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In my first video on the Land of Pan, I had sources sharing information that has now been corrected… in the absolute best way!! This is amazing news.

Manolis Heliotis, the man who owns the land and funded the building of the new temple to Zeus and Pan, reached out to me to share the following comments:
“We welcome EVERYBODY. Mr. Bexis and I have NEVER declined any person to visit The Land of Pan irrespective of nationality, race, religion or creed… Anyone non-Greek/ non-Hellenic, any religious persuasion including people identifying as Pagans, nature lovers, druids, witches can join and participate in many of our events....We love people of all sexual persuasions. We have relatives that are gay… It’s their private affair, which is respected by all of us.”
He shared particular regard and kinship with witches, actually, and cited that March 8 was chosen as the date to open the temple because it was International Women's Day.
“To those that claim we don’t want people from overseas… my wife is of Celtic stock. I have three children born overseas. Where do you get this nonsense?” And in clarifying his position on witches and pagans: “We have nothing against this… But the Hellenes NEVER… took any pride in being called [Pagan]… But sure, call yourself Pagan if you wish, no issue, we accept you equally…. Where did the issue about having a problem with witches Μαγισα come from?? We have several of our own in our groups and they’re essential to our rituals. Positive brilliant women.”
He also explicitly rejects claims of xenophobia: “There are no requests that we or Mr. Bexis declined from Bulgaria or any other country that you mentioned. This is a false claim.”
The sad thing is that much of the slander comes from within the Hellenic polytheist community. From this strange cultural wound in Greece to compete instead of collaborate. And I hate to think I was a part of it. I will not be a part of it. That is why I am sharing directly the statements emailed to me today.
Heliotis has this to say to the people who slander his message: “The cowards and idiots, many of whom belong to these [other Hellenic polytheist] spaces, were pushing out this nonsense… Other than a bishop of the church that said something negative”, as quoted in my original Wild Hunt article, “most of the negativity came from the same so-called ‘Hellenic’ spaces who can’t cope to see something unique and beautiful take place.”
In closing, Heliotis shared: “Hellenism has always been around even after it was outlawed in the middle ages… It did not need you or me to bring it back, it has always been here in our own Greek cultural DNA… cloaked to avoid prosecution.” It is now time to honor these old ways, to bring them back into the light of Apollo's sun where they belong, and it is through deep communion with the gods and strength in community that this will happen.
Like I said in this video too: I am SO hoping to visit this temple while I am visiting Greece and look forward to sharing videos there as well! May this be the first of many many temples to our gods. Khaire Theoi!