Healing Prayer Dates, 2024

Bees in their honeycomb. Found via Google.

As we come toward the end of the Julian year, we now give you the dates for Healing Prayer for the upcoming year, 2024. The dates are marked according to the Julian scheme so as to make it as easy as possible for folks to be active in their participation, without having to convert Treasury Calendar dates. May the upcoming year bring you joy and fulfillment, and may Apollon and the other Theoi bring you many blessings!

Below you will find all of the Julian dates for Healing Prayer, during the new year. As always, the Treasury invites you to join us in prayer.

Prayer should begin at or around sunset, local time.

January 2, 2024

February 1, 2024

March 1, 2024

March 31, 2024

April 29, 2024

May 29, 2024

June 27, 2024

July 26, 2024

August 25, 2024

September 24, 2024

October 23, 2024

November 22, 2024

December 22, 2024

Guidelines:

Prayers are NOT to be directed toward specific persons, UNLESS THEY HAVE CONSENTED to prayers on their behalf.

Participants are encouraged to pray for whatever healing they, or CONSENTING loved ones need (excepting minor children or dependents– discretion lies with parents or guardians), be it physical/medical, mental, emotional, etc.

Prayers ARE to be directed toward closing existing rifts within the spheres of the public Polytheist and/or Pagan communities. This includes local, statewide, national, or online communities.

Prayers should ONLY be directed toward communities that participants are ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN.

ALL prayers should be addressed to the Lord Apollon, or to Apollon and Asklepios, as the case may be for medical intervention.

Aegletia Is Upcoming

This is only a brief reminder that if anyone has an interest in celebrating the Treasury of Apollon’s modern Apollonian festival of the Aegletia, which begins October 1st, and ends in the late evening of October 9th, the best way to prepare is to follow the links in this post, and to plan your celebrations accordingly. Please, have a happy festival, and take care, Dear Readers.

— Columbine

All In One Aegletia Guide

Festival of Nine Days

Invocations & Evocations

Healing Prayer, May 11th, 2023

Each month, on the 21st day of the Treasury’s lunar calendar (today: 5/11/2023), our Sisterhood hosts a prayer chain, wherein we offer prayer to Apollon on behalf of one another, and any others who seek healing, through Him.

All who request healing prayer are encouraged to join with us in the prayer chain. Those who simply wish to petition Apollon on behalf of themselves or another are also welcomed to join us.

It is also acceptable to offer prayer for any specific Pagan/Polytheist communities you are actively involved in. Oftentimes, the Gods Themselves only know what healing is best brought to the problem of a community in need. Apollon encourages us to ask for help, so let us do so.

Prayer should begin at or around sunset, local time.

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Prayer For Healing

As surely as the sunlight descends upon the Earth, illuminating and nourishing all it touches, do Your healing powers reach those who are in need.

O Daphnephoros, the sweet scents of laurel and rosemary call You forth, and the soft sounds of ocean waves herald Your coming. Be present with us, Venerable One, who adore Your shining countenance.

We each have loved You in our own way, and we each have left savory offerings at Your feet. Remember us, O Lord, and attend to our fervent pleas.

Paian, the Great Healer who lifts us out of the darkness, we await Your grace and Your healing touch. For Yours is the power to cure the ills of men.

Katharsios, the Purifier, wash away that which pains us, so that our bodies may again house these troubled souls in comfort.

Be not distant, Pythios, for Your people need You, and are weary from the weight of this world. Until we may be shorn of the flesh, Yours is the power and the solace we seek.

Khrysáoros, with sword in hand, slice away the evils that exist within us. Let our minds be free. Let ours souls be pure. And let us always be worthy of Your attention.

Apollon, O Blessed Lord, hear our prayer, and be pleased to offer Your divine succor, that we might know peace and health and love.

For Your grace and blessings, Apollon, we offer these libations, and promise more upon fulfillment of our prayers. Please receive these in the spirit of kharis, and be joyful, as we are joyful in our honor of You.

Thank You, Lord, and Hail!

— Columbine, 8/18/2016

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Guidelines:

Prayers are NOT to be directed toward specific persons, UNLESS THEY HAVE CONSENTED to prayers on their behalf.

