Modern pantheon

Modern Pantheon

Have you ever wondered where the ancient civilization`s gods and goddesses gone? Did they go into exile along with their

people/priests who once worsipped them? 

Did they really disappear or are they still can be present in our modern society?

In this article my subject to this matter is going to be the ancient Greece pantheon and their appearance to humanity these days. 

In ancient Greece gods and goddeses lived on the mount of Olympus. There were 13 deities who had their placeon this sacred mountain. Zeus- god of the sky, lightning, Hera- wife of Zeus, perfect wife, Poseidon- god of see and the middle world,

Hestia-goddess of hearth, Athena-goddess of strategy, wisdom, Apollo- sun god, god of music, arts, archery, play writing,healing, divination, Artemis- goddess of huntings, archery, Aphrodite- goddess of beauty, sexuality, procreation, seduction,

Ares- god of war, Dyonusos- god of wine, parties, Demeter- goddess of grains, fertility, Hermes- god of communication,

thieves, trickery, guardian of travellers, collecting souls after death, Hephaistos- god of forgery,Hades- god of underworld, death, he did not

have his own place on Olympus but certainly was one of the main gods.

In the olden days it was totaly normal to have statues of deities made of stone, marble and food and drink offerings were

left at the feet of these sculptures. Each god and goddesses had their own favorite things that had to be sacraficed in return

of good luck, love, protection, succes in business?. 

There were temples for every deity. People back then had more personal and close relationship with their gods then in nowadays.

What happened to these higher beings after 476 A.C. ?A new relegion took place, with a different concept of god.

This time it was only one and omnipotent oppose to the idea of politeism that seemed to be gone for good. Or does it?

I think we can all agree that love, relationships and sexuality exist in our lives. Almost everzbody is looking for love,

have marital issues, have sex during their lifetime.It is a good example how Aphrodite lives on til this day. These things

never ended nor did the goddess herself. 

Are we living in harmony? Is peace dominating our lives? Or is it raher war, terror and fear? We all witness these around the globe. I can 

assure that there is a god, called Ares feeding on these energies along with his two sons Phoebos and Deimos. The name of

Phoebos means fear,the latter means terror. Take a look in the world, just watch the news and you will see there was a terror

attack somewhere, or mass shooting killing many. In the 20th century we had WW1 and WW2. These entities are still around

and influencing people to start fights, wars and similar occurances.

Next stop is Hermes. Have ever been fooled, taken advantage of, stolen from?

Can you recall when a charming sales man convinced you to buy 

something that you would have not ever done it otherwise? This is the work of Hermes. He is an excellent marketing guy who

knows exactly what to say to talk you into something that you do not even need or want. Another example for Hermes influence in our world

is conmen. We can hear stories how people cheated money out of thousands, by lying and taking their money just to get rich

quick then flee with huge ammount of money. These unforunate events still exist because of one particular god mentioned above.

How many of our readers have their kitchen with an oven in it? How many of you cook, prepaire meals and drinks for your loved

ones? Does grandma bake cakes for the family? Do you cook 3 meal courses dinners at seasonal greetings/celebrations when

the whole family gathers and spend the day in high spirit? It is the modern version of honouring Hestia, goddess of hearth,

family and home. Her modern praising has gone through changes since the ancient times where there was a fireplace with fire

never put out in stone circles, temples. People gathered around to spend time with their loved ones.

Can we all agree that the Sun is the centre of our galaxy? Can it be seen from our planet? I think the answear is yes, we can.

So maybe there is Apollo the sungod is out there. His qualities can be found in humans. Such as being positive, happy,

naive, egoistic, distant from everybody, introverted, good hearted, loving, self absorbed, excellent leader, creative to mention

just a few. Apollo lives through these qualities that we humans can also possess and make the most of it. For instance a

successful businessman must have the qualities of being a good leader, good skills of management, and able to think big,

be positive and hopeful in order to reach his and his companies goals. A polyhistor could resembel with Apollo because both 

are wise, well learnt and masters of many things. 

Do you believe life after death? Do we all die one day? 

where do we go after we passed away? What is the afterlife like?  These unansweared questions still

excites our minds. There is a special being who could give you answears and clues to these questions. His name is Hades, lord of

the Underworld, afterlife. Death, afterlife still present in our lives so does Hades.

Let`s get back to life, growth, nourishment. Are farmers growing their vegetables, grains and sell them to provide

to their own families and their costumer`s families? Are there grains made into breads, rolls, baguettes,etc? By eating

them we all grow, and develop just as Demeter goddess of harvest, growth, agriculture, grains, would want us to do for her pleasure.

Who encountered with frightening lightning on a stormy night? How did it make you feel watching the blue lightbolts? I bet

you witnessed something majestic, powerful force that you cannot control. It is something just like Zeus, god of lightning and sky.

He is very powerful indeed and well, out of this world. Possessing a power that is greater then humans can comprehend and have

influence on. Zeus shows himself sometimes by causing thunderstorms, throwing lightbolts. His energies manifests in "alphamales"

whos  have common behaviour in life. for example great leaders, know what they want, have good position at work, earn a lot,

 know how to treat women and get them with no trouble, womanisers. 

Intellect, intelligence, wisdom, deep thinking. Does these concepts ring any bells? I can picture a scene from a university

where professors, lecturers having an elevated discussion on economy. People who have the privilege to learn, study at universities

colleges, or belong to certain groups that have enlightment as their goals. Intellectual, intelligent people and their groups

are all inspired by Athena. 

What about party scenes? Partying hard, getting intoxicated on a bottle of wine, dancing, having fun and not to care? I beleieve

men and women do it on a regular basis. Maybe our society`s party animals have not got an idea that they actually 

worsipping the god of rapture, wine, party called Dionysos.He is also responsible for making patients to psyhiatric

institutes, asylums as lunatics, insane and mentally disturbed. 

Now let`s check out what is going on with the domestic situation like  marriages, childbirth and family. These are the

supremacy of Hera. She is with us to this day simply because those notions does exist so must Hera. Women still giving birth, babies

are being born all over the world, men and women unite in marriage then form a family. There is another thing, thou. How many

times you heard about husband was unfaithful and his wife took revenge? It is noting new, this phenomena dates back to

ancient times and still present in our lives thousand of years later. 

I hope in this article I manage to make ancient greek gods and goddesses appear a bit more real, and point out they are

never died but transformed and live through their attributs.