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The Winter Solstice issue of EHS is out! I have an essay published in it regarding Dionysus in Euripides’ The Bacchae, which I will reproduce below. However, you really should go check it out. There is a lot of beautiful poetry, an essay about Aphrodite, reviews, fiction, and other interesting things. — The Bacchae is…
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I’ve been thinking about household worship. This is not surprising, I suppose, since I am about to move. But I’m not really changing households. Essentially, I am the child going away to college, although in my case I will be moving back in with my father and brother for the school year, and in the…
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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 of the social order. More information is available…
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Galina Krasskova has finally released her devotional to Sekhmet! It is titled When The Lion Roars: A Devotional to the Egyptian Goddess Sekhmet, and can be obtained at lulu.com . I had two small poems accepted, but I can’t wait to read the rest of the volume! “Sekhmet the Lion-headed Goddess was venerated in…
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Occupy Everything! Jason at the Wild Hunt comes out in support of the Occupy movement Living the Heroic Life: the Real World has no Ending Pete at the Aspis of Ares laments the lack of Ares stuff in the Pagan community Jason at the Wild Hunt reports on an 11-year-old Pagan beginning harassed by his…
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In ancient Alexandria, every year a great festival, called the Feast of Lamps, was held for Neith, the primordial Goddess of Lower Egypt. Herodotus tells us that the celebrants burned uncountable numbers of candles and lamps in an outdoor feast that lasted all night. This year that date fell on Wednesday (the 30th), but…
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Apollo’s day follows His sister Artemis’, just as His birth followed Hers. As She is Goddess of the moon, Apollo is the God of the sun. Of course, both these Deities are much bigger than these single manifestations. But the sun and moon are constants in the sky, there for us to gaze upon and…
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Today is the 6th of the lunar month, the day in the Athenian calendar sacred to Artemis. The moon is waxing, shaped into the form of the Virgin Huntress’ bow. Remember Her today, and tonight when the moon’s gentle light shines on you, say a prayer of thanks to Leto’s glorious daughter. Over the shadowy…
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Confessions of a Former Otherkin Sannion at the House of Vines is having a literary agon to celebrate the establishment of his local public library. There are 4 categories, poetry, essay, story, and visual arts. One prize will be awarded for each category. Dateline for submissions is January 1st. Check out this post for more…
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