Prayers ARE to be directed toward closing existing rifts within the spheres of the public Polytheist and/or Pagan communities. This includes local, statewide, national, or online communities.

Prayers should ONLY be directed toward communities that participants are ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN.

ALL prayers should be addressed to the Lord Apollon, or to Apollon and Asklepios, as the case may be for medical intervention.

A Devotional

Today, February 16, 2023, I accomplished a goal that I have had since I was a preteen. Thanks to the love of Apollon, the support of my family, and the insistence of my friends and Treasury Sisters, I’ve become a published author.

This work is done in dedication to Apollon, and celebrates Him in all those ways that make me the person I am today. I am supremely humbled by the affection shown to me, and by the beauty that I have witnessed as a part of His retinue. This is a great and wondrous milestone in my life, and I am so happy to share it here with you, dear readers.

Thank you all for being a part if this, because truly, I wouldn’t have done this without you. This devotional is the culmination of a decade of writings done to honor, and educate about Apollon, much of which would not have been manifest without the curiosity, and interest shown to me over these years, by you, my dearest readers.

The devotional, titled Umbral Incandescence: Revelations of Apollon, is published through Amazon, and is available for purchase today.

— Columbine

Prayer of Renewed Vigilance Against Plague

“The God Apollo”, by Roberta Montagnini.

Lord whose knowledge of the body’s vagaries are intimate, and whose skill in averting illness and mortality is a grand treasure, for which we supplicate ourselves in worship and reverence, hear us again this day!

Upon You, O Paian, we rely! Upon Your immense knowledge have we built a vast network of aid, working tirelessly toward the prevention and curing of countless plagues, which threaten our mortal lives!

In this work, we have bowed in reverence to Asklepios and Hygieia– have prayed to the All-Curing Panakeia– and our prayers were answered in the form of inspiration, which taught us the many works of cleanliness and right-medicine!

And yet, in these times of far-reaching ambition, and medical knowledge that has surpassed much of what was known by many of our ancestors, we now find ourselves at the mercy of greed that outstrips all reason, and are held hostage to the works of evil men and women, whose care is not for our survival, but for the depth of their purses!

To these whose schemes threaten the health and order of the world, we ask that You, O Despota, open them to the consideration of others, that they be made to see within– the humanity of their fellows– and that we may all, one day soon, understand the price we pay for failure to heed Your basic tenets– [Maxim #30: Exercise nobility of character; Maxim #136: Gratify without harming]— for we are all one body in the hand of Fate, and the Gods!

We beseech You, Katharsios! Be merciful toward them who have dealt harm, and let them not feel the sting of loss that haunts so many, due to carelessness and selfish pride!

We beseech You, Apotropaios! Allow us to correct the course we have been steered upon, and to answer for the complacency of our brethren with newfound vigor, and the willingness to value the lives of all humankind!

Apollon Phosophoros, we beseech You to light our way, and set us all toward right-action, that we might quell the viruses running rampant within our communities, and across the world!

If ever our Love has been known to You, Khrysáoros, who wields the Sword of Righteousness, accept our prayers, and these libations [Pour Libations], that they might refresh You during this time of accountability and renewed purpose!

All hail Apollon, our Lord, Prince, and King!

— Columbine, 12/22/2022

Healing Prayer Dates, 2023

“The Temples and Cult of Asclepius”, color litograph from portfolio series “A History of Medicine”, illustrated by Robert Thom.

As we come toward the end of the Julian year, we now give you the dates for Healing Prayer for the upcoming year, 2023. The dates are marked according to the Julian scheme so as to make it as easy as possible for folks to be active in their participation, without having to convert Treasury Calendar dates. May the upcoming year bring you joy and fulfillment, and may Apollon and the other Theoi bring you many blessings!

Below you will find all of the Julian dates for Healing Prayer, during the new year. As always, the Treasury invites you to join us in prayer.

Prayer should begin at or around sunset, local time.

January 13, 2023

February 11, 2023

March 13, 2023

April 11, 2023

May 11, 2023

June 9, 2023

July 9, 2023

August 7, 2023

September 6, 2023

October 6, 2023

November 4, 2023

December 4, 2023

Guidelines:

Prayers are NOT to be directed toward specific persons, UNLESS THEY HAVE CONSENTED to prayers on their behalf.

