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Io Saturnalia! A ritual
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…
Posted in Rituals, Roman
Tagged ancient festivals, Bacchus, Dionysos, festivals, home cult, Janus, Ops, ritual, Rome, Saturn, Saturnalia, Sol Invictus
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Appeal to the Gate-keeper Gods
I wrote last month about how I was thinking about adopting P. Sufanas Virius Lupus’s idea of using prayers to Wepwawet, Hekate, and Janus at the beginning of rituals to open the way for the other Deities being honored and … Continue reading
Greco-Egyptian Noumenia Ritual
So, today is the Noumenia, the New month in the Greek Calendar. Although Noumenia means literally “New Moon”, it is not on what is astrologically called the new moon, which is really the dark moon. Rather, it occurs a few … Continue reading
Posted in Rituals
Tagged Agathos Daimon, Anubis, Artemis, Athena, greco-egyptian, Hermes, Hestia, Isis, Janus, noumenia, ritual, Selene, Zeus
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Io Saturnalia! A ritual
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Rituals
Tagged ancient festivals, Bacchus, Dionysos, festivals, home cult, Janus, Ops, ritual, Rome, Saturn, Saturnalia, Sol Invictus
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Some of my writings
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged Artemis, Asklepios, Athena, Hephaistos, Hera, Isis, Janus, my writings, myth, Ptah, Ptolemy Soter, ritual, Rome, Sobek
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