When it comes to my personal journey over the years with the Greek gods a lot has changed in my approach. At the start of my journey that started two decades ago, I would actively seek information on all the gods. Which I think is what one does when they first start in a new religious system. You actively try to seek out as much as you can and cram it into your mind like it's your last days on this earth. But as you grow and evolve you realize that time is more important when it comes to knowledge than it is to overload sessions. When we give ourselves time to learn like the tortuous rather than that of the hare, we realize things sink in more. We can easily recall things with details than with just a few keynote pieces. Enough to be acknowledged but yet far enough to not be well versed on the topic. So what exactly changed my approach when it comes to learning? To be honest it was the gods that intervened in the new approach that was given to me.
Instead of jumping to further my education, the areas of focus started to transpire in the forms of people, dreams, and random thoughts that lead to learning sessions. I can't tell you what was the domino that started it all because it's been too many moons ago. But I can tell you it's made me more aware of the things I learn. It makes me look at how the information I've obtained leads to helping others who get placed on my path. I don't know how many times my coven or just people I know have started a conversation with me about things I studied months ago. It was as if I was guided by the gods themselves to obtain what I needed to further not only my own journey but the journey of those around me. When it happens at first you think it's a coincidence and think isn't that cool and move on. But the more it happens the more you become open to seeing the path of learning. You start explaining the process of such things to others. To help give them a guide to bounce from that can carry them on their journey.
My most recent of these journeys has presented three gods that I've heard of and worked with at times. But I never dug deep enough to understand their inner workings of them. When you get used to working with one God for so long that tends to be your focus point. But when you open up to the road of learning and allow it to come from all sides you get more than I can describe. The first that appeared was Aphrodite and the way it came about was thru another's journey who I followed. I heard them speak about them while I was in the midst of my descent and it stuck. Before I knew it this goddess started to pop up more in my mind and different things would pop up before it. One of the things that popped up randomly as I was writing another blog far from the subject matter, as you know you can do seafoam divination. Which made me stop dead in my tracks and go that was a random thought while writing about the underworld. As I finished my work and did some research all lines pointed back towards Aphrodite. It wasn't long after I started to get dreams associated with this goddess of love. Which since then has allowed me to open up my heart chakra more than I realized was possible. It's opened new ways of communication when it's come to those I surround myself with both family and otherwise. It's given me more time to take a step back and acknowledge compassion in areas I normally wouldn't of. To this, I am thankful for her guidance and for coming towards me when she did.
The second God that made their presence known was Ares, which seems fitting since it's Aphrodite's husband. He popped up right after I had my epiphany with Aphrodite. It was during a time I was dealing with great frustration and was having issues with those not respecting boundaries. Which if we are being honest was an adjustment for me and others. It's hard for people to respect boundaries placed when so often there were none. It was during this time I got some sensibility presented in my approach. Which one wouldn't normally associate with Ares given his mythos. It was also the same time when old conflicts were put to rest during this time. The more I thought about having Ares and Aphrodite show up in the manner they did. I contemplated on the love and war aspects of life. How we fight for what we love and how love and passion fuel the fires of war. How love and compassion can lead to compromise and end the war. Each one needs the other because each thrives within it. Each leads to change and the ability to transform things for the better or for the worst. We try to separate the two to find more of a peaceful approach in our lives. Making one seem like it's better than the other when in reality you can't have one without the other. We think of love as that of another, when in fact love is undefined in what it's towards. It's the individual that leads to its destination. It can be money or power that one loves to crave or obtain and yet we think of love in such a two-dimensional state. We each have a thing that fuels us in our passion and in return we are willing to fight to maintain and keep it.
The most recent god to make his presence known has been Hermes, It seemed at every turn he had popped up here and there. Who knows maybe he helped construct the messages from the other two. But what stood out was the ongoing feeling of needing to create. The desire to find an instrument that I want to incorporate into my practice. As many know drums were something this year I really dived into. The rawness of the rhythmic beat fuel some creative designs. While allowing me to have something for our community to use freely at events. But what stood out was the lyre and the pan flute as many know it. The more I did research on these things I had looked at previously these were the two that stuck out against the aulos and kithara. Each both beautiful when played, yet my pull was not towards them. It wasn't until I started doing some diving into Hermes that I h found these were two instruments he was credited for. Honestly, it was an aha moment when you realized these two things keep popping up. Which allows you to connect it to a source that later makes sense for you. I'm not sure yet what lessons I shall learn from Hermes, but I do know that I am open to them and will update you later on.
The reason I write this is a reminder for myself and to those of you who give to this page. Give yourself time in your spiritual studies and open yourself up to receiving those teachings. Sometimes we focus on areas where we feel we need. When in reality we need guidance in a different direction or retailing of directions we thought we overcome. Give yourself patience on your spiritual journey. Allow yourself to go with the current you are connected with and don't feel the need to overdo it. Keep a thoughtful dialog with yourself and check in and remain open. If you do this more things will come your way than you can imagine.
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Debbie Lewis
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