I have decided to celebrate Samhainn–opening my year as a Druid Apprentice–with a rite honoring Demeter, Persephone, and Hades. It seems appropriate since not only is Samhainn traditionally a time to celebrate the dead, when the gates of the underworlds are thrown open and the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the [...]
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Struggling With Samhainn
Posted in Spirituality, tagged Theism, Spirituality, Religion, Liturgy, God, Internet, Marriage, Prayer, Paganism, Druidry, Gods, Mythology, Halloween, Nature, AODA, New Year, Death, Polytheism, Hellenic Polytheism, Goddess, Life, Neopaganism, Greek Mythology, Creativity, Myth, Spring, Fall, Ancient Order of Druids in America, Ritual, Celebration, Winter, Wheel of the Year, Hades, Immortality, Sunday, Earth, Motherhood, Alcohol, Autumn, Samhain, Harvest, Initiation, Underworld, Persephone, Proserpine, Plants, ADF, Samhainn, Samhuinn, Pluto, Ceres, Apples, Rite, Jaegermeister, Eleusinian Mysteries, New Eleusinian Mysteries, Mystery Rite, Mystery Religion, Geocities, Cross-Quarter Days, Celtic New Year on October 29, 2009 | 8 Comments »
May The Libations Resume
Posted in Spirituality, tagged Ancient Greece, Faith, God, Goddess, Goddesses, Gods, Greek Mythology, Hellenic Polytheism, Hellenismos, Internet, Paganism, Polytheism, Religion on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sponde!, an excellent and user-friendly introduction to Hellenic polytheism as a living faith, is back online again at a new site. If you are interested in a hands-on approach to the gods and goddesses of ancient Hellas, it is an excellent first step. It has my stamp of approval, for what its worth, [...]
My Prayer Calendar
Posted in Spirituality, tagged Aphrodite, Apollo, Apollon, Ares, Army, Artemis, Bacchus, Beauty, Belief, Christianity, Diana, Dionysos, Dionysus, Family, Faunus, Friday, God, Goddess, Gods, Greek Myth, Greek Mythology, Hellenic Polytheism, Hellenismos, Hera, Herakles, Hercules, Hermes, Hestia, Hiking, Home, Infantry, Interfaith Marriage, Jove, Juno, Jupiter, Liturgy, Marriage, Mars, Mercury, Military, Monday, Myth, Mythology, National Guard, Neopaganism, Norse Polytheism, Odin, Paganism, Pan, Polytheism, Prayer, Procrastination, Reconstructionism, Religion, Ritual, Sacrifice, Saturday, Sex, Spirituality, Sunday, Theoi, Thursday, Tuesday, Venus, Vesta, War, Wednesday, Wild, Wilderness, Worship, Zeus on September 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Taking a suggestion from the now-defunct (but excellent and accessible) Sponde: Hands-On Hellenism website, I decided to put together a personal calendar for prayer and worship. The idea was really to just get started and dive in, rather than to agonize over just the right way to set it all up. I can [...]
The Lizard King Can Do Anything
Posted in Music, Spirituality, tagged Alcohol, Aldous Huxley, Bacchae, Bacchus, Catharsis, Chaos, Church, Classic Rock, Cult, Danny Sugerman, Delia Morgan, Dionysian, Dionysos, Dionysus, Drama, Ecstasy, Elvis, Elvis Presley, Entheogen, Euripides, God, Gods, Greek Mythology, Hellenic Polytheism, Hero, James George Frazer, Jane Ellen Harrison, Jim Morrison, Magic, Music, Mysticism, Myth, Mythology, Neopaganism, Nietzche, Olympus, Paganism, Pan, Paris, Patricia Kennealy, Persephone, Philosophy, Polytheism, Proserpine, Ray Manzarek, Religion, Ritual, Rock, Rock and Roll, Sacrifice, Shaman, Shamanism, Shrine, Snakes, Spirituality, Symbolism, The Bacchae, The Doors, The Golden Bough, Theater, Theatre, TV, Violence, Vision, Wicca, Wine, Worship on September 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I came across a pretty cool essay on Jim Morrison and Dionysus, and the pagan spiritual implications of Morrison’s life, music, philosophy, and his unique and fascinating madness. It gets a little closer to what I was trying to write a few days ago about the Lizard King. With all due respect and [...]
