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Myth
“I will always find you,” he whispers as she slips through the mirror and disappears. Calliope music fills the air, strange and dark, as the carnies break down the tents. The clowns are already drunk;...
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Last night
The chat was full of cock. I’m sorry I missed it. To answer a question raised during it: the merchandise page is just there so thiasos folk can list the goods and services they offer and support our...
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Bromios
The pandemonium in which Dionysos, himself, and his divine entourage make their entry–that pandemonium which the human horde, struck by his spirit, unleashes–is a genuine symbol of religious ecstasy....
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I forgot what I was going to call this post, but at least I’m no longer thirsty!
Since Apollon was admitted into the Starry Bull pantheon I suppose it’s only natural that I’ve been thinking a lot about his mother and her relationship to Bacchic Orphism. The two of them are rather...
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Let their memory not fade into oblivion
And for those in the thiasos who honor the trans dead among the retinue of Dionysos, it might prove helpful to bring Leto into that work: Leto took pity on Galateia because of her unremitting and...
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We are nothing if not polyvalent
As far as the hieros logos of the Starry Bull goes, you’ve got several options (such as this, this, this, this, and this) as well as this passage (Dionysiaka 12.138-171-244) from Nonnos: Since then...
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The Tragic Story
Or Every time you create sacred space you make baby Zagreus cry. Remember how I was discussing Orpheus’ ritual reenactment of the titanic sparagmos? I think every time we make sacred space that’s what...
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I act like an ass to frighten giants
I’m about six foot and three hundred mumble mumble lbs. By definition any god who is taking up residence in my corpus has to be, if only for the temporary duration they are doing so, smaller than...
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Divine with the Muses
Here’s a form of bibliomancy I came up with for the Mousai, using verses from some of the top authors in their respective genres: Kalliope – (Epic) Homer Klio – (History) Herodotos Euterpe – (Elegy)...
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Those who don’t remember the dead deserve to be forgotten by their descendants
PSVL has argued that some form of ancestor veneration is not just important but a defining characteristic of traditional and contemporary polytheisms across the globe: One can’t really do this type of...
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Gratitude
As a way of thanking polytheists who are serving their country through active military duty, my partner Galina is offering to send them prayer cards and copies of her Sanngetall Press books for free,...
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Maybe I’m just like my father, too bold
Saw the following on The Wild Hunt this morning: Yesterday was the funeral for slain teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Throughout the country, vigils were held in solidarity with Brown’s...
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Dig if you will
In my post on Columbia I included a link and an excerpt from an article Alison Leigh Lilly (who assures us that she is an animist polytheist not a naturist) had written a couple years ago expressing...
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No good deed
I was contacted by a person who goes by Marie Benoit, Kerra Eivor, thelandofthesevenhorizons and no doubt a number of other online aliases. They claimed to be looking for information on Dionysos and...
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Sic transit gloria mundi
Galina’s latest Honoring the Ancestors: A Basic Guide is out: To many polytheists ancestor work is crucial to having healthy, deeply engaged, productive spirituality. It provides a foundation, a...
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More questions for the archiboukolos
Over the last couple months I’ve been doing a semi-regular series of posts where I answer people’s questions about the theology, practice and organizational structure of the thiasos of the Starry Bull...
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Boy does Dionysos get around: pop culture edition
Things have been pretty heavy around here lately, so here are some glimpses of Dionysos through the lens of pop culture. Here he is in The Smurfs: Episode Paradise Smurfed from Season One. Bacchus at...
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Interfaith work: necessary or distracting?
Rynn Fox asked a number of polytheists and pagans to share their answers to the question “is interfaith work necessary or a distraction” with the Wild Hunt audience. Here is my response: I think it...
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Reminder about 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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But there’s no reason for this to turn into some kind of petty vendetta
I was really touched by something I read this morning about the always classy Classicist Mary Beard: Speaking in an interview with the New Yorker magazine, Beard revealed the pair had remained in touch...
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