Gardening

I finally finished putting in my garden today. At first I was dreading the terrible, arduous labor involved with tilling fresh land by hand. It made my back ache just thinking about it. But when I actually got out there and felt the earth in my hand and the sun on my face I felt connected. It was like I was feeling the pulse of Gaia and the tender touch of Demeter. Yes the work was hard and the pain was there but the feelings I had were true.

Monday I will do a ritual to bless the boundaries of the garden and ask the daemons to aid in the growing. Once my crops and herbs bear fruit I'll take the first of it to my outside altar and give it to the goddess Demeter Anesadora and the local daemons. Naturally Dionysus will receive His fair share as my patron and as lord of nature.

I think that it is important for us as Hellenes, especially those of us following the earthly gods, to work with the earth itself. Rather that be taking a walk through the woods now and then or starting a garden in the backyard, it is a way for use to connect. The best place to find the Gods is not at an altar chanting hymns but out in the dirt, rivers and winds. The Gods are all around us we just have to know where to look. 

Gods bless