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So my Bithynian Adversary observed: There have been other things written about Wiccanate privilege meanwhile on Patheos.com (go look and you’ll find them easily), and the “scare quotes” around the...
View ArticleSing out in praise of our gods and spirits!
Back on Liberalia I wrote: Another idea I had on my walk was for the thiasos to come up with some group prayers. In addition to prayers by individual authors I’d like to do a series similar to the hymn...
View ArticleLooking forward to chatting with you guys Thursday night!
I’ve decided that for the sake of ease and simplicity we’ll do our first group chat through Google’s chat program. Though it’s officially starting at 10:00pm Eastern Daylight Time I’ll turn mine on at...
View ArticleMedeia is not a shero
Apparently breastfeeding is sufficient to make one a shero these days. (And, just for clarification female heroes are heroines, not sheroes.) Before I have the mommy brigade up in arms let me just say...
View ArticleSome thoughts on wind-begotten Iakchos of the distaff
One of the most important sources of information on Tarentine religion and mythology are the coins minted by this powerful port city, especially since it left little in the way of ruins compared to the...
View ArticleWe can be heroes!
So why do I care if someone else thinks that giving birth and breastfeeding qualify them for heroic status? Because doing so muddies the waters and if that’s permitted to happen people won’t be able to...
View ArticleChat tonight at 10:00pm EST
We’ll be doing it through Google chat so contact me at sannion@gmail.com and I’ll invite you into the room. Though it’s mostly going to be focused on Starry Bull thiasos matters anyone is welcome to...
View ArticleI know who I want to party with.
There’s a really interesting conversation going on in the comments to a recent post by my Bithynian Adversary. Some of it has been very insightful, such as Lon Sarver’s comparison of how prominent...
View ArticleStay classy pagandom
Wow. Just about everything that’s wrong with contemporary paganism is on display in the comments to this post by Peg Aloi on folk musician slash Blue Star initiate slash Llewellyn author Kenny Klein...
View ArticleReposting the CFS for the Ares/Mars devotional
Bibliotheca Alexandrina is seeking submissions for a devotional anthology in honor of Ares, God of War and his Roman counterpart Mars, Father of Rome. Submissions will open February 1, 2014 and close...
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