I have often said (and still believe) that Hellenismos…the Reconstruction of Ancient Greek Religious Practice….should not be a religion of the intellectual elite.

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Because I am a regular schmo, and a Hellenic Reconstructionist, I decided I needed to delve more deeply into the philosophers, but develop a way to do so without my brain bleeding out of my nose.

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I’d like to start this blog post by stating that I am by no means an expert on children, or Hellenismos. What I am is a Mother that is a Hellenic Reconstructionist, and starting my child on the Path.

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While my personal home practice is what it is…personal…I have no issues sharing some of what I do. Others may not be comfortable sharing their practice, and I support that. The Gods are with us all the time, and I don’t see a huge need to share every experience in order to prove to others that I am a practicing Hellene.

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So….I haven’t been inspired to write much lately…conflict, insults and general nastiness all around can make one rather introspective. This would include me….there is no fingerpointing going on here today.

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I have seen so many blogs and posts on various online venues regarding the very heated debate within the Hellenic Community regarding Hellenismos, Hellenic Polytheism, and Hellenic Paganism.

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“It’s a matter of ABC: When we encounter ADVERSITY, we react by thinking about it. Our thoughts rapidly congeal into BELIEFS. These beliefs may become so habitual we don’t even realize we have them unless we stop to focus on them. And they don’t just sit there idly; they have CONSEQUENCES. The beliefs are the direct cause of what we feel and what we do next. They can spell the difference between dejection and giving up, on the one hand, and well-being and constructive action on the other. The first step is to see the connection between adversity, belief, and consequence. The second step is to see how the ABCs operate every day in your own life.”

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Aphrodite and the Rabbit
So in the subdivision where I live there is new construction. This means the wildlife and their natural habitat have been disrupted. My neighbor had a family of rabbits camped out in his backyard. We have frogs and rabbits galore hopping along in our backyards. Kind of sad, but neat at the same time. The armadillos are a little scary, but whatever.

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I have been doing some ruminating on the Pagan subculture in general, and how this relates to Hellenismos…specifically our ethics. I know we’ve been talking quite a bit about ethics, but I think it’s important…because ethics seem to be glossed over, or completely ignored by the Pagan (and Hellenic) community at large because people confuse ethics with “rules” and “dogma”.

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I have recently run across statements similar to the title of this blog where it was implied that people that don’t receive *messages* from the Gods, or are skeptical of other people’s gnosis are somehow not spiritual enough, not pious enough to have intense relationships with the them. There is a judgement that somehow these people must not be practicing correctly, because if you’re doing it right, you should be receiving ecstasy, messages, and personal gnosis out the wazoo.

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