The Mythologist

There are times I can write some really complex things about Hermes because he is my favorite of all the Olympians to study and learn from.  I associate him with the gift of language or communication, healing, alchemy, and shamanistic initiation and training.  In this article I am going to give you some background of his history in Greece and Egypt, then let you find your own path to this divine messenger of the Olympian Gods. Hermes was the second youngest of the Gods (Dionysus being the youngest) born to Zeus and Maia.  In his early days he was known for stealing Apollo's cattle and bringing judgement from Zeus because Apollo was angry.  Zeus never punished the son he called Hermes but instead made Hermes return the Cattle and become friends with his older brother Apollo.  The two brothers ended up helping each other as Apollo gained a lyre from Hermes and Hermes gained the famous Caducees from Apollo.  In the trial, Athena sided with Hermes, showing th...

Very rarely do you see time divided into two different categories or described so differently.  The greeks referred to father time as Chronos who devoured his children.  Little do we ever hear about the other side of time, Kairos.  A moment in time when the world breathes in and the fates can be changed, a moment or experience when your in time but out of time; the perfect event, an indescribable sense of perfection that comes in perfect timing. Could this be the unknown thing Paul mentioned to the Greeks, the unknown god or goddess?  Very rarely do we ever hear people speak of this Kairos.  Its not measurable, whereas Chronos (representing an order and time table) can be measured.  Again I ask do you serve Chronos or a timetable or does Kairos serve you?  Are you the master of time or is time your master?  I am sure that if you do what you love, time flees your grasp and you live in the moment, a purely joyful experience.  It is not chaos,...

Poseidon, Zeus, little men, and cronos

The Greek gods were under the authority of Zeus.  The eldest brother who overthrew the old order and set up the younger generation, still thought of as prehistory.  Most of our myths deal with nature in a story form, not so much facts and dates like history but more of a classic form of ideas and abstracts that are still applicable today.  I will begin with a short history of Zeus and then go on to explain who and what Zeus is to me. He is the youngest son of Cronos (father time/eternity) and Rhea (goddess of the heavens) and was the one who overthrew time in the Titan war.  Some of the referrals to him are Dios (sky and thunder god or cloud gatherer), Dione (at the Oracle of Dodona/prophecy from trees and leaves), and Plato who refers to him as "cause of life always to all things/divine mind."  He was known in Egypt as Ammon Ra or the shining god.  His symbols included the thunderbolt, eagle, bull and Oak tree.  The fascinating fact of the Oak relat...

What human is a monogamous?  Many claim to be but if you divorce and marry 3-5 times aren't you in a sense loving more than one persona and therefore polyamorous? Just saying. It is possible that humans are not created to be monogamous or some are and some are not?  And why should we persecute anyone for their lifestyle choices. ? Shouldn't we celebrate and be given options?  Love comes in many forms, styles and ways and as Alexander the Great himself stated, "There are many ways to love."

The term comes from the  Greek  πολύ  poly  ("many") and θεός  theos  ("god") and was first invented by the Jewish writer  Philo of Alexandria  to argue with the Greeks. When Christianity spread throughout Europe and the Mediterranean, non-Christians were just called  Gentiles  (a term originally used by Jews to refer to non-Jews) or pagans (locals) or by the clearly pejorative term idolaters (worshiping "false" gods). A central, main division in polytheism is between soft polytheism and hard polytheism. "Hard" polytheism is the belief that gods are distinct, separate, real divine beings, rather than psychological  archetypes  or personifications of natural forces. Hard polytheists reject the idea that "all gods are one god." "Hard" polytheists do not necessarily consider the gods of all cultures as being equally real, a theological position formally known as integrational polytheism or  omnitheism . This is contrasted...

So the beginning of the new year brings a new pet.  He is a german shepherd, yellow lab mix we named Poseidon.  He is ten months old and kind of hyper. We've found him to be very sweet and friendly especially to other dogs.  Whom he behaves very well with and he does well with the cats too.  My roommate Joe was building a fire in the fire pit and the dog was busy removing the wood and paper he kept putting into the fire pit, so he can be annoying. Renovations are coming nicely and beginning February 1 i will start posting profiles on the Greek gods after my polytheism post which is taking awhile for me to incubate and prepare.