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The Restoration of the Mysteries
While the rest of Pagandom is busy fiercely debating the theology of fantasy and superheroics I figured I would discuss something serious for a change. But first, can I just say that this whole...
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Tiny Glowing Screens
I dream of a world where there are no tiny glowing screens at Pagan rituals. Tagged: music, paganism, philosophy
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So I found this stray cat
And I read it some of the posts that have been coming out on the whole superhero thing. And it was all: Then I read it some more and it did this: I let the poor beast go after that. Tagged: paganism
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Oh look. I got mentioned on The Wild Hunt.
For my piece on how to throw a frat boy Bacchanalia. Because that’s totally the most interesting and important thing I’ve posted here lately. It’s such an honor to receive accolades from one’s peers....
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Go read this post by Dver
It’s about the Dionysian festival cycle she observes. Beautifully written and thought-provoking. Go read it for yourselves! Tagged: anthesteria, dionysos, festivals, hellenismos, lampteria, lenaia,...
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Let Sannion school you
So there’s this post floating around Tumblr that reads, in part: Only a very wealthy and powerful person would have been able to commission and purchase such a sarcophagus, and it was probably made...
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The Bessoi
“The Satrai alone of the Thracians have continued living in freedom to this day; they dwell on high mountains covered with forests of all kinds and snow, and they are excellent warriors. It is they...
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Come for the grill food, stay for the theological debate
So this guy approaches the counter, stares at me uncomfortably for a while and then we have this conversation: Man: That tornado is proof that Jesus loves us. Me: Uh … huh. Man: You see, we are made to...
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Nothing alike
This girl came into the store last night. She looked like Hayden Panettiere but with pink dyed hair and piercings. She was also sporting a Thor’s hammer. I am hesitant to remark on Thor’s hammers and...
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Death is Ravenous, Death is Consuming … Death is Love
Go read this post on commitment to death by Melitta Benu. It’ll make you think. Tagged: haides
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Journey we more into the Nightmare
Comes death on strange hour Unannounced, unplanned for like a scaring over-friendly guest you’ve brought to bed Death makes angels of us all & gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as...
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Keep your schedule open Wednesday May 29th!
Because that’s when we’ll be having an open forum on the whole “Achilles in a cape” debate on Wyrd Ways Radio. Hopefully we’ll get some interesting callers with interesting perspectives on this issue....
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Submit to Ares
Details on Pete Helms’ artistic contest in honor of Ares can be found here. Ares has only received 8 poems, an essay and some art. Granted, all of it top-notch. But he deserves better. His axe is...
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And people wonder why we can’t have nice things
The Pagan controversies of 2013 so far have been … My fandom is serious religion. Don’t give too much — the gods will get uppity! Miasma is inconvenient and hard to understand so I just ignore it. My...
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Quoted for truth
I came across this quote from the Bhagavad Gita in an article comparing Hindu and classical Greco-Roman forms of sacrifice: By sacrifice will you procreate! … Foster the Gods with this, and may They...
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Perhaps they have a point
I mean, I find inspiration in modern accounts of my god — hello Eternal Bacchus — so maybe comic books can tell me valuable things about him as well. From his entry at Comic Vine we learn: He fell down...
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