Posts Tagged ‘Pagan’
The Fool and The World, Part 3 of 3 »
Tarot Alchemy: The Fool and The World. Generally when I buy a new tarot deck, I find that the cards are packaged so that the Major Arcana cards are book-ended by The Fool (either unnumbered or numbered 0) and The World (Number 21). This mirrors a general modern tendency to consider these cards as representative of the Start and Conclusion [...]
Attraction versus Inertia: Why Happiness Takes Work »
I had this interesting experience over the weekend. I was emailing back and forth with a friend who I hadn’t talked to in a long time and was telling her how happy I am and how it seems that almost everything in my life right now is going amazingly well. An hour later I was dragging, struggling to muster the energy to drag myself out the [...]
Fairy Circles »
While looking for something to write about for this Sip of the Day, I was thumbing through a journal and came across a drawing of a redwood circle surrounding a grandmother tree. Some folks call these "fairy circles." It reminded me of a particular ritual grounding/opening that I've always enjoyed. The essence of it is that you imagine yourself [...]
A Cantrip for opening your home space »
It is *hot* today in San Francisco--one of those days when everyone needs to open their windows! For those of us who live in urban areas however, sometimes opening the windows can be problematic. Do we really want to let all of that unintentional and possibly negative energy that is hanging about on the streets into our own personal [...]
A Venue for The Bacchae: A Ritual of Coming Out »
We have a space! We have a space! We're pleased to announce that we have a venue for our production of The Bacchae: A Ritual of Coming Out. We're going to be at Mama Calizo's Voice Factory. These are the fine folks that Andra Jean and DK were working their heels off for throughout August and into September. It's a great venue for queer arts [...]
BE WISE »
Have you ever had an experience that you can’t quite explain? You may know in your heart of hearts that it was an important experience, but you just can’t make sense of it. Sometimes in the midst of our mundane lives we find ourselves wrapped up in experiences that defy conventional explanation. These experiences may come deliberately [...]
BYU says no to University of Utah’s production »
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705331761/BYU-cancels-controversial-play.html What a well timed piece of news. The tagline for our production is "When the ruling family values go up against the God of Ecstasy you know someone's going to have a bad day." I love the response that BYU gives "'The Bakkhai' itself presents difficult [...]
Yes They Are! Meeting and Greeting the Queerest of the »
“One of the most fabulous, creative and provocative rituals I’ve ever attended.” “Splendid!” ~ M. Macha NightMare, P&W Yes They Are! Meeting and Greeting the Queerest of the Gods has been our most successful offering to date. We have performed this production twice with different casts. The first performance was at [...]
Sympathetic Magic: Real Life and Second Life »
Among the magical events in which many members of the Circle of Dionysos tend to take part is an annual ritual theater production called Oracles from the Living Tarot, in which participants bring to life the cards of the Major Arcana in a Wheel of the Year reading. I was particularly inspired this past year by the monologue of The World card, [...]
The Bacchae: A Ritual of Coming Out »
The Bacchae: A Ritual of Coming Out November 13 & 14, 2009 8:00PM Mama Calizo's Voice Factory 1519 Mission Street, San Francisco The Circle of Dionysos presented The Bacchae: A Ritual of Coming Out, adapted from Euripedes’ text for two nights on November 13 & 14, 2009 at Mama Calizo’s Voice Factory. This Rite celebrated the [...]
