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The Martyrs of Bacchus
The cult of Dionysos Bakcheios took root in Sicily and Southern Italy when the region was heavily colonized by the Greeks. It swiftly spread to Rome, Tuscany and the cities of the north so that a few...
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Hail to you Dionysos, on this your day!
Scholiast on Aelius Aristides, Panathenaikos 313.20 He says that Dionysos does well and (text missing) gives to people. And Pherekydes makes clear, and Antiochos after him, in saying that he was...
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Hail to you Ariadne, on this your day!
Scholiast on Homer’s Odyssey 11.322 Theseus son of Aigeus, assigned by lot with the youths, sailed to Crete to be supplied to the Minotaur for destruction. But when he arrived, Minos’s daughter...
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Hail to you Flora, on this your day!
William Bradford, History Of Plymouth Plantation Thomas Morton and the Merry-mount colonists set up a May-pole, drinking and dancing about it many days together, inviting the Indian women for their...
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Aitia: Myths to contemplate while performing a Starry Bull sacrament
Aitia: Myths to contemplate while performing a Starry Bull sacrament A mneumonic exercise to help you get more out of the sacrament. As you go through each step pause for a moment and reflect on the...
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Hail to you Mousai, on this your day!
Marsilio Ficino, On Plato’s Theology Those who profess the Orphic theology consider a two-fold power in souls and in the celestial orbs: the one consisting in knowledge, the other in vivifying and...
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It will abide.
My polytheism isn’t trendy and doesn’t come with a hashtag; it is a thing of faith and ecstasy, tradition and deliverance. It is dark and rich like the blood of a beautiful sacrifice; it is dancing to...
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Hail to you Nymphai, on this your day!
Timaeus, Histories 22 It was customary in Sicily to make a sacrifice from house to house in honour of the Nymphs, and for men to spend the night around their statues when quite drunk, and to dance...
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Hail to you Mountain Mothers, on this your day!
Timotheus, Fragment 791 If one could fall at queenly knees, black-leaf-robed, of the Mountain Mother and casting one’s beautiful arms about them might pray, ‘Gold-tressed Mother of the Gods, save, I...
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O amanza del primo amante, o diva
Lucius shares a lovely vision of his polytheism: My polytheism is not for everyone. It belongs to the dead, the dead made it, and the dead will keep it.
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the dead cry from the soil
Galina went on a pilgrimage over the weekend and made a powerful discovery: I don’t have words to explain. If there is anywhere in the United States that is my ancestral land, it’s Chanceford...
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Who you gonna call? Orpheotelestai!
Italy appears to have a very different approach to futūḥ than the rest of Europe, but that’s not too surprising considering their history. As tempting as it is to blame all of this on monotheism (which...
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The Noumenia
Noumenia means the festival of the new moon, which the ancient Greeks considered to be the appearance of the first sliver, something that can take some getting used to if you’re more familiar with the...
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On priestcraft
A lot of people in our overlapping communities tend to throw the word “priest” around fairly casually. You have regular and deep engagement with the gods and spirits? Ah, you must be a priest!...
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Hail to you Satyrs, on this your day!
Aelian, Historical Miscellany 3.40 Note that Dionysos’ companions in the dance were Satyrs, called by some Tityroi. They received this name from the trills (teretismata) which the Satyrs enjoy, and...
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I think there’s something wrong with Mickey Mouse.
Oh, Disney. No way this will possibly offend people. Handsome voyage Your little one will set off on adventures in this Maui Costume featuring the demigod’s signature tattoos, rope necklace and...
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Hail to you Erigone, on this your day!
Statius, Thebaid 11.644 Sorrowful Erigone weeping in the Marathonian wood beside the body of her slain father, her plaints exhausted, began to untie the sad knot of her girdle and chose sturdy...
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