Heliodites and Red Wine

I did my first Hellenic ritual in quite a long time today. This ritual was a modern ritual, not a reconstructed one, but since it was from the book that Labrys put out, I felt it came from a reputable source. (Buy this book! It is wonderful!) Plus, it was a beautifully written rite.

The one I did today, as by the solar calendar it is Sunday, was the Heliodites ritual. It consisted of an opening prayer to welcome the Gods, a prayer by Plethon, hymns to Apollo, Helios, and a chosen protector God/Goddess, followed by a closing benediction (for lack of a better word.) Each section was accompanied by an offering, Labrys recommends red wine for the offering, in addition to honey for Helios. I'm going to do more divination to find out what each of the Gods would like as an offering, but for now I am going to go with the red wine.

I did a divination with my Alphabet Oracle tiles I made after the ritual to see if my offerings were accepted and if the Gods had any guidance for me. I drew Pi, Omicron and Iota as my three tiles. These meanings are from both the Greek Alphabet Oracle website as well as the Grammantis application on the Google Play Store.

Iota says
“There is sweat {Hidrôs}; it excels more than everything.”

Omicron says
“There are no {Ou}crops to be reaped that were not sown.”

Finally, Pi says
“Completing many {Polus} contests, you will seize the crown.”

From my analysis, these three tiles together mean that I have to work harder to achieve my goals, nothing will come without that hard work, but if I put in that hard work, as Pi states, I shall achieve my goals.

I need to get a lot more red wine though, I don't drink alcohol but I went through a lot of the wine today. At least a solid glass was offered to the Theoi. I'm going to have to keep buying wine if I'm going to start following the lunar calendar.

Hail the Theoi of Hellas. Hail!