Hades

I know I get odd looks when I say this, but since I am typing this and can’t see your face... Hades is one of my patrons.  He has come to me in the most gentle spirit, and I have fallen in love.    

He is keeper of our dead and rewarder of those who walked justly in life, and this is something I think gets forgotten about.  Elysium is his, as well as Tartarus.  All those images of Heaven that Christians talk about, yeah those are Elysium, and gold bricked roads make more sense when you are the owner of all the riches in the ground.

I would like to take the time to remind everyone that he is not just a God of death (actually, he isn’t a God of death so much, since that is Thanatos, but is instead the ruler of the dead, which is very different), but is the God of all the riches in the Earth.  This would include that rather dark stuff that is used to propel our cars forward down the road, the sparklies on our gold and silver jewelry, as well as all those lovely stones that we use in various ways in Pagan circles.

Hades has given me a calling. He has been kind and patient as I work out how best to complete this task he has given me.  He has called me to aid those who are passing from this world and into the next.  He asked me to show compassion and to provide support as others take this journey that in the end we all take.  Just as Hades wept to the music of Orpheus, he has called me to sing to the tears of those left behind, and ease their loved ones.

Hades 
Protector of our dead
first born 
the one who makes life possible
without death there is no life
Hades I sing to you my love
I have seen your tears
I know your compassion
Hades
giver of great wealth
be with us as we pass
provide for us a place
when we take our last
Hades 
Protector of our dead