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Join me in celebrating the power of the Written Word
Tomorrow, January 11, 2011, we will be observing the Establishment of the House of Learning Festival here in Eugene, Oregon. This commemorates the date on which the downtown branch of our public...
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Weird and wonderful Oregon: we have excellent music here
When people ask me how to get started on a local-focus polytheist path there are three things that I tell them. 1) Eat organic, locally-grown foods. There are many reasons why you should be doing this...
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The World of Ideas
One of the central tenets of Hermeticism (in both its Classical and contemporary manifestations) is that the microcosm reflects the macrocosm. The macrocosm is the entirety of the world while the...
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A life of Archilochos
While cleaning out the computer of old and unnecessary files I came across this piece I’d written ages ago on one of my favorite poets from antiquity. If only for his sake I feel it deserves to see the...
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Reminder about the 2012 House of Learning Artistic Agon
To honor the anniversary of the opening of the downtown Eugene Public Library we are having an artistic agon or competition this year with the theme “Celebrating Dionysos.” “He who arrives at the doors...
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Reminder about the 2012 House of Learning Artistic Agon
To honor the anniversary of the opening of the downtown Eugene Public Library we are having an artistic agon or competition this year with the theme “Celebrating Dionysos.” “Being a poet, I love...
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O Muse of Sicily
O Muse of Sicily with strong Doric voice sing to me a song of the land of my people, the thrice-holy island of the maid who weaves an image of the world as she waits for the embrace of her...
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The Proem of the Melampoedia
With the aid of the fleet-footed and lovely-tressed Kanopic Mousai I shall tell you the story of the one whom we trace our lineage back to, the first prophet among the Dionysians. The name he was born...
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That house answers many yearnings remembered in sorrow
I knew I recognized the name Thamyris from somewhere. “Clio fell in love with Pierus, son of Magnes, in consequence of the wrath of Aphrodite, whom she had twitted with her love of Adonis; and having...
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Archilochos or don’t fuck with poets
If you like this piece or the work I’m doing here at the House of Vines please consider donating to Rhyd Wildermuth so that he can attend the Polytheist Leadership Conference in July. Of all the...
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The Muses in Mythology
If you like this piece or the work I’m doing here at the House of Vines please consider donating to Julian Betkowski so that he can attend the Polytheist Leadership Conference in July. On Mount...
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We’ve been busy
After getting back from Pittsburgh (which you can read an account of here and here) my partner Galina and I decided to rework some of our shrines. You can see the one for Apollon and the Mousai she put...
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Divine with the Muses
Here’s a form of bibliomancy I came up with for the Mousai, using verses from some of the top authors in their respective genres: Kalliope – (Epic) Homer Klio – (History) Herodotos Euterpe – (Elegy)...
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