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maria @theliminalcompass.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

On Sunday, October 4th, I'll be talking about embodied practice from a Hellenic perspective. From philosophy to festival the Ancient Greeks passed down their own wisdom. That's what Hellenic Embodied Practice is all about 🧵 1/3 #hellenic #embodiedpractice #witchsky #helpol #theliminalcompass

Advert for lecture text: living hellenic religion lecture series
4 october | 1PM Central daylight Time
Hellenic Embodied Practice: recontextualizing ancient wisdom for a modern world
by maria stenos
Brown background with white line olive branch drawing and a picture of maria smiling

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maria @theliminalcompass.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Tis the season. Happy October to all. Καλό μήνα (wishing you a good month!)

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maria @theliminalcompass.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Street art in Birmingham is absolutely enchanting. #streetart #mural #birmingham

Mural of a young black woman holding a microphone and rings on her fingers that read LOVE BRUM. Outside a closed up old theatre. Birmingham, UK

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maria @theliminalcompass.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Ozzy Osbourne exhibit in the museum got me kinda emotional.wws never a huge Black Sabbath fan but they love him here and it's nice how they've honoured him in his death. Legend 🦇

Ozzy Osbourne exhibit in the Birmingham Museum, featuring his Hollywood star and a picture of him when he got it.

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maria @theliminalcompass.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Stained glass in Birmingham museum

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maria @theliminalcompass.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Pray for Me by Christopher Samuel

Stained glass of a disabled man in the centre with angels in white around him and colorful striped glass in blues pinks yellows and white. Pray for Me by Christopher Samuel

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maria @theliminalcompass.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Crake has arrived. If you have read Oryx & Crake, you know what that means.

Tagging on dark grey wall in bubble letters white with blue outline: CRAKE
various tags of artists and 2026 also in blue

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maria @theliminalcompass.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Used to be a library, then a bank. The Old Joint Stock Pub & Theatre, Birmingham

Art deco ceilings with a glass dome. The Old Joint Stock Pub & Theatre, Birmingham

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maria @theliminalcompass.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

So this is gonna be my neighbourhood when I move next year. Pedestrianised city centre of Birmingham UK.

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maria @theliminalcompass.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I present, for your delectation, Greek pottery styled car door by Dion Kitson #artsky #hellenic

A car door painted in the style of Grecian pottery with black and warriors fighting in orange. Art by Dion Kitson

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maria @theliminalcompass.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Send this to someone you think is dumb. Spread the hate. Some people deserve it.

Wizard with long white beard, red pointy hat and robe and a crystal sceptre. Text reads: you are enough. We don't need more of you.

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maria @theliminalcompass.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Not catholic but seriously this shit goes hard

Decal of Virgin Mary of Guadalupe on the truck of a car. Behind it a painting of her with flowers and candles.

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maria @theliminalcompass.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

We have arrived. The journey was grueling, but she's in her new home and very excited. #catsky

Gazelli the cat looking out the window at the plants and birds on the terrace

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maria @theliminalcompass.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

As I prepare for my journey, this poem is a good reminder. #poetrysky #kahlilgibran

Fear by Kahlil Gibran
(From: https://www.yourdailypoem.com/listpoem.jsp?poem_id=3608)

It is said that before entering the sea
a river trembles with fear.

She looks back at the path she has traveled,
from the peaks of the mountains,
the long winding road crossing forests and villages.

And in front of her,
she sees an ocean so vast,
that to enter
there seems nothing more than to disappear forever.

But there is no other way.
The river can not go back.

Nobody can go back.
To go back is impossible in existence.

The river needs to take the risk
of entering the ocean
because only then will fear disappear,
because that's where the river will know
it's not about disappearing into the ocean,
but of becoming the ocean.

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maria @theliminalcompass.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

my reaction when ignorant people stay dumb-ass shite

Marge simpson with orange hoop earrings and a pink fur coat staring down the camera

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maria @theliminalcompass.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I Feel Everything, new collage. Reflective essay coming soon. #digitalcollage #witchsky

Starry purple sky with rainbow crystals in two corners and a screaming woman's bust coming out of a rainbow sphere. Art deco woman with black hair and patterned leotard in the centre, surrounded by a green orb.

