<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:10:09 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@iskios/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[O Blessed Hestia]]></title><description><![CDATA[O Blessed Lady of the Hearth Keeper of the sacred flames of Olympus Daughter of Rhea Daughter of Kronos Virgin Goddess of the flames of the altars We pray for your protection In these our homes Your holy]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hellenism/@iskios/o-blessed-hestia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hellenism/@iskios/o-blessed-hestia</guid><category><![CDATA[hellenism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iskios]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2020 17:08:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKd9GJ4T6rkBdeqZw1coQAaQyCUzUF4FozBvW7VJqWRXq7ajmwYSbfYsaUyNkyw1x8Xz5nr2FcfKf369fjqjrQd9jY6dT3NKqHGqE9N1ETHXPbM4ApybJo4qhgJMEE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aphrodite The Wise]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wisdom comes in many forms. From the cool strategic wisdom of a lecturer to the calculated wisdom of a General to the wisdom that comes with age and experience in the human experience. In the Hellenistic]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/aphrodite/@iskios/aphrodite-the-wise</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/aphrodite/@iskios/aphrodite-the-wise</guid><category><![CDATA[aphrodite]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iskios]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 03 Nov 2019 17:06:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Goddess and the modern American man!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have been a Pagan for a few decades now. My focus is, and always has been, on the Hellenistic pantheon of Gods and, to some extent the practices of the ancient people of Greece even though I am not Greek]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/aphrodite/@iskios/the-goddess-and-the-modern-american-man</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/aphrodite/@iskios/the-goddess-and-the-modern-american-man</guid><category><![CDATA[aphrodite]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iskios]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2019 23:31:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6pu4ZRycQdDVScudzd6MCPSXks2Yb5eBsm266mkDh4Ym6G2TBzRVQh1eHjpyjJKW5zRmem5xSEmCeTtruAXwnm2BXgT4inYBdNMner8ft97zVNsD7ACW3oXEvKcwrbkLBXQxCHbYKBU961BSY22esgxYSMAbzASLBtZSyyqH4kpXroiihJC4gY9rD6x7QdR16vW4E?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alone]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are singular beings We are born Self contained yet empty We grow Filling with experience We mature And we never stop We age Knowledge and experience making us wise We share Our wisdom with the next]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/partiko/@iskios/alone-nqbtlpga</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/partiko/@iskios/alone-nqbtlpga</guid><category><![CDATA[partiko]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iskios]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2018 13:33:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm afraid!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am feeling tired! Every morning I am bombarded by the things he does, says, implies, threatens.  Every morning I am bombarded by the anger and rage that reaction to him brings with it.  Every]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@iskios/i-m-afraid</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@iskios/i-m-afraid</guid><category><![CDATA[trump]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iskios]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2018 00:51:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good Bye, Anthony!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m sorry, Anthony! I’m sorry that you couldn’t see another way out. I’m sorry that you couldn’t talk yourself out of this. I’m sorry that you though life was no longer worth it. I know, Anthony! I know]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anthony/@iskios/good-bye-anthony</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anthony/@iskios/good-bye-anthony</guid><category><![CDATA[anthony]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iskios]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2018 13:26:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Infinitesimally small]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are all afraid. All of alone in one way or another. All of searching for meaning in the strangest places. But we forget to search in the one place that matters, in our own minds, where everything you]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/self/@iskios/infinitesimally-small</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/self/@iskios/infinitesimally-small</guid><category><![CDATA[self]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iskios]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2018 22:54:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dear Héctor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Héctor, dear friend, it has been a long time. A long time since I was you, and you, of course, have no idea what I am or how you changed over the years. I won't spoil too much for you, though I will tell]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/letter/@iskios/dear-hector</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/letter/@iskios/dear-hector</guid><category><![CDATA[letter]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iskios]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2018 19:45:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illegal Immigration]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/illegal/@iskios/illegal-immigration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/illegal/@iskios/illegal-immigration</guid><category><![CDATA[illegal]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iskios]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2018 14:33:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Y2iXpNqZ2GJKo6DXu6S38T7RT4JLhdwT5ZWCXU1npjBJ6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ares and Aphrodite]]></title><description><![CDATA[The sweetness of your smile melts my heart The beauty of your face confounds me The curves your body invite me The sharpness of your tongue destroys me Lady Aphrodite, enchantress of hearts Bless us as]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/pagan/@iskios/ares-and-aphrodite</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/pagan/@iskios/ares-and-aphrodite</guid><category><![CDATA[pagan]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iskios]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2018 23:03:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3MxaK27PJLaXTxqMvN3Go74iDjShcynNN9xtr3pwhQckKMG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Claims, claims, claims!