The wonderful u/InMagiaSiderum provided a copy of the latin translations by Marsilio Ficino in latin

https://mythcosmologysacred.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Orphic-hymn-texts-from-Secrets-of-the-Heavens.pdf

It's really wonderful
"Iuppiter valde honrande, incorruptibilis, hoc tibi nos Testimonium reddimus liberatorium et votum.

O rex, per tuum caput apparuere haec facile, Terra dea mater montiumque coelum intus ordine continet.

Iuppiter saturnie, sceptritenens, descensor, magnanime, omniparens, principum omnium omniumque finis, concussor terrae, auctor, purgator, omnia quatiens, Fulgator, tonans, fulminator, native Iuppiter:

Audi me, diversiformis, daque salubritatem inculpabilem pacemque deam et divitarum gloriam iustam."

Tell me everything, your experiences, stories, things you like about His mythology, I want to hear more of Him from other people's perspectives

Hi everyone,

I recently got a patron deity reading and discovered rhat Minerva is one of my patrons. Normally, I do research for altar ideas or offerings and associations, but I'm having a really hard time finding anything about what to offer her/altar ideas that aren't just offerings for Athena with a different name attached. Help?

I have experience with norse paganism but i want to dabble into roman. What are some good books and is there online pdfs for them? How should i make offerings? Is it like norse paganism where you only offer once in awhile and you dont really pray unless offering or is it different? Thanks!

I'm on the hunt for a statue of Diana, however almost everything I see is tied to or was originally the greek Artemis. I do not want to match the two gods as the same deity, so I'm looking for any statues or replicas to buy that are intentionally/originally of Goddess Diana

I know there is a replica from Veronese Design for "Diana of Versailles", but is there anything else that isn't blatantly listed as Artemis?

I worship the Theoi ( I personally believe that the same deities were worshipped by the Greeks and Romans, who just comprehended the deities a little differently ). Majority of the worshippers of greek gods say that they do not take the myths literally. Do the worshippers of the roman gods take their myths literally or not?

In a few months time I would like to construct, and dedicate, an altar. I know altars are dedicated to a single god, but can I dedicate it to a group? (Ie. Dii Consentes, Capitoline Triad etc.) I’m asking because I have votives made for Sethlans and Minerva, but I’m not sure they can be given at a single altar.

For now, I celebrate Parentalia, Saturnalia, Feralia , the founding of Rome (I know that's not a festival but I have my reasons for this) and a few others.

What do you celebrate yourselves?

1. For example if I want to make some offerings to Bacchus or small libation to him, should I still approach Janus and Vesta first every time? And what if I don't have real fire/candles on my Lararium, but led candles?

2. The first time approaching a God, should I tell them my names, briefly tell them who I am etc, so should I introduce myself?

3. I'm trans, so situation with genius/juno may be tricky for me. I plan to look more on Empire times and base my worship on it. So while in earlier times there was only genius, in CE there was a duality.

Thank you!!

I really want to study more about Roman Gods and Goddesses, beyong the major deities too... id live to know their stories their attributes, what they govern etc... Is there an encyclopedia or compendium of sorts?? TIA

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It's necessary to make the previous offerings to Janus and Vesta if I simply want to make a small libation to the lares for dinner or lunch?

Is there a subreddit devoted to Mars/Ares? I thought I was subscribed to one, but I can't find it anywhere. I remember I used to see weekly posts about him every Tuesday.

Does anyone else remember this? Did it get shut down or am I just remembering wrong?

I am currently pondering about some methodology and possible names for a practice of food consumption inspired by the Hindu Prasad. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prasada

For the name (which could also be translated to latin for easier communication and "branding" I thought first about an eglish phrase which would also be either short or easy to remember and which also transports the devotional nature of sharing a meal with the Gods and letting them take their share and then for us mortals to consume the material "rest". I thought about "A shared gift", "that which is shared", "shared meal" or simply "(the) share"

Does someone have ideas for a latin name? I do not know that much latin to be quite honest.

Have people here every commissioned or made themselves any way of votive inscriptions on clay, metal, stone or commissioned a small votive shrine and put it up in public (with allowance of course)?

