The Witch Goddess, Joan of Arc
While nowadays one of the most beloved Saints, especially of young girls Joan of Arc was actually one of the most famous pagans of the last 1000 years. She was raised in the Rural Fertility cults or "Witch Cults" and the voices she heard came from the local "Faerie Tree" she then cut her hair and wore men's clothes symbolically taking on her deity. She became the Godhead for her cult and led the French against the British until the Church captured her and tried her for witchcraft, deciphering her provincial upbringing and pagan traditions as "Witchcraft". As such she was burned and then reviled by the church for decades after, being cited in Witch Hunt journals as an example of a horrid witch. Though at the same time her bravery and sacrifice led to her being venerated as a goddess by the people. The Church only canonized her in the 1920's after nearly five centuries of trying to snuff out her Pagan cult.-TLK
While nowadays one of the most beloved Saints, especially of young girls Joan of Arc was actually one of the most famous pagans of the last 1000 years. She was raised in the Rural Fertility cults or "Witch Cults" and the voices she heard came from the local "Faerie Tree" she then cut her hair and wore men's clothes symbolically taking on her deity. She became the Godhead for her cult and led the French against the British until the Church captured her and tried her for witchcraft, deciphering her provincial upbringing and pagan traditions as "Witchcraft". As such she was burned and then reviled by the church for decades after, being cited in Witch Hunt journals as an example of a horrid witch. Though at the same time her bravery and sacrifice led to her being venerated as a goddess by the people. The Church only canonized her in the 1920's after nearly five centuries of trying to snuff out her Pagan cult.-TLK
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Forwarded from The American Spirit
“But you have there the myth of the essential white America. All the other stuff, the love, the democracy, the floundering into lust, is a sort of by-play. The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted.”
-D.H. Lawrence, Studies in Classic American Literature
-D.H. Lawrence, Studies in Classic American Literature
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The Mardi Gras Arc
Carnival, Mardi Gras, Marche Du Nain Rouge, Fasnacht, Kukeri there are so many different traditions across our lands that all involve costumes, processions, and festivals. Disguising oneself as a fool, a doctor, a harlot or so many things we are able to both become who we wish to be and hide who we are. We mimic the processions across the sky and embrace the coming spring. There are many facets to cover and more than I can possibly cover ever, let alone in just a few weeks between now and the end of most festivities. However, I shall gladly share what I can, and in the spirit of masks and hidden identities. I shall gladly unmask what the Church took from us, the many "Saints" they used to cover up our beloved traditions I shall "unmask" several starting with yesterdays Joan of Arc and Saint George. Enjoy folks, Your Humble Hyperborean Lorekeeper-TLK #00412
Carnival, Mardi Gras, Marche Du Nain Rouge, Fasnacht, Kukeri there are so many different traditions across our lands that all involve costumes, processions, and festivals. Disguising oneself as a fool, a doctor, a harlot or so many things we are able to both become who we wish to be and hide who we are. We mimic the processions across the sky and embrace the coming spring. There are many facets to cover and more than I can possibly cover ever, let alone in just a few weeks between now and the end of most festivities. However, I shall gladly share what I can, and in the spirit of masks and hidden identities. I shall gladly unmask what the Church took from us, the many "Saints" they used to cover up our beloved traditions I shall "unmask" several starting with yesterdays Joan of Arc and Saint George. Enjoy folks, Your Humble Hyperborean Lorekeeper-TLK #00412
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Krewe's of Mardi Gras: Krewe of Druids
The Krewe of Druids or Krewe of Ancient Druids are a fairly recent (Founded 1998) and small Krewe for New Orleans Mardi Gras. They are a nonprofit based in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. They take their name from the nickname for Tuscaloosa "The Druid City" due to it originally being covered in many oaks, which are heavily associated with the ancient Druids of Europe.
Druids are often egregiously thought of as a Priest Class. Though their role was more complex than a simple priest of modern day. They were both teachers and students of all subjects. Some were historians, others craftsman, some were tacticians, akin to Journeymen. Some acted as advisors or diplomats by their end they had grown corrupt, yet still when Rome came for them on the Isle of Mann and won, it was at a heavy toll as the Roman causalities numbered so that you could walk across the bodies from mainland to island. The Druids were no pushovers. Now they are no more.
The Krewe of Druids or Krewe of Ancient Druids are a fairly recent (Founded 1998) and small Krewe for New Orleans Mardi Gras. They are a nonprofit based in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. They take their name from the nickname for Tuscaloosa "The Druid City" due to it originally being covered in many oaks, which are heavily associated with the ancient Druids of Europe.
Druids are often egregiously thought of as a Priest Class. Though their role was more complex than a simple priest of modern day. They were both teachers and students of all subjects. Some were historians, others craftsman, some were tacticians, akin to Journeymen. Some acted as advisors or diplomats by their end they had grown corrupt, yet still when Rome came for them on the Isle of Mann and won, it was at a heavy toll as the Roman causalities numbered so that you could walk across the bodies from mainland to island. The Druids were no pushovers. Now they are no more.
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Todays topic was broad and robust like a well built horse, it was also natural like that same well built horse kicking the fuck out of a sheep.
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Todays topic was broad and robust like a well built horse, it was also natural like that same well built horse kicking the fuck out of a sheep.
Listen here on WylderHomesProject Theater page.
Or on Spotify.
Krewe's of Mardi Gras: Krewe of Dionysus
The Krewe of Dionysus was founded in 1985 by a group of Northshore businessmen with the intention of bringing a family oriented Mardi Gras to the City of Slidell, Louisiana. They chose Dionysus as their name in honor of the god of Winemaking and Inspired Madness.
Dionysus is an ancient Greek god, and is one of the most interesting and complex and misrepresented deities of that area. Originally a wandering deity with a large bushy beard and horns, with chthonic elements roaming around dolling out insanity, these elements still exist in some ways with the Wild Women who Dionysus drives mad and venerate him in the wilds naked or cloaked in leopard skins. Dionysus is also a war god associated with the conquest of India. However, after the elites of the time became corrupt the bestial followers and powerful wine of his Cult became an excuse for the elites to PAR-TAY, and they made him into a drunken frat boy, which is the version most sadly know today.
The Krewe of Dionysus was founded in 1985 by a group of Northshore businessmen with the intention of bringing a family oriented Mardi Gras to the City of Slidell, Louisiana. They chose Dionysus as their name in honor of the god of Winemaking and Inspired Madness.
Dionysus is an ancient Greek god, and is one of the most interesting and complex and misrepresented deities of that area. Originally a wandering deity with a large bushy beard and horns, with chthonic elements roaming around dolling out insanity, these elements still exist in some ways with the Wild Women who Dionysus drives mad and venerate him in the wilds naked or cloaked in leopard skins. Dionysus is also a war god associated with the conquest of India. However, after the elites of the time became corrupt the bestial followers and powerful wine of his Cult became an excuse for the elites to PAR-TAY, and they made him into a drunken frat boy, which is the version most sadly know today.