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  • The Greek Gods: More Than Just Myths and Marble

    Greek Aphrodite or Roman Venus

    On Patreon I tell you what I learn about the goddesses, and I share secrets I have heard from Aphrodite.

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    The Greek Gods: More Than Just Myths and Marble

    When we hear names like Zeus, Athena, or Apollo, we often picture majestic marble statues or dramatic scenes from movies. But for the ancient Greeks, these gods were the fundamental forces that shaped their world, their culture, and their understanding of life itself. They were a complex family of immortals, each with their own domain, personality, and flaws, reflecting the full spectrum of human experience.

    Today, we’re starting a journey to meet the Olympians, the divine rulers who called Mount Olympus their home.

    Where Did the Gods Come From? It All Started with Chaos

    Before the familiar gods of Olympus, there was only Chaos.

    From Chaos emerged the first primordial deities, including Gaia (Earth) and Ouranos (Sky). Their union created the Titans, the first rulers of the cosmos.

    The most important Titan, Cronus, overthrew his father Ouranos. Fearing a prophecy that he too would be overthrown by his own child, Cronus swallowed each of his children at birth. His wife, Rhea, desperate to save her youngest, Zeus, tricked Cronus by giving him a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes. The infant Zeus was hidden away and raised in secret.

    When he came of age, Zeus forced Cronus to disgorge his siblings: Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, and Poseidon. What followed was a cataclysmic war known as the Titanomachy, where Zeus and his siblings fought the Titans for supremacy. Victorious, the three brothers drew lots to divide the world:

    • Zeus: King of the Gods and ruler of the Sky.
    • Poseidon: God of the Seas, Earthquakes, and Horses.
    • Hades: God of the Underworld and ruler of the Dead.

    With the cosmos divided, a new era began, the age of the Olympian Gods.


    Want to Dive Deeper? Here are some excellent resources for further research:

    • Theoi Greek Mythology: An extensive and meticulously researched resource on the gods, spirits, and creatures of Greek mythology, complete with original texts.
    • Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies, Classical Mythology: Offers translations of primary sources and scholarly articles.
    • Mythopedia – Greek Gods: A user-friendly encyclopedia with great summaries and family trees.
    • Book: “Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes” by Edith Hamilton: The classic introductory text that has captivated readers for generations.

    Let me know in the comments which god or goddess you’re most excited to learn more about!

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    On Patreon I tell you what I learn about the goddesses, and I share secrets I have heard from Aphrodite.

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    Eve

  • Red Romance. In my heart, my ghost and you – Free romance book for you

    This is an old favorite poem of mine, written on March of I think 2025 or was it March 2024?

    Previous Red Romance poems

    https://evelovestar.com/2025/10/16/red-romance-i-am-what-love-is-taste-of-love-bliss/

    NOTE:

    Some of the Red Romance poems are too much for this blog and I am sharing them to Patreon:

    Read through this link:

    Download the Red Romance free book

    Red Romance – A Taste of Love Bliss – Payhip

    Eve

  • Siren Chants Poems and Themes of Spirituality & Feminine Empowerment. Book newsletter.

    Dear Lovestar,

    Allow me to tell you about my book by speaking of the themes behind it. Please tell me what you think. Any feedback will be considered and useful.

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    https://sirenchants.substack.com/

    Also thank you to those who subscribed to my book newsletter, to my beta readers, and my everyday supporters, you mean the world to me.Thank you.

    What if a book could sing you into another world? Siren Chants is not poetry, it’s a spell, a tide that pulls you under and leaves you breathless. Blending goddess whispers, siren lore, and the raw ache of romance, this collection dances between the mystical and something mysteriously beyond explaining, between mythic seas and human hearts. Every page is a wave, carrying secrets, longing, and the shimmer of something otherworldly.

    I let myself be enchanted, because once you hear the siren’s call, you can’t not desire it anymore.

    “This beach is where I found my peace” carries a layered symbolism that blends the personal with the mythical.

    The beach in my poem is not only a physical place but also a spiritual threshold, the liminal ground where land meets ocean. By finding peace on the shore, I express a state of balance, rooted in earth but touched by the pull of the sea.

