I just answered the call to follow Hades today while working with his nephew, Apollo. So I put up a temporary altar to Him and Persephone in a space that is probably temporary. ❤️
Just thought I should share. Let me know what you think!
Hello! I formerly worshipped Hades and Eros in high school, as well as formerly working with Dionysus. I recently have gone through a lot of grief in my life, losing some people I consider dear to me. That being said - I plan to work with spirits (specifically my guardian and house spirit) and was wondering how I could reach out again? How could I communicate with Hades once more?
So the past few weeks I’ve been feeling as though Hades has been trying to reach out to me. Before this, I was always open to the possibility of this kind of thing, but it’s never happened to me before.
I guess I’m just trying to see if this thing is normal. It’s like all of my thoughts have been leading me to him. When I think about him, it feels like a warm hug from a dad. Not going into details, but I never got that feeling as a kid and it feels like he is saying, “it’s alright, I’m here now for you.”
My best friend is a practicing pagan and is taking me to one of the metaphysical shops here and is going to help me build my first altar. It’s all very overwhelming but I’m excited! I also lowkey feel like I’m going crazy? Like, it’s all so new.
I wonder if anyone else has experienced a close link between Hades and the concept of time in their UPG.
A few years ago, I had this dream - for context, I'm in the UK, and (for those who don't know) here we have a town down in the western part of the country called Glastonbury, famous for the festival of course. However, Glastonbury itself as a town is also famed for its pagan and new age community. There are neopagan temples, offshoot gnostic churches, tonnes of spiritual shops, etc. Having grown up with pagan parents, I visited often as a child and the place is dear to me.
Anyway, I digress. In this dream I was in the White Spring Temple at the base of Glastonbury Tor. It's an old Victorian well house converted into a God/Goddess temple which is open to any and all and popular with pagans from all walks. In there are these large pools where the White Spring's water, said to be holy, collects. People bathe in it, baptise themselves in it, do shamanic drumming and half-drown themselves in the process, etc. I was here, standing before the main pool. Hades was there. He asked if I'm ready, and I said yes, and he stood at the edge and circled me a few times. Then he stepped into the pool and immersed me in the water, shoving me down hard and holding me with an iron grip.
When I emerged, the world was quiet, and he was gone. The spring was utterly still. I left the temple, walking down the hill past the sister spring, the Red Spring. That was also still, though the water still emerged from the lion's head spout - it just wasn't moving. I was freezing cold from the water, but there was no wind at all.
I walked down into the town. Anyone I saw was utterly still, frozen mid-stride, a phone in hand, lips mid-sentence. Birds had paused mid-flight. I eventually arrived in a small car park that sits next to Glastonbury Abbey, and finally found someone who wasn't frozen.
He was an ordinary-looking fellow, mid-height, lightly tanned skin and brown hair, with round glasses on his nose. He wore a simple red jacket and workman's trousers and boots - but something about him was off. For a moment, he moved at a strange angle, and this dark, gloopy essence peered out from what appeared to be the facade of a body. He seemed rather shocked at my appearance. He had this box open in front of him and was tinkering with all these strange cogs. I asked what he is and he told me he's a time spirit. It's his job to fix time. He asked what I am, and I told him I'm human. He replied: 'Yes, I remember you from before. But you don't remember. Still, it's been a while since a human stumbled into this.' Weirdly, the time spirit then invited me to lunch.
He took me to one of the popular local cafes, but with time standing still, he had to make our food himself (how did the oven even work?). He asked me something else that I can't remember but made a comment about me being 'in good with the boss'.
I should note, this happened on the spring equinox of 2024. I had been expecting Persephone, but got this instead. A connection between Hades and time doesn't seem so unusual, of course - death being a natural result of time, being married to a goddess of the seasons who must be connected closely with time and its cycles. It was just such a wild experience. Probably one of the weirdest, and I've had a few whacky ones.
Anyone else had anything similar? Any weird and out-there things that seem like they belong in a movie? I'd love to read about them.
I went to some stores today and just followed my intuition for what to buy. The bear is obsidian and the dish is fire quartz. I got the poker chips as my first offering.
I just finished this coloring project yesterday, and I decided to offer it to Persephone. And Hades. Just wanted to share! Iridescence is hard for see-through wings, lmao.
I made an offering of a brand of coffee I love, appropriately named Deathwish, and the Stalwart King and His Dread Queen seem to enjoy having a cup whenever I speak to them.
Also, Charon seems to like terrible puns. Maybe he just appreciates a sense of humor in his line of work.
Anyone else have unorthodox offerings and similar stories?
Reached Hades at my 33rd attempt and 21 hours. Haven't beat him yet (lost all my death defiances on theseus and the minotaur), but I'm getting better and better at each attempt. Best build that worked for me were the fists with Artemis's critical damage boons because it attacks fast.
Game's a blast ! Can't wait to beat it.
