tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29295274873763843132024-02-19T11:07:00.148-05:00Ariadne in ExileMusings, poetry and maenadic rantsAriadne in Exilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992290223345594599noreply@blogger.comBlogger136125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929527487376384313.post-65716696788197892912023-09-16T22:55:00.000-04:002023-09-16T22:55:32.972-04:00The 77 Adorations of Ariadne<p><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">I conceived this project over 5 years ago. I was inspired by Sannion's 99 Adorations of Dionysos, which I am fond of using devotionally, and thought it would be nice to have an accompanying set of adorations for Ariadne. There's less sources to draw upon for Ariadne's titles and myths, so 77 seemed to be a reasonable and worthy goal. Most of these lines were written in a couple bursts while contemplating and researching. Others were revealed later. The last couple were completed during my most recent celebration of my late summer festival for Ariadne and the Mountain Mother. During this festival, I camp in a remote place alone in the woods and do ecstatic ritual under the stars. I took some time to edit and rearrange the lines, and this is the final result. Many lines reference myth (considering her as both an ancient goddess and also as a mortal princess of Crete), others are more poetic, and a few were revealed either by UPG or by my tradition's understanding and experience of Ariadne, but I don't think any of those latter are too much of a stretch. </span></p><p><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I was asked how I use these...</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">The way I most often use them is repeating the full set as a prayer towards the beginning of a ritual to both praise that divinity and call to mind/focus on their broad nature and various aspects. I love the repetition of "I adore you...", it feels very intimate - naming them as beloved, while also having a rhythm that invites an altered state of consciousness. Sometimes I do it slowly and thoughtfully, sometimes more quickly and theatrically. I have used prayer beads with a set of Adorations, too, sometimes as a daily devotional thing when I'm not feeling spontaneous or don't have something more specific in mind. But one could meditate on one line at a time, if they wished, even using it as a mantra or reciting it a certain number of times. I have also considered writing them all down on slips of paper or cards and drawing one at random per day for guidance or contemplation. I'm sure there's other way they could be used. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-01131137-7fff-eeb7-ad0d-2446d5e12f85"><ol style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you most holy one</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you Lady of the labyrinth</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you who bids us walk the path</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you wielding snakes</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you pure in the underworld</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you who nurses the chthonic child</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you who anoints the baetyl stone</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you priestess of the Mountain Mother</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you bestower of epiphany</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you of the ritual sacrifice</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you swinging among trees</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you wild and untamed</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you moon child</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you daughter of Minos</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you dwelling in deepest caves</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you whose voice is like the hum of bees</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you princess of Crete</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you light in the dark</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you leaping over bulls</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you sister of Asterion and Glaukos</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you who wields the two-sided axe</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you alighting on mountain cliffs</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you with wine dark eyes</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you muse of Daedalus</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you who dances gracefully on pavilions</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you who stands between two worlds</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you who offers the ball of thread</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you of the ever-winding wheel</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you whose lips taste like honey</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you who guides the hero</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you of the many-tiered skirt</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you bare-breasted one</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you shrouded in dittany smoke</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you speaking prophecies</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you who freed the Minotaur</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you born upon the sea</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you who surrenders to fate</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you who is remembered at the center</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you fractal longing</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you who delights in roses</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you who leaves everything safe behind</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you abandoned on Naxos</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you who summons the storm</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you mad with ecstasy</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you roused by the god who comes</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you riding a panther</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you hanging girl</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you whose nature is untouchable</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you wife of Dionysos</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you inviter to bliss</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you holy vessel</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you who endures deep sorrow</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you Ariadne-Aphrodite</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you wearing a wreath of plany flowers</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you bound and unbound</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you mother of paradox</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you weaver of stories</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you of the birthing cry</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you who bears the grape</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you punished by Artemis</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you with beautiful braids of hair</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you who unwinds trauma</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you who casts a net of dreams</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you who knows the ways of the spider</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you queen of the maenads</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you heart of the Underground</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you unconditional love</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you who welcomes the weary initiate</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you wearing a starry crown</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you utterly clear in the heavens</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you protector of tradition</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you soul of life indestructible</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you who achieved apotheosis</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you who meanders through my heart</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you who holds up a mirror</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you beloved of Bakkhos</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-wrap: wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">I adore you my Goddess</span></p></li></ol><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><br /></span>Ariadne in Exilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992290223345594599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929527487376384313.post-34424323264795851472023-05-29T16:07:00.000-04:002023-05-29T16:07:13.510-04:00Aletheia in the Well<p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"> I discovered these two captivating pieces of art in the same week. One is a late 19th century painting by Jean-<span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Léon</span> Gerome, which I found immediately striking. The other is a recently released song by Esben and the Witch. So interesting how they seem to pair together well. (No pun intended.) I'm pondering the implications.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-33331dfc-7fff-7b5e-3952-573dc3c68585"></span><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1LnJwbBhzZEHU2ObuZ-ZeSE4O76jdYKOqpI5bp6SPvDRM_veXndgnZnav8-pdmCpLKtKaC2YhNdkmOpyFznm86b8mTQ8lTKHfOTRtYrGH13C_Wq-Xx7ysrtsMvIHNb0cyW_wZSWSgWCUrSinOTqQFgLG48Yc-LIT1zAEYnDn3Z2JGGaGOMI355BcTpA/s1021/Truth%20Coming%20Out%20of%20Her%20Well.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1021" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1LnJwbBhzZEHU2ObuZ-ZeSE4O76jdYKOqpI5bp6SPvDRM_veXndgnZnav8-pdmCpLKtKaC2YhNdkmOpyFznm86b8mTQ8lTKHfOTRtYrGH13C_Wq-Xx7ysrtsMvIHNb0cyW_wZSWSgWCUrSinOTqQFgLG48Yc-LIT1zAEYnDn3Z2JGGaGOMI355BcTpA/s320/Truth%20Coming%20Out%20of%20Her%20Well.jpeg" width="251" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"> <i>Truth Coming Out of Her Well</i> by Jean-<span id="docs-internal-guid-33331dfc-7fff-7b5e-3952-573dc3c68585"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Léon</span> Gerome</p></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jxaKaNRgEJM" width="320" youtube-src-id="jxaKaNRgEJM"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">"The Well" by Esben and the Witch</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p></p>Ariadne in Exilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992290223345594599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929527487376384313.post-77264840335533719442023-03-10T00:36:00.000-05:002023-03-10T00:36:45.814-05:00Anthesteria '23 in Medium Format Film<span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">My partner (who has taught himself quite a bit about photography over the years) has been sharing his hobby with me. Happy to rely on his expertise and just point and shoot, I've been admittedly lazy about learning the more technical aspects, but I'm getting there. Recently he gifted me a medium format camera of my own: an old Seagull twin lens reflex camera. Truth be told, I have been a bit enamored of this type of camera since a friend of mine bought a Rolleiflex some years ago. There's something aesthetically and nostalgically alluring about it. I love how you look down into the view finder and you're in a mirror world. It's got weight, and intentionality... which is much the same reason I like vinyl records, I suppose. You think about the media more. You commit to it. And in the process, you treasure it a bit more. This is the first time I've taken this particular camera for a spin, and the result was better than expected. Especially since I was guessing on the aperture and shutter speed settings for the first couple pics, as I was alone and had left my cell phone (with its digital light meter app) in the car by accident. </span><div><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"> I do hope to blog more about this year's festival in more detail, but in the meantime here's some images.