The Blue Bus Is Calling Us
Posted in Music, Spirituality, tagged Rebirth, Spirituality, Art, Music, God, Paganism, Mysticism, Gods, Death, Polytheism, Hellenic Polytheism, Dionysus, Neopaganism, Greek Mythology, Intoxication, Ecstasy, Dionysian, Prophet, Magic, Magick, The Doors, Jim Morrison, Rock and Roll, Spirit, Bacchus, Hades, Greek Myth, Power, Liberation, Rebellion, The End, Nietzche, Shaman, Shamanism, Elysium, Afterlife, Black Magic on September 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have been tossing around this idea for awhile, but haven’t written much about it because I haven’t really done the research to write something good, something that will capture the idea that is looming in my head. But I want to jot down the idea now. Later on I will flesh it [...]
Worship And The Pagan Gods
Posted in Spirituality, tagged Christianity, Church, God, Goddess, Gods, Greco-Roman Polytheism, Greek Mythology, Heavenly Father, Hellenic Polytheism, Holy Ghost, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Kharis, Mormonism, Mysticism, Myth, Mythology, Neopagan, Neopaganism, Pagan, Paganism, Polytheism, Religion, Spirituality, Worship on September 7, 2009 | 21 Comments »
I was a faithful Mormon for nearly three decades, and while I definitely busied myself spiritually, and tried to be close to Heavenly Father, I never actually wanted to worship him. Worship in Mormonism is problematic anyway: in my experience Mormonism is much more about trying to experience certain things, trying to feel the Holy [...]
Hera The Mother
Posted in Spirituality, tagged Aphrodite, Children, Demeter, Divinity, Family, God, Goddess, Godhood, Greek Myth, Greek Mythology, Hellenic Polytheism, Hera, Juno, Lightning, Love, Marriage, Motherhood, Myth, Mythology, Neopaganism, Paganism, Polytheism, Prayer, Relationship, Religion, Ritual, Sacrifice, Sex, Spirituality, Venus, Worship on September 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I have thought a great deal about Hera over the past few months, and I must say that I am developing some fairly intense spiritual feelings about her. So intense that it’s like my heart can’t really pin them down. They’re too overwhelming for me to really be able to contain, so it’s like they [...]
Ocean Goddess
Posted in Spirituality, tagged Aphrodite, Beach, God, Goddess, Greek Mythology, Hellenic Polytheism, Land, Liminality, Myth, Mythology, Neopaganism, Ocean, Paganism, Polytheism, Poseidon, Prayer, Ritual, Sea, Sky, Spirituality on September 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I am looking out over the Atlantic from Key Largo, with the morning sun playing brilliantly over the waves, glittering like a sea of soft jewels, and the experience is profound. I am keenly aware that the sea is Poseidon’s realm, and that he has power over and a presence in all places where the [...]
Why It Matters Whether Mormons Are Christian
Posted in Religion, Uncategorized, tagged Roman Catholicism, Evil, Dishonesty, Blogging, Religion, Mormonism, Evangelicalism, Christianity, Bible, Politics, God, Theology, Church, History, Conversion, Protestantism, Jesus Christ, Latter-day Saints, LDS, Faith, Reading, Teaching, Belief, Truth, Fear, Soteriology, Salvation, Jehovah's Witness, Semantics, Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Missionary Work, Public Relations, Persecution, Interfaith Dialogue, Description, Sociology, Protestant, Conservative Christianity, Slander, Lutheran, Southern Baptist, Roman Catholic Church, Catholicism, Framing, Presidential Campaign, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Mitt Romney on August 19, 2009 | 13 Comments »
The question of whether Mormons can be considered Christian is fairly central to interfaith dialogue, and is significant enough to have garnered national attention during the 2008 presidential campaign. It comes up every now and then on Tim’s most excellent blog, and as an ex-Mormon non-Christian who is nevertheless widely read and confident in [...]
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