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maria @theliminalcompass.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I'm obsessed with this skeleton knight of St Pancratius. Παντοκράτορα means ruler of all. The most metal way to store a skeleton. Sign me up.

St Pancratius, a skeleton of a saint in a very elaborate silver and gold suit of armor with a halo made of metal and a sword.

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maria @theliminalcompass.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

If you see this, we implore you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation

A gator lying on a gator inflatable in a murky backyard pool

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maria @theliminalcompass.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The Hellenic gods never disappeared, they just got a Byzantine makeover. One of the most interesting things about Orthodoxy is its adherence to many occult practices that predate Christianity. Panagia Παναγία means the All Holy One. August 15th is her holy day. #occultsky #hellenic #orthodoxy

Digital collage of different byzantine style paintings of the Virgin Mary. August 15th is the Dormition of the Virgin Mary and it's on of the biggest holidays in Greece.

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maria @theliminalcompass.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

For me it's a stone. We also have something called Komboloi (κομπολόι) which are traditionally carried by men, but I've carried one of those around too. A grounding item to help me anchor and focus because the outside world is loud; stones ground and protect #folkwitchfriday #witchsky

Image of a Komboloi with brown rope and beige stone beads eith stripes

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maria @theliminalcompass.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy

A gnome looking out from behind a forest green, text reads: sorry or acting weird, I am weird and it will happen again

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maria @theliminalcompass.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

On October 4th, I will be giving a free lecture through Mt Nysa Mystery School. To attend, just sign up for the newsletter and you'll get the free link. Come check it out! mtnysa.com #witchsky #witches #occultsky #pagansky #hellenic #hellenicpolytheism #helpol #greekmythology

Living Hellenic Religion
Free monthly lecture series
The first sunday of each month
Image: old Mediterranean ruins in mable columns and stone brick, an olive growing from the atrium

Images in groups of three with white writing on top of each of them
2 August 18 εκατομβαιων Isis: an ancient hellenic picture of an Egyptian goddess
Image: drawing of a feminine figure
6 September 24 μεταγειτνιων
Unlearning mythology: finding my way back to the gods
Image: piece of a mosaic, with animals and plants
4 October 23 βοηδρομιων
Hellenic Embodied Practice:
Recontextualizing ancient wisdom for the modern world
Image: Greek national flag in the wind

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maria @theliminalcompass.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Absorbing the sun and sea water. Making every little moment of action one filled with awareness and intention. Listening to the messages of the winds, plants and creatures. Allowing the nymphs, neraides and muses to speak to me. When the mind rests, the body speaks its own spells.

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maria @theliminalcompass.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

A note on sourcing: sideritis is increasingly endangered due to over-harvesting. If you use or drink mountain tea, please source it directly from small Greek or Balkan producers who grow it sustainably. The plant deserves the same care she gives us. 5/5

Close up of ironwort, with little yellow flowers growing within green leaves circularly around a stem.

Two branches of flowering ironwort on a wooden table

A bunch of ironwort on a white background

Ironwort growing with mountains in th background. It grows upward in straight branches like little towers coming from the earth

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maria @theliminalcompass.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

August #promosky 𖤓 plants 𖤓 jokes & silliness 𖤓 occult 𖤓 music, mostly blues and minor keys 𖤓 sci-fi & dystopian anything 𖤓 ADHD (or AuDHD?!) 𖤓 surgical menopause 𖤓 fibromyalgia & chronic illness advocacy 𖤓 Greek disapora 𖤓 reading, writing and poetry 𖤓 Aegean healing 𖤓 anti-fascist always

Maria at the beach smiling into the camera

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maria @theliminalcompass.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Καλό μήνα A good August to everyone!

Painting in byzantine style of a young man in loon cloth and wings. He has long hair and wears yellow boots, a watermelon cut in half at his foot. Top left corner says ΑΥΓΟΎΣΤΟΣ (August) Art by Yiannis Tsarouchis

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