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</div>Ariadne in Exilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992290223345594599noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929527487376384313.post-52719438261558419122022-11-02T15:57:00.001-04:002022-11-02T15:57:43.466-04:00You were there, in the labyrinth...<p><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">Stumbled across this song while stoned on my first batch of <a href="https://www.420magazine.com/community/threads/recipe-north-indian-cannabis-milk-drink-a-great-use-of-fresh-fan-leaves-or-trim.182528/" target="_blank">bhang</a> that I made using cannabis leaves that my partner and I grew this year. (For some reason that seems like an important detail.) Although the song is called "You With Air", and that is the phrase being sampled, all I hear is "You were there, in the labyrinth..." I'm going with it. </span></p><p><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">The music video is very trippy. Esoptron/mirror vibes. </span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RWHExTU8DJ8" width="320" youtube-src-id="RWHExTU8DJ8"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p>Ariadne in Exilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992290223345594599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929527487376384313.post-19714290811764203952022-08-31T23:45:00.000-04:002022-08-31T23:45:21.016-04:00Holy Dread<i><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">I can’t recall this topic being written about elsewhere, but I’m really curious if others have experienced this phenomenon. As far as I know, I made up the term “holy dread”, but given my poor memory I could be wrong - so I hope someone will correct me if I’m mistaken, or let me know if there’s already another term for this out there! </span></i><div><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">Holy dread is something that I first remember experiencing in 2014, although it’s possible it happened before that and it just wasn’t as dramatically on my radar. I had gone up to my sacred mountains, the Mogollon Rim in Arizona, to perform a ritual for Ariadne, Dionysos and the Mountain Mother. I wrote about the experience <a href="https://ariadneinexile.blogspot.com/2014/07/where-edge-of-world-meets-stars.html">here</a>, and back then I described feeling…
<b>“a temptation to distract myself with something innocuous, and underlying that… a bubbling up of something terrifying.” </b></span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">At the time, I wrote it off as a sort of grief-fueled existential crisis. But I just journaled about it and went ahead with the ritual as planned. </span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">The next year I went up again to repeat the observance, as I felt it had been quite powerful, especially doing it in the summer with the Corona Borealis overhead. I added to it a bit, and decided to invite the spirit of my husband to join in. (I also did some other work to connect with him before the main ritual.) </span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"> This time, the feeling of dread was SO strong leading up to it, that I remember recording a video of myself on my phone “just in case” I didn’t make it through to the other side of the ritual. I knew it was a silly thought, but I couldn’t shake it. That ritual turned out to be incredibly powerful - what I feel was an initiation and blessing from the gods upon me and my husband both. </span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">I will also usually feel holy dread during Anthesteria before my Khoes rites, and sometimes during other festivals like Lenaia. </span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">So how would I describe holy dread? It’s like <b>a weighted sense of impending and inexplicable doom that directly precedes an important ritual, trial or spiritual work. </b> The level of holy dread can sometimes be correlated with how powerful the ritual turns out to be, but not necessarily. The weight is lifted at some point once the ritual is started. (Or I would assume, if you chose to not go through with it- although I’ve never done that.) </span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">I’ve experienced holy dread for rituals both indoor in controlled circumstances and outdoors in nature. But it’s only ever been before rituals that have a strong ecstatic element and involve entheogens or altered states of consciousness. However, I don’t think it’s just the knowledge that I’ll be partaking of entheogens that causes the dread. The feeling is distinct from the sort of nervous butterflies or trepidation I’ve experienced before using psychedelics recreationally. It could be something to do with the ecstatic element - the knowing that I will be giving up some measure of control and putting myself in the hands of the gods and spirits. </span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">When I experienced it most recently a couple weeks ago, I was by now very acquainted with the feeling, but it STILL completely bowled me over. It was so pronounced, that I was genuinely concerned for my well-being. That’s how intense it was. I kept thinking, what if this was actual intuition this time, warning me to stop? What if this was in fact a bad idea? Were the gods trying to tell me to stop before I even started? </span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">So of course, discernment comes in really handy here. In this case, I performed some divination and got the green light. I also recorded a video of myself on my phone again, which is weirdly soothing. It puts a light/mirror to your own fears, and it pacifies the thinking-mind to say things out loud and put it “on record”. </span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">Note:
When I googled “holy dread”, I re-discovered that it’s a phrase in Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan”. It’s a poem I’ve been familiar with since my teenage years so perhaps that’s where my subconscious mind grabbed it from. Apparently it's also the title of an appropriately atmospheric track from The Fountain soundtrack (one of my favorite films) - so I figured I’ll share that here:</span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yvBTsI5KCY8" width="320" youtube-src-id="yvBTsI5KCY8"></iframe></span></div><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>Ariadne in Exilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992290223345594599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929527487376384313.post-15143584891608723342022-01-12T00:14:00.003-05:002022-08-31T23:47:06.033-04:002022 Festival Calendar<p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Historically I've not been great at sticking to a festival calendar, with the exception of Lenaia and Anthesteria (those I've been observing consistently for over 10 years). It's helped in the past when a festival calendar has been shared with a community, but lately I've been wanting to settle on a calendar that only includes things that feel more personally meaningful. And indeed, some of these are ONLY meaningful to me. We'll see how this sticks, but now that I'm currently finishing up the last bit of work to complete my clinical herbalist program, I'm looking forward to having more time and energy for devotional work.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Having mirror festivals in October was based on a conversation with a friend/co-religionist in my tradition. We observed the parallels of Anthesteria with observances like Samhain, and they mentioned the idea of having another festival that mirrors Lenaia. I love this idea, and I'm thinking it might blend well into an </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Oschophoria-type observance. We'll see... this is not fully fleshed out yet. I suspect I'll be figuring it out as I go along.