The Apollonian 2

Roman copy of a lost Greek original of the 3rd or 2nd century BC. Marble head from a statue of Apollo.

Apollo riding a sea horse in a marine environment This Roman fresco discovered in the city of Pompeii was once the part of a thermopolium (snack bar) of Regio V.

Artemis/Diana and Apollo, with a hunting dog between them.  Roman bone plaque 4th cent. CE.   Made at Aquae Granni (modern Aachen, Germany), but is now in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.

Large marble head of Apollo with traces of red-brown paint on the hair and eyebrows from the Baths of Hadrian in Aphrodisias, Turkey.

Votive offerings from the sanctuary of Apollo Hyperteleatas in Ohoiniki Laconia. Terracotta female figures from the 3rd – 1st centuries BCE. Now located at the archaeological museum of Neapolis in Laconia

Roman glass bottle depicting Apollo and Marsyas

Restoration of the larger-than-life statue of Apollo [ possibly Citharoedus ] at the Burdur Archaeological Museum, Burdur, Turkey. 

I am pleased to announce that with our creation of an Order of Human Heritage dedicated to preserving the human genome, Temple membership is now open to all people: No longer will one have to have avoided the Covid jabs. By dedicating an Order to the preservation of the human genome, we are able to uphold our moral duty of protecting the constructs of nature, as dictated by natural law morality. And, by opening membership to all people, we are able to focus on our primary mission, which is to restore and guide natural religion and work towards the renouncement and prohibition of revealed religion throughout the world. We are very happy with this change. I, Pontifex Maximus Peteseph Brennan Drakontos, am especially pleased with the change. Throughout the years, I have known logically that preserving the human genome was necessary, yet in my heart, I felt excluding people from the Temple was wrong, as I began this Temple prior to the Covid crisis in order to help serve humanity and empower it against its enemies in the first place. With the realization that our moral duties can be realized by creating an order within the Temple, my mind and heart are finally at peace on this issue. New members of the Temple will be given a list of cults and orders they may join, and those who are eligible for such orders as the Order of Human Heritage will be encouraged to join. Beyond that, the order will not be much of a preoccupation within the Temple, and there will not be an awkward divide between members over one's membership or non-membership in this order. It will remain a rule that one should not undergo any genome-altering procedures, and if one receives such "gene therapy," it would not affect one's membership within the Temple but would simply be seen as a moral fault. Finally, by eliminating vaccination status as a membership criteria, we open our doors to all people and make the restoration of natural religion, our primary mission, the primary object of attention once again. This is absolutely necessary to succeed as a Temple, to succeed in restoring natural religion, and thereby to succeed in our moral goals of rectifying the world of its injustices and genocides. I am hopeful that opening the Temple to all people in this way will help people see us as an attractive and viable avenue of religion, and allow us to become successful in gaining members, raising funds, and building physical sites of worship and their associated facilities throughout the world. I ask Savior Apollon to witness my good faith and sincerity, and to bless the Temple and all its members. Our next catechetical program is yet to be determined but is anticipated to begin around the time of the autumn equinox. I will publicly announce when we are accepting new catechumens. Thank you for your patience and support.

Temple of Apollo in Didyma

The god Hesperus sits on a throne and holds a tall torch. Around him are Apollo-Helios (identifiable by his halo), Aphrodite (crowned), and other deities. Wall painting in the Fourth Style from the exedra of the House of M. Gavius Rufus (VII.2.16) at Pompeii; now in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Photo credit: ArchaiOptix/Wikimedia Commons.