gods I wish that were me

Apollo:What is wrong with you?

Me: I just really love you

teawiththegods:

I don’t know if it’s obvious or not but I fucking love Apollo! ✨

Apollo

Olympian god of music, poetry, art, prophecy, truth, archery, plague, healing, and the sun

Invocation:

Apollo, radiant son

Of thundering zeus,

Far-seeing, Far-shooting,

Distant yet observing.

Shinning Apollo,

Your arrows pierce any shield,

Your keen eye finds each target

With unnerving aim

Apollo, wise one,

Your oracles force clear thought

Upon the desperate;

I praise and honor you.

Bright Apollo,

Patron of beauty and reason,

I pray to you, Grant me balance,

Grant me insight,

Grant me inspiration.

Father of Asklepios,

Keep all ill health from my home,

From my family.

Foreknowledge grant me as needed,

And with eyes

To see true, undeceived

By hope, by desire.

Offerings:

• Libations:sun water, milk, olive oil, herbal tea
• Honey & honey cakes
• Chocolate with orange or lemon flavors
• Orange or lemon pastries
• Lamb or goat meat
• Fruits
• Cheeses
• Wheat
• Breads
• Golden objects(i.e. bowls, cups, flakes of gold, etc)
• Bows & arrows(real or fake)
• Images or art of the sun
• All musical instruments
• Wolf and/or dolphin art, pictures, or statues
• Any images or art or statues of birds, especially crows & swans
• Incense: frankincense & myrrh
• Stones: amber, sunstone, yellow sapphires, yellow topaz,
• Laurel tree branches and/or leaves
• Valley Lily
• Sunflowers
• Aloe vera
• Anise
• Poetry, music, letters, and/or hymns you’ve written
• Art you’ve made
• Photos you’ve taken
• Golden jewelry
• Lgbtia+ flags(especially bi or pan since he’s described as having female & male lovers)
• Divination items(tarot, oracle, pendulum, etc)

21+ Offerings:

• Wine diluted with pure water

Devotional Acts:

• Read/write poetry, hymns, letters,songs, etc
• Sing to him
• Take care of your mental health, remember to take your medicine if you have any
• Try and/or practice archery and possibly even compete in archery competitions in his honor
• Try different types of divination
• Watch the sunrise
• Go for a walk in the sunlight
• Let more sunlight into your home
• Learn a musical instrument or learn how to sing
• Learn simple medical care like CPR
• Read his myths, hymns, & poems
• Learn about his lovers
• Attend pride
• Support LGBTIA+ rights
• Honor Leto & Artemis
• Pray to him often, for guidance, healing, good health, inspiration, prophecy, or truth
• Support LGBTIA+ owned businesses
• Support small time and/or local indie artists, writers, & musicians
• Donate to medical charities
• Help street medics at protests

Digital Devotions:

• Make an E-shrine
• Make a moodboard
• Write blogs on archery, medicine, music, arts, writing
• If you have a divination service you can dedicate it to him

Altar/shrine ideas

Include a lot of solar imagery, bow & arrow statues & imagery, yellow or orange candles, statues or art of him & his sacred animals(snakes, wolves, foxes, deer, dolphins, crows, hawks), his stones, herbal medicines, musical pieces, divination tools, snake imagery, lyre statues & depictions

Apollo: Listen up, fives, a ten is speaking.

Later——

Apollo: Artemis, can we talk? One ten to another.

Artemis: I’m an eleven, but continue.

Apollo:

Athena:

Hermes:

Apollo:

Hephaestus:

Apollo:

Hephaestus:

Apollo:

Artemis:

Apollo:

I got covid at christmas dinner with my fam, how’s that. Anyways, because of it i have connected more with Apollo because of his health aspect and after researching a bit for adding to my grimoire I read many posts saying how they couldn’t worship their deities properly because they saw everyone doing it in a certain way so that made them compare themselves with that certain everyone and made them insecure about their practice…

Which is a mood tbh.

And I feel I have said so many times the same thing on my posts but I will dedicate one just for this, do what it feels right for you and remember social media is fake. So, first, with the social media thing, some of your favorite bloggers or whatever you follow regarding your worship most of the times won’t tell you when they fuck up. I personally don’t sit everyday and say “oh this last month I didn’t move a finger for my worship because of x and x reason” because I don’t feel the need of sharing it, and I know many others who feel the same. 

Imagine this hypothetical scenario. Your mom asks you how you’re doing at school, work, college, whatever and you’re doing really bad because of x reason. The probability you will open up and be honest is very low, we all probably want to say “i’m doing great, achieving all my goals, etc” so when we are not we just rather avoid it. The same happens with worship. There will be exceptions of posts in which we say we fucked up in certains ways, but that wont be constant because the human race has been known for not accepting their mistakes, who would be proud of them tbh.

This leads me to my next point which is don’t be scared to fuck up, the fact that you don’t see everyone messing up doesn’t mean it’s not common to do so… I’m pretty sure everyone has had their downs when it comes to worshipping, the important part is to be able to recover and do something about it. Find a way of worship you feel comfortable with, not a way of worship someone else feels comfortable with.

If there’s something I really like about Hellenism and Paganism in general is how personal the practice can be, there is not a book full of rules to follow, they are just some ground rules and from that you can create your own beautiful practice that fits into your lifestyle and way of living your religious aspect of life. 

So please, don’t compare yourself to people on social media and the way they practice, that’s their personal way that fits into their lifestyle not yours. 

Really short post but im sick so i would rather go to sleep, goodnight and trust your gut. 

apollon-quotes:

With soft foliage, Apollo shapes and binds his flowing locks, braiding it with golden diadem; his weapons sound on his shoulders

– Vergil, Aeneid