A Beginner's Guide to HellenismosA Beginners Guide to Hellenismos provides an overview of Hellenic Polytheistic Reconstructionism. Hellenismos is an emerging religious movement attempting to reconstruct the ancient Greek religion. This book supplies the beginner with a guide for practicing Hellenismos. Contrary to the popular misconception, Reconstructionist religions are in no way rigid or dogmatic. In A Beginners Guide to Hellenismos, Timothy Jay Alexander explains how liberating, innovative, and adaptive the modern Hellenic religion is. This book provides the reader with an easy to use and understand guide to begin their worship. It explains in detail modern Hellenic practices and the reasons behind them, and serves as a common sense guide about this fast growing modern religion. |
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Three Dimensions of Worship | 33 |
Offerings | 47 |
Festival Calendar | 65 |
Temples Shrines Statues Images | 79 |
Appendix | 103 |
Appendix | 179 |
Appendix | 199 |
About the Author | 213 |
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