🪶 . . . Sorceress, & Minor Goddess Of Magic.

i want to start routine and prayer and piousness to the gods. If i am able to, so this is not a promise or a vow, but more of a hope, i would like to become a priest of a god i have in mind

'In the Arms of Morpheus', 1894 by William Reynolds-Stephens

a new knight :)))

blue gouache wash and black India ink

"[Prayer of an insomniac to Somnus the god of Sleep :]

O youthful Somnus (Sleep) [Hypnos], gentlest of the gods, by what crime or error of mine have I deserved that I alone should lack thy bounty? Silent are all the cattle, and the wild beasts and the birds, and the curved mountain summits have the semblance of weary slumber, nor do the raging torrents roar as they were wont; the ruffled waves have sunk to rest, and the sea leans against earth's bosom and is still. Seven times now hath the returning moon beheld my fixed and ailing eyes; so often have the lights of Oeta and Paphos [i.e. the morning & evening star] revisited me, so oft hath Tithonia [Aurora-Eos, the Dawn] passed by my groans, and pitying sprinkled me with her cool whip [the whip with which she chases away the stars]. Ah! how may I endure? Not if I had the thousand eyes of sacred Argus, which he kept but in alternate watchfulness, nor even waked in all his frame at once. But now--ah, me!--if some lover through the long hours of night is clasping a girl's entwining arms, and of his own will drives thee from him, come thence, O Somnus! Nor do I bid thee shower all the influence of thy wings upon my eyes--that be the prayer of happier folk!--touch me but with thy wand's extremest tip--'tis enough--or pass over me with lightly hovering step."

Statius, Silvae 5. 4. 1 (trans. Mozley)

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Marble relief of Asclepius and Hygieia. From Therme, Greece, end of the 5th century BC. Istanbul Archaeological Museums.

Greek Gods 101: Morpheus

Morpheus is a Daimon of dreams. Excluding the universal offerings, some common offerings include:

Lavender

Poppies (Or Seeds, Bread, Etc.)

Sleep-Inducing Teas and Herbs

Dream-Inducing Teas and Herbs

Depictions of Butterflies

Blankets

Pillows

Feathers

Amethyst

Mugwort

Valerian

For devotional acts, some activities that can be done for him include:

Lucid Dreaming

Keeping a Dream Journal

Make (and Keep) a Nighttime Routine

Learn Lucid Dreaming Techniques

Drinking/Otherwise Using Dream-Inducing Teas/Herbs/Oils/Etc.

Make Dream Pillows (Pillows Stuffed with Herbs/Crystals/Etc.)

Do Dream Reflections

Learn How to Read Dreams

He is not celebrated in any Athenian holidays.

"To Hygeia (Health), Fumigation from Manna.

O much desired, prolific, general queen. Hear me, life-bearing Hygeia, of beauteous mien, mother of all; by thee diseases dire, of bliss destructive, from our life retire; and every house is flourishing and fair, if with rejoicing aspect thou art there. Each daidal art they vigorous force inspires, and all the world thy helping hand desires. Aides (Haides), life's bane, alone resists thy will, and ever hates thy all-preserving skill. O fertile queen, from thee for ever flows to mortal life from agony repose; and men without thy all-sustaining ease find nothing useful, nothing formed to please. Without thy aid, not Aides' self can thrive, nor man to much afflicted age arrive; for thou alone, of countenance serene, dost govern all things, universal queen. Assist thy mystics with propitious mind, and far avert disease of every kind."

Orphic Hymn 68 to Hygeia (trans. Taylor)

my first experiences with witchcraft and occultism were with roman augury and bird flight reading and it will be always a part of me and my identity, even beside witchcraft.