Hail to all the Tarantati whose names have been lost to us! May you never...
Athanasius Kircher, Magnes sive de arte magnetica opus tripartitum pg. 759 Some tarantati let themselves hang from the trees by ropes, showing great enjoyment at such suspension – those stricken with...
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Hail Charilla! May you never thirst!
Plutarch, Aetia Graeca 12 The Delphians celebrate three festivals one after the other which occur every eight years, the first of which they call Septerion, the second Heroïs, and the third Charilla....
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Hail the daughters of Dionysos! May you never thirst!
Pausanias, Description of Greece 3.13.7 Nearby is the temple of Dionysos Kolonates (of the Knoll), by which is a precinct of the hero who they say guided Dionysos on the way to Sparta. To this hero...
View Articlethe Kronian life
Suidas s.v. Sarapio For Isidore said that never in fact could he persuade him to meet another man, especially because when he grew old he no longer came out frequently from his own house; he lived...
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a yellow thread
I’ve been thinking about Xanthias, the slave of Dionysos in The Frogs. Here he is on a 4th century BCE red figure vase from Campania. He shares his name with a number of slave characters in the plays...
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As a wayfarer on a perilous journey of a spiritual nature
I’m reading about Hermes’ role in the Nekromanteion at Epirus in Northern Greece, and it’s giving me all kinds of ideas: The visitor would remain for an unknown duration in the lodging rooms to the...
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PSA for my readers
The notice at the top reads: Items sold by Etsy sellers, such as masks, aren’t medical-grade. Etsy sellers cannot make medical or health claims. When selecting a mask, consult official guidance to...
View Articleredesigning the Bakcheion
I am currently in the process of redesigning the Bakcheion. (My temple space, not the website.) When complete it will have a purification station, a divination station, and nine shrines to Dionysos,...
View ArticleThe Rite of Spring
The good stuff starts around 8:00 – and boy is it good. I’m talking serious Medeia and Starry Bear vibes. Plus there are dancing Úlfhéðnar!
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mathematical malevolence
I just finished all the calculations, etc. for the Year 4 (2022 e.v.) Bakcheion calendar and will be sending it off to the printers later in the month. If you’re interested in following along and...
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Adorations
I adore you Opener of the Door.I adore you Wine.I adore you Bringer of many blessings.I adore you Dancer.I adore you Loud Shouter.I adore you Fair One.I adore you Liberator.I adore you most fertile...
View ArticleA Bacchic Orphic soul-parts system
Before my hiatus I mentioned that I was working on a system of Bacchic Orphic soul-parts which would serve as the basis for a number of healing and magical techniques within the Starry Bull tradition....
View ArticleDeath, for the Orphics, Was Like a Really Intense Drug Trip
Once the soul is separated from the body it wanders around in a strange and dark place – exhausted, hungry, thirsty and steadily losing its mind. It is surrounded by indistinct phantoms that...
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the dance of the stars
Ptolemy’s Tetrabiblos 181–182In a special way, again, if the moon holds the place of action, and is moving away from conjunction, together with Mercury: in Taurus, Capricornus, and Cancer, she...
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‘Tis the season
As we head into the Christmas season remember that Hallmark movies are full of “fascist propaganda.”
View ArticleHay un cierto placer en la locura, que soloel loco conoce.
Darnell approached the Table of Judgmentbehind which sat the Three Kings,Minos, Rhadamanthys and Aiakoswho were sober and somber and severe men,famed even in life for their wisdom and equanimity....
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Psychostasia
Galina mentioned this poem in the comments to my post on Bacchic Orphic eschatology, so I decided to repost it. A couple notes may prove helpful. First, the title is a quote by Pablo Neruda which can...
View ArticleAnd another thing…
I’m stoned and hit post too soon. Sorry. But anyway… you’ll note that the Fury-like attendant weighs his liver along with his heart, since it was the seat of Darnell’s thumos. In my Bacchic Orphic...
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