Catholic Schoolboy Sees Artemis

The year was 1984 or 1985 when John of Freeport, Illinois saw something that would alter the course of his life. With his permission, this story has been told here, and I thank him greatly for being kind enough to give me such a treasure to share on my blog.

It appeared to be ghostly. As John described, he could see the trees behind it.

Then came the sound of someone running. As the stampeding feet came into view, he saw a beautiful girl in a white tunic-like gown, with long black hair, a quiver of arrows on her back, and a silver bow in her hand. She said to him, "You're not supposed to be out here." In his childhood attitude, he replied, "Yeah, but neither are you." She smiled, "I figured you'd say that." Then, she asked John where the deer went. He pointed her in the right direction and she was off, never to be seen again.

What makes John's story even more interesting for me is the fact that I have also seen Artemis in my dreams, and we both describe the same appearance and features, without ever having disclosed them to one another beforehand. We also had the same feelings in Her presence. Artemis is a Virgin Goddess who doesn't like sex and doesn't want to be sexualized, and both John and I had a revelation together today when we described our encounters that it's actually not possible to sexualize Artemis in Her presence. During the entire time that he and I saw and interacted with Her, we admired Her beauty, but nothing sexual ever ran through our heads at all. We knew we were in the presence of a Divine Virgin at that point.

I have known John for many years. He has absolutely no reason to lie to me about such a story. Never told it publicly until I posted a Facebook thread asking my Pagan friends about childhood encounters with Pagan Gods. I thank him again for allowing me to talk about such magnificent experience with Olympos, and hope that Artemis visits him again.