Prayers ARE to be directed toward closing existing rifts within the spheres of the public Polytheist and/or Pagan communities. This includes local, statewide, national, or online communities.

Prayers should ONLY be directed toward communities that participants are ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN.

ALL prayers should be addressed to the Lord Apollon, or to Apollon and Asklepios, as the case may be for medical intervention.

Offering/Prayer of Gratitude to Apollon, for COVID Survival

“Apollon”, by dhumonio. If you are or know the artist, and the signature has been named incorrectly, let us know in the comments.

For those of us whose gratitude is given in this instance, where we or a loved one has survived the virus. It is important to give due honor and praise, not only when we need, but especially when we have already received Their blessings and protection.

[Procedure: Prepare all appropriate Offerings and Libations ahead of time. Purify the space with bay laurel. Purify participants with khernips. Play appropriate music. Process toward the altar or shrine, and begin.]

Apollon, our Lord who has stood beside us, whose arms enfold us in warmth, whose care radiates forth and touches the needy and infirm, whose very strength seeps into our bodies through the vehicle of our devotion, who is the Lord of Plague, and as such commands the vagaries of disease; we who are Yours, who have known You over a length of years, or have only recently become acquainted, we who have suffered in the depths of Your Domain, call to You, O Lord; and here do we invite You to enter into our space, once again!

We seek no further boons at this time, and have called You here for this purpose alone: to reflect upon the might with which You have cleansed and cleared our bodies, and the bodies of those we love, of the COVID virus which has wreaked havoc on Earth, and continues to do so!

We honor You, O Hand of Zeus; Blessed Lord Katharsios, who purifies with a word, or a touch, or a thought! We revel in Your Power, O Lord Paian, who soothes away the pain, and purges the infection! We praise and celebrate You, O Lord Daphnephoros, whose sweet bay branches burn, driving away all miasma!

With the scent of laurel, we have made this space clean and ready to receive You! Here have we placed our offerings of [Name the Offerings as you place them], that they may serve to express a portion of our gratitude and love! Here do we pour our Libations of [Name the Libations as you pour them], that the liquid might carry our profound thanks at the generosity You have bestowed upon us, the painfully mortal!

Here, O Lord, do we raise our voices in prayerful unison, that our joy in speaking Your Names might please You; that the love we feel for You might bring a smile to Your Divine lips; and that the wholeness of our lives be spent in reciprocity toward You, our Beloved; our Stalwart Prince!

Ie Paian! Blessed are You, Apollon! Ie Paian! Blessed are You, Katharsios! Ie Paian! Blessed are You, Daphnephoros! Blessed is the Right Hand of Zeus!

[Dancing, and other celebration should ensue.]

— Columbine, 12/20/2021

Healing Prayer Dates, 2022

“Alexander of Macedon Trusts the Doctor Philip”, by Henryk Siemiradzki.

As we come toward the end of the Julian year, we now give you the dates for Healing Prayer for the upcoming year, 2022. The dates are marked according to the Julian scheme so as to make it as easy as possible for folks to be active in their participation, without having to convert Treasury Calendar dates. May the upcoming year bring you joy and fulfillment, and may Apollon and the other Theoi bring you many blessings!

Below you will find all of the Julian dates for Healing Prayer, during the new year. As always, the Treasury invites you to join us in prayer.

Prayer should begin at or around sunset, local time.

January 23, 2022

February 22, 2022

March 23, 2022

April 22, 2022

May 21, 2022

June 20, 2022

July 20, 2022

August 18, 2022

September 17, 2022

October 16, 2022

November 15, 2022

December 14, 2022

Guidelines:

Prayers are NOT to be directed toward specific persons, UNLESS THEY HAVE CONSENTED to prayers on their behalf.

Prayers ARE to be directed toward closing existing rifts within the spheres of the public Polytheist and/or Pagan communities. This includes local, statewide, national, or online communities.

Prayers should ONLY be directed toward communities that participants are ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN.

ALL prayers should be addressed to the Lord Apollon, or to Apollon and Asklepios, as the case may be for medical intervention.

