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A Buddhist perspective on animal sacrifice
A while back I posted a guest piece by Adam at the Boukoleon on the parallel traditions of Bacchic Orphism and Tantra. Although not officially affiliated with the thiasos I find the guy fucking...
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Fundamentals
I feel as if I should explain a little more about why this is such a hardline issue for the thiasos. The thiasos of the Starry Bull is a specific group that was created to express the Bacchic Orphic...
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That question you just knew was coming up
Is human sacrifice part of the Bacchic Orphic tradition? Yup. That’s the one. Well, if you’ve read your Euripides, Pausanias, Plutarch, Apollodoros, Livy and Dionysios of Panopolis then you already...
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From Death comes Life
And must my trembling spirit fly into a world unknown? We’re all just following the light of long dead stars. Tagged: music
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The thiasos is now headless
I did not anticipate the intense resistance that Thursday’s announcement has been met with. I am unable to compromise when it comes to sacrifice as it is not just a traditional practice but central to...
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One last thing I wanted to say
I realized a while back that there was an inherent tension between a religious community and a mystery tradition and it’s extremely difficult to meet the demands that each necessitates. By trying to...
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Man, people are ridiculous
The comments on Hozier’s Take Me To Church are fucking hilarious. In case you haven’t heard it, the song is about breaking up with his girlfriend, which he compares to a loss of faith and god. The...
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Festival of wooliness or festival of the women of the wine-press?
I’ve always found it deeply problematic when people derive the name of Lenaia from the wine-press, because: none of our sources — visual or literary — show any involvement of the wine-press in this...
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Thunderstruck with wine
Philostratos the Elder, Imagines 1. 14 In Naples you may see the following in a painting: Bronte (Thunder), stern of face, and Astrape (Lightning) flashing light from her eyes, and raging fire from...
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Note that I didn’t deny a connection …
Oh sure. You instigate magical flame-wars and convince a bunch of people to do a blood rite to let a host of insane and amoral spirits into this world and a couple months later there’s reports of...
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Speaking of which …
Light[Ning]Illuminates posted this interesting comparison between Chod and certain experiences members of the thiasos of the Starry Bull have recounted. Included was this helpful warning: The way to...
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Speaking of insane and immoral spirits …
I was looking over this collection of sources on Dionysian thunder and lightning I compiled when something stood out for me: I call upon you, author of all creation who spread your own wings over the...
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That’s constructive
Sam Webster feels you’re an idiot if you don’t get on board with the pan-pagan agenda. Tagged: paganism
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Fuck you Rhyd Wildermuth! Fuck you for trying to do something amazing with...
Polytheist author and tireless social activist Rhyd Wildermuth orchestrated a successful fundraising campaign to heed the call of the goddess Arianrhod and now he’s getting a lot of flak from folks in...
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Let’s show these scrooges what polytheists are made of
They criticize our generosity and support of our own – so let’s do more of it! The sister of a member of our community is in need: Back in March of this year my husband found me in the middle of the...
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Hey Northeast folk!
Who’s coming to NYRDCON? for one day in November, diviners from a plethora of traditions will gather in Fishkill, NY to discuss their art, network, exchange knowledge, and learn new techniques. There...
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Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should...
As I mentioned a while back, one of the reasons that I don’t celebrate Christopher Columbus day is because I don’t really care for the first couple Harry Potter flicks. However, this theory has me...
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miasma breeds malaise
Although I have posted extensively on the topic of miasma (here, here, here, here, here, here, and here to name just a few) I was asked to provide a succinct definition of the concept. Well, here goes...
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I understand that he meant it as a criticism of the gods and sacrifice, but …
Clement of Alexandria, Exhortation to the Greeks Book II They beset human life after the manner of flatterers, allured by the sacrificial smoke. The daemons themselves admit this gluttony of theirs,...
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more search term poetry
solomon declares that it is better to go into the house of mourning than to enter the house of vines may it be your will, lord our god and god of our forefathers, that just as i have fulfilled and...
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