Heretic Hellene

Let’s take a deep dive into prophesy, plague and healing. Looking at the wild and the civilised. 

Together we will review the genuine cult evidence for both deities from Delphi and Delos to Brauron. 

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We will look into strategic wisdom vs raw conflict, Athena’s civic centrality to Athens and why Ares’ comparatively minor cult presence in Greece just doesn’t match his pop culture profile. 

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Sovereignty, Xenia, oath-keeping and a fair look at Hera’s myths. A side to her that gets pushed aside so she fits the “jealous wife” archetype.

Let’s deep dive into the cult evidence and the multiple faces of both deities so that we can honour and dedicate properly. 

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Learn about the practicalities of how to set up a basic Hellenic Polytheistic shrine, first libations, structuring a devotional rhythm and Hestia’s central place in a domestic religion. 

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Listen to concrete side by side examples of Greek originals versus their later Roman literary reworks, and why that distinction matters for anyone trying to practise rather than just enjoy the stories. 

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Together let’s take a guided tour of the actual primary texts Hellenic polytheistic practitioners work from. We will look at what each is, when it was composed and what its reliable 

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In this episode we look at orientation. 
Orthopraxy vs Orthodoxy, myth as literature rather than scripture, Greek vs Roman, sourcing and what modern practise involves.

Setting the tone for the whole podcast. 

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Do you work with the ancient Greek deities? Are you aware of the struggle of the Ethnic Hellene or current greek polytheistic people of Greece? Do you fully understand the way of Hellenismos?

Join Alexia-Costadina as she looks into the different polytheistic practises of the ancient Hellenes and the battle of the ethnic hellenes so that they could be afforded the basic right of legal practise.

Alexia-Costadina is the founder and owner of the Solstice Divine brand, High Priestess of the Coven of the Moon & Tide, published pagan writer and council member for A Festival for Pagans and Witches.

www.solsticedivine.com

Join Alexia-Costadina as we look at the wheel of the year, its greater & lesser sabbats and the origin and ancient roots it possesses.

Many a pagan community member has debated the legitimacy of the wheel of the year or even how it got its name so ....... let’s get into it.

EDIT - Mercury retrograde did what it does best and seems to have cut the end of a couple of words. Apologies lovely listeners. 

Alexia-Costadina is the founder and owner of the Solstice Divine brand, High Priestess of the Coven of the Moon & Tide, published pagan writer and council member for A Festival for Pagans and Witches.

www.solsticedivine.com

The rise in paganism is a topic we see often from pagan discussion circles to articles in National Geographic, but why is this rise occurring?

Join Alexia-Costadina as she dissects and discusses possible contributing factors from the age of Aquarius to Covid-19 and looks at just how big this rise is from data collected from the 2021 UK Census.

EDIT - (message from Alexia)
Hi guys in my excitement of talking about Aquarius as the water barer, I mispoke and said Aquarius is a water element. Aquarius is infact an air element. Apologies, just me and my mind moving 110mph.

Alexia-Costadina is the founder and owner of the Solstice Divine brand, High Priestess of the Coven of the Moon & Tide, published pagan writer and council member for A Festival for Pagans and Witches.

www.solsticedivine.com