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of DelphiThe Pythia Copyright: Currently Unknown2020-05-02T20:18:07+00:00monthlyhttps://oraclehekataios.com/2014/04/02/in-memoriam-donald-michael-kraig/https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dmk.jpgdmkDonald Michael Kraig (March 28, 1951 – March 17, 2014)2019-08-23T19:01:09+00:00monthlyhttps://oraclehekataios.com/2014/09/03/the-blessing-of-dionysus/https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dancing_maenad_python_bm_vasef253.jpgDancing_maenad_Python_BM_VaseF253Dancing Maenadhttps://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dionysus-and-lyssa.jpgDionysus and LyssaDionysus (left) watches on as King Lykourgos of Thrake attacking his wife (center). The winged daimon Lyssa hovers above. 2019-08-23T18:59:51+00:00monthlyhttps://oraclehekataios.com/2018/08/02/book-review-hellenismos-practicing-greek-polytheism-today-by-tony-mierzwicki/https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/hellenismos.jpgHellenismos2018-12-07T20:27:42+00:00monthlyhttps://oraclehekataios.com/2017/11/18/oracle-of-hekate/https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/delphic-oracle.jpgdelphic oracleThe Delphic Temple of Apollon Image Credit by world-visits.com2017-11-18T23:41:32+00:00monthlyhttps://oraclehekataios.com/2017/11/02/worship/2018-12-07T20:24:27+00:00monthlyhttps://oraclehekataios.com/2017/10/27/hekate-and-samhain/2021-10-31T08:46:54+00:00monthlyhttps://oraclehekataios.com/2017/10/26/samhain/https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/samhain.jpgSamhainSamhain night is one of the 8 Sabbats of the Neopagan Wheel of the Year. https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/celtic-months-300x265.jpgCeltic-Months-300x265The Gaulish Celtic Months from the Coligny Calendar https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/coligny_calendar.gifcoligny_calendarThe Coligny Calendar 2019-12-03T13:13:23+00:00monthlyhttps://oraclehekataios.com/2014/02/11/asterion-the-god-of-cannabis/https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pasiphae-and-the-minotaur.jpgPasiphae and the MinotaurAttic Kylic depicting Pasiphae and Her baby Minotaurhttps://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/marijuana-leaf.jpgmarijuana-leafMarijuana Leaf (Photo Courtesy of marijuana.com)2019-04-07T21:23:48+00:00monthlyhttps://oraclehekataios.com/2017/10/23/the-burning-times/https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/malleus.jpgMalleusMalleus Malificarum, or "Hammer of the Witches." 2017-10-26T08:53:46+00:00monthlyhttps://oraclehekataios.com/2017/10/18/i-am-aradia/https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/crossed-a-line.jpgCrossed a Linehttps://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/aradia.jpgAradiaAradia: Or the Gospel of the Witches of Italy by Charles Leland. 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2016-07-22T22:29:39+00:00monthlyhttps://oraclehekataios.com/2015/10/21/maintaining-memory/https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/11866456_968625463161031_5876360977203823538_n.jpgAncestral AltarAncestral Altar https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/orphic_gold_tablet_thessaly-the_getty_villa_malibu.jpgOrphic Gold Tablet4th Century BCE Gold Orphic tablet from the Getty Museum, Los Angeles2015-10-21T05:55:43+00:00monthlyhttps://oraclehekataios.com/2015/05/14/random-commentary-on-karma/https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/d38b81601d51fa1a4be98e95f4c577a7.jpgd38b81601d51fa1a4be98e95f4c577a72015-05-14T16:52:54+00:00monthlyhttps://oraclehekataios.com/2015/05/13/ophic-strix-creation-mythos-nyx/https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/tumblr_n155g3t02d1rw5ktmo1_1280.jpgtumblr_n155g3T02D1rw5ktmo1_1280"Woman Between the Stars" by Corila Chirila 2015-05-13T19:43:59+00:00monthlyhttps://oraclehekataios.com/2015/05/13/a-poem-for-nyx/https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/1803095_15606_7681a9c3bd_p.jpg1803095_15606_7681a9c3bd_pNyx by Destiny Alford on Prezi2015-05-14T13:12:52+00:00monthlyhttps://oraclehekataios.com/2015/05/12/oracle-of-nyx/https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/stargoddess.jpgStarGoddessThe Star Goddess2017-04-05T00:48:59+00:00monthlyhttps://oraclehekataios.com/2015/05/12/what-is-the-ophic-strix-tradition/https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/10689850_833735593316686_3015030369338773254_n.jpg10689850_833735593316686_3015030369338773254_nTemple of Hekate Ritual2015-05-12T11:25:29+00:00monthlyhttps://oraclehekataios.com/2015/05/12/relaunch/https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/angry-black-and-white-fuck-you-fwhi-hate-favim-com-343903.jpgMeme courtesy of Kelly Bender2015-05-12T10:07:29+00:00monthlyhttps://oraclehekataios.com/2014/10/17/facts-are-stubborn-things/https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/the-parcae.jpgThe