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="text-decoration-line: underline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">2022 Festival Calendar</span></span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-798fd847-7fff-22c3-114d-282c6da45cb9"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Jan 14 (sunset) - Jan 18th (sunset) - Lenaia</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Feb 11 (sunset) - Feb 14th (sunset) - Anthesteria</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">March 12 (sunset) - March 20th (sunset) - City Dionysia</span></span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">March 20th - Spring equinox: Bacchic Orphic Egg Hunt?</span></span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">April 28-May 2nd (solar) - Floralia</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">May 4th - Alice Day</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">May 6-14th - Elevation Ceremony/Days of Remembrance for Anthony</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">June 2nd - Khariteia: Festival of the Graces</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">July 3rd - Dies Mortis of Jim Morrison</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Near Full moon in July (13th) - Festival of Ariadne & the Mountain Mothers</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Aug 8 - Day of the Beloved Trickster</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Sept 21-23 - Festival of Orpheus: Poetry, prophecy, music, and honoring tradition</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Oct 3-5 - Oschophoria / Mirror Lenaia: Fire mysteries, honoring the last harvest, sacrifice, beginning the underworld descent</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Oct 31-Nov 2 - Days of the Dead / Mirror Anthesteria</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Nov 4th - Looking Glass Day</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Nov 24th - Lampteria </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Dec 21st - Winter Solstice/Yule</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Dec 22 - 31st - Festival of the Toys</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Jan 1st - Kalends</span></span></p><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">I'm also assigning each month to some deeper work with each of the Toys of Dionysos, with my birth month reserved for the Agathos Daimon and December honoring all the Toys. Funny how Esoptron very naturally falls in October.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-1f9dd473-7fff-ec5a-a4f4-1419fbf7a67d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Jan: Sphaira</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Feb: Astragaloi</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Mar: Trochos</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Apr: Rhombos</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">May: Strobilos</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Jun: Krotala</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Jul: Paignia</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Aug: Pokos</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Sep: Mela</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Oct: Esoptron</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Nov: The Agathos Daimon</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Dec: All the Toys</span></span></p><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div></span></span></div></span>Ariadne in Exilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992290223345594599noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929527487376384313.post-79918816997325381392021-01-29T23:28:00.003-05:002021-01-29T23:28:34.367-05:00When Theater Becomes Worship<p><span id="docs-internal-guid-9e1a7cd6-7fff-5bc4-0236-d2a4fbf301f8"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am in absolute awe of this production of The Bacchae performed by the Teatro Oficina in </span><span id="docs-internal-guid-8570b78e-7fff-a4d1-315f-5fd7a835205d"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">São Paulo</span></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">,</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Brazil. I can't recall if someone recommended it to me, or if I stumbled upon it, but it's been on my list to watch for over a year after watching an hour of it last year, and then I finally watched the whole thing over the most recent Lenaia. (No mean feat, considering it's an epic 5 hours long - but totally worth it.) </span></span></span></p><p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I can't imagine anything like this being performed in the U.S. It feels like the closest thing we could get to seeing how things might have been performed in Ancient Greece. Not because of the setting (most of it takes place in an building, albeit a really unconventional one), but because of the way it feels like devotional theater, like being part of a huge public ritual. There's nods to Brazil's Carnival tradition in the production, which only adds to it. But I can't imagine that these people were NOT overtaken with Dionysian ecstasy while doing this. And I can't imagine that anyone who wasn't in love with Dionysos would have gone through the effort of putting together something this madly ambitious. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Warning: Extremely NSFW. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LInR5MozrsE" width="320" youtube-src-id="LInR5MozrsE"></iframe></span></div><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I was able to dig up <a href="https://thetheatretimes.com/bacantes-bacchae-best-theatre-world/">an article about the theater company</a>, in case you were as curious as I was. Now visiting this theater is a new travel goal of mine.</span><div><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><p><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div>Ariadne in Exilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992290223345594599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929527487376384313.post-41597595833699629672021-01-22T22:34:00.016-05:002022-08-31T23:48:07.580-04:00Activities for Lenaia<p><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">Lenaia falls on January 25-28th this year. It will be my 11th year observing! Here’s some ideas for celebrating and observing that I came up with for my students.