Posts Tagged ‘Pagan’
Hilaria – March 28th, 2010 5pm »
What: Hilaria, an Introductory Gathering and Ritual for the Temple of Dionysos When: Sunday, March 28, 2010 5PM Where: Private Residence in Walnut Creek. Email for directions: info@circleofdionysos.org According to various sources, the Latin term Hilaria refers to any general period of rejoicing and celebration. However, this time [...]
Guerrilla Maypole »
What: Guerrilla Maypole - A Ritual of Play to Honor Dolores Park When: Sunday, May 9, 2010. 1pm Where: Dolores Park, San Francisco For More Information: info@circleofdionysos.org The Circle of Dionysos is proud to present our first large public "flash mob" ritual for 2010 for our Beltane offering. We intend to honor Dolores Park with [...]
The Beginning »
This is a writing that I have wanted to take on for awhile now. At first I was very concerned with the structure and format. I imagined a video blog devoted to a particular goddess. I would garb myself in drag reminiscent of that goddess and deliver the wisdom that I had gleaned from working with that particular goddess. I believe that I would [...]
PantheaCon 2010! »
It was that time of year again! PantheaCon 2010 was held at the Doubletree in San Jose February 12-15th! Pantheacon is one of if not the largest Pagan Convention in the United States--4 days packed full of rituals, workshops, lectures, concerts, parties, vendors, hospitality suites, and more! Here's a quick rundown of what The Circle of [...]
Journals, Books… Why are We Always Supposed to »
Whether you consider your craft to be artistic or magical, it seems as if someone is always telling you to Write Down Your Experiences. Dream Journals, Rehearsal Journals, Books of Shadows, Books of Scripts---no matter what you call them or claim as their purpose they all amount to the same thing--extra time added to your daily practice [...]
Banishing and Binding »
File this post under Spell Crafting 101--Banishing and Binding are generally the first things a magical practitioner learns how to do regardless of their path or preferred magical practice. In fact, banishing and binding is so easily understood and readily practiced in our culture that even those who would claim that they absolutely reject [...]
New Years Resolutions Part 2 »
Yesterday I mentioned the big push of astro-energy that jumped us into the New Year. Today I want to touch upon the other bit of astro-energy that is with us as we embark upon turning our resolutions into realities and that is the current retrogrades of Mercury and Mars. To preface the article, I am not an astrologer (if you are looking [...]
New Year’s Resolutions 2010 »
So here we are about a week into 2010. How are those New Years Resolutions going? I can hear the guffaws already. Most people fall into two categories when it comes to New Years Resolutions--either they make New Years Resolutions every year in hopes that *this year* they'll succeed at keeping those resolutions or they have given up on [...]
Yes They Are! Meeting and Greeting the Queerest of the »
The Circle of Dionysos is proud to announce that we will be performing an all new version of our signature ritual theater performance Yes They Are! Meeting and Greeting the Queerest of the Gods in San Francisco in July 2010. Our 2009 productions of Yes They Are! received rave reviews and we are currently prepping for the first of our 2010 [...]
Amethyst Jewels: For You »
Those of us in the Circle of Dionysos are producing a ritual theatre rendition of The Bacchae, the Greek tragedy by Euripides. We are adapting this play as a coming out ritual for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) people. If you are not familiar with the play, Dionysos, the God of Wine and Joy, causes havoc with the rulers of [...]