    The “siren” represents both a mythical being and a reflection of myself or an inner muse. Her return to the sea can be seen as a homecoming, a surrender to her true element, her essence. It suggests freedom, authenticity, and the natural cycle of going back to where one belongs.

    The image of a “sea current connecting her home” deepens the meaning. The currents are unseen forces, destiny, intuition, love, or spiritual energy that guide the siren back. In this sense, the current is like the flow of life, something we cannot resist but must trust.

    Altogether, the poem can be read as a metaphor for inner peace: you find serenity not by holding on but by allowing the siren, the muse, or the soul itself to flow back into its natural waters, trusting that the currents of life know the way home.

    Siren Chants captures the paradox of beauty, power, and danger that women often face, using the myth of the siren as a metaphor.

    The siren is described as fierce and bold, qualities that set her apart from ordinary humans. She embodies freedom, her voice, her presence, her allure cannot be owned or controlled. Yet, because she is so striking and magnetic, others attempt to claim her, to reduce her to something they can possess. This echoes how women who are beautiful, confident, or radiant are often pursued, not for their full humanity, but as objects of desire.

    But the poem also acknowledges the darker side of being seen this way. Just as sailors and fishermen are drawn to sirens, often to their doom, the siren herself becomes a target, hunted, hated, or endangered by those who cannot accept her freedom. The “silly human” who chooses to hear her song represents society’s fascination with beauty and femininity, but also its tendency to punish women for the very qualities it craves.

    So, the poem is ultimately a reclamation. The siren isn’t dangerous because she wants to be, she’s dangerous because she refuses to be diminished. She is bold enough to live outside of others’ control, even when it means facing unwanted attention, envy, or threats. In this sense, these lines turn the stereotype of the “dangerous woman” inside out: it’s not her beauty that is the problem, but the world’s inability to let her be free.

    This is the opening of my beloved book Siren Chants. The free chapter is downloadable on my payhip shop:

    https://payhip.com/b/HZkBc

    This short poem works as a powerful metaphor for union, identity, and belonging.

    When I wrote, “The sea is my lover, I am its siren,” the relationship between the speaker and the sea is not literal, but symbolic. The sea becomes a stand-in for everything vast, eternal, mysterious, and deeply emotional, like love itself, or even life itself, or spirit and the universe. Calling it “my lover” suggests intimacy, devotion, and surrender; it’s not just a place, but a partner.

    The line “I am its siren” flips the perspective: the speaker is no longer separate from the sea but an extension of it, a voice within it. As a siren, she represents allure, creativity, independence, and danger. To be “its siren” means she belongs to the sea in the way a song belongs to a singer, it flows through her, and she gives it form.

    So at its core, this poem is a metaphor for a woman (or soul) finding her truest identity in relationship with something infinite and uncontainable. The sea here symbolizes passion, freedom, inspiration, spirit, or even the unconscious mind. By claiming to be the sea’s siren, the speaker embraces her role as both a child of the sea and its voice, a being inseparable from her source of strength.

    It’s a love poem, but not to a person, it’s to the boundless force that defines and sustains her.

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    Thank you for reading,

    I have been planning lots of new content to share with you,

    Eve

  • Temple of Aphrodite ~What would happen in Her Temple? I tell you what I saw

    Temple of Aphrodite poem ~ this poem inspired the Temple of Aphrodite multiple chapter story. Written by Eve Lovestar, inspired by her muse Aphrodite, designed on Canva with a Canva background of a maiden’s column temple ruins. I thought this image very fitting to be a Temple of Aphrodite. I have to find images of the actual Temple of Aphrodite ruins.

    The events described on my Temple of Aphrodite story describe the long form of this poem in a lot less crude manner.

    I have a secret-ish Patreon channel I have been working on for some time where I share my secret poetry and articles. I will be releasing my Temple of Aphrodite story here:

    https://www.patreon.com/c/HerTemple Read on Patreon (including free articles and secret poems) My Patreon channel is called Temple of Aphrodite.

