I'll talk about some meditation updates here, since I'm journaling anyway, and it'll help keep me accountable as I'm leveling up my routine.

For today, an interesting thing I noticed is how a formed habit can manifest.

I did my morning meditation, as usual, and after some extra tasks I had to do throughout the day and a tiring workout session, I felt completely out of it for evening meditations, and I just didn't feel like doing my regular AoP (18 ALGIS and 18 SOWILO). I wanted to just do my bare minimum of 9 and move on, because I just "didn't feel it".
But, wouldn't you know it, when I started, I got completely in the vibe and did my usual 18 vibrations just fine.

Early on in my meditation routine, I didn't really feel that snowball effect when starting. Starting took mental effort, pursuing took mental effort.
Now, I've formed a bit of a mental habit, so my mind would find it weird to do less after starting, and I've also begun to feel energy a lot more, which makes meditation far more fun. It's like when you eat and you can't stop until you're satiated.

It's still a slight mental effort to start meditating, but I can feel it becoming less and less of an effort over time. I might drop my current routine here sometime in the future, but let this post be a motivator. And hey, maybe people who see this should also start talking about their meditation journey on the Forums.

My new signature banner.
The Caduceus is a symbol that I've always enjoyed ever since I was a little child, and while I am not sure about who my Guardian Daemon is, Lord Thoth has been the God (besides Zeus Himself) that I've had the most intense experiences with during His Ritual.
Zeus Ammon is there as my favorite portrayal of Father, as a testament to my love for Greek and Egyptian culture specifically, and because I personally love horns as a symbol.

A new Aeon is upon us, and I am personally elated to be part of it.
Let the wisdom of Zeus permeate all of reality, through our works and through our achievements.

Hail Zeus, Hail Truth!

Playing around with a certain artistic style in image generation.

People who have been exposed to christian imagery can recognize what this style is mirroring, and it insidious to me that this beautiful Hellene artstyle, inherently European in its nature, is associated with so much evil and ugliness. I want to make a dent in this.

Just generating these images and seeing this style used for positive imagery was cathartic to me. So expect more to come.

Spirituality, "Divinity within our consciousness", and "mental hijacking"
- How the abrahamic religions program the mind

It is with sadness and with happiness that I write this essay. Happiness, because it is a weapon against the enemy. Sadness, because many will not grasp it.
The natural path of a human, biologically without even involving belief in the spiritual, is upwards, and towards well being. This is because evolution is a natural force that propels us to better adapt to the environment, and because the human body and mind are designed to function well, not to be broken or work against the betterment of the individual. These are ideal conditions.
However, existence also contains entropic forces that drag one down, from natural decay to entities that are in alignment with these entropic forces, and against the forces of expansion and betterment. These latter, are the "Enemy", and they have worked in clever ways against us.
They influence minds that are vulnerable, misaligned, making horrible mistakes that have set them in the lowest dwellings of consciousness. That is how they have chosen their perfect group of perpetrators for their schemes. This influence, and this group, creates harmful ideology whose main goal is programming of the mind.
Our experiences shape how we see reality, at levels where the average person does not even notice how heavily these influence their worldview, their actions, and thus, what they create in the world.
But the most abhorrent type of ideology that has done this is the abrahamic religions, because they hijack how we view not just ideas, principles, and all that, but also what I will call "anchors of consciousness".
"God", understood as the highest truth there is, the ideal of perfection, the ineffable, omnipresent essence of reality and of creation, is a concept that is an unalienable element of the human mind.In a human mind that is functioning optimally, "God" in this sense, is an important operator of our decisions, acting as one of the concepts that should most highly decide our actions.There are other similar "anchors", but this example will suffice for my point.
Through my spiritual experience, I've found it is factual that our consciousness being connected to these concepts in a healthy way is an absolutely beneficial thing. It is a healthy element of a belief system, optimal for what a human should be like, and will lead only to benefits. It will draw you away from malicious things, strengthen your moral compass, draw you to expand your consciousness by studying and living life, by thinking critically and seeking Truth, while authentically loving the self, appreciating life, and affirming reality as opposed to delusion.
This much does not need "belief in the supernatural" to be believed, and while I would go further to say that these anchors are gifts given to our consciousness by the Gods, I am not focusing on that to make this post as palatable to the skeptical crowd as I can.
While reading the above paragraph, you might've thought that this is not what the average "God believer" acts like, they are delusional, don't affirm life or reality, use God as a crutch for their limited worldview, and as escapism.
This is where that programming comes in.

Most enemy ideologies simply lower the importance of these anchors within the individual's belief system, driving one away from them, but this most heinous subversion of religion acts as their ultimate trap, as it is a method to "counterfeit" these tethers we have to higher concepts, that both drives us away from the real anchors, as well as creating fake "anchors" that truly only drive us further away from reality, into delusion and death.
When these false bindings become strong enough, one is a "religious fanatic", where their mind is completely shaped by these religious programs. Their connection to, say, God, appears powerful to them, but it is an illusion. They have made their entire worldview religious, but the source of that religion is enemy propaganda, meant to empower one small group and weaken all others. Meant to ultimately lead humanity towards death.To break these bindings and re-establish connections to the true anchors can be a Herculean task. The expression I used in the title might be straight out of science fiction.
But, after reading this text, after understanding what programming does, what else can you call a person that has fully fallen within these systems, their worldview altered and their perception of reality warped, other than a person who has had their mind hijacked?