</span></span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-6b76ba94-7fff-aff3-58be-35aae0458b10"><span><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Watch Dionysian-themed movies and plays </span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mix wine with water for both drinking and offering (You could do this throughout the festival, although typically I only do it during my formal rites on the last day)</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Set up a mask on a pillar to represent Dionysos - decorate with draping cloth, lights, ivy, etc - put an offering bowl in front of it to pour libations into</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Say prayers to the nymphs, nurses, and Lenai/Maenads</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Say prayers to Persephone and Semele who birthed Dionysos</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Have a procession through nature and/or through your city - pour out offerings of wine onto the earth to find their way to the Underworld</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Connect with the land spirits - ask for the their permission and help in calling forth Dionysos’ blessings to the land, and in preparing for Anthesteria</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Visit a vineyard so that you can taste how Dionysos manifests in the grapes of your region - whisper prayers to the dormant grape vines while you're there</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Make feast foods - give portions to the gods and spirits </span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Play music</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ask Dionysos to speak to you through music and put your music on shuffle - dance to whatever comes up</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dance like you're seducing the god </span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dance like the spring depends on it</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rattle, blow a bull horn, swing a bull-roarer, ring bells, play drums</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Call on Dionysos as "Iacchos" and "Son of Semele"</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Get a wicker basket (Liknon), place symbols of fertility within it, and leave it veiled until the last day of the festival or your final rites</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stare into the eyes of the mask until you think you're going mad</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Scry into a bowl of wine and water that’s been blessed</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Make a mask</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Make a thyrsos</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Make devotional art</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Weave an ivy crown to wear during the festival</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Burn herbs, especially evergreens and resins and aromatics (pine, rosemary, copal, frankincense, myrrh, mint, juniper, citrus peel, sage)</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pay attention to omens and messages in nature, music, everyday life</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Draw the Greek delta symbol (a triangle) in snow, in chalk, in the earth, etc as a gateway through which Dionysos will emerge come Anthesteria (borrowed from Sannion)</span></p></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div></span></span>Ariadne in Exilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992290223345594599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929527487376384313.post-80294054378791011622020-04-25T02:47:00.002-04:002020-04-25T02:47:27.522-04:00Mirrors within mirrors<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ariadne in Exilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992290223345594599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929527487376384313.post-37255215565680894692020-04-25T02:30:00.000-04:002020-04-25T02:30:30.543-04:00That about sums it up...<i><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">Dionysos, I am the aching wound that welcomes your violence.</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><br /></span>Ariadne in Exilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992290223345594599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929527487376384313.post-6866616239449872002019-08-08T02:10:00.001-04:002019-08-08T09:34:34.385-04:00Anthesteria poem<i><span style="color: white;">I had this mostly written right after Anthesteria, but kept forgetting to finish it. And I debated sharing it at all because it's a snapshot of a pretty intense, sacred and intimate ritual experience. But it's a love poem that's worth sharing.</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>For You, Dionysos</u></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">I.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">For You, Iakkhos, </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">I robed myself in twilight silence,</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">Isolated and Othered,</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">becoming like a phantom, sliding into sanctity,</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">so that when I finally cried</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">“My God, You are Here!”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">my voice was a gift and an anchor that </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">tethered us both to the waiting Earth.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">II.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">For You, Limnaios,</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">I submerged my body by candlelight,</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">in a bath of holy water,</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">blessed with angel root and holy thistle,</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">shined my skin with oil and salt,</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">(breathing in)</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">my cigarette of flowers -- releasing </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">memories of some past springtime</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">(and out)</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">into the air, like ghosts,</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">but some always stay, </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">plant their seeds, spread their roots and</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">settle in</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">(as You will)</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">for a more prolonged possession.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">III.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">For you, Agrios, </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">I fell in with the Raving Ones.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">Such silent predators, they!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">To see them is to </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">be surrounded, </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">sacrificed and subsumed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">We are an eclipse of panthers,</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">devouring time,</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">holes in the sky pierced by</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">silver teeth and claw</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">as We haunt the forbidden dreams</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">of yesterdays’ girls.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">The seeds are planted and so...</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">when madness comes knocking,</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">there is nought to do but remember--</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">there was never a door.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">IV.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">For You, Katharsios,</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">I accept the sacrament,</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">understand the sacrifice,</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">say yes, with parted lips,</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">cup to kiss.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">You come--flowing, filling my mouth,</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">fired and fermented, red and raw--</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">down my throat. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">This is Your divine plan, realized over millennia,</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">to get in the blood, to liberate from the inside out.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">You’ve inhabited more bodies</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">than any other God. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">We implore. We desire.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">A bullroarer is still ringing in my ears</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">as I find myself on the floor.</span></span></div>
