Hellenic Polytheism: A Personal Guide for Ancient Greek Practitioners

by Chris Aldridge

Dive into Hellenic Polytheism with this wonderful guide for practitioners of ancient Greek religion. Written by a living ancient Greek priest with years of experience, Chris Aldridge leads the practitioner and the student through the basic and in-depth studies on Hellenic Polytheism, including building shrines, altars and religious spaces, daily rites, offerings, divination, purifications, myth, history and more.

Genres: Paganism, Witchcraft, Spirituality, Nonfiction

156 pages, Paperback

Published June 8, 2017

Reviews

[Josh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Definitely a basic primer from a modern perspective. I like his voice, being as it's not so angrily dogmatic as a lot of books by reconstructionists. He also has some refreshing views on the nature of the Gods, particularly from a panentheistic approach. However, there's not a lot on cosmogony itself. Along with the popular Attic calendar, he also gives his own personal modernized calendar for ritual observation which I found interesting. The only irksome issues were the stylistic choices and a few grammar/spelling errors. However, this is a self-published work so I kept that in mind. All in all, it should be added to the arsenal for any modern Hellenic polytheist.

[Kevin · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm not sure what I was expecting from a beginner guide, but it was written in a grade level that made it, ah, more attainable to the general public. The author complained about having to cite scholarly sources in the introduction, which should have told me a great deal, but I decided to give the book a chance. I poured an afternoon into this book, and while every book teaches us something this particular book's lesson was to read the inside previews more closely. I gave it two stars because I applaud the author's efforts to publish source material for Hellenic reconstruction and to do so in a way that younger readers will be able to understand and use towards building their own practices.

[Alexia ✨ · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a pretty good book and a good introduction to Hellenic Polytheism! I had been wanting to get my hands on this book for a while and I'm happy I was finally able to read it. It's is mostly focused on people who are just starting and want to get the basis of Hellenic Polytheism or Reconstructionism and I liked how the author went and explained the different paths within Hellenism, how practices can change, how they can be adapted to your location and such.

I think it's really good and I recommend it to anyone who is interested in learning more about the topic :)