April 14, 2019
The Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates
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I am an Oracle of Delphi.
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Learn to read the tarot is the quickest and shortest answer I can give you. The longer answer, seek magical training. Decide what -
I feel like being an oracle of Delphi is a lot like being a psychic. So, do you have any guiding ideas for a person born with stro
If true, it's got to be one of history's more delicious ironies.
The ancient city of Cyrene, in what is now Libya, was founded in 620 BCE by colonists from the volcanic island of Thera (or Santorini), of Minoan archaeology fame.
Foremost among its patron gods was Apollo Kernaios, the Horned Apollo.
On the city's coinage, the god was shown in profile, with a crescent ram's horn curling around his ear. It was likely this image that gave rise to Lysimakhos' famous coins depicting the horned Alexander.
Over the centuries, the city was home to many famous statesmen, artists, and philosophers, but today its best-known resident (historic or not) is probably Simon of Cyrene, who is said in the Synoptic gospels to have carried the cross of Jesus when Jesus himself was too weak to carry it.
Cupid, son of Venus, is the capricious god of love and desire and number 25 in my tribute to the Gods wrongfully placed in the atheists' graveyard. He was more about the pursuit or spurning of love than about the actual relationship. Often portrayed as a chubby child (only occasionally as a youth), it is no wonder that he was so temperamental. Try being stuck in a child's body for ages, upon ages and see how even tempered you remain.
Image: Carnegie Museum of Art: Terpsichore by Antonio Canova (1821)
This is the Fifth posting of the (en)LIV(en)ING with the Muses Series
Terpsichore has been with me longer than I can remember. I was born to dance and the pure joy and thrill of moving through space, weaving energetic patterns and being so completely absorbed by the music are all of her gifts as you open to her magickal inspiration.
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This entry is a little long so I'v split it into two segments. So don't worry if you feel theres something missing in the proposed philosophy. That gets covered in the second part. Here's part 1
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I think you both have made excellent points. Terrence: I agree the duality Im interpreting does lean very closely to the wicca ide -
I would agree with Terrance that Neo-Paganism is more multi-vocal than the assertion of duality of God and Goddess. Many Goddess f -
"Perhaps the central theme of Neo Paganism in terms of worship is the duality of God and Goddess." If you replace "Neo Paganism"
