“In the mean time Telemachus sought the solitude of the seashore, where he washed his hands in the grey surf and lifted them in prayer to Athene.’Hear, I beg you, you that in your godhead came yesterday to my house. It was your command that I should sail across the misty seas to find out whether my long-lost father is ever coming back.”
Son is sailing to find the father. Soul is sailing to find its source, power, inspiration…
Athene the goddess is allowing the soul to sail in protection. A prayer to goddess before a great undertaking gives comfort to the soul indeed, a prayer is allowing the higher in us to manifest through…