No matter if you celebrate the Rite of Haides with our temple during the end of this month, Samhain with the Neo-Pagans, or the Day of the Dead in November with the Hispanic community, I wish all of you very wonderful and spiritually uplifting celebrations. We have all had to deal with the loss of a friend or a family member that wounded us deeply, and may still leave a scar on our hearts. But in wonderful Gods like Haides and Hermes Chthonic, and knowing of wonderful worlds like the Isle of the Blessed and the Asphodel Meadows to name a couple, we can trust that those who have lived good and virtuous lives will have splendor and peace in the lives to come. Throughout the course of my own life, I have lost good friends and also my father, 4 grandparents, and my dear mother-in-law who was like a real mother to me in life. But the Gods eventually gave me peace with it all. I know they are in better places and on wonderful journeys. And I can take comfort in the memories and times we shared, and learn and grow from them, because that's what life is, an experience.
In the Goodness of the Gods,
Priest Christopher.
