So i randomly woke up at 12am and my whole body was warm despite having my ac on, so tiredly i went to get something from my table and accidentally grabbed my pendulum , so i just asked if Apollo woke me up.....yes. Does He want me to do anything.......no.WHAT DO I DO I CANT FALL BACK ASLEEP😭😭😭😭( i have only 2hours of sleep😭) any ideas what i can do for Him that wont wake up the 3 sleeping ppl in my house?

So basically, i am still living with my mother and she had woke me up just before and said that my nan (grandma for people in america) who has terminal lung cancer has just dropped into critical condition and was on her way to pick up my father from his house to look after me while she was seeing my nan. so i made the decision to pray to Lord Apollon for her safety given he’s the god of healing and i’m one of his devotee’s and would give an offering at his altar when i build it.

cut to 10 minutes later my mum comes back with my dad on the phone with my aunt and she tells me that by some miracle she has made it out of it and she’s returning to normal but it was still the biggest scare i’ve gotten.

i know it seems like it was to early but it was the most desperate thing so i just wanna know, was it intervention from my praying or was it pure luck because all the doctors could do according to my aunt (who is a doctor herself) is put light amounts of antibiotics because it’s around 2 am for me

I’ve currently got for no reason invested in worshipping Gods. And at first, I chose Aphrodite because i wanted to be pretty. But i felt this urge to do Apollo an altar, so I did. Then I stopped trying to work with Aphrodite and made the whole altar about Apollo without thought. I also can’t stop thinking about him but i just don’t think he’s trying to reach out to me. I’ve had the urge to let the sun shine through my blinds, i’ve somehow gotten more creative and I just can’t stop thinking about him. What should I do?

Hello! I just recently gotten into being a Hellenistic and i felt a connection to apollo. As of now i dont have an altar set up for apollo. My parents are Catholics and we dont really go to churches and pray so im very unfamiliar with worshiping any gods. That being said I don't plan on telling my parents about my religion being Hellenistic quite yet, so i was planning on creating a secret altar.

I need some advices and opinions on me making a secret altar using a book for apollo... With a book, i can slip in a letter, drawing, or even a flower(dried flower or dry the flower there) for offerings... Sad to say i dont really have much space in our house as it is small so i thought why not a book?

Also follow up question, if it is alright on using a book. Can i carry the book anywhere? Or should i leave it in just one place in my house like a normal altar?

Thank you in advance for your replies!

So i was looking at the hymms of Apollo and found out i can play it on the violin which i can play, but only problem is that i only know that people play it on the lyre, and now i am wondering if i could play it? I just wanted to know and confirm cuz i am unsure about the hymms and only recently found it😅

Hi! I actually posted this on a different subreddit earlier but I figured this may be a good place to ask as well!

I'm new to being a pagan, and I was wondering if anyone could help me pinpoint what or who might've just interacted with me. So, around maybe like 1 am I was just laying in bed on my phone when suddenly at the corner of my eye I just see this flash of orange beside me and then it was gone. So I didn't really understand who or what that was there but it was clearly in my space so I figured I'd be curtious and clean up my space while I talked to it. I kinda just invited it into my space and said I'd be happy to communicate with whoever is there and asked for another sign while I was cleaning. As I was doing that it seemed to give me a sign of a hanger dropping when I was no longer in my closet. So I figured I'd kind of just try to reach out to whoever was there through just like talking in my head and surprisingly that seemed to work? Truthfully I'm unsure whether it was just my mind making me think I was talking to someone and or if I was genuinely talking to someone but it felt like I was. I also saw like a flash of white/grey kind of in the same way from like the corner of my eye when I was walking around which was very interesting to me. I tried to ask who it might be and I thought I heard Apollo but at the same time I'm unsure if it actually was because it felt like such an interesting time to let me know that someone was there. And when like the communication started to end there was this like odd flash of numbers in my mind from like 5 to 1 kinda letting me know that it was about to be over which again this is still incredibly new to me so naturally I was kind of surprised and confused about everything since this kind of thing has never happened before. I'm still confused even now so I'm curious to see what you all think about it.

So Ive been feeling sort of..drawn to Apollo lately? I find myself thinking Abt him a lot and I would like to try to worship him. Although I have no clue how. I'm very new to this whole thing, any advice will be very appreciated.

I just had an idea!!!! What if we organized like a retreat centered around Apollo???? Would anyone do it???? Like we could rent out like an Airbnb for like two weeks and become besties and talk about Apollo and our experiences with him, his myths, etc. Idk I thought it could be a pretty cool idea lol

What makes you know he is watching over his worshippers? Many Apollo devotees describe him as 'warm', 'loving' and 'gracious' but why is that other than because they have been his epithets since a long time ago? In those turning points of your life what makes you continue to love and worship him?

Are there any quotes from the books or hymns, or words of Apollo from divination or something that helps you feel hopeful?

I have been worshipping him and praying to him almost everyday for a bit more than a month, and have been doing as much reading as I can. But beacuse of my illness and memory problems, especially in the depressing, cold, and cloudy winter, he feels distant sometimes.

"all of the Muses together in lovely antiphonal voices 190    hymn the ambrosial gifts that the gods enjoy, and the sorrows           which men under the hands of the deathless gods ever suffer,           living without understanding and helpless, nor are they ever           able to find any cure for their death or defense against old age." from "Homeric Hymn" (To Apollon)

I'm not feeling hate or anything negative about him at all and I thank him so much so much for bringing me comfort and closure from time to time. Often life is depressing and I'm just genuinely confused by all the information, life and the world. Life is miserable sometimes. It would really help a lot if anyone could give me some advice, maybe some answers to some of my questions, or related UPG/ experiences, thank you very very much.

