What is Sannion listening to now?
Currently I’m alternating between It’s Always Blue: Songs from Legion and Gregory Alan Isakov’s This Empty Northern Hemisphere.
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I am totally not using mind-powers on you. Totally.
Hello there, my dearies! How are you? Me? Oh, I’m ok. You are very astute. Truth be told, I do have a few irons in the fire at present. You see, I need to resume work on Frenzy. Finish sets of Daily...
View ArticleWould you ever join people of another faith to celebrate one of their holy days?
Well, that depends. I won’t participate in an observance that I feel brings about ritual impurity or which requires the espousal of beliefs that are contrary to mine or which I find deeply offensive. I...
View ArticleWhat are your thoughts on the burka, and Shariah law?
I am totally opposed to the institution of Sharia law because it is totally opposed to me in its condemnation of my Gods, their worship and many of the things associated with them such as sex, alcohol,...
View ArticleWhat’s your take on Dionysos and Bacchus?
I know that some people find it problematic to equate the Greek and Roman deities but there’s absolutely no basis for distinguishing between Bacchus and Dionysos. First off there isn’t even a...
View ArticleWhat advice would you give someone seeking to develop a devotional...
Just do it! I know that may sound a little trite but it’s really the only thing that works with him. Don’t let your fear and insecurities get the better of you. Don’t wait around until the time feels...
View ArticleDaily Hymns: Freyja
Here is the complete set of Daily Hymns for Freyja. Day I. To the Mistress of the Silver Distaff I call upon Freyja who tends the graves of the ancestors and joins her deep, rich voice to theirs in the...
View ArticleWould you ever join people of another faith to celebrate one of their holy days?
Well, that depends. I won’t participate in an observance that I feel brings about ritual impurity or which requires the espousal of beliefs that are contrary to mine or which I find deeply offensive. I...
View ArticleA wandering soul
I am often asked what the position of the Starry Bull tradition is with regard to metempsychosis or reincarnation. We don’t have one. This may strike some as peculiar since we place such a strong...
View ArticleHymn to Freyr
Many are the great heroes of old, mighty kings who sailed the far seas, men of courage who spilt the blood of terrible beasts, and those brave souls who gave up their lives to make our land free; but...
View Article“The burden of Sigyn’s arms”
She sits on a rock while a cold wind blows her knotted hair and the tattered, filthy remnants of her once lovely gown. Before she was the fairest of all the Ásynjur; now hardly anyone would recognize...
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Hail to you, Revealer through Dreams!
From Oitylos to Thalamai in Lakonia the road is about eighty stades long. On it is a sanctuary of the Goddess containing an oracle. They consult the oracle in sleep, and the Goddess reveals whatever...
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Support your local rhapsode
I am working on a book with my wife called A Polytheist Hymnal (or something to that effect.) I’ve currently got material for the following Gods and Goddesses: Agathos Daimon Aion Anath Anubis...
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Some questions about commissioning hymns
Can I commission hymns for divinities already on your list? Yes, absolutely. The more the merrier! Several of those divinities already have multiple hymns in the collection, as each hymn allows us to...
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