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Couple hours til showtime!
Tonight’s guest on Wyrd Ways Radio is Hellenic Polytheist and Ares-worshiper Pete Helms. I don’t like any of the questions we’ve got prepared so you guys should call in with provocative and...
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Hail to you Skyles! May you never thirst.
Skyles conceived a desire to be initiated into the rites of Dionysos Bakcheios; and when he was about to begin the sacred mysteries, he saw the greatest vision. He had in the city of the Borysthenites...
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Next monthly oracular session will be on September 19th
If you have a question or just wish to hear what Dionysos has to say to you, send me an e-mail at sannion@gmail.com before that date. Tagged: dionysos, oracles
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Communal offerings
Although it’s my custom to make offerings on behalf of the community each Sunday, the group ritual we did for Dionysos and his dead on Saturday completely knocked me on my ass. (You know it’s a good...
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Down the Rabbit Hole
I had hoped that my next post would be a recap of the ritual for Dionysos and his dead that I helped lead for House Sankofa, but a matter of some urgency has come up and I’d like to address it before...
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Hail to you Wife of Spartacus*! May you never thirst.
It is said that when he was first brought to Rome to be sold, a serpent was seen coiled about his face as he slept, and his wife, who was of the same tribe as Spartacus, a prophetess, and subject to...
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Omnia vincit amor et nos cedamus amori
Fathergia is sponsoring an artistic agon in honor of Aphrodite and I heartily recommend that folks consider contributing something, because the Golden Lady is fucking awesome and deserves much love. I...
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Some items from the polytheism without borders thread I’d like to bring to...
Jessa needs a hymn to Asklepios: Personaly I would love a very singable hymn to Asklepios the Greek God of healing who I am devoted to both personaly and in my massage/ hypnotherapy practice. I offer...
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The Ritual for Dionysos and his Dead
Galina has posted an account given by Langston, one of the members of House Sankofa who attended and was, in my opinion at least, integral to the success of the rite. The account is far more...
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Hail to you Oinotrophoi! May you never thirst.
My lord, most noble hero, you make no mistake. You saw me father of five children; now you see me almost childless, such is the fickleness of fate. For what help to me is my son far away on Andros...
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Hail to you, Martyrs of Alexandria! May you never thirst.
At the solicitation of Theophilus bishop of Alexandria the emperor issued an order at this time for the demolition of the heathen temples in that city; commanding also that it should be put in...
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Circles et cetera
I, Dionysos, have left the wealthy lands of the Lydians and Phrygians, the sun-parched plains of the Persians, and the Bactrian walls, and have passed over the wintry land of the Medes, and blessed...
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Come as it pleases you
Don’t forget about the Hymn of the kōmastaí, folks. Tagged: dionysos, writing
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It is not permitted for anyone to throw pieces of raw meat anywhere before...
Apparently there are people objecting to prayers being said on behalf of the community. I cannot directly respond to these objections since I personally haven’t seen any of them yet, nor do I have any...
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I respect them because they’re up front about it
Quoth the adaoineile: but i really shouldnt’ be pitching a fit because oh my gods think of the pageviews i’m going to get this will be glorious so so glorious i feel so powerful right now you don’t...
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Dubium sapientiae initium
Bianca Bradley posed a wonderful question: Hey Sannion tangent time. http://godsmouths.wordpress.com/2013/09/09/describing-the-indescribable/#comment-118 Can I poke you with a writing on this? Doubt,...
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Hail to you Akoites! May you never thirst.
‘All round the ship they leapt in showers of splashing spray. Time after time they surfaced and fell back into the sea, playing like dancers, frolicking about in fun, wide nostrils taking in the sea...
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Hail to you Dionysos Soter!
“Lord help you! You women are always thinking of men’s being in liquor. Why, you do not suppose a man is overset by a bottle? I am sure of this—that if everybody was to drink their bottle a day, there...
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Hail to you Julian the Blessed! May you never thirst.
Who and from where are you Dionysus? Since by the true Bacchus, I do not recognize you; I know only the son of Zeus. While he smells like nectar, you smell like a goat. Can it be then that the Celts...
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Hail to you Demetrios Poliorketes! May you never thirst.
Demetrios, the surviving son, had not the height of his father, though he was a tall man, but he had features of rare and astonishing beauty, so that no painter or sculptor ever achieved a likeness of...
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