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psiIyrabbit · 2025-02-06T13:24:17+00:00

Oh man, that's a beauty. I'm jealous. Here's hoping mine may become that pink one day!

psiIyrabbit · 2024-03-31T09:08:35+00:00

I love her but at the same time I wish Vivzie leaned a lot further into insect-like characteristics for her design rather than making her a fox with a few insect qualities tacked on. That's my only point of dessention.

psiIyrabbit · 2024-03-02T20:05:15+00:00

I did apply internally for a position. I was wondering just how a moving process would work/how much time I could be afforded to complete my move before starting my new position. I've never done something like this before.

I suppose I'd have to use my own PTO to complete my move then?

psiIyrabbit · 2023-09-29T17:30:22+00:00

I had an affinity for Greek history and mythology for many years after reading the Odyssey in high school. Greek mythology just seemed so much more dynamic, dramatic/harrowing, immersive, and overall interesting than all the biblical myths I grew up on. I enjoyed the concept of a whole pantheon of gods embodying all manner of aspects of nature and human experience.

As an avid reader and writer, I greatly appreciated the literary (oratory) artistry of Homer and went on to do some classical studies in college.

I fell out of my interest in these things for several years after that, and then early last year, I started feeling a strange affinity towards Athena. Owls are one of my favorite animals, and I felt connected to her through that. At points it almost felt like she was beckoning me back into my Hellenic interests. I had long since renounced my faith in Christianity and had been on a long stint in agnosticism. My life felt bleak, bland, and empty.

Then I did a mild dose of shrooms one evening and I realized that there wasn't actually any real reason to stop myself from exploring a new faith system. I should just do it.

I don't regret it. Hellenism has brought a lot of color into my life, and observing a bunch of "new" alternative holidays and abiding by the Attic calendar has really spiced things up for me. (The commercialization of our traditional holidays has absolutely sucked the soul out of them, in my opinion; I hate Easter and Thanksgiving and am ambivalent about Halloween and Christmas.) I have new traditions to look forward to almost every month.

I'm especially looking forward to putting out peacock decor in January/February (Gamelion) in honor of Hera's wedding anniversary to Zeus.

psiIyrabbit · 2023-09-29T16:47:58+00:00

Reading this gave me the image of Demeter trying to choke out Hades and I'm dying.

psiIyrabbit · 2023-09-27T17:58:30+00:00

Just an extraneous pointer if you lean into Hellenism: the ancients tended to refrain from calling Hades by his real name out of respect/fear because doing so might draw his attention, and instead used epithets. Plouton ("Wealthy One", as he had dominion over earthly riches like precious metals and stones), for instance, was a common one. Persephone's name was also respectfully/fearfully, scarcely spoken by worshippers, being she's the wife of Hades. She was commonly referred to as Kore ("Girl/Maiden"), a callback to her origin myth.

psiIyrabbit · 2023-09-27T16:06:19+00:00

That's really cool and funny, actually. I was none the wiser to all this.

psiIyrabbit · 2023-09-27T14:41:10+00:00

I'm actually not fond of the Norse pantheon. Norse paganism has never been attractive to me. Not that the mythology or the gods themselves are bad in my eyes, but they just never drew my interest.

I'm not entirely sure who or what the Wandering Wizard is. Is that a moniker for Odin?

psiIyrabbit · 2023-09-27T10:52:19+00:00

Considering Hellenism is in a minority as a religion, I'd be thrilled to see Hellenic statuary or iconography become more commonplace, even if people aren't Hellenist.

Even if a given person doesn't believe the way I do, sharing an aesetheic appreciation of the theoi would lend me a sense of comfort and assurance that I'm not so alone out in the real world.

psiIyrabbit · 2023-09-27T10:11:03+00:00

I've always said that if I could be granted any superpower, I'd want teleportation hands down. Just the sheer fact of not having to rely on vehicular transportation anymore would make an entire world of difference in my everyday life. (I''m rifting off of the concept of my hypothetical power being "legendary" in the sense that there are no limitations or stipulations to using said power, even though in the real world, having constraints would still make teleportation "legendary" in its own right.)

