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Here’s a very cool video of a Japanese farmer making a new shimenawa (the braided rice-straw rope that marks out the sacred in Shinto tradition) and shide (zigzag paper streamers) at the New Year (more…)
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).
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. (more…)
Hrafnkell has put up a nice “starter” pagan reading list, with an emphasis on Heathenry. I commented with a couple of additional suggestions for the Classical section, and mentioned that I don’t care for the Thomas Taylor translation of the Orphic Hymns. Another commenter asked me to elaborate on this, and my reply grew [...]
Last week I mentioned that I’m working on a project for Neos Alexandria; now that it’s in a shape to be publicly seen, I’d like to ask for your kind assistance.
The project is the compilation of a list of devotional music for the Greco-Egyptian gods. The beta version of the page is here:
http://home.carolina.rr.com/dawnpiper/NA/mus_intro.htm
As you can [...]
I was asked what references I used in my Shinto posts; here are a few of the ones that I consider most essential. Some of these are noted in various footnotes in the Shinto series, but here they all are in one place. (more…)
Mary Lefkowitz, author of Greek Gods, Human Lives and a recent pro-polytheistic Op-Ed piece in the LA Times, has a lecture online at WGBH that appears to be related to her book.
As I have discussed briefly before, one of the main reasons I was open enough to Hellenismos to hear the call of the Gods is that it’s part of the roots of my own culture - and the Classical influence has remained a vital part of Western culture and civilization ever since. This continuity is [...]
Once again, there’s too much good stuff going on at once; this list is as much for my own future reference as for you. Enjoy! (more…)
(Note: First, I apologize for being late again; work got in the way yesterday. Second, no I’m not really in that kind of mood - these are older poems that just kind of feel right for today.
Ladies - these are both experiments in working with the female voice… I’m interested to know how you [...]
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