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Wow, this week has wiped me out! It was a wonderful week, a wonderful festival, but almost too much all at once. I have some plans for my next blog post, some interesting links to round up, pics to share etc etc. But tonight, I’m just too tired, so I’m going have to leave you…
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Day Three – Khutroi the Day of Pots The Day of Pots was devoted to appeasing the dead. Vegetables, beans, and seeds were cooked together in one pot and left outside the house for any spirits wandering the night. Offering were also given to Hermes Khthonios, the Pyskhopomp, who guides souls to the Underworld. Presumably…
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this one I’ve used in my ritual for Dionysos before, and I intend to do so again tonight
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One of my favorite Pagan songs, of course about Athena and Arakhne.
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Day Two – Khoes, ‘Pitchers’ the Day of Swings The second day of Anthesteria is called Khoes, meaning Pitchers. It is also called the Day of Swings. Khoes was celebrated with drinking matches, which was rewarded with a skin of more wine. This day was erotic and sensual, and ghosts were believed to wander the…
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Friday was the scheduled Adoration of Aphrodite public ritual. It was a modern ritual that I wrote it because it was so close to Valentine’s Day. As much as I love Anthesteria, trying to pack it all into one evening would be a horrible injustice. It’s just to complex and varied to do so. Well…
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina is currently seeking submissions for three new anthologies. I’ll be submitting to all of these myself, but I am particularly excited about the one for Anubis and other Dog-headed Deities. Queen of the Sacred Way: A Devotional Anthology in Honor of Persephone is now open for submissions! We are interested in a wide…
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Anubis, at a basic level, is a guide. He guides us to the afterlife, and when we have lost our way. He cares for all lost souls. Anubis is a Messenger, carrying messages from the living to their deceased loved ones on the other side, and back again. In the last two years, Anubis has…
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Instead of reproducing here the essays and other works I’ve had published online in other places, I thought I’d share them in a list of links for folks to look at if they’d like. I’ll have to do another listing for the poetry eventually. Essays: An Introduction to Janus Asklepios the Physician Healing with Artemis…
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I’m very happy. Yesterday I received this beautiful painting of Athena. The artist’s name is Lykeia, and she still has a few painting available for sale. Her gorgeous renditions of Ares, Demeter and Poseidon are available here, where you can also take a look at some of her other artwork. Check her out! The other…
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Temple of Athena the Savior 