    I wrote a very complex, long, and cool (secret) Temple of Aphrodite story. It is still unreleased (I write so much using speech to text tools and because muses tell me these stories and poems, included Aphrodite. I know I must include Aphrodite in my brand-new Persephone story.

    I can see the Persephone story going in two directions, a general retelling of the myth as well as something darker and more interesting for those of us who are tired of “normal” romance who can handle the intensity of intimacy in the underworld. The second story will be in Patreon eventually.

    You could imagine that the Temple of Aphrodite story is quite interesting and secret for a reason. The story imagines the events that might have happened in a Temple of Aphrodite and explain their magic rituals in detail: the main characters are priestesses, the priest, and the temple guard.

    Aphrodite stars in the story with her high priestess and priest.

    I will be telling you more about it on Patreon only because it is not for everyone.

    If you are not curious about what I saw happening in the ancient Temple of Aphrodite, then do not click on this link that would take you to my Temple of Aphrodite channel where you would experience and alternate world where love and other lovely activities manifest magic.

    https://www.patreon.com/c/HerTemple

    Fated Love ~ Divine Love (Twin Flame vibe)

    Historical Romantasy ~ Goddess and female power figures

    For mature and open-minded audiences only

    Inspired by Aphrodite

    Written by Eve Lovestar

  • Fated Love Romantasy (though twin flames are real)

    Siren Chants is Eve Lovestar’s long-term writing book project.

    Dear Lovestar,

    I have been offline so much because I have been writing fated love romance stories. 😍

    In this new creative venture, I am bringing twin flame energy as the core of the romance novel.

    Fated Love makes romance romantasy. Of course, I believe fated lovers are a real phenomenon.

    Writing books takes a lot of time and effort, which is why I’m offline so much.

    However, I have a new pen name Dawn Starr, it’s true, another name!!!

    Dawn is an alternate me who writes historical fiction and romance. This is because I’m a huge history fan.

    I self-published 2 books via Kindle with the pen name Dawn Starr. I have other 2 books I will publish, which I created and recorded, and I have Roman Myths I will be publishing as well.

    Greek Myth Adventure Stories

    Greek Myth Adventure Stories: Your Myth Awaits

    The greatest stories ever told have one thing missing: You.

    What if you didn’t just read about the legends but you lived them? What if your choices could change fate?

    This is your invitation to step into the sun-baked world of Greek myths. Become Medea’s trusted assistant, wielding magic beside her. Be the mortal who captures a Hercules’s heart. Be the healer or the storyteller whose words could save a hero.

    One moment you’re reading, the next you’re deciding: do you face the Minotaur or flee?

    Remember the adventure you were always meant to have. Your choices will rewrite legends.

    https://a.co/d/5tzS4HD

    Queen of Ashes – I Burned a Castle Down

    Queen of Ashes – I Burned a Castle Down: A Romantasy Novel of Dark Magic and Obsession.

    A queen of fire rules a cursed island.

    Once lush and free, the land now burns under her will, reshaped by shadow, sacrifice, and a magic she cannot stop wielding.

    Haunted by a fierce love that once consumed her, she performs forbidden rites to summon Mael, the man who gave her the flames and vanished into another realm.

    As blight spreads and whispers rise in her court, the queen clings to a single hope: his return.

    But Mael’s reappearance is not salvation. It’s a reckoning. With him comes a secret that could unravel everything… or bind them forever.


    Romantasy Storytelling

    The romantasy storytelling is born out of my constant fantasies of twin flames and fate pertaining to love and union.

    I have lived these stories. What this means is that these stories are created within my head, and I do not write them, I experience them.

    I have a lot more stories to tell.

