Sometimes writes under the pen name "Terentios Poseidonides"
Terentios Poseidonides is a temple priest—hiereus—of Poseidon, a job that is performed in a variety of ways including by acting as oracle of the bull god, researching both ancient and modern ways to honor Poseidon in the context of ancient Greek (Hellenic) culture, and providing spiritual support as needed to practicing polytheists who seek it. Poseidonides' practice includes the honoring of a number of other deities and spirits, and is expressed by stretching the understanding of spirit-work into the realms of grammar, economics, and political theory.
Residing in Mid-Hudson Valley, NY, Ward is a journalist and practicing Pagan for more than thirty years. He has been bound to a WicSometimes writes under the pen name "Terentios Poseidonides"
Terentios Poseidonides is a temple priest—hiereus—of Poseidon, a job that is performed in a variety of ways including by acting as oracle of the bull god, researching both ancient and modern ways to honor Poseidon in the context of ancient Greek (Hellenic) culture, and providing spiritual support as needed to practicing polytheists who seek it. Poseidonides' practice includes the honoring of a number of other deities and spirits, and is expressed by stretching the understanding of spirit-work into the realms of grammar, economics, and political theory.
Residing in Mid-Hudson Valley, NY, Ward is a journalist and practicing Pagan for more than thirty years. He has been bound to a Wiccan coven, communed with the Earth as a backpacking Pagan (sometimes known as a Gaiaped), and been tapped by the Olympian gods. He manages his depression through his work as a priest to Poseidon, and he's a minister ordained through the Church of the Sacred Earth: a Union of Pagan Congregations in Vermont. Ward is also a member of the order of the occult hand....more
As a young pagan, I was taught that sometimes an object calls to you. There is no question that this can be true. Just because something lacks a mouth does not mean it lacks a voice. However, whether that voice was coming from the antler torque in the display case or not can be trickier to discern. Sometimes, the spirit that encourages you to make that purchase is the spirit of money itself, which
As a young pagan, I was taught that sometimes an object calls to you. There is no question that this can be true. Just because something lacks a mouth
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