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Originally posted on Temple of Athena the Savior: Yesterday was the first day of the Roman festival of Saturnalia, the holiday from which most Christmas traditions are taken. It was the most popular Roman holiday, and all business was suspended for the week. It was a time of celebration and joy, and also an upturning…
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So tomorrow is the Winter Solstice, the longest night of the year. After tomorrow night, the days will slowly get longer, the nights shorter. The dark half of the year will flee, and we will have hope and light to look forward to. On the 22nd, I’m planning on getting up early to watch the…
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The following is selections about Saturnalia from the December chapter of Classical Living: Reconnecting with the Rituals of Ancient Rome: Myths, Gods, Goddesses, Celebrations, and Rites for Every Month of the Year by Frances Bernstein, Ph.D. Saturnalia, of course, is the origins of many of the traditions that are continued today in the Christmas season.…
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Homestead Update for November and the first half of December The beginning of November was still relatively warm, at least from the perspective of someone who is not only from the Michigan/Indiana area, but has gone four years without heat in their house in the heavy-lake-effect snow area around South Bend. Although most of the…
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Originally posted on Temple of Athena the Savior: Reposting Haides’ collage art because I just know I won’t get much more done for the GMC this month, between the homestead and the holidays …. Temple of Athena the Savior View original post
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UGH. I feel terrible for not getting enough writing done, for the God of the Month Club or otherwise. It’s been a really rough couple of months. I think I’m finished with Poseidon, and I hardly covered Haides but I think after a couple of more posts I’ll let that slide this time. I’m rolling…
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Other Sea Gods and Goddesses “In the waves the Sea-gods (Di Caerulei) dwelt, Aegeon . . . ambiguous Proteus, Triton with his horn; and Doris and her daughters [the Nereides] might be seen, and some were swimming, some on fishes rode, or sat on rocks to dry their sea-green hair.” — Ovid. Metamorphoses 2. 6…
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Originally posted on Gangleri's Grove: Ok, folks, I’m reaching out for help for this project. I wrote the novena book “Honoring the Mothers’ (which will be available soon), because I kept feeling pushed by Hermes and Dionysos to do something for Their Mothers. Then I realized that while many of these women had cultus in…
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Originally posted on rotwork / tlapalatequiti: Premonition by Jan Harrison I may or may not get a chance to collaborate with someone on some kind of mourning ritual/project this year, but either way, I will be observing it. I have it in my head to make papier mache masks of recently extinct (or due-to-soon-be-extinct species),…
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