    Arned by fare and Aphrodite,

    Eve

  • Siren Chants – Her Chant Charms (book). Deeper Meanings:

    Dear lovestar,

    Read the entire excerpt of chapter 1, inspired by this cool poem in my previous post:

    On the Story’s Deeper Meaning and Importance

    This is more than a fantasy about a mermaid. It is a creation myth for the creative spirit itself. It articulates a profound and deeply personal journey:

    1. It is an Origin Story for Consciousness.
    The narrative begins not with a bang, but with an ache or a “need for love.” This is the most primal state of being: awareness before thought, potential before action. The rock represents a blank slate, the self before it knows itself. The emergence of the “blue foam” is the birth of imagination and feeling from the void of unawareness. It charts the evolution from nothingness to need, from need to potential, from potential to magic, and from magic to conscious intention. This is a metaphor for the awakening of an artist’s soul, or any human becoming aware of their own power to shape their world. It can be you, the reader, too.

    2. It Frames Love as the Fundamental Creative Force.
    The story posits love not as a mere emotion, but as the universe’s fundamental architect. “Love is a great creator.” It is the catalyst that transforms inert potential into vibrant reality. This reframes the creative act, whether writing a poem, building a business, or raising a child, as an act of love. The siren is not just a magical being she is the literal embodiment and daughter of that creative love. Her purpose is to “protect, create, and sing magic” into existence. This assigns a sacred, divine purpose to the artist and the nurturer.

    If you are not into Love (why would you read a blog about Love? but just in case), you might simply exchange the word love (so corny, I know) for the word desire or an alternate word. This story was inspired by Aphrodite, and she is the goddess of both, however, this story will be completely vanilla, for family audiences, kind of story. For something charged, visit my Temple of Aphrodite Patreon channel. There, an insane but magnificent novel is also being born, not of a siren but of the events I assume unfolded in Temples of Aphrodite, though I am definitely romanticizing it.

    3. It is a Powerful Allegory for the Artist’s Plight.
    The siren’s journey is the journey of every creator, every sensitive soul, every person who has ever dared to bring something beautiful and true into the world.

    • Her Song: Her unique voice, her art, her perspective.
    • Those Who Fear Her Power: The forces of conformity, criticism, insecurity, and fear that seek to silence authentic expression. They “chain” what they do not understand.
    • The Cold Iron: The harsh, crushing weight of practicality, cynicism, and rejection that feels antithetical to the delicate, magical nature of creation.
    • Reclaiming Her Voice: The essential, non-negotiable journey of healing, defiance, and self-reclamation that every artist must undergo to create again after being wounded.

    The prophecy of her capture is not just a plot point; it is a tragic inevitability in a world that often fears powerful beauty and authentic emotion. Her struggle is our struggle.

    4. It Offers a Mythology of Resilience and Return.
    The core message is not one of victimhood, but of inherent, un-killable power. “She was born to be powerful.” The chains are only “for a time.” This is a critical narrative of hope. It tells us that the silencing is temporary, that the core, magical self cannot be destroyed, only hidden. The promise to “break her chains,” “sing again,” and “reclaim her voice” is a rallying cry for anyone who has ever been metaphorically (or literally) silenced. It is a story that doesn’t just acknowledge pain; it guarantees a comeback.

    In essence, “Siren Chants” is a vital story for our time. In an era of noise, disconnection, and fear, it returns to the most ancient and essential truths:

    • That our deepest need is for love.
    • That our voice is our power.
    • That creating beauty is a sacred task.
    • That those who fear this power will try to chain it.
    • And that, ultimately, love and creation are forces too powerful to remain captive forever.

    It is a myth that doesn’t just want to be read; it wants to be felt and recognized within the reader’s own soul. It holds up a mirror and says: You, too, are born of magic and love. You, too, have a song that someone tried to silence. And you, too, were born to be powerful. This is its greatest importance.


    I did not intend for this book to be a feminine takes on the patriarchy book, it just so happens that kings are male and sirens are female.

    Eve

  • Siren Chants – Her Chant Charms. Chapter 1. Creation Myth: Aphrodite

    Dear Lovestar,

    This poem inspired the creation myth for my Siren Chants story.

    I changed the myth, in the final product, Aphrodite is an energy, a singing foam with consciousness and intention, rather than a goddess on a throne. I still love this original inspiration and I will keep it forever.

    I might redesign the story to look like the original one.

    Here is the excerpt of chapter 1

    Siren Chants ~ Her Chant Charms

    Aphrodite’s Daughter

    The Origin Story of a Captive Siren by Eve Lovestar

    In the beginning, there was a rock.

