"Life. Death. Life. Truth. Zagreus. Dionysos." A powerful line from an Orphic funerary tablet, a transformative chant, a call to the cycle of death and rebirth, of life and death and Apotheosis, of remembering, of re-membering after being dismembered. Chant it fourty nine times, seven by seven, while contemplating these themes. Dionysos is a liberator, … Continue reading Re-Member Dionysos
Imbolc, Culture, and Context
(Statue of Brigid from Her well, photo by Star Wolf) When I was first studying Paganism in the 90's we were told that "not much" was known about Imbolc. I'm not surprised; we were told that "not much" was known about the other festivals that have come to be known in Paganism as the Wheel … Continue reading Imbolc, Culture, and Context
The Serpent and the Tree 