What were some experiences, some hurdles?

So I mean : is there is the 'act of giving to get' tradition. Does Cultus Doeurm Have that with the gods, spirits etc?

Like you do something for someone and you get an action in return and the cycle continues on.

So I was wondering if cultus deorum has that to. I've been a Roman pagan for a long time but never bothered to think about this idea.

I had thought of 'giving to get' tradition years and years ago and then now it came back to mind.

Just curious.

Just curious if these things could mean anything but I recently heard an owl at night and I’ve never heard one before then so it felt quite special to me. Then a day or two later a bald eagle flew over me which again, I had never seen in person before. Would anyone know if this means anything in general

what are some good books or resources about Roman traditions in Roman occupied Britain particularly their religious traditions?

I’m pretty new to all this and want to set up my lararium right. I understand the basics of it such as an incense burner, containers for salt and incense, an oil lamp or candle, a container for wine, and a bowl or plate for offerings. But I’m just curious if idols are required. And if so, can it be any idol (like whoever your chief god would be) or does it have to be something different. I also am pretty curious about prayers and how to conduct them. In starting to get a better understanding but I just want to make sure whatever I’m doing it the right way to do it since that seems highly important. I’m confused on if you have to pray daily or only holidays or only when you want to ask for something. Any help would be greatly appreciated

Are there any resources or historical information regarding veneration of your personal genii?

I’m not a Roman Pagan specifically, but recently learned that this may have been an historical thing. Would appreciate any information or sources on historical practice and any information about modern practice as well.

Thank you!

So sorry this is a long explanation....

So two years in the past , I had started leaning towards the Roman Gods but had been lost for years Honestly it took one event to bring me to follow the Roman gods - it was a dream.

It went like this : I has been in the desert. And there was a box like building with two pitch black doorways. No light went in or came out. And I had started to go in when a voice said 'DONT GO IN THERE!' it was a strong voice. A voice that knew what they were talking about, not someone who just talked to talk. I turned around and saw in the distance, a man in Roman armour with a red cloth wrapped around . The person definitely fit the voice and I knew- it was Caesar or Augustus To this day I cannot rule out who it was exactly. Their face was blurry. But their armour fit well with the time frame of one of those options.

And a reason other that I know it was either Caesar or Augustus was because in the dream, I saw the sphinx of giza in full prime time. It looked fresh and not worn out. (Sorry I don't know the correct term for it ). I did some research and the sphynx, the desert and the armour fit in one specific time.

Without that dream two years ago, I wouldn't have found aboit cultus deorum and served the gods the best way I could.

It's why when an event, like a triumph one of them had in their time, I honour that one . I was lost and honestly I don't regret anything. The triumphs are important and I make sure I honour the respective Caesar / Augustus on that triumph. It's the least I can do to honour them. Even though I may never know which one it was, I decided to honour both.

So cause of that, since two years, that is the inspiration to be a Roman pagan, and to be the best Roman I can be in my life.

Edit- note- I believe this dream was more of symbolism than anything but I still honour the triumphs nonetheless

Edit-note2- when I say 'honour triumph ' I mean I do a decent prayer, the best offering I can give (which honestly isn't much) and try to have a pretty good day with honour

So, I came across the term apotheosism (I'm sorry I have trouble spelling it ) . For those who follow the imperial cult for example, (ofc for this I mean the genii and not the actual emperor) for this example, Augustus. Does this fact affect how you honour Augustus' genius or....? Like does in what way does it affect you in practise? And augustus is an example (dude did amazing in life so I wanted to give that example ) but other apotheosism emperors work. And for the opposite, how does the term "damnatio Memoriae' affect the honouring of emperors in general (not just good and not just bad)?

I dont know how to word this question so I hope it's understandable

How does one do this? Do I treat them just like the Manes and Parentes, or is it different?

Hey everyone! I decided to follow roman paganism a year ago. I worship/honor the Lares familiares, Minerva & Venus while also reading up on a couple other deities.( Fortuna, Diana, Mercurius)

I’ve been taking my learning experience really slow which im fine with and they dont seem to mind it. Im currently in the process of building a mini lararium for the kitchen counter so i can start doing Ritus Romanus and participate in the ides, kalends and nones. I also have a ton of books to go through so I can practice my beliefs better.

