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A voice crying in the wilderness
I think my time in the Cave of Visions is drawing to a close and I shall soon be returning to my people with sacred lore and rites of the Starry Bear to bestow. I’ll also be starting a new poetic...
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Howl.
The trilogy is now a tetralogy, and here’s the soundtrack I’ll be listening to as I work on it.
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It takes a community to Orpheotelest
I was hard at work during my blogging hiatus, and developed new divination systems for Hermes, Spider, Norse Dionysos, Freyja, Odin and Loki. If you would like to be read with one of these Paypal...
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The Key to Understanding my books.
sannion [4:11 PM] keep following the thread! tetradactyl [4:12 PM] I will! I’ve been thinking about your Matthew thing. [4:14] The last trial is so weird. “Worship me”. It’s such a bizarre thing to...
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The Key to the Key
Derveni Papyrus col. 13 and 16 He swallowed the phallus of […], who sprang from the aither first. Since in his [i.e. Orpheus] whole poetry he speaks about facts enigmatically, one has to speak about...
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All roads lead to the Tree.
There are many other stories about these matters, and also about Ariadne, but they do not agree at all. Some say that she hung herself because she was abandoned by Theseus. (Plutarch, Life of Theseus...
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Opening the Way
Since tomorrow is the Noumenia of Morychion I’ll presently be posting some material on the month’s big festival, Anthesteria, so folks can begin preparing and getting in the proper mood and mindset....
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Anthesteria was one of the most important of the Attic festivals for Dionysos and lent its name to the month Anthesterion. It was also one the oldest, and was common to all of the Ionians as Thucydides...
View ArticleHow do you possibly make Anthesteria better? Make it Italian.
Most of the information we have regarding Anthesteria comes from Attica and more specifically Athens itself. However from Thucydides we learn that it was one of the most ancient festivals of Dionysos...
View ArticleSome thoughts on Orestes and Anthesteria
Orestes is one of the great figures of Greek tragedy, part of the doomed house of Atreus. After his return from the Trojan War Agamemnon, the father of Orestes, was murdered in cold blood. Orestes was...
View ArticleRitual outline for Anthesteria
Day 1: Pithoigia Go around your city (ideally at dawn, noon or dusk) and when you feel so moved stop and pour out some wine for the dead. Either before or following the libation, use a hunting horn to...
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For Pithoigia Orphic Hymn 53. To Amphietous ̓Αμφιετῆ καλέω Βάκχον, χθόνιον ∆ιόνυσον, ἐγρόμενον κούραις ἅμα νύμφαις εὐπλοκάμοισιν, ὃς παρὰ Περσεφόνης ἱεροῖσι δόμοισιν ἰαύων κοιμίζει τριετῆρα χρόνον,...
View ArticleTips for celebrating Anthesteria
1. If you’re performing the role of Sacred Queen you’ll probably want to avoid participating in Orestes’ Supper or stuff for Deukalion’s dead, as they can result in pretty strong miasma. Everyone,...
View ArticleDevotional activity for the month of Morychion
Every time you come across a flower thank Dionysos and the dead for the bounty they share with us.
View ArticleRecipes for Anthesteria
Wine popsicles for Pithoigia Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups pomegranate juice (or whatever juice you prefer) 1 1/4 cups red wine 1 plum, chopped fine honey to taste Directions: Heat the juice, wine and honey...
View ArticleA game for Anthesteria
Bacchic Orphic hopscotch is played just like regular hopscotch: To play hopscotch, a court is first laid out on the ground. Depending on the available surface, the court is either scratched out in...
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