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Ariadne in Exilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992290223345594599noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929527487376384313.post-23549381829555152902019-02-17T10:28:00.000-05:002019-03-23T01:36:28.729-04:00Anthesteria 2019<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Pithoigia</b><br /><i>The Opening of the Wine Jars</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This was my 2nd Anthesteria away from my home state and my first Anthesteria in a New England climate. I was blessed to be able to spend some time outdoors each day. Although the weather was not ideal, it was not downright prohibitive or hostile, even though there have been days since then that could be described that way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I began my Pithoigia just before sunset, at a small riverside park near my home. There’s a lot of snow on the ground still, although the day was unusually warmer (highly 30’s into the 40’s). It would have been smarter to have snowshoes, but I managed fairly well without.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />At the riverside, I said some opening prayers and sounded my bullhorn a few times. I opened the first bottle of wine and shared it in libation on the frozen earth. There are no flowers yet, not even a hint of a sprout. But there is the dream of spring, the promise of it in the less-freezing weather, and certainly the desire for it. And of course, Dionysos can be found in every place and time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I walked and chanted, and suddenly remembered I had spontaneously altered a chant to Dionysos a couple years back specifically for this day. I can’t recall how that one went, be this one settled into:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“Come with the wine pots,<br />Come with the flower petals,<br />Come with the restless dead,<br />Dionysos, come!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“Come Anthesterios,<br />Come to us Bakcheios,<br />Come to us Lusios,<br />Dionysos, come!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I did some tree-pulling at the top of a small hill -- something I’ve experimented with here and there, having found it depicted in Minoan art. We can only speculate on what it meant to the Minoans, but I’ve found it to be a nice way to commune with the land and trees, especially while dancing outdoors, but also in more quiet meditative moments. “Tree-pulling” is a weird term yet oddly descriptive. I usually grasp a smaller tree by its trunk and let the rest of my body fall back and sway back and forth, usually switching hands on the upswing. It’s especially thrilling if you do it near a cliff’s edge or on a hill. Tree-pulling is not unlike swinging but without a rope, expressing a natural rhythm that thrums under the surface. The practice invites your consciousness into tree-time, to notice things like the wind or the way the bare branches fractal against the cloudy sky. Old and elemental are these mysteries of the Mountain Mother.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As I walked back, I whispered to the trees (modern maenad to the Nymphae): “Dionysos is here!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><br /></i><br />Traditionally, I spend Khoes in silence until my ritual in the evening, so that my words are reserved to exclaim the epiphany of Dionysos. But it has other benefits, too. It releases the pressure of much mundane interaction, and allows me to keep my mind on what’s holy. Throughout the day it’s as if I’m gradually disengaging with the “normal” world and by the time night rolls around I’ve already got a solid foot in the spirit realm. It’s not a bad way to honor the hanging girls for the Aiora either, which is what I spend the first half of the day doing.<br /><br />I made paper cut outs of the hanging girls this year instead of the stick and yarn figures I’ve made in the past. I also learned to tie a noose-knot with the rough craft twine. I was very happy with how they turned out, and putting them on paper allowed me to write on them, so I wrote poems as well.<br /><br /><i>Remember Erigone<br />Beloved of Dionysos<br />Grief-struck<br />She swung on the tree<br />by her graceful throat<br />suspended like a ripe fruit<br />between<br />earth and starry heaven<br /><br />Remember Ariadne<br />Beloved wife of Dionysos<br />Keeper of holy mysteries<br />She surrendered her mortal body<br />to her immortal daemon<br />on the isle of Naxos<br />So she might wear a crown of stars<br /><br />Remember Arachne<br />Beloved of Dionysos<br />Weaver who knew her worth<br />She pays penance web by web<br />The Spider Queen<br />of primal wisdom.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzenV3XTFrqtzm44gasdsRcIHqFWWXnMT95v798hYGnfFvrgJFKspji2lgMMjVWJZRHxc9Tz7K3CoEwPXH4Zr4Ccid3MHwFjS_f55r7IahoGxrw2X4PlE-VDUr25_IOTO6hRI9D1ZJSM20/s1600/IMG-2204.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzenV3XTFrqtzm44gasdsRcIHqFWWXnMT95v798hYGnfFvrgJFKspji2lgMMjVWJZRHxc9Tz7K3CoEwPXH4Zr4Ccid3MHwFjS_f55r7IahoGxrw2X4PlE-VDUr25_IOTO6hRI9D1ZJSM20/s320/IMG-2204.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5nd1vm79vA4WEhjx0RZak-bIK9_Tdg64m4S5WlHyI5mCo4PX9bbGr0D64bb_5dEfueDd_ABOe82EklFM25gZmO_-9-n3YcwhEhsP2pvbjua_QX-_tPp_S49Ra6z8ytCJ4PK7Bo5UNM4mA/s1600/IMG-2205.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5nd1vm79vA4WEhjx0RZak-bIK9_Tdg64m4S5WlHyI5mCo4PX9bbGr0D64bb_5dEfueDd_ABOe82EklFM25gZmO_-9-n3YcwhEhsP2pvbjua_QX-_tPp_S49Ra6z8ytCJ4PK7Bo5UNM4mA/s320/IMG-2205.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />I went to a park I hadn’t been to before, nestled in a quiet neighborhood. It wasn’t exactly private but probably due to the chilly weather, I had the place to myself and no one bothered me. I poured out wine, listened to music I associate with the hanging girls while swinging between setting sun and rising moon. How is it that this always strikes me anew, every year... This feeling of being in the axis of a lunar/solar seesaw?<br /><br />I took breaks to hang the girls, one by one, and place a daffodil in the snow at the base of their trees. A bit of sympathetic flower magic, if you will. Some red wine in the snow like spilled blood. I stayed until the bare trees took on that eerie quality of negative space, and the stars started peeking out through the spidery branches. By that time the moon seemed impossibly bright and I was fascinated by the way the moonlight was casting tree shadows on the snow -- not something I had experienced before.