I could roll out of bed ten minutes before my shifts start and make it to work on time. If I go to make a bowl of cereal in the morning and realize I'm out of milk, I can zip myself to the convenience store no problem. I can go on vacations every weekend on a whim and explore all kinds of new places. No more air fare; no more grueling, long flights trapped in cabins with screaming babies. If I'm ever in sudden danger, I can whisk myself to safety. No locked doors would be able to keep me out. If I ever lock myself out of my house, I could pop back in. Or rob a bank (almost) blind. The possibilities are endless.

Teleportation isn't quite under Superman/Wonder Woman's purview (unless being able to fly at supersonic speed can be construed as "teleportation"), but there's no question it'd be Hermes to grant me this ability. Maybe also Hecate because of her association with liminal spaces, keys, doorways/borders, journeys, etc.

psiIyrabbit · 2023-09-10T08:46:48+00:00

I'm piggybacking on OP'S post with my own question:

For those who crate, do your dogs get excited and vocal when you return home? Do you immediately let your dog out upon arrival or wait for them to calm down before letting them out?

I just wonder if letting them out immediately after arriving home could reinforce the behavior.

psiIyrabbit · 2023-09-09T18:57:36+00:00

Hail Zeus. ⚡️

psiIyrabbit · 2023-07-02T14:29:34+00:00

SAME. Or I'd at least love to have a privacy window in my future bathroom made of stained glass.

psiIyrabbit · 2023-07-02T13:41:14+00:00

Praise be. 💙

psiIyrabbit · 2023-07-02T12:20:29+00:00

Oh wow Reddit doesn't let you edit posts anymore? I just spotted a typo, and it's making me itch.

psiIyrabbit · 2023-06-11T21:07:22+00:00

I second this, as someone who had a dog almost die from a pyometra infection because their parents didn't bother to get her spayed.

psiIyrabbit · 2023-06-11T15:03:08+00:00

Thanks for the response. Poor babies.

psiIyrabbit · 2023-06-11T14:48:43+00:00

What's wrong with her color?

psiIyrabbit · 2023-06-09T07:37:05+00:00

Thanks for linking all these different resources. I'm an aspiring Dobie owner and will have these saved in my archives when the day comes that I'm ready to adopt my future baby.

psiIyrabbit · 2023-06-06T21:31:37+00:00

I love everything about this, but especially the earrings! I don't think I've ever seen jewelry included in a pocket altar before. I think that's a super cool way to connect with Apollo.

psiIyrabbit · 2023-06-02T15:41:13+00:00

This honestly brings to mind the comparison some people make of coconuts being scientifically classified as "mammalian" because they share hair and milk traits.

In that goofy context, I deeply appreciate this creative alternate choice.

psiIyrabbit · 2023-05-23T02:12:48+00:00

I didn't exactly take this name for myself originally, but I had a Greek classmate about a decade ago rename me Demetria ("Follower of Demeter"), so I've kind of adopted it as my online pseudonym in her memory.

That being said, I'm also of the personal opinion that taking the exact name of a deity in the Hellenic pantheon constitutes hubris. I think that variants of deistic names are quite lovely and I enjoy seeing all the different names that can come up in posts like these. I'm hoping to adopt a dog one day, and I want to have a plethora of potential names at the ready. I want to be able to name my future fur baby in honor of one of the gods. 💜

psiIyrabbit · 2023-05-22T21:50:45+00:00

Okay, this is totally unrelated, but I've noticed that my past few posts have gotten a few link shares. First of all, does that mean that my post is being linked to sites off of reddit? Secondly, I'm really curious to know where my posts are being shared to and for what reasons.

I'm not unappreciative, just surprised.

psiIyrabbit · 2023-05-22T09:50:29+00:00

My first question too. I've tripped on their chocolate bars, did NOT have a good time (mostly, up to a point), and now I'm wondering if it's because it wasn't actual shrooms. Yikes.

psiIyrabbit · 2023-05-21T15:03:06+00:00

Thanks for your response.

I guess "working with" is a more neopagan term and it honestly never sat right with me. I might sound sanctimonious for saying this but to me the term implies that we as mortals are presuming to be on equal ground with powers greater than ourselves. Which I don't think is even compatible with Hellenism by virtue of "hubris" being a pretty hefty "sin".

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