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Dionysos Epiphanes
Flowers changed everything. The angiosperms, as botanists call the plants that form flowers and then encase seeds, appeared during the Cretaceous period and they spread over the earth with stunning...
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Μαίρα
“The shepherds, made drunk by drinking immoderately, collapsed, and thinking that Icarius had given them some bad medicine, killed him with clubs. The dog Maera, howling over the body of the slain...
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Corona borealis
“When Ariadne wed Liber on the island of Dia, and all the gods gave her wedding gifts, she first received this crown as a gift from Venus and the Horae. But there is another tradition, as the author...
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The dead are stars in her crown
Up there in the snow and winter darkness Dionysos rules in the long night, while troops of maenads swarm around him, himself the choir leader for the dance of the fire-breathing stars and quick of...
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Libertà
Dver sent me a link to this amazing picture by fourmyle: Needless to say, it reminds me a lot of Arlecchino. The piece is entitled Prigioniero which I thought meant something like The Prisoner. Turns...
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The final day is always the hardest
This has been an intense and wonderful Anthesteria, especially last night. So much happened I couldn’t even begin to tell you about it (though the description of the opera in the last post? yeah, kinda...
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Expelling cares as well as Keres!
So one of the things that concerns me is that I kind of went overboard with Anthesteria. Things were already tight money-wise (my rent got raised, I’m taking a day off of work for the trip and I’ll be...
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The dead have departed; let’s see what the living are up to
I just carried out the last of the offerings and finished cleaning up (so many bottles!) and my apartment smells of wine and lentils and old incense. Divine. So I figured I’d go through and clear out...
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All honor to Erigone
Icarius offered a sample from his trial jarful to a party of shepherds in the Marathonian woods beneath Mount Pentelicus, who, failing to mix it with water, as Oenopion later advised, grew so drunk...
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Aiora
A yellow daffodil on the sidewalk in a puddle that reflects the half gnawed moon and scraggily branches of a barren tree, good for hanging a rope from. Such scenes are the genesis of the most poignant...
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Holiness is always dangerous
Pity the weary man, the sad clown, my sweet but insufferable cousin Pentheus. He was a feisty one, let me tell you. Fought hard until the very end. I do like when the prey has some spirit. The blood of...
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I have to say, I really like my little calendar
Sure, it’s a little silly to have a set of month names that only I use — but since I put a lot of initial thought and care into it’s construction, that means this calendar really reflects what’s going...
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This is a good place to live
In my neighborhood there’s a house with a giant wrought-iron spider for a gate and a silver disco ball, like fruit of the dancing queen, hanging from a tree as well as bleached white Venetian masks....
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Pretty!
Dver has posted some pictures from our Liberalia, Anthesteria and Lampteria observances here. Tagged: anthesteria, dionysos, festivals, lampteria, liberalia
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I’ve been negligent in my round-up duties
To begin with here is Melitta Benu’s brilliant guide on how to get started with the gods: Where in the world does one start? Even as someone to whom spirit-work and mediumship comes somewhat naturally,...
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A video in the spirit of Anthesteria
Tagged: anthesteria, ariadne, dionysos, festivals, heroes, music, spirits
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