Zeus of greatest renown, aid us in our journey.
May your greatness be known to all.

Hail Zeus Basileus, Hypsistos, Pantokrator, Hegemon, Ombrios, Bronton, Astrapaeus, Keraunos, Ouranios, Dikaios, Moiragetes, Themistos, Horcios, Xenios, Sthenios, Tropaios, Stator, Nikephoros, Meilichios, Kouros, Kataibates, Cthonios, Zagreus, Ktesios, Ploutodotes, Philios, Agoraios, Euregetes, Tauros, Ammon, Lykaios, Keraunios, Aetophoros, Bouleus, Mantis, Epiphanes, Genethlios, Herkeios, Karpophoros, Phytalmius, Anax, Theos, Eleutherios, Charidotes, Eosphoros, Soter, Pater, Syllabos, Teleios, Apomyiios, Ithomatas, Katachthonios, Melichios, Olympios, Stratios, Akraios, Polieus, Areios, Georgos, Krateros, Hypatos, Homagyrios, Pandemos, Koryphaios, Boulaios, Hypatus, Sosipolis, Astrapaios, Keratinos, Lykeios, Panhellenios, Theodotes, Semaleos, Amphictyon, Hikesios, Phyxios, Boanerges, Tropaiophoros, Xanthos, Labrandeus, Orkios, Pylaios, Skotitas, Theophoros, Agathos Daimon, Hyetius, Kyrios, Pankrates, Pistios, Tenedios, Thaulios, Thaumasius, Epakrios, Erymanthios, Aetnaeus, Olympos, Naos, Eleios, Laphystios, Larisaios, Limnaios, Lydios, Moneta, Mysiakos, Oritos, Ourios, Pasios, Petasios, Polichos, Sabazios, Semnos, Sitalkas, Smintheus, Synomosios, Tympanios, Zmertios, Adad, Ammos, Anemos, Epekoos, Gamelios, Harmonius, Helios, Hicesios, Kerannos, Kryphios, Lachmaios, Lariseus, Lathrios, Limenaios, Mochthos, Panamourios, Patrikios, Phemios, Sator, Skopeus, Telios.

As our efforts on X rage on, the Gods' support is powerful enough to propel us forward in our actions.
Those worthy of walking the path of Sat will receive the blessing of hearing about, being able to study, and to join the Assembly of the Gods.

Make no mistake, we will win this war!

Many people pray or communicate with their Guardian Demon, or Father, and that is great. I've been doing that for quite a bit too, to great results. It's essential and I would argue it's just as essential as cleaning, AoP and other habits as a daily practice, a spiritual checkpoint during every day.
But communicating similarly with the other Gods can feed the soul in different ways, expose you to more diverse energies, and give you a wider perspective.

Today, I opened the Rituals site (the quickest way I use in order to access the sigils) to do my evening prayer to Father, but I had an intense intuitive desire to instead open Lady Astarte's page.
As per my usual practice, I focus on the sigil and meditate on the moment, trying to clear my mind, then breathe the sigil's energy into me similarly to foundation meditation, then speak my mind.

I felt a much different energy and attitude "watching" me, palpably different to Father.
The issues I discussed, emotions I vented, and plans I was making did indeed fit better with Astarte's dominions, and I feel like this intuition was good to follow.

I might dedicate specific days to try to become closer to specific Gods, and allow in their influence a bit more. This post is here to advise others to do the same.

The method I described above of prayer is also advisable when one wants to regularly stay within the Gods' "embrace", without the need to do God Rituals, as the more I advance, the more I understand that the God Rituals are not to be "spammed" (this is also emphasized highly by JGs and Clergy in the Temple. (Join it if you haven't already)

HAIL ASTARTE!

"As the peacock spreads its feathers in joy at the sight of thundering clouds, so may we, adorned with wisdom, bloom under divine grace."
- Atharva Veda, 10.8

Hail Alexandros Megas, veritable son of Zeus, and risen God.

May he watch our army rise, and so may you join in our efforts.

Zeus is the highest being within form.
Satya is the highest being beyond form.
Together, they are God.

Compiling here some of the video materials I've helped create for ToZ as part of Outreach. I want to use the profile post feature more, and I guess this works as a start.
If you also want to contribute to ToZ's growth by using your social media skills, video and image skills, etc., contact @Alexandros Iowno [JG] for further inquiry, or use the specific thread for it.

Who is Baal Zebul? - based on the ToZ site section - 1 minute video
Rune Series: Fehu - 1 minute video
The Golden Age - based on a sermon by HPZM - 3 minute video

Little edit I put together for Outreach. Felt like it was nice enough to share here.