How to connect

Hi! Today I'm going to talk about praying and offerings. Enjoy!

A deity will never come if we don't call them. We have to pray and make offerings for this to happen.

In this case, for starting, we need to let Hestia know we want her in our home.

This religion is very private. The deities like you to be creative, but you can start with things other people made before. I'm talking about the Orphic Hymns: some deities don't like them, they prefer you to write an hymn for them.

But, as I said, if you're not into writing, it's okay. Use the Orphic ones, I can translate mines too if the deity you're talking to hates the Orphics.

You don't have to recite any hymn, it's not necessary but deities like it.

We need Hestia to come first. How do we do that?

Clean your house, especially the room where the altar is or where you are lighting her candles. You have to be clean too, so take a shower if you need it.

She likes green candles but she is okay with the one of your choice.

Whisper something to her like "I light this candle as an offering to Hestia, goddess of fire, protector of the home".

Important! Use matches, not lighters.

If the matches lights at the first attempt and the flame is strong and high, she's at home. Don't blow on the fire, put it out with your fingers, a spoon or something you can use. Her power is in the fire, so don't mess with it and be gentle.

Don't worry if it doesn't work at first, if she doesn't come in weeks. Keep trying because she will answer.

It took me months to contact her and I realize now that I wasn't actually making it right: you need to do this with intention, concentrate on what you're doing and believe in her coming.

Let her stay in your home for a few days. She needs her space at first to know if it's a good place to be and bring her family.

Remember that Hestia is the protector of the home, so she isn't calling her family unless your house is cool for them.

I guess your house is cool, so don't worry!

You might feel different when she's near you. More calmly, in peace.

Please, remember that the deities around you will affect in your life. Your mood, your feelings and emotions might change when they are around. So be careful with the ones that come!

 

In case you want to join hellenism but you don't want to mix it with witchcraft...

Add to the altar amulets and things that represents the deity you want to worship. For example, Apollo likes images of the sun and laurel leaves. Light candles and incense for that deities. You might feel their presence!

 

Now, if you want to mix hellenism and witchcraft...

I'm sorry, but this is the funny way.

We don't choose the deities, they choose us.

I mean, if you pray to Hera a lot, Hera will choose you. But if you pray in general to all the gods and you invite all of them to your house, they choose you.

I told Hestia that she could bring whatever deity that wanted to come and they choose me. I guess it's based on the person, because I'm a bit... dark? I don't know how to explain but I love going to cemeteries, I'm attracted by the death, my dream job is thanatoesthetics related... so Hades and Persephone choose me. I didn't call, they came.

 

So if you're determinated to reach a deity, pray a lot, offer them as much as you can. That's the fastest way to get in touch.

That doesn't mean that only a few can connect with you, in fact, if you're doing well they might go visit.

 

Now, how to talk to them using witchcraft? 

I use a pendulum.

A pendulum is a strong tool to connect with the non terrenal world. It's like a ouija but smaller. It only answers to yes or no questions (later I'll explain how I have full conversations with them).

It's easy to use but it's a bit dangerous if you don't use it right.

You raise the pendulum and anyone can answer: deities, demons, spirits, angels... all the non terrenal world can go to the pendulum to say hi.

Don't freak out, but we are surrounded by spirits all the time. They come, stay a bit and go without noticing. Every day there's a new ghost in your room, but don't worry, they won't hurt you.

That doesn't mean that every spirit is nice. They can't hurt you but they can scare you. I had poltergeists and some weird stuff, but I wasn't protected.

Since I had protection, nothing like that has happened to me. So don't worry!

By the way, never go to hospitals or cemeteries with a pendulum because you can arrive home with a surprise.

We can protect ourselves using incense, having our amulet near us, wearing red (or a red bracelet on the left wrist), with crystals, water moon... I think the best way to be protected is your amulet.

An amulet can be anything: a necklace, a stone, a pen, a bracelet, a ring... whatever.

I recommend that must be something that you can wear or have near every time. For example, my amulet is a necklace of Hermes' caduceus. It doesn't have to be related to a deity.

The amulet has our personal energy, it helps us to deal with emotions and no one except you can touch it. If someone touches your amulet, it will take their energy. So it's better if you step back when someone approaches their hand.

 

 Now that we are protected and we have the pendulum, how does it work?

Raise the pendulum and say "show me yes" and it'll move. Then "show me no" and it'll move different.

The pendulum can move in circles or side by side.

You need to ask "are you going to lie to me?" and if the pendulum says yes, you say "thank you" and take it with your hand. Don't talk with whoever is going to lie to you. (In case you're wondering, no, Hermes doesn't say he's going to lie.)

If the pendulum says no, then you start asking questions to make sure it's not lying: "today is may 6th?", "is my name...?". When you're sure it won't lie, ask "are you a deity/demon/spirit/etc?". If a deity is talking to you, you need to ask for the religion like "are you a greek/egyptian/christian/nordic/muslim/etc deity?"

Whoever answers, you should talk a bit with them even though you're not interested. Ask if they are male or female, if they belong to a specific kingdom... ask them until they reveal who they are.

When you're done talking, you say "thank you" to the pendulum and the deity (or whoever) before taking it with your hand. It's a safe way to close the connection between you and the non terrenal world.

If you talk with the deity you wanted to the first time, congratulations!!

If you don't, don't be upset, they will come with time.

 

What do I talk about with them?

At first, I was terrified about what to say. I couldn't stop thinking "they are going to be mad at me", "I'm going to screw up", "what if they hate me"... Turns out, for my experience, everyone is nice.

Start asking about the offerings they want. I searched on google while talking with them what kind of offerings they usually like. Some of them are cool with simple things, but sometimes they want you to be creative.

I'm going to tell two experiences with the offerings:

One day, Aphrodite came. When I asked what she wanted, reading the things people wrote on the internet, there were nothing she accepted. So I started to ask based on modern things that could be related to her.

Aphrodite wanted a lipstick. I let her one cute red lipstick on the altar and now I can't use it because it's hers.

Dionysus came to me. I did the same as I've done with the other ones and search for offerings. He wanted a pinecone, so I had to go to the only park with pines on my city and search for one while I was talking to him with the pendulum. Now he has a cute little pinecone.

 

How do I have full conversations with them?

This works most of the time. I wrote an alphabet and they can write through the pendulum. I go letter by letter and when they found the one they want, the pendulum moves.

Sometimes, it doesn't make sense. They say things like "akdjfkh" or single words without context. But most of the time they make sentenses with a little help. Maybe they don't spell right (for example, prefrect instead of perfect). We can have full conversations, that's the important part.

 

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Have a great day!