Orphic Hymn # 71: To Melinoe incense - aromatic herbs I call upon Melinoe, saffron-cloaked nymph of the earth, to whom august Persephone gave birth by the...
I'll start this message out by saying that my thoughts made much more sense in the middle of the night when I couldn't sleep (funny how that always seems to be...
... Artists also saw Christ in Orpheus, the son of the god of music, Apollo, Utri said. "Just as Orpheus tamed wild beasts with his music, his image became the...
Khairete Anyone know what happened to the "Desmos-Eleusis-1965" yahoo group? thanks, Gitana ________________________ There is no happiness where there is no...
Orpheus Tomb Menaced to Turn into Ruins Lifestyle: 19 October 2005, Wednesday. The ancient megalith building supposed to be the Orpheus tomb is threatened to...
I was just reading an article online, and the last 2 paragraphs are rather interesting (quoting them below). Anyone ever looked into Le Corbusier's ...
Man, it's way too quiet on this list! What's everyone been doing? Reading anything good? I finally decided to start doing some research on the Villa of the...
Khaire Gitana; yes it is quiet, I was caught up in school..well re the Villa, I certainly don't think they were lovely decoration. What ever happened to...
Khaire Rory Great to hear from you again! I hope school is going well. I think that the Villa of Mysteries' paintings certainly indicate a strong possibility...
Khairete I just heard from Sarah Iles Johnston that she & Fritz Graf will be publishing a book on the Orphic gold tablets. It will be published by Routledge...
Here's an interesting quote I thought I'd share with everyone. Any thoughts about it? Eirini, Gitana "If one envisions everything that happens to the initiate...
MessageThis is a good quote and certainly reflects the archetypal initiation as death and second birth motiff- as to what death holds this is indeed an added...
Khaire Steve I would think that, generally speaking, this holds true for initiation ceremonies, regardless of the particular tradition. To what degree it...
Muses in the Ficino Version (1469 and later) - Lorenzo de Medici's "Bacchus and Ariadne"Marsilio Ficino Marsilio Ficino found a great sponsor in the late...
I recently started reading "The Orphic Moment: Shaman to Poet-Thinker in Plato, Nietzsche & Mallarme" by Robert McGahey and found it to be really wonderful. ...
Hi Jim I don't know that book, but it does sound interesting. I'll have to check it out sometime soon. Let us know what you think of it when you're done. ...
Comic opera "Orpheus" big hit with students By: Heather Gentry Issue date: 1/27/06 The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice is usually portrayed as a tragedy, but for ...
Less is more in Lyric's pristine retelling of the Orpheus myth By John von Rhein Tribune music critic The dramatic images coming out of Samarra and Fallujah...
"Kore" by W.K.C. Guthrie There were two Orphic myths of Kore, the story of her violation by her father Zeus and that of her abduction to the lower world by...
I also added another Orphic Gold Tablet that mentions Persephone to my site. Here it is: Orphic Gold Tablet Thurii, 4th-3rd cent BC But so soon as the spirit...
Orphic Hymn to Hephaistos (#66) incense-- powdered frankincense Powerful and strong-spirited Hephaistos, unwearying fire that shines in the gleam of flames,...
Bulgarian Breaks Code for Ancient Thracian Letters Lifestyle: 22 March 2006, Wednesday. A plate unearthed in Bulgarian land, which is dating back to the times...
How many of you consider yourselves to be Orphics? How would you define that as being? What makes an Orphic and how do people learn more about it? Khairete, ...
Khaire Kyrene Well, you already know what I'm going to say, but I'll post anyway ;) Yes, I consider myself to be an Orphic. I would define a modern-day Orphic...
I ask because the more I read about it, the more I realize that it suits my beliefs better than mainstream Hellenismos. I think it's that whole mystic...
Thracian Code Breaker Accused of Cribbing Lifestyle: 29 March 2006, Wednesday. The author of a book unveiling the secrecy of Thracian letters has been publicly...
Khaire, I joined this listserv mainly because for about 2 years now I've been singing Shape Notes, which puts me in a very Greek mood (or "Doric mode", to be...
