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Eros in my Art

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Hellenic pagan penal rosary by ~RowanInBlack on deviantART

This “penal rosary” is probably the first art-thing that I ever consciusly made with Eros in mind.

Where is He?

The two green glass beads are for Dionysos —twice-born, God of the Vine, God of Wine….
The four diamond-shaped beads are for Hermes —sacred to Four, protector of gamblers….
The seven silver beads are for Apollon — silver-bowed, seven is sacred, Lord of Moderation in all things….

The big pink quartz “doughnut” is for Eros. When I saw it at Jo-Ann, after browsing paints and canvases, I was inspired to do the rosary as, earlier that week, I had read “A Garland For Zeus” by Drew Campbell on the Hellenion website. I decided on an Irish penal rosary design for a few reasons, though mainly because of my own Irish heritage and as a nod to the time when Catholicism was persecuted in Ireland, much like how Polytheism has been more recently persecuted in modern Greece.

It seemed such an appropriate piece for Eros: It’s circular and unending. It’s pink, a colour associated with love and sex. It’s a large, though palm-sized, and natural, albeit wrought stone (it is said that in Thespiae that they maintained the oldest cult image of Eros, being a large unwrought stone).

I’ve had to re-string this piece at least twice, but it still remains one of my favourite devotional crafts to Eros.

Erato

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Your result for The A-Muse-ing Test…

Your muse is Erato!

30% Erato, 20% Euterpe, 10% Calliope, 0% Thalia, 0% Urania, 0% Clio, 10% Melpomene, 20% Polyhymnia and 10% Terpsichore!

Erato is the muse of love and erotic poetry. She is also known as the muse of lyrics and songs of marriage. Her title is “the amorous one.” It is from the tales of Erato that we get the saying about carrying a torch for someone, as she has been seen with a torch while with the god Eros.

Call upon Erato when you are seeking or wish to be inspired by love or erotocism.

Think about a sensual description using all of your senses… what you see, what you hear, what you can feel, what you can taste, and what you can smell regarding the one that you most desire. Allow yourself to be free and think of the passion they inspire within you. Allow Erato to help you as you put into words these feelings that can start with something as simple as a kiss and then end with an imagination that has no limits. To live fully and sensually is a true and rare gift.

Take The A-Muse-ing Test at HelloQuizzy

This is fairly accurate, for an Internet quiz.

Erato information can be found on Theoi.com and Wikipaedia.