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I keep seeing claims like this from him, but remember, the stock market was already flying upward before he was elected. Those bonuses he speaks of? Contrivances that hide the closures of many businesses,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@iskios/claims-claims-claims</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@iskios/claims-claims-claims</guid><category><![CDATA[trump]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iskios]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2018 03:10:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3MxaK27PJLaXTyEhXM9a5pFB6Ysqi1Chh8qpKz6WuqxzHnW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shithole Countries]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was born on the island of Puerto Rico, a land that is America and at the same time isn’t. Puerto Rico is, undoubtedly, one of the lands President Trump refers to when he says “Shithole Countries” The]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/shithole/@iskios/shithole-countries</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/shithole/@iskios/shithole-countries</guid><category><![CDATA[shithole]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iskios]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2018 16:51:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3MxaK27PJLaXTyEhXM9a5pFB6Ysqi1ChgwSuTJ6g7SLKcDc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mental Fitness]]></title><description><![CDATA[When the White House speaks out against openly questioning the mental fitness of a sitting President, please remind them of this from 2014!  #ITMFA However, let us assume for a minute we could take]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psycho/@iskios/mental-fitness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psycho/@iskios/mental-fitness</guid><category><![CDATA[psycho]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iskios]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jan 2018 17:40:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3MxaK27PJLaXTye38LFsNXRdyNJyo2d31S5YEE4otfEFt8e?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Zoo]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have come to think of America in the last two years as something different. It is no longer really a civilized country, rather, we are like the Chimp enclosure at the Zoo. We seem to have some kind of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/orangutan/@iskios/the-zoo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/orangutan/@iskios/the-zoo</guid><category><![CDATA[orangutan]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iskios]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2018 15:13:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Y2iXpNqZ2GJKoTNEfbhhqPuXdRGc8VBKyPfCqdA14EK2n?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the Muses]]></title><description><![CDATA[You are the daughters of the storm Companions of the light Singers of the songs of creation  You, Calliope, writer and scribe ff the stories of our forefathers You, Urania, looking to heaven Charting]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/muses/@iskios/to-the-muses</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/muses/@iskios/to-the-muses</guid><category><![CDATA[muses]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iskios]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2018 15:40:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3MxaK27PJLaXTxS2KNvyWPtFLv1ZXxN34Akz3NpaDRvPqe6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Promises]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seventy virgins I will not promise No man is thus worthy No virgin shall thus be cursed I promise you only life Eternal salvation I will not give you No mortal can receive it No immortal can grant it I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/aphrodite/@iskios/promises</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/aphrodite/@iskios/promises</guid><category><![CDATA[aphrodite]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iskios]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2018 19:45:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3MxaK27PJLaXTz3NjKNAfEc6rBk7t43NL7G3j5bGp18ZfZY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Dionysus]]></title><description><![CDATA[God Mighty and everpresent In our minds a whisper In our actions an impulse In the bottle a challenge Lord Strong as the Earth In our hearts a desire In our heads a second thought In the bottle courage]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hellenismos/@iskios/o-dionysus</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hellenismos/@iskios/o-dionysus</guid><category><![CDATA[hellenismos]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iskios]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2018 14:05:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3MxaK27PJLaXTye38LFsNXRdyNJyo2d318GbMmBqZEWisgr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Authoritarian President]]></title><description><![CDATA[Make no mistake, we are being lead by a man who believes himself the absolute ruler of this country like President Putin of Russia not like the President of a Democratic Republic. Like a Tyrant. This is]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@iskios/the-authoritarian-president</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@iskios/the-authoritarian-president</guid><category><![CDATA[trump]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iskios]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Dec 2017 00:19:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Grace of Man]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is in man a subtle longing A longing for peace A longing for war A longing to be more than he is There is in man a strong desire A desire for divinity A desire for the base A desire that drives him]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/pagan/@iskios/the-grace-of-man</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/pagan/@iskios/the-grace-of-man</guid><category><![CDATA[pagan]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iskios]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2017 15:15:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3MxaK27PJLaXTyEhXM9a5pFB6Ysqi1ChgwPr5fPmBmH1C4n?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[To The Horae]]></title><description><![CDATA[The season has turned The year is ending The Horae, they dance as the Earth stills Blessed Eunomia, orderer of things Keeper of calendars Setting one step before the other to the beat of the year Radiant]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/pagan/@iskios/to-the-horae</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/pagan/@iskios/to-the-horae</guid><category><![CDATA[pagan]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iskios]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2017 01:14:24 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>