(September 12, 2010 at 6:44 pm)Liu Bei mixed with Leondias Wrote: Yes I am serious. Olympus is indeed the abode of the Olympian Gods. However, it is not the well-known mountain separating Thessaly from Macedonia on whose peak followers used to built alters, knowing full well that it could not therefore be the Gods' literal abode. There were 18 other mountains also called Olympus in distant places inhabited by Hellenes, from Asia Minor to the colonies in the West.
The true Olympus was and is a Divine place, a celestial 'land' that is bathed in Spiritual Light. In fact the word Olympus is derived from the verb 'Lampo' (I radiate), whose archaic root is probably proto-Pelasgian. The sublime Olympus lies above us, below us and within us. Our Gods are everywhere!
Just how seriously do you take the mythos? Do you believe the whole Hades/Herecles deal?
And one other thing. WHY? What reasons do you have for believing Greek Paganism?
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