I will continue to read and do research, and hopefully I'll be able to find out what I'm understanding or doing wrong.

Ok so, I sometimes don't remember or I'm not able to make offerings for Apollo when I want to either because I don't have the energy, time, or I'm just broke 🥲. I understand the concept of devotional acts, I usually devote time art classes to him, but I was wondering if there's anything else I could do? Also just general advice would be great 👍👍

I'm not the best artist, but I thought he'd like the idea :)

I was peeling an orange for him as an offering and the first peel I took off was in the shape of a heart 😭🧡🧡I love you too Lord Apollo 🧡🧡🧡

So i was at delphi today and it was pretty fun, i got to see Lord Apollo’s temple and alot more ruins, problem is i was sleepy so by the time i knew it, we were heading out of delphi, i also felt so connected to delphi and did not want to leave😭. So when i got to the car which were going to transport me and my family to another city, when the guide told us some news. Infront of us, there was a rock slide which blocked the whole road infront of us and we were going to be stuck at delphi for awhile. I immediately thanked Lord Apollo and my family joked around saying that Apollo was asking me to stay ( they dont know that i worship and only think i am a big fan😂) so they decied to just eat at delphi cuz we are alr stuck. And Lord Apollo likes proving himself😂 i entered the restuant and ’here comes the sun was playing’😂 so it was obvi Him. I shared some food with him and He was happy about it, the sun was shinning on my face as i ate😂😁

I noticed that a few moments before, while worshipping him, he'd shine golden light on me. My very first time praying to him, he parted the clouds and only my house and me were illuminated. Another time, I sang a song I wrote for him and he again parted the clouds and gave me a beautiful sunset. Yet again, I offered a necklace to him and I could feel the warmth of the sun on my skin during that cold fall day.

It doesn't happen often at all, but when it does, I do my best to appreciate the moments while they last. I know hes watching over me, and I'm pretty sure he appreciates my offerings based on his responses thus far. I am quite new to this religion, only being in it for a month or so, but despite this I can already tell I'm starting to form a bond with him. I'm not naive, I know it's going to take awhile and I shouldn't expect to see signs everywhere. But I still appreciate his presence <3

Hii!! I have a question regarding alters and offerings… specifically for Apollo. I was wondering what would be best when it comes to art and art made for an alter. Like how long do I wait before taking it down to make room, am I able to move it to enter it into a contest or gallery, ect. Thx!

Hey guys, so I'm starting my new coven soon. I'm looking for witches who are a bit experienced in the craft a bit past the colors meaning and days of the week, someone who has some experience with spell work. Preferably someone who works with deities but it isn't a requirement! My main goal with the coven is to cast group spells to help us reach our goals faster! If interested please dm me or leave me a comment. About me, I have some experience with traditional witch craft, chaos magic a bit of ceremonial and I'm a hellenist.

So as I mentioned in my first post I am currently in Japan, I have been in Japan for about 3 months and in all my time here I have never seen a crow. Today this changed, I was walking out of my house to the bus stop when I heard a loud “caw” from above me and two crows can swooping down from the power lines. I thought this was crazy and was thinking this was possibly a sign when I saw another crow and then another. All together I saw six crow which I looked up and is supposed to mean gold. The last one flew bus just as the bus rolled in and sat a little ways away behind me and the bus stop. The other thing was there aren’t many animals even birds in the city here and as I was seeing all the crow I was hearing other birds in the trees which isn’t normal in my area. It was storming all night and the sun is just starting to pick through the clouds, the picture is outside the window in my classroom. As I finish this post a ray a sunlight peeked through the clouds and was only hitting me. Anyway that’s all sorry it’s kinda long 😅

I saw that that Apollo was the god of number(Neoplatonic Sense) in a textbook

This maxim seems fairly straightforward until it isn’t. Laws are nuanced and vary by city, state, and country. Furthermore, laws enacted by politicians are often contradictory to ordinary people’s moral compasses. For example, should a person die from a miscarriage because abortion is illegal in their state? I would say no, and I imagine you would have difficulty finding anyone who would say yes (I hope so at least). Moreover, what about a crime such as shoplifting from a corporation? If the corporation is breaking the laws or acting immorally, is it morally wrong to steal from them, especially if you need what you are stealing? 

Perhaps in modern times, we could interpret this maxim as needing to follow the Divine law (like the Delphic maxims) as opposed to laws created by mortals. Or we could reframe it as “obey the law so long as it is morally correct to do so.” This of course leaves room for interpretation and subjectivity. I think there are some obvious laws we should follow, like not murdering or stealing on a personal level. 

What are your thoughts on this? This maxim was thought-provoking for me and I realized there was a lot of gray area. 

If you worship Hermes, how do you reconcile this maxim with him being the god of thieves?  What does your moral compass say about following the laws, even if they are oppressive or dangerous?

Hi! I’m just starting to follow Apollo. I welcome any advice anyone has for beginners. Here’s my current alter set up :)

So ive been trying to reach out and work with apollo recently, but his candle will NOT move. It flickers a bit, but not by much. I have a aphroditie shrine, and she’s quite active. Am i doing something wrong? Is my shrine (not completed, still working on it) not good enough?

He loved it! 🌞🤍 (Yes the one on the other page is Aziraphale)