Rather than being limited to a single holy book like the Abrahmic faiths, polytheists enjoy a vast wealth of sacred texts: here are the best books to use for practicing classical spirituality. I assume anyone reading this post already knows that they should study Homer, Hesiod and the core classics.

Apostolos N. Athanassakis has produced the most accurate line by line translations of the Orphic and Homeric hymns; all professional scholarly work free from any modern practices. Avoid Taylor’s translation of the orphic hymns since he heavily altered the invocations to make the verses rhym; that man wrote new age fluff long before Raven Silverclaw was born.

Hellenic Polytheism: Household Worship is a fantastic introduction to reconstructionist worship of the Olympians: easy to understand and free of fluff.

Purchase Greek Hymns (volumes one through two) by William D. Furley and Jan Maarten Bremer; the books are overpriced but worth every cent. The series is a gold mine of ancient hymns and prayers compiled by two gifted academic classicists; perfect for diversifying your daily practice. It’s best to avoid pagan books even written by purported reconstructionists and focus on reading academic classical work so you can cut out the middle man and form your interpretation of Hellenismos.

A scholarly translation of an ancient occult text, full of invocations and prayers for diversifying your practice though purists will want to avoid any rituals that address gods other than the Theoi. This book is a must have for anyone interested in worshipping Hekate and the underworld Gods or syncretizing the Olympian and Egyptian pantheons. Some reconstructionists believe that Hellenists should avoid directly practicing magic since it could easily qualify as Hubris.

A valuable resource on rituals and worship structure to be found in ancient Greek plays.

The writings of Emperor Julian, his work provides valuable insight into Hellenist theology and his hymns are worth incorporating into your practice. Julian was effectively the fist neo-Hellenist as he converted from Christianity to Greek polytheism as an adult and made a tragically failed attempt to save Rome from Abrahamic authoritarianism.

An academic tome featuring accurate dates of festivals and detailed information of how ancient Hellenes celebrated holy days.