I learned about paganism through online spaces and its taken me a while to deconstruct a lot of the misinformation i had learned, that said, i have some experiences id like to share and see if anyone has ever gone through this before? Some reassurance or advice on what i could do better could really help me feel like less of an imposter lol.

-I guess id like to start out with my relationship with The Lares, Minerva and Venus.

1. The relationship with my lares has been good! I need to work on more regular offerings but im waiting for my incense burner and frankinsece to arrive. Through divination they have stated they wanted to be more included in the family activities and in the family in general so i celebrated saturnalia with them (as well as saturn) and left libations for them. I havent done much since but i hope i can soon i hope im not doing wrong by them for not doing so.

2. For Minerva and Venus its interesting, i have a very nice shrine for Venus at the moment and give her offerings more than i do with the rest, but i notice i dont speak with her as much. Even so i feel as though she “blesses” me every now and then with my partner and with how i feel about myself. Its more of a feeling with her than 1-1 interactions.

For Minerva i have a travel altar (tin) and a dedicated necklace to her in which i asked her to bless and protect me through. I dont interact often with her but when i do i can definitely tell shes near and wants to tell me something important (like once every couple months). Shes the deity i pray to and think about the most on my day to day and i try to honor her through my actions but i have yet been able to give a proper offering. She doesn’t seem to mind it too much but i want to do better in that regard as she is the goddess i feel closest to.

Even though these relationships feel very real to me, i somtimes wonder if im making it all up since i havent been able to practice in a more reconstructionism manner and from what ive read and understand, proper ritual is super important in this religion. Im working my way there but wanted to know what you guys think.

I've been trying to look up information and can find very little on this. Were there any particular rituals done when a new home was built, or moved into? Things that might create a consecrated space, treating the home as a temple in miniature? Or to "invite" the start of reciprocity with the home's Lares?

I am currently studying latin and want to know if there are any original latin works that can be recommended? I mean like by ancient authors, nothing new. I knwo there us the side wiki but i wanted to ask if anyone had any other than those or any recomened original latin works so i can learn from the originals rather than the different translations. thanks.

So recently I've been making potions and using all sorts of things to connect. But I can never find people who can help it's all ways they don't know what it is or just won't help in general so I made a discord server♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎ Love you all. https://discord.gg/knWdXkD3

My introduction to roman poetry were mainly the metamorphoses from Ovid since they were a collection of all the mythos from both the cultures, i sincerely liked them and at times i felt like they were really speaking to me. Vergil however seemed and seems far more problematic to read, because even if i adore his descriptions of the divine and death, i just can't stand him. It's like he wants to be descriptive but the reader has to analyze his word per word without even understanding the rythm, that's my problem, i don't get Vergil's rythm, Homer was fairly easier and frankly much more enterataining, like Ovid. I don't know if you had the same problem but i really have a thing with Vergil than just makes me overall appreciate much more Ovid, both spiritually and on poetry to be honest.

While I lived in Northern Italy for a couple of years (so I know Italian and I'm superficially familiar with culture), I'm probably mainly Slavic by my recent ancestry. I think it's easier to approach Roman pantheon, because Romans were spreading their culture, plenty of people of different ethnicities lived in Roman Empire and were worshipping Jupiter for example. But Etrsucans were more... Closed? So Idk if I can have my place in it

A person I follow some time ago talked about the constellation god, night sky, fear of the night, Saturn's tormentor, sometimes a brother to Caelus Interdiu, Tellus, etc, sometimes son of the same deity... I am not well versed in this, but this person said He had probably no cults nor worship, only when to expiate Him during the Saturnalia, for Him not to get mad, since he was part of the Dii Averrunci, and that the roman authors rarely spoke directly about Him and stuff... I got interested in learning more, would anyone know more about this deity? The names used where these, Titan, Titania and Caelus Nocturnus, so if you have some more info about Him and would like to share, I'd be glad :)