The Church of Thessaly can best be described as philosophical in its spiritual orientation, theurgic (mystical) in its religious practices and Neoplatonic in the focus of our philosophy.  We are Neoplatonic in that we focus on the wisdom portrayed within the dialogues of Plato and the teachings of Plotinus, Proclus, Iamblichus, and other Neoplatonic philosophers.  These philosophical texts and ideas, as well as the literary works of Homer, are considered our holy texts.  The knowledge and insights gained through the study of these works creates, for us, a continuum of wisdom and practice reaching back to the very foundations of Western civilization and the Western Mystical Traditions. 

 

We are a community organized as a religious order - a union of individuals constituting both citizens and clergy, gathered for worship, education, and spiritual development.  Our religious calendar honors the Dodekatheon (12 gods) of Ancient Greece (Hellas) as well as other ancient deities, heroes, and ancestors.  The pinnacle of our worship resides in the performance of our sacred Mysteries, which every citizen will experience in the Lesser Degree and which our clerics receive in the Greater Degree.