    This was an alternate world,

    set back in a time so ancient

    that time itself had not been invented yet.

    Nothing was on it,

    There was nothing except a mindless, silent rock.

    On this rock, there was only a great, aching need for love.

    Love is a great creator.

    This world lacked animals and vegetation.

    Thus, it lacked the growth that love brings.

    But there was potential. Potential grew and became infinite.

    Where the need for love meets infinite potential,

    mystery and magic are born.

    From this fertile absence, a blue foam emerged.

    It simply existed

    for what we might call an eternity,

    though no time ticked in that place.

    The foam began small

    but grew vast and thick

    until it covered the entire rock.

    And this foam was magic.

    From the foam came sound.

    Not loud, not sharp,

    but the tiniest whisper of transformation.

    Love gave birth to sound.

    Sound gave shape to love.

    This sound became another layer of the foam,

    a foam of music.

    And from this musical foam,

    all things on that rock would be created.

    This foam, which I have named Aphrodite,

    grew stronger over eternities,

    until it developed a consciousness.

    The first of its kind.

    It stretched across the land,

    created blue skies, humid winds, and wet earth.

    And as it deepened in self-awareness,

    it developed one thing: intention.

    It decided to create.

    And with that decision, Aphrodite became

    a power, a force, a presence,

    without a body, but full of divine magic.

    She created flowers and beasts,

    enchanted sounds and sacred objects,

    spells and rhythms and movement.

    And yet, it all became too much.

    She was everywhere

    and nowhere.

    She needed a form to hold the power,

    to protect the love,

    to shape the magic.

    So she manifested a daughter.

    A being to hold her legacy.

    To walk in form.

    To protect, create, and sing magic.

    A siren.

    Immortal, beautiful, powerful,

    more than any physical being on Earth.

    And so, after much preparation,

    a baby siren was born.

    Tiny and breathtaking.

    She had a glimmering purple tail,

    with shimmers and pearls embedded in her scales,

    scales like living treasure.

    Her beauty was unlike anything known in the human world.

    She was celestial, enchanted, alive.

    And when she was born,

    the most beautiful song was sung into existence.

    Cradled in her mother’s music the baby was born.

    Aphrodite manifested within the foam a sacred place:

    Aphrodite’s Cave.

    A cave of magic and memory,

    filled with ancient water,

    a mysterious arroyo,

    and all of Aphrodite’s tools.

    Within the cave was infinite possibility.

    The cave echoed with music.

    It danced with sound.

    And in it, Aphrodite placed

    her deepest knowledge and power.

    She gave the siren a library,

    but not like ours,

    a library of pearls and glowing stones,

    each carrying wisdom, memory, and magic.

    This was to be the siren’s task:

    to protect the magic,

    to create beauty,

    to learn and preserve

    the sacred knowledge of the realm.

    But this is only the beginning.

    For the siren, though born of magic and love,

    will one day be chained.

    She will be captured,

    imprisoned by those who fear her power.

    Her wrists bound to cold iron.

    Her song silenced.

    Her freedom stolen.

    But only for a time.

    For she is no ordinary mermaid.

    She is the siren of Love,

    and she was born to be powerful.

    To break her chains.

    To sing again.

    To fall in love,

    and reclaim her voice.

    (…)

    Excerpt of Siren Chants

    The story is developing, and details will change as needed

    Follow the story on Tiktok Goddesses and Sirens by Eve Lovestar

    Facebook page for only siren and mermaid content

    and X @evelovestar #SirenChants

    Eve Lovestar (Eve Sanchez)

    2025

    If you copy this, you are lame! Instead of copying it, let’s talk about your creativity and exercise it until it flourishes, or talk to Aphrodite, she inspired several of my stories.

    I can help with writing tips and tricks.

    Eve

  • Lion’s Gate Portal – Temple o Aphrodite

    Dear Lovestar,

    The Lion’s Gate is the yearly reminder of spiritual work for me. As spiritual as I am, in my busy daily life, I completely neglect my spiritual work because I am so caught up in my arts and the books I am writing.

