Artemisia Vulgaris · @CommonMugwort
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Give me that old time religion:

Contemporary worshippers of the Hellenic pantheon taking part in the ancient Dionysian phallic procession ritual around the Acropolis of Athens - carrying an effigy of Dionysos and a giant phallic idol (which was erected at various points) and worshipped with prayer, music, and dance.
(I didn’t mark the image as sensitive because the phallos isn’t distinguishable as such from this angle)

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#dodecatheism #dionysos #priapos #hellenism

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Artemisia Vulgaris · @CommonMugwort
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Artemisia Vulgaris · @CommonMugwort
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Of all the churches in Athens I resent this one most. Well, a tie maybe, with another one I’ll show you sometime. It squats right where the ancient road still called The Sacred Way leads away from the archeological excavations, preventing you from following exactly the processional route the worshippers of Demeter and Persephone walked from the Acropolis to Eleusis (Elefsina).

#sacredway #mysteries #kore #mysterycult #dodecatheism #greekreligion

Last updated 2 years ago

Artemisia Vulgaris · @CommonMugwort
425 followers · 645 posts · Server social.coop

Of all the churches in Athens I resent this one most. Well, a tie maybe, with another one I’ll show you sometime. It squats right where the ancient road still called The Sacred Way leads away from@the archeological excavations, preventing you from following exactly the processional route the worshippers of Demeter and Persephone walked from the Acropolis to Eleusis (Elefsina).

#sacredway #mysteries #kore #mysterycult #dodecatheism #greekreligion

Last updated 2 years ago