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXrhsFE3ekq-nUH6WHSM5Z1ULK_yA9Zy_-9HKF4QLBGxFCq3pQRLikSXXTR4zX26EdpF1V1zLgPJ7VcZDKYuLwgw8Qz-mzsZRgd7LM60616QJ_d81EBlIvUaNT2ogWLc8UOTKg5F38QAJ/s1600/IMG-2206.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXrhsFE3ekq-nUH6WHSM5Z1ULK_yA9Zy_-9HKF4QLBGxFCq3pQRLikSXXTR4zX26EdpF1V1zLgPJ7VcZDKYuLwgw8Qz-mzsZRgd7LM60616QJ_d81EBlIvUaNT2ogWLc8UOTKg5F38QAJ/s320/IMG-2206.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqzIFzUGWriDiSvW0_YJ1bE2ssJc7TUueZpAhCJH8mbSNNCdSUMOnbYYEXj6-ebr-dZMQaMkoypXEk6-DJsQYuYz4X9bmw9dau7B9BWCbBeqTUOGRJPh8CsqXMIqYgMvoaxQA628XwR5x6/s1600/IMG-2207.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqzIFzUGWriDiSvW0_YJ1bE2ssJc7TUueZpAhCJH8mbSNNCdSUMOnbYYEXj6-ebr-dZMQaMkoypXEk6-DJsQYuYz4X9bmw9dau7B9BWCbBeqTUOGRJPh8CsqXMIqYgMvoaxQA628XwR5x6/s320/IMG-2207.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSnSa5dNCCE0F0jwDZcYaQX47rgthz2fsDKV2urOhi_jGDcEO8Ew8u1-7gahf1ca3aev-fYfAti5GqpR9CFZ_Iqh7xtrAlI2sgtipAh2WF8HkTHPe0bqK1DMoLJf4O4Ey0LZqMHblsYgMr/s1600/IMG-2215.GIF"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSnSa5dNCCE0F0jwDZcYaQX47rgthz2fsDKV2urOhi_jGDcEO8Ew8u1-7gahf1ca3aev-fYfAti5GqpR9CFZ_Iqh7xtrAlI2sgtipAh2WF8HkTHPe0bqK1DMoLJf4O4Ey0LZqMHblsYgMr/s320/IMG-2215.GIF" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIxgudiDJSu0engGWhQ3hMm_tpGs-I-4eWfLaDiIZqNxxZ07apigI82yFTWS0ZBhyphenhyphenEIHaTnc5LcalAu-OnUj_wcpGiC4QPqdhj0_Ujs_n_mr9a3IKmXiycODWD0i-Mq-OptpxPxhcYsc22/s1600/IMG-2217.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIxgudiDJSu0engGWhQ3hMm_tpGs-I-4eWfLaDiIZqNxxZ07apigI82yFTWS0ZBhyphenhyphenEIHaTnc5LcalAu-OnUj_wcpGiC4QPqdhj0_Ujs_n_mr9a3IKmXiycODWD0i-Mq-OptpxPxhcYsc22/s320/IMG-2217.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwX1nuloBvKoIVFppE8tZEu_yUgf6RC6Ygtgh4BoH8V5g8PNPWXH3O6DhxVpN3DLIctBoNdr7sy-gyHKrM4C-scQgRaMqE3QRo3yea7PJTt8JhXNcKIdEFP8HZ-LVD54j3wU8EQsH_7Gs3/s1600/IMG-2218.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwX1nuloBvKoIVFppE8tZEu_yUgf6RC6Ygtgh4BoH8V5g8PNPWXH3O6DhxVpN3DLIctBoNdr7sy-gyHKrM4C-scQgRaMqE3QRo3yea7PJTt8JhXNcKIdEFP8HZ-LVD54j3wU8EQsH_7Gs3/s320/IMG-2218.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG42gT_kCFjw_qTUYqxTbk64-8r3Bu6mKkyqNqYuNwi7jNqE8YOnduwOmz15KaHZvGzN31i1HJsuJWwXFIUMbfmiz25aF8tnTv_X1KTWBYuG5zJFjq59p1irHI73PjKHbXobRiObZYseEf/s1600/IMG-2222.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG42gT_kCFjw_qTUYqxTbk64-8r3Bu6mKkyqNqYuNwi7jNqE8YOnduwOmz15KaHZvGzN31i1HJsuJWwXFIUMbfmiz25aF8tnTv_X1KTWBYuG5zJFjq59p1irHI73PjKHbXobRiObZYseEf/s320/IMG-2222.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwxGLvRj6Bb63DjA1szXUaEWjrP85t0Vns5pNIPxJoB7502X4e5JOTBhEXKgzced2CxibWckqwKlRoaX8quZJ-MHoBWN19E19050e3xFI1AG_Xc1BNq6g7p1rqwO6tpL3eJjDk0MvC9Dxx/s1600/IMG-2225.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwxGLvRj6Bb63DjA1szXUaEWjrP85t0Vns5pNIPxJoB7502X4e5JOTBhEXKgzced2CxibWckqwKlRoaX8quZJ-MHoBWN19E19050e3xFI1AG_Xc1BNq6g7p1rqwO6tpL3eJjDk0MvC9Dxx/s320/IMG-2225.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />I prayed to the land spirits for a time, and then returned home to prepare myself for my Khoes ritual. <br /><br />And what can I say of that, that could possibly do it justice? I am reminded that there is always more levels to ekstasis, and there is always more to surrender. There is the god of many masks, and then there is the god triumphant and manifest - without metaphor - who simply is and is right fucking here.<br /><br />Alethia meets soma.<br /><br />I am filled with awe.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrV4TyfQChCFfJ162-3FEo3u-jV7lsq30F-a-sJcvEHyCywwTUHvKNR_rK7B9KcQsQ9o5VQXL4GxiHzL3vR4KjSie2-9wRyCrUfjZVkKHUV3-YHeM0eoR8UFtIhjMi8b5_kHwUQrqZoCUQ/s1600/IMG-2234.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrV4TyfQChCFfJ162-3FEo3u-jV7lsq30F-a-sJcvEHyCywwTUHvKNR_rK7B9KcQsQ9o5VQXL4GxiHzL3vR4KjSie2-9wRyCrUfjZVkKHUV3-YHeM0eoR8UFtIhjMi8b5_kHwUQrqZoCUQ/s320/IMG-2234.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8sQq2yaP0sragVRXQTjUMtoAULghc7cGpSCRtHtfmdrRFJgDPzt-rQrjxhqtgVGWyfXsLQdYtk5OmDlaypkrPZwcd8X1cZf2kI27BU3cPfBZd0EnXqjL4SHWGVN4Xd8DkDwkjlbbgiJEF/s1600/IMG-2236.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8sQq2yaP0sragVRXQTjUMtoAULghc7cGpSCRtHtfmdrRFJgDPzt-rQrjxhqtgVGWyfXsLQdYtk5OmDlaypkrPZwcd8X1cZf2kI27BU3cPfBZd0EnXqjL4SHWGVN4Xd8DkDwkjlbbgiJEF/s320/IMG-2236.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Khutroi</b><br /><i>The Pots</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><br /></i><br />On my way to the graveyard, I couldn’t help but notice how the light seemed different. It seemed to glow a little brighter, as if I was seeing reality through a different filter. <br /><br />The cemetery was a large and beautiful lakeside one. New England cemeteries are something else. Older, of course, and more atmospheric, with a lot of unique memorials. Unfortunately there was so much snow I couldn’t wander as freely amongst the tombstones as I normally would have, and it was colder than the previous two days so I didn’t linger overlong. But I did say a prayer to Hermes, poured out wine and left flowers in various places - and of course left the beans and grain panspermia I had cooked for the dead.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBPjE-KkDq1ziV5vorZAWaBxcbI5VGeAQmCM6nM_PTa54IQzTCWfJvpXGF2qVSrGf10IzSQnmyORMYaEnXyXU98hxKqUpSWMCFUnqESmgvpLLpp8zwH1IUkH0Wp21oCkxhaBiPZrhmkzXp/s1600/IMG-2240.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBPjE-KkDq1ziV5vorZAWaBxcbI5VGeAQmCM6nM_PTa54IQzTCWfJvpXGF2qVSrGf10IzSQnmyORMYaEnXyXU98hxKqUpSWMCFUnqESmgvpLLpp8zwH1IUkH0Wp21oCkxhaBiPZrhmkzXp/s320/IMG-2240.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBd8wOg6hkYHnbZkKARngxa1PJsNdHaWtDN1hsyqG1l4DQjcVbrF0dKJxI_RNWcjtcjIa1dLtfPLr61a1YdZVk99dtbKc5BUuO7Bqo1NCs4xHqoRWkBgKl8GGADOlZSBkBCenSnEvKVMUK/s1600/IMG-2249.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBd8wOg6hkYHnbZkKARngxa1PJsNdHaWtDN1hsyqG1l4DQjcVbrF0dKJxI_RNWcjtcjIa1dLtfPLr61a1YdZVk99dtbKc5BUuO7Bqo1NCs4xHqoRWkBgKl8GGADOlZSBkBCenSnEvKVMUK/s320/IMG-2249.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQBYL5RQwsckTUNWFowYWhuhI99_aJfEVjnc6Ycq8AhHol4eP9-FtXhipiQZ3QUPNI5kJ8PFExJ_-3qO9YIdSDE_NW1MISQqtLqtlguQsNfu_rCITalWkl14nEhpVScmOxG6h2JgXL6rfb/s1600/IMG-2253.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQBYL5RQwsckTUNWFowYWhuhI99_aJfEVjnc6Ycq8AhHol4eP9-FtXhipiQZ3QUPNI5kJ8PFExJ_-3qO9YIdSDE_NW1MISQqtLqtlguQsNfu_rCITalWkl14nEhpVScmOxG6h2JgXL6rfb/s320/IMG-2253.JPG" /></a></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1SFfLwwhUMiyDtBiCSu3-TvqzScBqsfy23UP-MinxpXhQQA_vhgfsLj5q15qxf43WJx3AcDiC8W4j3TIabWhW5wOzLcYd7qGAIw4zdR3KIfEIQYKp9yE38tRF75JQtJYvsE4llm8q4oIU/s1600/IMG-2259.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1SFfLwwhUMiyDtBiCSu3-TvqzScBqsfy23UP-MinxpXhQQA_vhgfsLj5q15qxf43WJx3AcDiC8W4j3TIabWhW5wOzLcYd7qGAIw4zdR3KIfEIQYKp9yE38tRF75JQtJYvsE4llm8q4oIU/s320/IMG-2259.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmkn5YYBEHJM8MfcxsMoPvUiCY7jdW9-UaF18XlXEfPAWa6X5A1tdr7K3RiaZxXNCOVJQ_uRr85eLXamdxOTEKXX6pgu66qqENrp0gP_m7mYvWJLD9ax8hRsQ68DvZI5cZqDapjJyMuWBI/s1600/IMG-2263.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmkn5YYBEHJM8MfcxsMoPvUiCY7jdW9-UaF18XlXEfPAWa6X5A1tdr7K3RiaZxXNCOVJQ_uRr85eLXamdxOTEKXX6pgu66qqENrp0gP_m7mYvWJLD9ax8hRsQ68DvZI5cZqDapjJyMuWBI/s320/IMG-2263.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />In the evening I went to a wine tasting party I had been invited to by a coworker. (Believe it or not, I nearly declined the invitation because I was going to be too busy observing a Dionysian festival… before realizing how ridiculous that was.) It was great fun. It was a group of 8-10 people coming together for the primary purpose of sharing a love of wine for a couple hours. And for me, there’s nothing quite like the giddy buzz you get from tasting a variety of wines. The most unusual was a 10 year old sparkling rosé that smelled like a sweet port but tasted like a dry champagne with strong notes of wild mushrooms!<br /><br />Back at home I wrapped things up by burning some banishing herbs and bidding the keres to depart. And that was my Anthesteria. <br /><br />Festivals that have been celebrated over many years tend to invite you reflect on the past and how things have shifted and evolved in life in general. But I've also found that they set the tone for what's to come. That being said, I'm very much looking forward to seeing what the rest of the year has in store.</span></div>