ParcaeThe Parcaehttps://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/triple-hekate.jpgTriple HekateHekate Triformis2014-12-08T20:55:17+00:00monthlyhttps://oraclehekataios.com/2014/07/17/return-from-hiatus-polytheist-leadership-conference-and-other-goings-on/https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/hekate.jpgHekateHekatehttps://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/20140621_184918.jpgSummer Solstice BomosOur Bomos during our Summer Solstice Festivities.2014-07-23T10:11:19+00:00monthlyhttps://oraclehekataios.com/2014/04/03/sexual-abuse-healing-and-survival/https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/hades-and-persephone-300x281.jpgHades-and-Persephone-300x281The Abduction of Persephone2014-04-07T18:50:44+00:00monthlyhttps://oraclehekataios.com/2014/03/04/polytheism-or-do-we-really-need-to-elaborate/https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/polytheism_button-rc580f64b5bb640a88c3f6292be7025b5_x7j3i_8byvr_324.jpgpolytheism_button-rc580f64b5bb640a88c3f6292be7025b5_x7j3i_8byvr_3242014-03-05T23:07:16+00:00monthlyhttps://oraclehekataios.com/2014/02/25/myth-is-the-soul-of-a-tradition/https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/s8ongfk.gifs8ongfkOrphic Tablet from Petelia, Italy (in Harrison, Prolegomena, p. 573) 2014-02-28T04:21:32+00:00monthlyhttps://oraclehekataios.com/2014/02/21/asterion-star-of-the-labyrinth/https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/crete_coin.jpgcrete_coinThe Star Within the Labyrinth2014-02-21T19:59:27+00:00monthlyhttps://oraclehekataios.com/2014/02/20/stars-clothed-in-flesh/https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/swan-orpheus.jpgswan-orpheusOrpheus (1896) by John Macallan Swan2014-03-01T03:32:14+00:00monthlyhttps://oraclehekataios.com/2014/02/03/exploring-modern-pagan-ethics-iii-witchcraft-hexes-and-cursing/https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cursetablet2.jpgcursetablet22014-02-20T18:31:03+00:00monthlyhttps://oraclehekataios.com/2013/12/15/exploring-modern-pagan-ethics-part-ii-the-wiccan-rede/https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/francois_rabelais_-_portrait.jpgPortrait of Francois RabeliasFrancois Rabelais (1494-1553). Picture courtesy of Wikipedia. 2014-02-20T18:30:45+00:00monthlyhttps://oraclehekataios.com/2013/12/11/exploring-modern-pagan-ethics-part-i-the-threefold-law/https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/villa-dei-misteri-small.jpgVIlla of the Mysteries, PompeiiScourging of the Initiates into the Dionysian Mysteries.2015-04-03T23:16:20+00:00monthlyhttps://oraclehekataios.com/2014/02/10/dionysus-and-the-sacred-bull/https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/bacchante-sacred-bull.jpgBacchante Sacred BullBacchanate women leading a bull to the altar. https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/minoan_horns_of_consecration_restoration_knossos.jpgMinoan_Horns_of_Consecration_Restoration_KnossosHorns of Consecration (restored) in Knossos, Crete. https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/bull-and-venus.jpgBull and VenusCave painting from Chauvet Cave, France (c. 30,000 BCE). The Man-Bull and the vagina of the Woman. 2019-08-11T18:11:29+00:00monthlyhttps://oraclehekataios.com/2014/02/13/oracle-from-dionysus/https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/crete-minoan-bull.jpgCrete-Minoan-BullThe Sacred Bull of Crete2014-02-14T00:42:51+00:00monthlyhttps://oraclehekataios.com/2014/02/08/my-minoan-god/https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/treadinggrapes2.jpgGrapes Torn(Roman Motif, 1st Century CE) Grapes being torn apart, much as Zagreus was also torn apart by the Titans.https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/europa-white-bull.jpgEuropa White BullEuropa taken by the White Bullhttps://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/knossos.jpgKnossosAncient Cretan coin. (Left) Head of Pasiphae/Ariadne. 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Courtesy of Wikipedia. 2014-02-08T04:40:15+00:00monthlyhttps://oraclehekataios.com/2013/07/03/those-blasted-f-words/2013-07-03T15:59:30+00:00monthlyhttps://oraclehekataios.com/2013/06/21/that-word-i-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means/https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/carl_jung-glasses.jpgCarl JungCarl Gustav Jung (1875 - 1961)2013-07-17T21:50:39+00:00monthlyhttps://oraclehekataios.com/2013/06/14/let-the-utterances-commence/https://oraclehekataios.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/nekromanteion.jpgNekromanteion of AcheronCopyright 2012: Photo Courtesy of the Hellenic Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, Culture, and Sports2013-06-18T01:04:18+00:00monthlyhttps://oraclehekataios.comdaily1.02025-04-14T21:07:40+00:00