    Then the Lion’s Gate portal opens and no matter how busy I am, things start to happen that are so mysterious that they are unexplainable, strange synchronicities, much needed healing, the deepening of union right on time, and finally, the spirit talk.

    It was during the Lion’s Gate that I returned to spirit, that I first connected to spirit, and more. To me it signifies Union, but that is unique to me and my beloved.

    This time around I am talking to Aphrodite. She married my soul to my lover’s previously. I got into a fight with my man, and I was surprisingly mad at him (we have made up since big time, but Aphrodite talked to me and said:

    Aphrodite said,
    nice try. Good girl!
    Enjoyed your game?
    You cannot leave him,
    what fun, but reminder,
    I married your souls that night
    and you are bound for life.
    The end.

    And I gave up my anger.

    Writing a Temple of Aphrodite Story

    During the season, I have been writing a secret book, a different one than my Siren Chants super long-term book project, my romantasy book.

    If you notice the trend is I am writing Aphrodite in everything I can. She wants to be on social media going viral and I got the cell phone.

    But the truth is that even though I also write historical fiction, romance, and romantasy, Aphrodite, my muse is real.

    I have been writing an adorable siren romance story since March but at once I stopped thinking about fantasy and turned my romance to antiquity and at once I created a story where Aphrodite interacts with her priests and priestesses.

    Temple of Aphrodite

    I have an amazing Temple of Aphrodite poem.

    It is natural that I would write about this sacred space and not surprisingly during the Lion’s Gate, I am creating magical chants for Aphrodite.

    I will soon share more about this project; however, it will be in a book, it is not meant to be discussed everywhere/ This is a sensitive topic also.

    Eve

  • Siren Chants – Her Chant Charms – Eve Lovestar’s Romantasy book update 1

    Siren Chants is the book I am writing about a captive siren and her story of revenge and Love. Today, I update you on my progress.

    I designed a cover design and used it to create a new profile pic and banner

    Aspiring Authors: All this designing took a few hours and apparently, the book cover is the most important thing.

    I had to finish it because as I talk about the story, I want to have the book cover to share. Also, I am inspired now. I might review it in the future.

    The back cover poem

    I wrote this poem as a promotional piece, but it turned out so perfect that I’ll be using it in the design of the book as in the back cover or first page.

    The Story: Poetic extravaganza references magic and personal power

    Below are bits of the story:

    With the wind on my side
    I swam the murderous tides
    To arrive at the cursed land
    Where the evil king resides.

    The story will be written in verse, of course. Writing prose is not as magical to me.

    These will be revised as they’re first drafts.

    The tide takes me under, depression takes hold
    the moon pulls my waters
    right out of my eyes.

    Brand New Developments

    The siren has a magic musical instrument and several magical artifacts.

    She can communicate with sea animals and works for her mother, Aphrodite.

    Weekly Updates: Follow as the story unfolds

    I will be doing weekly updates (at least). I also update more frequently on the book’s Facebook page and X.

    Support this story

    Follow the Facebook page for this story:

    https://www.facebook.com/share/1641aszYd7/

    On X, I do lives now, some of them having to do with the story, and I share poetry there first.

    https://twitter.com/EveLovestar

    I want to do live TikToks, and I am growing my following for this purpose, need a minimum of 1000.

    Authors

    Let’s connect to talk about story writing and book promotions.


    With Love, and light,

    And a tale that enchants,

    Eve

  • Siren Chants – Her Chant Charms – New Romantasy Book

    Introducing: Siren Chants – a siren romance.

    Hi Romantasy lovers. If you don’t know me, my name is Eve, and I’m a poetess. I write about Love as Eve Lovestar.

    I am writing my first book and I chose romantasy because that’s my mind, all day long.

    I think I’m a mermaid underneath. My lover likes a siren, and this theme will not leave me alone. I have written about it for a while.

    I write lots of poetry about this topic, and now I will be writing an entire story. I love it.

    Follow the story on this blog and on X @evelovestar

    #romantasy #siren #Sirenchants #sirens #books