Cleansing the Shrine

Periodically, people need to step back and take a look at their lives and do some “housecleaning”. This has been a time for me that I have been having to do that. Along with cleaning of our lives, there is usually some physical housecleaning that goes along with it.  For me this includes the cleaning…

Lenaia in the Modern era

“Kala Lenaia !Today is the twelfth day of Gamelion, the first day of the four day festival of Lenaia. The Lenaia is a festival of Dionysus Lenaios (his aspect as Lord of the Maenads who are also known as the Lenai), vase depictions of the Lenaia support that it was a wine-mixing festival. May Dionysus Lenaios bless you…

Why the fuss over Polytheist vs. Pagan?

This is a subject near and dear to my heart as I actually have a preference for the term “polytheist” when self-describing my religion. My religion is NOT “earth-based” or “nature-based” but rather a religion that honors the Gods. Pagan is very often viewed through the monotheistic filter of ‘nature/earth-based’ and I think that is…

Thinking about where to go with this blog

I’ve already mucked up my initial intention to be writing at least four times a week because of various life things happening. BUT that does not mean that I am not thinking of things that I need to be putting into this blog. I’m probably not going to make my numeric goal with blog posts…

Intentions for the New Year

Many people say that they are making New Year’s Resolutions, but we tend to break those because we cannot keep the sometimes unrealistic goals we set for ourselves. I prefer the term New Year’s Intentions because they are something that I intend to do. I intend to be writing at least four times a week in 2013.…