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Ariadne in Exilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992290223345594599noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929527487376384313.post-62530860574658475422019-01-25T01:53:00.000-05:002019-01-25T09:55:10.147-05:00Lenaia <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">Indulge me while I get a little reflective. This Lenaia is my ninth. It’s taken on a deep significance to me over the years, and yet I can look at what I wrote of <a href="https://ariadneinexile.blogspot.com/2011/01/blog-post.html" target="_blank">my first observance</a> of it - and it’s all there in the beginning. The essence, the ekstasis, the water and wine, the intense nearness of the god and how it feels between us when we reach this part of the wheel and resonate with each other and across time. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">It started very simply and then over the years it turned into a 3 day observance that in some sets the stage for Anthesteria. In the past, I’ve done a variety of activities: shaved my head, gone dancing, attended plays, visited vineyards, watched movies, taken walks or processions or longer nature journeys, prepared big feasts, etc. I celebrated with my husband for a couple precious years, but usually I was alone. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">This was my first Lenaia since moving to Vermont, and I had to scale it back to one day this year. And unfortunately, I had to cancel any going-out activities due to getting sick and the state getting hit by the first big snowstorm of the year with wind chills below -20 degrees. So I felt a little saddened but still determined to perform my ritual for the festival. As wonderful as all the other things can be and have been, the ritual is the core of it. I’ve performed a <a href="https://ariadneinexile.blogspot.com/2013/02/lenaia.html" target="_blank">nearly unchanged version</a> of my current Lenaia ritual for 7 years now. I’m a little amazed that so much has changed in my life since that first Lenaia -- I’ve moved 5 time (twice uprooting my life and moving across country), I’ve experienced the deepest loss I can imagine, gone through a great deal of personal change, experienced initiations of more than one kind -- and yet, somehow, that one simple ritual is still so fucking powerful.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">Then I set my ipod of over 3700 songs on shuffle - asking Him to choose what he would have me dance to. And like always, the songs were startling in their appropriateness, forming a dialogue between us. Not solely in the lyrics, but also in associations, personal significance, and tone.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">I used no other entheogen other than water mixed with wine. And still Dionysos was so present. His love so palpable. There was something about accepting that experience in its fullness that was akin to welcoming madness. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">My own wildness met the ivy. My face. His face. My beloved. I am so blessed! It seems I always end up mixing my tears with the water at some point. In this state of communion, I asked about the challenges of the last year, the “why’s” weighing on my heart… I think I knew the answer already, but it was nice to hear.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">I scryed in the wine bowl until I felt like its darkness was merging with me, as if I was staring into my own depths instead. Was I the bowl? Aren’t I just a vessel, filled with water and wine? I felt Esoptron quite strongly throughout the evening. There was a full length mirror in my room, and in my trance states I kept mistaking the candlelight shadow of the offering bowl on the wall for another mirror or portal or image of some kind.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="color: white;"> I'll find you in the white beyond</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="color: white;"> And from above, we'll make the rain</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="color: white;"> To water mortal dreams at night”</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-line: none;"></span><i style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"> “I like to look into your eyes where</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="color: white;"> Water's warm, feels like home</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="color: white;"> Put yourself in my place.”</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i style="font-size: 11pt;"> </i><i>“Out of the bushes / A girl</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i style="font-size: 11pt;"> </i><i>“We are bound we must be found</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"> </span>I am water / I am fire</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"> </span>I am aether / I am your answer</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"> </span>Before my judged and blackened kin</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I wrote this to include in a Hermes exchange that we did in the Bacchic Underground a little while back, thought I would post it here since today is the Hermaia festival in the Starry Bull tradition. Hail Hermes!</span></div>
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<br />Ariadne in Exilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992290223345594599noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929527487376384313.post-30760517709061679482016-01-24T03:58:00.002-05:002016-01-24T03:58:23.492-05:00On the Lenaia...<span style="color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />a girl cries in a Vineyard.<br />she remembers, truly remembers, why she's here.<br />she looks with love at the bee that lands on her hand,<br />which in turn clutches a glass of wine...<br />wine from the very earth she stands on<br />and from the very skeletal vines she sees,<br />(so selfless, so purposeful, so sublimely crucified),<br />wine that lingers like memory and hope on her tongue,<br />invigorated by the sun that still, so miraculously, burns in the sky,<br />and she is not afraid.<br />she says, <br />"You may sting me if you wish. I promise to love you anyway."<br />but it has no barbs--just a natural curiosity <br />for the spirit of fermented grape and the leaves of rosemary she has crushed between her fingers.<br /></span><br /><div>
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Ariadne in Exilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992290223345594599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929527487376384313.post-25043832870519373712015-08-22T06:00:00.000-04:002015-08-22T06:08:46.970-04:00She pauses for an immeasurable moment, then as if returning from a deep abyss, she speaks...<div>
