Author Archives: AzoresHeliokleia

Unknown's avatar

About AzoresHeliokleia

Proud Hellene, polytheist and Pagan. Reconstructing Late Antiquity-Early Medieval Hellenism of the Roman imperial era based on the teachings of Julian the Philosopher and Iamblichus, referred to as "Julian Hellenism." Aphrodite-Ishtar worshiper.

You cannot appropriate Gods

People who claim that worshiping Gods outside your culture or ethnicity is “appropriation” are, quite simply, ludicrous individuals, often crypto if not blatant atheists, whose “metagenetics” or “racialist” view attempts to posit that the divine limit Their interactions with “foreigners” … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 21 Comments

Julian: The Light in the Darkness

Many years before, a man was made deputy of Western Rome on behalf of the Emperor. When the man first arrived to his newly appointed office a woman cried out “This is the man who will restore the temples of … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

Paganism: It’s not about “Rusticity”

Some people will try to co-opt the word Pagan and try to define it as being “Nature-Centric,” ostensibly using academia to prove the word “Paganism” has always meant “nature-centric spirituality” via etymology. Not only do these people ignore how their … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

The True Olympos: Where the Gods Reside

In Hellenism, Olympos is the radiant royal palace where the Gods dwell— a fortified hilltop with golden halls which lies just under the peaks of Mount Olympos— under the dominion of King Zeus. Because of misinformation and sophistry, many people … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Paganism is not “Nature-Centric”

The definition of Paganism is often misconstrued as “nature-centric spirituality,” and correspondent to the term “Earth religion.” In truth, the concept of “nature worship” is by large recently-manufactured, being the product of the heavily Christian-entrenched Romantic period and the nature-centric … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 23 Comments