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And Tilda Swinton as Pentheus
DIONYSUS I’m from there. My home land is Lydia. PENTHEUS Why do you bring these rituals to Greece? DIONYSUS Dionysus sent me—the son of Zeus. PENTHEUS Is there some Zeus there who creates new gods?...
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purple dog hummingbird puma twig
I’ve got so much going at the moment (and darlings, you wouldn’t believe the half of it if I told you; an Orpheotelest’s days are never dull) that I lost the thread of Ivory and Horn and couldn’t...
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Hail მედეა, protect us!
And Medeia said to Jason, ‘In the morning, melt this charm, strip naked, and using it like oil, anoint your body. It will endow you with tremendous strength and boundless confidence, neither the...
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Hail Ὀρφεύς, protect us!
But some historians, and Ephorus is one of them, record that the Idaean Daktyloi were in fact born on the Mount Ida which is in Phrygia and passed over to Europe together with Mygdon; and since they...
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Hail ★, protect us!
We shouldn’t be afraid to experiment. Experimentation is about pushing the parameters of our knowledge. It is the spirit of Dionysus, the energy that makes us what we are. (David Bowie, 1993 interview)
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Hail Μιμαλλόνες, protect us!
In the reign of Argaeus, the Illyrian Taulantii under Galaurus invaded Macedonia. Argaeus, whose force was very small, directed the Macedonian virgins, as the enemy advanced, to show themselves from...
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Hail the Bacchic Στρατιά, protect us!
In order to gain admittance into the cities during his Indian expedition, Dionysos dressed his troops in white linen and deer skins, instead of gleaming armour. Their spears were adorned with ivy, and...
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Hail Herlaþing, protect us!
The ancestral lineage of Arlecchino is both ancient and exotic. There are two principal veins in his bloodline, the first being the Central and Northern European barbaric culture, the second the...
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Hail Castrati, protect us!
When Ariadne and Theseus find themselves stranded on the island by a storm, Bacchus orders Theseus to leave Naxos with Antiope the Amazon queen while Ariadne lies asleep in their tent. After Ariadne...
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Hail Τριτοπάτορες, protect us!
Demon in the Atthis says that the Tritopatores are Winds, Philochoros that the Tritopatores were born first of all. For the men of that time, he says, understood as their parents to be Earth and the...
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Hail Matres, protect us!
The Cretans who settled in Sicily built a temple to the Mothers and accorded these Goddesses unusual honours, adorning their temple with many votive offerings. The cult of these Goddesses, so men say,...
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emergent theology
I think I’m going to start using the term conclave (“secret assembly”) instead of pantheon (“all the Gods”) when referring to the Starry Bull Gods and Spirits in the collective. Pantheon implies a...
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ellipsis
I think I’m done. With the publication of Monstrous Things the “Black Sun Rising” epic will be brought to completion. 9 books is perhaps not as sexy as 13 but it’s a perfectly respectable number, rich...
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The New Order
* End to End * Everything Dances: Strange Spirits 3 * What Flowers in the Dark: A Poetic Journey Through Anthesteria * Strange Spirits Volume One * THIS IS NOT AN EXIT: Strange Spirits Volume II * Wine...
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The Great Work
Horns of Consecration: A Starry Bull Mystery Play (9+9+9+3=1) Act One: Black Star Rising End to End Everything Dances: Strange Spirits 3 What Flowers in the Dark: A Poetic Journey Through Anthesteria...
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Currents breed tiny monsters
The Black Sun working proved every bit the ordeal its name suggested it would be, but I am extremely proud of how our ritual team performed and more importantly held up under what was some truly...
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