Archive for February, 2008

This is kind of a warm-up post for something I’m planning for next week… more to come then. In the meantime, here are some of my favorite devotional moments in cinema - I’d love to hear about yours!

Nature and me

Mahud has issued an invitation for a synchblog on landscapes and mythology; the deadline is March 1. This is my entry; I’m afraid it’s not going to be the most coherent post, mainly because I have several brief thoughts on the subject rather than one big one. And none of them really relate to mythology. [...]

Druid podcasts

ADF has released its first-ever podcast - it can be heard here.
OBOD also has a podcast (hosted by Damh the Bard, whose new CD has just been released), which can be accessed here (or here).

first anniversary post

It was twenty years ago today that Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play… and it was (almost) one year ago today that I started this blog.

Poetry contest

The folks at Tapestry of Bronze, the website for a budding series of historical novels about characters of Greek myth, is holding a poetry competition:

I’d like to present one of my all-time favorite animations: Cupid’s Last Stand, by Katy Towell.

Not from or associated with Neos Alexandria, or me in any way… just posting it as a service to the community.
Friends, colleagues, and fellow Pagans,
I am pleased to announce the publication of my first book: Dancing in Moonlight: Understanding Artemis Through Celebration.

The silence is all there is. It is the alpha and the omega. It is God’s brooding over the face of the waters; it is the blended note of the ten thousand things, the whine of wings. You take a step in the right direction to pray to this silence, and even to address [...]

http://essays.quotidiana.org
Hundreds of essays from the period of greatest flourishing of that nearly lost art.

[UPDATED 2/6/08: Written in Wine is now also available from Amazon.com, for anyone who doesn't want to create yet another account... but I would still encourage purchasing from the CreateSpace site, as Amazon takes a larger bite of the purchase price.]
[cross-posted from the Neos Alexandria list]
It is with a great deal of pride that [...]