Aegletia, Solo: Quietude

Today is the Eighth Illumination of Aegletia: Quietude. It is a day of rest and ease, stillness and contemplation. It is when we measure what we have learned in the last days, and integrate that knowledge into our understanding of Apollon, and our place by His side. We need not perform today. There are no mandates, and we have nothing to prove. We have been here, with Him whom we adore, praising and loving Him with all our being. He has witnessed our devotion, and celebrated along side us as the days and nights have passed behind. All He asks of us today, is that we wrap ourselves up within His grace, allowing His lessons to nourish our minds and souls.

We are of Him, and for Him, and therefore we must do as He asks. Take your time today. Give yourself room to breathe. Be kind to yourself, and push not beyond your limits. Be comfortable. Just as you have made a comfortable space for Apollon, Leto and Artemis, treat yourself with that same respect and honor. Be peaceful, and watch as the peace you exude becomes a blanket that wraps around any with whom you may come into contact.

If you are inclined toward prayer, now is a fine day to dive into it, wholly. Without the eyes of others upon you, it may be easier to enter the quiet place of the mind, where hope and joy intermingle, where we can form our thoughts into bright focus; the focus which rebuilds reality according to the mind’s eye. Visualization, or Manifestation, of our future under our Beloved’s watchful gaze, and steadfast care, is a step toward grace that we are encouraged to take.

I have read many beautiful and poetic lists of Adorations for our Bright Lord, and you can find a few versions here on the Treasury’s website, on the page titled Adorations. These will help you to focus, if you are in need of such assistance. Better still would be to compose your own. They needn’t be lengthy, or brilliantly written. What comes from the heart is like a snapshot of the soul, and Apollon wishes only for you to bear your soul to Him. Let Him witness you in all your ecstatic beauty. Give everything to Him; give over your grief, sadness, pain, love, joy and excitement; and He will transmute your unbridled emotions into bricks of immeasurable strength, with which to fashion your eternal dwelling place, at His side. Let the thoughts and words flow. Let them spill out of you like a wellspring– and let our Prince gather them, and you, into His gentle and sublime embrace.

Quietude. Calm. Stillness. These are the joys of the Eighth Illumination, and they are waiting for you. Waiting, just as Apollon Himself waits for you to reciprocate; and return His embrace. Remember this, always: our Lord remains with you, and shall remain, for He dwells within your very soul– now– and for all time.

Blessed is our Lord, Aegletes, of the Setting Sun, who shall soon turn His face toward the hidden realms of spirit! Blessed is our Prince of Olympos, who shall soon leave us to the devices of this mortal world! Blessed is our King of Eternal Summer, who shall soon be enthroned once more, upon the seat of His Mother, in Hyperborea!

Blessed is Apollon, our Beloved! Blessed is He, our Light of the Kosmic Void!

Khaire! (or, Blessed Be!)

— Columbine, Aegletia, Day 8, 2021

Healing Prayer Dates, 2021

As we come toward the end of the Julian year, we now give you the dates for Healing Prayer for the upcoming year, 2021. The dates are marked according to the Julian scheme so as to make it as easy as possible for folks to be active in their participation, without having to convert Treasury Calendar dates. May the upcoming year bring you joy and fulfillment, and may Apollon and the other Theoi bring you many blessings!

Below you will find all of the Julian dates for Healing Prayer, during the new year. As always, the Treasury invites you to join us in prayer.

Prayer should begin at or around sunset, local time.

January 4, 2021

February 3, 2021

March 4, 2021

April 3, 2021

May 3, 2021

June 1, 2021

July 1, 2021

July 31, 2021

August 29, 2021

September 28, 2021

October 27, 2021

November 25, 2021

December 25, 2021

Guidelines:

Prayers are NOT to be directed toward specific persons, UNLESS THEY HAVE CONSENTED to prayers on their behalf.

Prayers ARE to be directed toward closing existing rifts within the spheres of the public Polytheist and/or Pagan communities. This includes local, statewide, national, or online communities.

Prayers should ONLY be directed toward communities that participants are ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN.

ALL prayers should be addressed to the Lord Apollon, or to Apollon and Asklepios, as the case may be for medical intervention.