u/Curiousfirecracker0

OFFERINGS:

🍯 Honey - sweetness, offerings to chthonic deities

🍷 Wine - libations, celebration

🫒 Olive oil - Greek staple, anointing

🍞 Bread/Cakes - sustenance, gratitude

🥛 Milk - pastoral aspect, nourishment

🧈 Butter/Cheese - pastoral products

🍇 Fruits - abundance, gratitude

🌰 Nuts - traveler's food, sustenance

☕ Coffee/Energy drinks (modern) - speed, energy, movement

🚬 Incense - frankincense, cinnamon, citrus, fennel

🪙 Coins (found or given) - commerce, luck

🎲 Dice/gambling tokens - games, chance

🗝️ Keys - thresholds, access

✍️ Written messages - communication

🎨 Creative works - cleverness, craft

🏃 Acts of cunning - theft (traditional), clever deals, wit.

🏇🏻 Delivery errands.

🤣 Jokes and tongue twisters.

🧠 Learn a knew language.

🌌 Practice of liminal spaces & respect for the dead.

🐓 Physical activity, exercise, gymnastics.

ETC.

And of course you have the stuff that are personal for you. Each devotee has it's own relationship with their Gods. So if you and Hermes have a joke about D&D than whatever.

I wanna encourage, personal offerings according to thy relationship.

NUMBERS:

4 - crossroads, four directions, stability

3 - triple goddess connection, Trismegistus, sacred trinity

7 - mystical, complete cycles, week days

5 - pentagram, human form, active energy

Here I share my personal Grimore of Lord Hermes.

COLORS:

🟡 Yellow/Gold (PRIMARY) - sun, speed, prosperity

🟠 Orange - energy, communication, joy

⚪ White - purity, divine messages

🔵 Blue (sky) - air, communication, freedom

🟤 Brown/Tan - earth, grounding, travel roads

🟣 Purple (sometimes) - psychic ability, liminal work

⚫ Black (Chthonios aspect) - underworld, psychopomp.

Been a hot minute since I started this

Why the fuck is the introduction 100 pages long?

I came back to draw after so years lol.

I still have to get better at my mouths

Here I have decide to share my knowledge and Grimore about my/our Patron Deity Lord Hermes.

As always thou is welcome to seek thy own info.

English is not my 1st language so... yeah.

PLANTS/HERBS:

🌿 Fennel (PRIMARY) - traditionally associated, purification, strength

🍃 Dill - communication, protection, luck

🌱 Marjoram/Oregano - joy, protection, transitions

🌿 Crocus - spring, transitions, messenger flower

🌳 Palm - victory, success, travel

🍊 Citrus (orange, lemon) - success, clarity, communication

🌰 Almond - awakening, divine favor

🍇 Grape - abundance, Dionysus connection

🌸 Lavender - communication, peace, threshold work

🌿 Rosemary - memory, mental clarity, protection

🍃 Bay Laurel - victory, success, prophecy

🌶️ Cinnamon - speed, success, prosperity

🧄 Garlic - protection during travel

🌿 Peppermint - mental clarity, speed, energy

🌿 Thyme - courage, transition, liminal spaces

🌾 Wheat/Grain - abundance, commerce

🌰 Hazel - wisdom, divination, communication

🍓 Strawberry Tree (Arbutus) - transitions, boundaries, sacred fruit

This could be used for candle dressing!

Here I have decide to share my knowledge and Grimore about my/our Patron Deity Lord Hermes.

As always thou is welcome to seek thy own info.

English is not my 1st language so... yeah.

Crystal/Stones:

💠 Agate (especially banded) - protection, grounding, communication

🟡 Citrine - abundance, success, merchant energy, solar connection

🟤 Tiger's Eye - cunning, protection, clear thinking, confidence

🟠 Carnelian - courage, vitality, action, passion

⚪ Clear Quartz - clarity, amplification, communication

🟡 Yellow Jasper - travel protection, grounding energy

🔵 Lapis Lazuli - wisdom, truth, communication

🟢 Aventurine - luck, prosperity, opportunity

🟣 Amethyst - psychic ability, transitions, spiritual communication

🟠 Sunstone - vitality, success, joy

🔴 Red Jasper - grounding during travel, protection

⚫ Obsidian - psychopomp work, underworld connection

🟡 Amber - ancient trade routes, merchant energy

🔵 Turquoise - traveler's stone, protection, communication

🟤 Smoky Quartz - grounding liminal work

As fun fact you can do "Thriae divination" (Is a type of pebble divination) with Hermes, since Apollo thought him how to do so. Another way of communicating!

