Are there any followers of Athena reading? What can you recommend for connecting with her, offerings of items or tasks beyond the orphic hymns?
As a bookish woman with a strong personality, from a matriarchal family, I probably seem on the outside like someone who would be a follower of Athena, but I have not really connected with her. There are a few things coming up in my life that make me want to. When I have tried to focus on her before, I feel most aware of her warlike, stern side, the Athena of the Iliad and the Oresteia. I feel that I can't be up to scratch (I am not very tough, because of medical problems that mean I would certainly have died as a baby in the ancient world), rather than being able to draw strength. This does not feel like an obstacle when I meditate on other gods.
Athena
As a bookish woman with a strong personality, from a matriarchal family, I probably seem on the outside like someone who would be a follower of Athena, but I have not really connected with her. There are a few things coming up in my life that make me want to. When I have tried to focus on her before, I feel most aware of her warlike, stern side, the Athena of the Iliad and the Oresteia. I feel that I can't be up to scratch (I am not very tough, because of medical problems that mean I would certainly have died as a baby in the ancient world), rather than being able to draw strength. This does not feel like an obstacle when I meditate on other gods.