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There ain’t no pagan Jesus
Alley Valkyrie, a local activist and pagan here in Eugene (who I don’t always see eye to eye with, as some of you may recall) has just written a piece for The Wild Hunt explaining how she has received...
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The road that the bakchoi and other mystai have trod
I’m finding this whole conversation about pagan charity rather enlightening. Despite the fairly dim view that Alley Valkyrie has of her friend Mary Ann, I believe that this woman has eloquently...
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Out here we is stoned immaculate
Since it’s the fourth of the lunar month, the day I traditionally set aside to honor Hermes, I’m going to begin working on some magical charms to bring about lusis kakōn or a release from evils. I’m...
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If you’re looking for some spiritual bling
I highly recommend this Dionysos necklace my friend Dver made. Tagged: dionysos
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ba dum dum
I am so tempted to start calling these the “stones of Dionysos Enorchês.” Tagged: dionysos
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Don’t forget, Sunday is the nativity of the prophet Jim Morrison!
On Sunday, December 8th 2013 the Lizard King would have been 70 years old. Instead he died one year shy of Osiris. Here are some quotes from the great man: People are afraid of themselves, of their own...
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Dion has made snow in the West
Here is the report from the Weather Chanel: Winter Storm Dion, the fourth named winter storm of the 2013-14 season, will result in more snow and ice for some of the same areas impacted by Winter Storm...
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Orpheus liked nature and enchantment too
John Halstead did a very brave thing: I stayed there for a little while, soaking in the feeling. And then I got up an went home. The houses still seemed strange to me. Unreal. The grass seemed...
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Since Hermes likes games
Who would you cast in The Bakchai? My choices change all the time, but right now I would say: DIONYSOS: Joaquin Phoenix What sort of trick, if I want to save you in my own way? TIRESIAS: RuPaul To the...
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The hills are alive with the sound of music …
The Aristocracy, the Strangers, the Insane Ones, the Hunters, the Heroes, the Drunkards, the Lovers, the Nurses and the Furious Ones, the Martyrs, the Poets and Prophets, the Cowboys, the Initiates and...
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quite pleasant and relaxing
I was just reading this passage from Lactantius Placidus: Having seen Medea expel Aeson’s old age with her medicines, Father Liber asked her to help his nurses in the same way and lead them back to...
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Muesis
The purple-clad prince rose like a goat capering gaily down the slopes of the golgothean mount, dripping and trembling, he was brought up from the river by the hand of the baptizer clad in animal...
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bull-voiced mimes from beneath the earth
Since the communal ass play hasn’t panned out, I know what I’m doing for the Διονύσια τα κατ’ αγρούς! A one man production of Euripides’ The Bakchai. I’ll be Dionysos and everyone else will be paper...
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the lover of strange things, the poet and saint who speaks from beyond the grave
So I was reading Pseudo-Melito of Sardis’ Apology from the Spicilegium Syriacum when I came across this interesting passage: But touching Nebo, which is in Mabug, why should I write to you; for, lo!...
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I just finished watching this movie
It was extraordinarily good. Netflix describes the plot as follows: Returning to Australia from India after living in a cult, Ruth is enraged to learn she was tricked into coming back by PJ Waters, a...
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Hárbarðsljóð
Listening to this powerful interview that Galina gave on Magical Musings, I was reminded of something that Friedrich Nietzsche once said: Denn dies ist die Art, wie Religionen abzusterben pflegen:...
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The next Dionysos Day oracle will be on Friday, December the 13th
If you have a question or would just like to hear what the god’s got to say to you send your request to sannion@gmail.com before that date. As always this is done in service to Dionysos and my...
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