Goat’s Milk and Honey

A Roman tomb was recently unearthed in Giugliano, southern Italy, dating to the 1st Century. One of the frescoes inside depicts Hercules and Mercury capturing Cerberus…very reminiscent of early depictions of Tyr and Fenrir further north. ᛏ

"Then holy Janus, amazing in his double appearance, suddenly presented his pair of faces to my eyes. ... He held a staff in his right hand and a key in his left, and he uttered these words to me from his front-facing mouth: 'Put aside your fear, industrious bard of the days. Learn what you seek, and take in my words with your mind. The ancients - for I'm a primitive phenomenon - used to call me Chaos. See of how far a time I sing the history! The bright air here and the three elements that remain, fire, water, earth, used to be just one heap. When once this mass separated, because of discord in its parts, and broke apart and went off into new homes, flame sought the height, a nearer place caught air, and earth and sea settled in the middle region. At that time I, who had been a round mass and a bulk without form, resorted to a shape and limbs appropriate to a god. Even now, small indication of my once chaotic shape, what's in front and behind in me appears the same. Hear the second reason for the shape you've asked about, so you may know this and my function together. Whatever you see all round, sky, sea, clouds, lands, everything is closed up and opened by my hand. The guardianship of the vast universe rests with me alone, and the right to turn the hinge is entirely mine.'" Ovid, Fasti 1.95-120

In this excellently produced video, Elder Ethanaphis discusses the central importance and prevalence of ritual in our lives. A great watch, highly recommended: https://youtu.be/o6oy60TWcrM?si=AnT-_1MuR05hFmt6

The Three Graces By: Michael Parkes

Statue of Artemis Ruins of Ephesus, Turkey.

Marble statuette of triple-bodied Hekate and the three Graces Roman, 1st-2nd century AD Happy New Moon to my followers 🖤🌑

Roman Sun Dial located at the Temple of Apollo in Pompeii.

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Apollo and Daphne By: Daniel Seiter