Today at Temenos Oikidios, we celebrated the Thargelia, birthday of Apollon and Artemis.
We used this ritual format, as we’ve been doing for our Zoom-facilitated festival celebrations. For things like the pharmakos portion of the ritual, for example, we used the chat feature to communicate the things we wanted the pharmakhos to purify.
Our Oracle Bones divination was very fitting for the current times, and also encouraging:
“Pythian Apollon – Stay, do not act, obey the words of the Radiant One. In the future, lie in wait for your chance, but do nothing now. There are obstacles ahead, but you will complete that which concerns you” (Dervenis, 2014, p. 145).
We each used our own thusia and theoxenia offerings in our homes. This has been working well, and we hope to continue with a blended practice once we resume practicing in person, so that those who aren’t able to physically attend can still do so virtually.
Our next festival will be the Skiraphoria on May 31.
Until then, may the blessings of the Gods be with you!
Reference
Dervenis, K. (2014). Oracle bones divination: The Greek I Ching. Destiny Books.
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