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Hail to you Martino and Pietro! May you never thirst.
Asked why the said synagogue is held, he replies that it derives from the fact that they as a custom were in the habit of adoring a certain idol called Bacchus and Baron and also the Sibyl and the...
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Analysis of a Rite
Here is the first draft of the ritual for Dionysos and his dead.My own particular devotional style is very streamlined and action oriented, and there usually aren’t a whole lot of talky bits. When...
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More analysis of a rite
And here is the script that we started with. I say “started with” because we left a lot of room for improvisation. It’s my general feeling a script should be a guide or suggestion only. Depart from it...
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Receive good fortune! Receive good health!
Because of the vagaries of our religious calendar Dver and I will be celebrating both the Thalusia and the Oread Nymphaia tomorrow. We’re going to rise at an utterly obscene hour and climb Skinner’s...
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Hail to you Beroê! May you never thirst.
There is a younger legend, that her mother was Kythereia herself, the pilot of human life, who bore her all white to Assyrian Adonis. Now she had completed the nine circles of Selene’s course carrying...
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Syncretism
The story of Beroê (after whom the city of Beirut is named) is kind of a fascinating example of Near Eastern myth via interpretatio Graeca. I’m far from an expert on the subject, but Beroê reminds me a...
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Sometimes I fear I am too subtle
Certainly my Zoroastrian pun is worth at least a chuckle. Tagged: writing
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Hail to you Zoïlus! May you never thirst.
Who are the Psoloeis and who the Oleiae among the Boiotians? They relate that the daughters of Minyas, Leucippê and Arsinoê and Alcathoê, becoming insane, conceived a craving for human flesh, and drew...
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Hail to you Katherine Harris Bradley! May you never thirst.
Edith and I are Maenads now with a “longing for the hills & ecstasy.” Let Frances expect to see me at the midland station with cone-pointed thyrsos & fawn-skin. Tell him I shall walk to...
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A call to Hellenists
After what sounds like a pretty miserable experience at a pan-pagan event, Monte Plaisance of Thessaly Temenos is putting out a call to Hellenists: The gist of what I am trying to get at here is that...
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Oopsies
I think I’m going to have to slightly modify my offer, because I just remembered that I’m going to be helping Pete Helms put on a ritual for Ares at the Hellenic Revival Gathering. That makes doing...
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Will you find what you’re looking for in the heart of the labyrinth?
Enter, if you dare. Tagged: ariadne, dionysos, erigone, haides, heroes, orpheus, persephone, spirits
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Which side of the mirror are you on? Figure that out and you’ll find your way...
Plotinos, Enneads 4.3.12 The souls of humans, having seen their images as in the mirror of Dionysos, became there having leapt from above. Proklos, Commentary on the Timaios 2.8.19 Dionysos sees his...
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VIII. Variations on this deity
When people think of syncretic deities it’s usually Serapis or Antinous that come to mind – but really, I think Hermes has the right to be called the syncretic deity par excellence. Like Voltron on...
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I. A basic introduction of the deity
I sing of Hermes, the slayer of Argos, lord of Kyllene and Arcadia rich in flocks, luck-bringing messenger of the deathless gods, giver of grace, guide, and granter of happy boons! Such is how the...
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It occurs to me that I may be too clever for my own good
Faraone reminds us that the prosaic synthema “Bull, you jumped in the milk” (A group) reflects Dionysiac religion as reconstructed from other early evidence. By uttering this statement, the initiate...
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we could be heroes
Plato, Laws 854ac And, in accordance with our rule as already approved, we must prefix to all such laws preludes as brief as possible. By way of argument and admonition one might address in the...
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Aidesia, saint of pagan mothers
When people go on about the great pagans of antiquity who deserve to be remembered today, everyone mentions Hypatia but she wasn’t the only exceptional female philosopher that the exceptional city of...
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Oh dear! I think I’m becoming pious!
The God Graveyard story has made it onto The Wild Hunt – it’s really going to take off now! Oh boy. I’m finding this whole thing simultaneously eye-opening and baffling. For instance on one blog where...
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Go forth, my minions, and blanket babies!
Stephy knows exactly what’s wrong with the pagan community: When I posted about the quilts I’m making for the infants whose families can’t afford baby blankets, my blog got 8 hits. When I talked about...
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