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When you’re strange faces come out of the rain
So I was looking over the latest installment of Pagan Community Notes at the Wild Hunt, which you can find here:...
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Loxias
On Thursday, August 7th the thiasos of the Starry Bull will be having a discussion about our upcoming festival in honor of Hekate at the usual time and place, 9:30pm EDT via Skype chat. And on Monday,...
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the blood probably belonged to some other poor creature
Jack Faust discusses that time when some Dead Kings of the Furious Host stopped by for dinner: While Sannion was discussing the Feast of Dionysian Kings, and how to proceed with it, he brought up...
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The retinue of Dionysos
Think of it like this: they are a huge swarm of spirits, with Dionysos at the center. Around him are the gods, nymphs, satyrs and heroes of myth. Then you’ve got his devotees and initiates. But...
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Where’s my submarine?
A friend was getting a reading recently and I apparently came up. Here’s the description of the card that signified me, from the Tarot of the Silicon Dawn: Yeah. That’s me. Edited to add – And here’s...
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delectation
Markos shares his experience of the Feast of Dionysian Kings: My cat is a loud, bossy thing that delights in getting in my way when I cook, so I feed him before cooking so he satisfied. This always...
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let the homosepuoi perform the consecration
Inscription from Selinous SEG XLIV 783 Column A: … leaving behind … but let the homosepuoi perform the consecration. Traces in a rasura. (ll. 7ff.) … the hiara, the sacrifices (are to be performed)...
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Óski’s Gift
“To his friend a man should bear him as friend, and gift for gift bestow, laughter for laughter let him exchange.” (Hávamál 42) Twice a year our household makes a charitable donation to a worthy cause...
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My own Dionysian King
I was contacted by Matthew Gerlach, who doesn’t consider himself a member of the thiasos, but wanted to share his thoughts on one of the Satyrs honored as part of our pantheon and his celebration of...
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Accept no imitation
In celebration of the release of her new site Bird Spirit Land, Dver is running a sale on all of her unique, one of a kind magical crafts and you can get the coupon here. Tagged: magic
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Together we are stronger; together we can create a better community
If you liked the conversation Galina and I were having with the host of Pagans Tonight I linked to in my post So Change The World, tune into Wyrd Ways tonight as we’ve invited her on to continue it....
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A plea from your archiboukolos
Apparently another cat fell into a murderous possession during the Feast of Dionysian Kings (the others can be found here and here.) This one is reported to have growled “Help … Ruadhán … help …...
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There’s no such thing as normal. Everybody’s weird.
If this wasn’t so steampunk I’d consider making it the theme song of the thiasos of the Starry Bull. Tagged: music
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Polytheism fuck yeah!
Some really cool shit’s going on in the polytheist community. In addition to this nice round-up Galina did (be sure to check out the project Camilla announced), there’s also the subscription contest...
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Hekatesia
For those curious about what to do for the thiasos’ Hekatesia festival on August 13th check out this post by Emily, which summarizes what we came up with in last night’s chat. Tagged: festivals,...
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How we came up with the thiasos Hekatesia
PSVL asked a question which I’m sure is on the minds of a lot of a people, “Why was August 13th chosen for the Hekatesia?” We went into that a little bit in the chat (which you can read the log of...
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Speaking of traditions …
This sacred icon was bequeathed to me by a colleague and priest of kindred mysteries. It is so holy that I am going to wrap it in protective cloth and only reveal it in person to select initiates....
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May take a week and it may take longer
Dionysos and his Dead can be found even at Patheos. Tagged: dionysos, heroes
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Monday’s chat has been postponed
Unfortunately our guest of honor had to bow out because of a family emergency, so once things are settled again we’ll have her in to speak about Apollo Soranos. As for sorting out the date of the...
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you lead into the madness of revel and dance
Orphic Hymn 52. To the God of the Triennial Feast Incense: Aromatic Herbs I call upon you, blessed, many-named and frenzied Bacchos, Bull-horned Nysian redeemer, god of the wine-press, conceived in...
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