A Beginner's Guide to HellenismosLulu.com, 2007 - 216 A Beginners Guide to Hellenismos provides an overview of Hellenic Polytheistic Reconstructionism. Hellenismos is an emerging religious movement attempting to reconstruct the ancient Greek religion. This book supplies the beginner with a guide for practicing Hellenismos. Contrary to the popular misconception, Reconstructionist religions are in no way rigid or dogmatic. In A Beginners Guide to Hellenismos, Timothy Jay Alexander explains how liberating, innovative, and adaptive the modern Hellenic religion is. This book provides the reader with an easy to use and understand guide to begin their worship. It explains in detail modern Hellenic practices and the reasons behind them, and serves as a common sense guide about this fast growing modern religion. |
Spis treści
Preface | 9 |
Three Dimensions of Worship | 33 |
Offerings | 47 |
Festival Calendar | 65 |
Temples Shrines Statues Images | 79 |
Appendix | 103 |
Appendix | 179 |
A Glossary of Greek Words | 199 |
About the Author | 213 |
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acts altar ancient Greek religion Aphrodite Artemis Athena Attis beauty belief blessed Gods body born bright Bringer cattle cause chariot child Cosmos create Cronos Cronus cults dark daughter dear deathless Gods deity delight Demeter demiurgic destroyed Dionysus Divine Source dwell earth Emanationism evil exist far-working father Festival to honor forms fruit gifts give Goddess golden Greece Hail heart heaven Hellenic Reconstructionists Hellenismos Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia holy horses hymns immortal Leto live lovely lyre Maia meal means Metaneira mind mortal mother Muses mysteries mystical myths nature Neopagan nymph oath offerings Olympians Olympus one’s oracle orthopraxy perform Persephone personal devotion Phoebus Apollo Polytheistic Polytheistic Reconstructionism Poseidon practices practitioners of Hellenismos prayers priest priestess Pylos queenly Reconstructionism religious rich rich-haired rites ritual sacred place ship sing Slayer of Argus song soul specific spiritual subsist sweet tell temple things virtue Wicca wine words worship Zeus

