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the loud brashness of the here and now
And here’s the final installment of Galina’s account of our New Orleans trip: There have been few cities that have affected me as strongly as New Orleans. The fabric of the city held such clear...
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time to get off
Shortly after Galina announced her latest online course Tumblr was flooded with the shrill cries of “how dare this formerly poor woman offer to teach practical methods of money management for a...
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J’accuse
Before I turn over a new Orphic leaf I just wanted to say that this holiday season you guys gave me one of the most precious gifts a person can receive: adversity. Though your claims are delusional...
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For Leshy, who is not in his grave
Hail O Leshy of the darkened wood, with moss for your beard and skin like the whorled bark of trees and a club so heavy none other can lift it. As you walk by silence descends like the shroud of Zorya...
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For Lú Samhildánach, who is not in his grave
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...
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For Montu, who is not in his grave
Hail to you Montu, lord of war hawk-headed, lion-bodied, raging like a bull. Ferocious one who makes his dwelling in Thebes, Unconquered smiter of the foe, Radiant in your power and terrible in your...
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Admonish your household not to follow the sacrilegious customs of the unhappy...
I rebuke the demented customs of those who for the sake of foolish gaiety observe the Kalends of January or the folly of other superstitions which men think give them license to get drunk and indulge...
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Nor shall he assume comic, satyric, or tragic masks.
The so-called Kalends, and what are called Bota and Brumalia, and the full assembly which takes place on the first of March, we wish to be abolished from the life of the faithful. And also the public...
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It’s New Years so I figured I’d ask Jim Morrison some questions
What’s this year going to be like? 1-5-4: We could plan a murder … or start a religion. 2-3-3: may take a week, and it may take longer 4-4-6: We chased our pleasures here, dug our treasures there....
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That’s interesting
So I thought, “What if he wasn’t giving several different messages – but a single continuous one?” We could plan a murder … or start a religion. may take a week, and it may take longer We chased our...
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supplicatio
I’ll be crazy busy tomorrow with all of the packing and ritual stuff I’ve got going, so I won’t necessarily have a chance to individually thank all of you but holy shit, you guys sent in some great...
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for the graveyard gods
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/witchschool/2014/01/02/pagan-warrior-radio-wyrd-ways-livepagan-music-project Here’s the archive of the show. Starts about an hour in. This was a wonderful experience and I...
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Hands-On Hoodoo
My colleague Khi Armand is teaching a nine-week course on hoodoo and rootwork involving: weekly readings & discussions hands-on crafting of folk medicinal + magical objects including oils, baths,...
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Who will step up?
The Good Doctor had a good suggestion about doing an anthology for the 200 Graveyard Gods. I’d love to see the community use this incident as an opportunity to do even more positive things for their...
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piety posse
Selections from Franz Cumont’s After Life in Roman Paganism: The Oriental mysteries, propagated in the West, united in the promise of securing holiness in this life and felicity in the next, while...
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ready, class?
I just sent the invitation e-mail to folks in the Dionysian devotion class. If you haven’t received one and think you should, or if you’re having trouble signing up, shoot me an e-mail at...
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Cato was a very strict traditionalist
Master knows how to deal with overly pious girls The mistress of the estate must not perform rites, or cause others to perform them for her, unless at her master’s orders: it must be understood that...
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A well-run Grecian household according to the conjugal precepts of Plutarch
Solon advised that the bride should eat a quince before she entered the nuptial sheets; intimating thereby, in my opinion, that the man was to expect his first pleasures from the breath and speech of...
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inversion
But Alcithoë, daughter of Minyas, will not celebrate the Bacchic rites, in acceptance of the god. She is rash enough to deny that Bacchus is the son of Jupiter, and her sisters share in her impiety....
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