Hail Hermes Logios!

Here I have decide to share my knowledge and Grimore about my/our Patron Deity Lord Hermes.

As always thou is welcome to seek thy own info.

English is not my 1st language so... yeah.

SACRED ANIMALS:

🐓 Rooster/Cock (PRIMARY) - dawn, messages, announcements, vigilance.

🐢 Tortoise - invented lyre from shell, cleverness

🐏 Ram - Kriophoros aspect, pastoral protection

🐍 Snake - caduceus, wisdom, healing, transformation.

🦅 Hawk/Eagle - swift messenger, divine sight.

🕊️ Hare - speed, fertility, cunning.

🐐 Goat - pastoral aspect.

🦊 Fox - cunning, trickery (modern association).

🐕 Dog - guardian of flocks (Easy to make friends, pastoral).

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Here I have decide to share my knowledge and Grimore about my/our Patron Deity Lord Hermes.

As always thou is welcome to seek thy own info.

English is not my 1st language so... yeah.

ALL HERMES EPITHETS (Greek & Latin):

MAJOR EPITHETS:

● Hermes Trismegistus (Ἑρμῆς ὁ Τρισμέγιστος) - "Thrice-Greatest Hermes" - wisdom, alchemy, magic.

● Hermes Psychopompos (Ψυχοπομπός) - "Guide of Souls" - conductor of dead to underworld.

● Hermes Chthonios (Χθόνιος) - "Of the Underworld" - underworld aspect.

● Hermes Eriounios (Ἐριούνιος) - "Luck-Bringer" / "Ready Helper"

● Hermes Agoraeus (Ἀγοραῖος) - "Of the Marketplace" - commerce, merchants.

● Hermes Enagonios (Ἐναγώνιος) - "Of the Games" - athletic contests, gymnasiums.

● Hermes Propylaeus (Προπυλαῖος) - "Before the Gate" - guardian of entrances/gateway

● Hermes Promakhos (Πρόμαχος) - "Champion" / "Fighter in Front"

● Hermes Dolios (Δόλιος) - "Crafty" / "Wily" - cunning, trickery.

●Hermes Akaketa (Ἀκακῆτα) - "Gentle One" / "Kindly"

● Hermes Nomios (Νόμιος) - "Of the Pastures" - protector of flocks, shepherds.

● Hermes Kranaios - "Rocky" - associated with herms (stone pillars).

● Hermes Kriophoros (Κριοφόρος) - "Ram-Bearer"

● Hermes Kadmilos - Samothracian mysteries aspect.

● Hermes Logios (Λόγιος) - "Of Speech/Reason" - eloquence, oratory.

● Hermes Hegemonios - "Leader" / "Guide"

● Hermes Atlantiades - "Son of Atlas" (through Maia)

● Hermes Cyllenius (Κυλλήνιος) - "Of Mount Cyllene"- birthplace.

● Hermes Argeiphontes (Ἀργειφόντης) - "Slayer of Argus"

ROMAN (Mercury):

● Mercury/Mercurius - Roman equivalent.

● Mercury Alipes - "Wing-Footed"

● Mercury Artaios - Gaulish-Roman form.

LESSER-KNOWN/REGIONAL:

● Hermes Perpheraios - boundary marker aspect.

● Hermes Promachus - battle protector.

● Hermes Kerdemporos - "Gain-Bringer"

● Hermes Epikarpios - fruit/harvest aspect.

● Hermes Charidotes - "Giver of Joy"

● Hermes Pheletes - "Thief"

● Hermes Mechaneus - "Contriver" / "Trickster"

● Hermes Euandros - "Good Man" / "Manly"

● Hermes Kerdoos - "Gainful" / "Profitable"

This Ephithets are good for prayers and general work with him.

As an example.

When I am buckling my belt before driving I say

"Hermes Diáktoros Guide my path and allow me to come back home safe. Free me of all evil, accidents and police (lol)."

Here I have decide to share my knowledge and Grimore about my/our Patron Deity Lord Hermes.

As always thou is welcome to seek thy own info.

English is not my 1st language so... yeah.

This is my first page.

I started with a decoration and a few images related to him.

On the right in the yellow os my book blessing where I made a litt' prayer and stabliah the use and my relationship with him.

After done...

I purify it with incense and presented to Lord Hermes.