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"You don't understand yet, but maybe someday you will. That this life...all of this... is just a story. A story that is sometimes a myth. And in those rare moments that you step off the normal narratives into the mythic one, it is no longer about you, me, or him. It is about Them. In the sublime light of divinity cast across the web of time, when we can see this pattern unobscured by our own fears and limitations, all questions dissolve. You see that the whole universe dances on the turn of a 'yes', and always has. A yes that you've been saying all along even while you fought tooth, nail and heart against reflections. Thinking you were alone. Doubting the meaning behind it all. <br /><br />"Yes... Dionysos loves Ariadne.<br /><br />"Do you doubt this?"</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The community effort towards putting on an epic Dionysian ritual at the conference are still underway, but there's just 20 days left. You can help! Donate if you can, or if you can't donate money, then please spread the word! We're still under 25% of the funds needed. Funds go to the cost of getting the organizing members there and for ritual supplies and offerings. There's some pretty nice perks as well. (The one I'm contributing is a special blend of anointing oil.) <a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/fundraising-for-the-bakcheion/x/8801158#/story" target="_blank">The fundraising page is here.</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When on the verge of tears--</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For beauty overwhelms,</span><br />
<span style="color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I chase it like receding, teasing waves</span><br />
<span style="color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> like the tide,</span><br />
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<br />Ariadne in Exilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992290223345594599noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929527487376384313.post-23942851525916343032015-05-03T03:00:00.000-04:002015-05-05T05:20:00.506-04:00Maiuma 2015<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>Ariadne in Exilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992290223345594599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929527487376384313.post-33914386053820561112015-04-28T05:44:00.000-04:002015-04-28T09:01:31.715-04:00Many Gods West!<span style="color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'll be attending the <a href="http://manygodswest.com/" target="_blank">Many Gods West conference</a> in Olympia this year, for those who may not have heard! The conference has a <a href="https://manygodswest.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/mgw-presentation.pdf" target="_blank">really amazing lineup</a> of rituals, panels and presenters. I've joined the planning group that is putting together an ecstatic ritual to honor Dionysos. Having the opportunity to participate in something this big for the gods and to be able to worship side by side with friends I've only spoken to online is... well, words cannot say, but I'm <i>beyond</i> thrilled.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There's a few different fundraising things going on for this, for both supplies and costs of getting people there, including <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/starrybull" target="_blank">clothing you can buy on Cafepress</a> with 2 different designs created by Markos Gage. One is a thyrsos with a snake in a triangle, which form the first three Greek letters of Dionysos' name, the second is a Starry Bull design. If you're attending, it would be great to wear at the conference. If you're not, it's still a good a way to support the Dionysian ritual we'll be doing and simultaneously add something devotional and snazzy to your wardrobe.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sannion is offering a few <a href="http://thehouseofvines.com/2015/04/23/do-it-for-dionysos/" target="_blank">different services </a>that you should definitely take advantage of, if you can. Also, if you donate $50 or more your name will be included as a blessed benefactor in a small booklet we'll be creating to hand out at the ritual, which will have some devotional prose, art and information about the Bacchic Orphic tradition.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Another divination offering to help with this community effort, is here at <a href="http://joyousmadness.blogspot.com/2015/04/fundraising-for-community.html" target="_blank">Joyous Madness</a>.</span></div>
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Ariadne in Exilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03992290223345594599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929527487376384313.post-60515661502441488582015-04-21T04:47:00.003-04:002015-04-21T04:47:57.276-04:00An old poem I wrote, for my beautiful desert<span style="color: white;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I've lived in one place my whole life--a desert valley in Arizona. Being a native is somewhat unusual, especially in this region. I'm used to people denigrating the desert as ugly and harsh. People move here for one reason or another and complain, loudly and frequently... About the heat of course, and things like "there are no seasons" or "there are no trees". Neither of which are true, of course. They just don't take the time to see. Which I can understand, if you're used to soft greenery... and if you're homesick. The desert accentuates homesickness even when you're not sure what you're homesick for, and not many are comfortable with that.</span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>I relate to my home. I relate to having a disposition which is blunt and sometimes aloof... with a prickly history, which takes time to understand. Always longing for something, always leaning towards extremes. My husband, who was also born here, showed me the art of paying attention to the subtleties of the desert. When the ocotillo blooms, when the toads emerge, how you can tell the season by the scent of the night. It's not a coincidence that this was also when I learned more about myself than I ever have.</i> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Twilight, and the orphan desert<br />is thick with remembrance.<br />The secret wail is born in grey spaces--<br />the growing shade beneath stunted trees,<br />the desperate angle of a canyon wall,<br />All aching for what once formed it.<br />In the eons behind our eyes,<br />We never forget our ocean mother.<br /><br />Rebel child, resentfully creates<br />things with armor and spines,<br />things that thirst but survive.<br />Even the wise were once abandoned ones,<br />left to elemental weathering.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As each weary stone rests between incarnations,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">the night creatures mourn...<br />"We can do this alone, we can do this alone."</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />The monsoon rages at the realization--<br />the most defiant art is still imitation.<br />Valleys like immense dry seashells will sing<br />for a searing, sonorous wind,<br />while serpents contemplate old reflections.<br />Among venom, thorns, tears and bitter blood,<br />A pilgrim on his knees prophesies:<br />We may embody Her graceful evolution.<br /><br />The rain carries with it such divine stillness.<br /><br />Sunrise, and on a current of longing,<br />Two hawks fly swiftly towards the always-sun.</span></span></span><br />
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