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I forgot how much I like this poem
To Dionysos Areios A hymn to the god who steps victoriously across the threshold Hail to thee oh strong-hearted son of Semele and Zeus who bears the aegis, oh tyrant of the flute and the drums that...
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I am continuously horrified by a contemplation of mythology – which is why I...
In case anyone’s interested in why I included the pomegranate among the symbols and attributes of Dionysos, consider this passage from the second book of Clement of Alexandria’s Exhortation to the...
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Black is beautiful
Over at Patheos Sunweaver posted a piece making light of Zeus. In the comments FeistyKat remarked: oh one other thing…Zeus was the youngest child…and yet he is the only one portrayed as gray haired in...
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Not my way
Sam Webster, Jason Pitzl-Waters and friends have come out explicitly stating that there is no room for Dionysos in their Pantheon with the following poem: Our way to the realization of a Pagan future...
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better act fast
Hey folks, I’ve got one last Enorchean stone left so if anyone wants to claim it shoot me an e-mail. It’s $25 + $5 shipping. Once this one goes that’s it – I won’t be making any more of these, so...
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Defining the indefinable
Something I’d like to elaborate on in relation to my post on why I don’t think it’s possible to revive the ancient mysteries is that a mystery isn’t just an intensely transformative spiritual...
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Running with the Apis
Marcus Antonius pushed open the door to the Queen’s private chambers, sending the startled ladies in waiting and guards scurrying off. Even had he not been the Queen’s recent husband, they wouldn’t...
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Getting ready for Liberalia
To help get in the mood for the Liberalia on Monday (which I have a feeling is going to be pretty intense for me this year) I consulted Ioannes Laurentios Lydos’ de Mensibus 51 which contained this...
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What can be so ridiculous as a sannio?
Cicero, De Oratore 2.61.251-52 What can be so ridiculous as a sannio? We laugh at his grimaces, his mimicry of other people’s characters, his voice, in short, his whole person. I call him witty, not,...
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The circle dance of Thyia
The first time I encountered Thyiadism was in Jane Ellen Harrison’s Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion: Maenad is only one, though perhaps the most common, of the many names applied to these...
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Ou phrontìs Hippokleídēi
Tune in at 10:00pm EST on Wednesday, March 19th when our guests on Wyrd Ways Radio will be Monte and Gypsy Plaisance who are the senior instructors and Hierophant and Hierophantissa of Thessaly...
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Don’t look in the box
Pausanias, Description of Greece 7.19.6-20.1 When Troy was captured, and the Greeks divided the spoils, Eurypylos the son of Euaimon got a chest. In it was an image of Dionysos, the work, so they say,...
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Happy Liberalia!
I hope everyone is having joyous ithyphallic celebrations on this glorious day! For me it’s been more subdued and introspective and I’ve largely been focused on the process of unfolding. One of the...
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This … is … Athens!
We saw 300: Rise of an Empire over the weekend. My thalassocracy sure rose! Like Galina says in her review and account of the real Artemesia of Hallikarnassos: As with Gods, this is why you don’t get...
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Kata ton daimona eautou
Portrait of Sannion as an oracular severed head by Galina Krasskova Liberalia 2014 Plato, Theages 129d Sokrates: And moreover, in regard to the Sicilian business, many will tell you what I said about...
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Polytheism is a beautiful thing
So I saw this comment in a discussion about Zeus: Then again those stories were written when men was in largely in power and men of power thought they can do what the gods can do. Which involved a lot...
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Just a few hours left!
Then we’ll have Gypsy and Monte on to chat about Hellenic community building and other interesting topics! Tune in at 10:00pm EST or call 347-308-8222 to ask questions! Tagged: hellenismos, wyrd ways...
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