r/Hades

I have always felt draw to Lord Hades, and never was sure why. I grew up in the country on a farm where I was introduced to death at an early age. Ive always found it peaceful for some reason. Even as a kid I would collect shiny pieces of glass or pretty rocks or even scraps from the burn pile and set them aside as my treasures. I also always felt drawn to cemeterys and had great respect for the dead. In April while at the frc robotics world championship I started feeling strongly pulled towards Lord Hades (Im unsure why but I think some of it had to do with people keeps on pushing asking what religion I was or just the amount of stress i was under). I started noticing things in sets of threes as well as little things on the bus rides like cemeterys or dead animals, which I thought was a coincidence. I also started to feel less scared about the fact that it was the last of a lot of things for me. My final trip with my robotics team, the celebration for all the graduating seniors. But the ending of everything didn't feel as scary as I thought it would. Lord Hades felt like a comforting father like presence. Throughout all of highschool I was forced into a private Christian school so I never really got the chance to explore this pull towards Lord Hades untill now. However the town I live in is extremely bible belty and it's hard for me to find any other guidance or support. I made a small alter but wasn't exactly sure what to use or what to leave as an offering. I still live at home with my parents so I have to try to be discreet. Currently I've been using a silver plated tray and leaving coins that I find such as foreign coins or ones with interesting things (like the quarters with nice places on the back or are considered rare) as well as silver when I come across it. I really want to learn more and find a community to lean on. Any help and or guidance is greatly appreciated. I honestly don't know what I'm doing or if I'm even off to a good start.

Hello friends! I am just now able to get back into baking. Just in time for fall/winter season. My question to all of you is, what baked/cooked offering do you give Lord Hades? And if you worship his wife as well, what do you give Queen Persephone? Any and all answers are welcome!

(I haven't posted in a while but here's some context)

About a week ago I got a message from an ex-friend. That someone they dated their sophomore year lost their battle to cancer and passed away. I only met them once at homecoming or something, and if I'm honest I don't even remember it.

So when they told me that the funeral was on Saturday, I had a week to really decide if I was going to go or not.

I was an absolute wreck! I felt like if I went I would be a fraud because I didn't know the person, like at all! But I also felt guilty thinking about not going!

I was pretty depressed and scared, if I'm honest. I'm a Hades devotee, I try not to fear death because I know at the end of the day he has a plan and a home for all of us.

But being faced with the fact that somebody as young as 17 can die so quickly and so suddenly, and that something like that could happen to me as well. Did really really scare me!

But as we can see today is Saturday, and I chose not to go to the funeral. Of course I messaged my ex friend a little in advance that I wasn't planning on going and to give the family my condolences.

But throughout the day I just felt so irritable and dreadful, I guess. Like there was just some heavy weight of pressure on me or expectation on me.

And so I turned to Hades and I talked to him a little bit about how this was really my first experience with death of somebody I at least knew, even if it was barely. I talked about how I realized I was a little bit scared that I could die at any time, any age, anywhere. But I knew I didn't have to be in constant fear of it, because it's something that's natural and it'll happen regardless, and I knew he had a plan for me, at home for when I do inevitably pass on. So I know I should live my life to the fullest.

But I did still feel that wait...and I asked him if he was disappointed in me for not attending the funeral. I told him I knew I didn't have to feel guilty about it. But I was worried he was disappointed.

And I use a pendulum to speak with the gods and while he told me he wasn't and it did make me feel a bit better.

It still makes me wonder if maybe the gods can be disappointed in us? Any thoughts?