Where Did Aphrodite Come From?
Aphrodite is one of the most well recognized goddesses of the Hellenic religion. But where did Aphrodite come from? How did her cult start off? Was she always apart of …
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Aphrodite is one of the most well recognized goddesses of the Hellenic religion. But where did Aphrodite come from? How did her cult start off? Was she always apart of …
The Chaldeans are an interesting group from the age of Antiquity who left behind a great knowledge and culture that is similar to the ancient Greeks and Egyptians. However, we …
In Greek mythology there are numerous deities who are larger than life. Often bearing witness to such events, especially in the case of when a God or Goddess is expressing …
Hekate, What She Controls And Her Liminality In the religion of the ancient Greeks, there is a deity by the name of Hekate (also spelled Hecate). She is a deity …
Who Is Janus? Janus is a god from the religion of the Romans. Janus serves as their god for gateways, transitions, time, duality, doorways, endings, passages, and other things like …
What you need to know To know how seriously the deification of Julius Caesar was taken, it is very important to know why Julius Caesar was deified in the first …
What Is A Sun King? The Sun Kings are a set of leaders, some of them well established for this title and a few of them not so much, that …
If you haven’t seen the previous post on this subject, here you go: https://esoterichistory.com/how-did-people-sacrifice-to-the-gods-in-the-past/ In it, I covered the sacrificial traditions of the ancient Greeks, ancient Romans, and ancient Egyptians. …
Sacrificing One of the primary ways to worship is to create offerings and perform sacrifice. Deities throughout history have accepted all kinds of sacrifices. Some forms of sacrifices are public, …
The Egyptian Pyramids In the land of Egypt, there are many pyramids that dot the land. More than a hundred have been discovered, and they date to being thousands of …