I finally got Betegh's The Derveni Papyrus yesterday! I spent the evening reading the translation. After a while I gave up copying parts down, because really...
Here is Gábor Betegh's translation of the Derveni Papyrus. http://persephones.250free.com/derveni-trans.html The book is great, BTW! Well, so far at least....
Khairete I have a question for those in the group. Do you live the Orphic lifestyle? Or are you on the list for learning more about it? I'm just curious. I...
OK, I'm going to try another question on here ;) What do you all think of the Villa of Mysteries in Pompeii? What type of ritual is it showing? I've heard...
I guess you could say I live the Orphic lifestyle, though I generally refer to my lifestyle as Pythagorean. Beyond vegetarianism and honoring the Gods, what...
Here's a link w/ a video clip you all might enjoy: http://www.vegasqueen.com/invocation/movie.htm (This was sent to me by a friend-- thanks again!!!) take...
Khairete I thought I would just let everyone know that I finished reading The Derveni Papyrus by Gábor Betegh the other day. It is *excellent*! He really...
Khaire Brett (and others on the list) :) You know, I keep coming back to your question (below) I meant to respond, but you know how life can be sometimes ;) ...
Khairete I just saw the video and I was impressed. Whoever made it, did a good job at it. Concerning the story of creation of mankind, that story does make...
Khaire Gitana Well I'm here to learn more about it. I joined recently because I became fascinated with the stuff I read on the summary of Pythagorean theology....
Khaire Gitana and everybody; I'm glad to be here, I too see myself as a Pythagorean due to my beliefs in transmigration, vegetarianism but as I read more, I ...
Greetings, Gitana, and all, Glad to be here. I was wondering what happened to two other groups, which disappeared. "Pythagoras-L" isn't really my taste. ... ...
Well I'll dig in and try. now I'm thinking of the panels: marriage, sitting on a stool, horror, it sounds more like Eleusis. The Orphic mysteries would have ...
Hi Rory Well, as for how I do rituals, I basically follow the "traditional" form of procession-prayer-sacrifice-libations-hymns of course tailored to the...
Khairete I just sent this list of suggested authors out to the Hellenic Pagan list, but in case someone here isn't on that one, I thought I'd just post it here...
Hi again Rory I think it looks more Eleusinian as well, but I've never really studied it. As for the dancing and frenzy if it were Orphic, actually I don't...
Hi Gitana; Wine-less, now that is a hardship. About 'initiator-priests' that is fascinating, I was wondering if that might not be the case. I really appreciate...
Khaire Gitana Thanx for the reading list. I will surely check it out. Mike ... Pagan list, but in case someone here isn't on that one, I thought I'd just post...
Orphic Gold Tablet Pelinna, 4th cent BC Now you have died and now you have come into being, o thrice happy one, on this same day. Tell Persephone that Bakkhios...
Radcliffe G. Edmonds, III, Myths of the Underworld Journey: Plato, Aristophanes, and the 'Orphic' Gold Tablets. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004....
Thanks for that review Brett. I actually just finished reading this book last week, and I can saw that it was by far one of the best books I've read! I do...
Here is a quote that I'm sure many of you will find interesting. Perhaps we can discuss it on the list. "It seems, then, that Orphism was the product of...
Well, I'm going to try to resuscitate this conversation ;) I was looking a bit more into these images, and now I can see why they are said to be Orphic (or...
Khaire Gitana; oh ho, this is excellent, I'm off to the library tomorrow, I wish to dive into those late neo-pythagoreans Proclus and Iamblichus, but I'm...
Just an FYI-- I've written a review of Gábor Betegh's The Derveni Papyrus: Cosmology, Theology and Interpretation which will be appearing in the next issue of...
Statue of Orpheus unearthed Associated Press in Sofia Friday July 8, 2005 The Guardian A rare statue of the ancient Thracian hero Orpheus has been unearthed in...
I thought this was a very interesting, albeit hypothetical, description of a Dionysian/Orphic initiation. Enjoy! Eirini, Gitana "Imagine, for instance, a...
Well, I had been hot on the trail of getting Alberto Bernabé's book of fragments: Poetarum Epicorum Graecorum (1987). I was finally able to get it through...
