Book launch event coming up at Treadwell's Books in London on 21 May!
Francis Young and myself will be talking about the paperback edition of Paganism Persisting.
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A short reflection on why I think polytheism is a sensible path when grounded in a robust philosophical system.
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The White Pedestal: How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece and Rome to Justify Hate by Curtis Dozier is a powerful exploration of how extremist movements weaponize the classical world.
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Throughout my work I always do my best to express what Hellenism means - it embodies the entire Greek culture… However it did not dawn one me to actually reference a Greek dictionary, why it didn’t, I don’t know. Sometimes the obvious thing to do escapes us.
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I have found out that JK Rowling is "inspired" by Athena in her anti-trans agenda.
I do not support this appropriation of Athena. Leave the Gods out of your BS.
Rowling should beware, for Athena brings "madness to the wicked"
New interview out with Dr. Sasha Chaitow
The Hieroglyphica - Hellenism between
Horapollon and Today
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Going on 5 years
Me: I won’t buy a book this month
Also me: Look at the new book I bought.
More open access :)
Got to love the defamation!
it's here! it's here! @vox-magica.bsky.social's amazing new Element in Religion in Late Antiquity is live and ⚡free⚡ to download for the next two weeks! get it!
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“In Julian’s context, Ἑλληνισμός does not refer to religion in the modern sense, but rather to the entirety of the Hellenic cultural, philosophical, and civic tradition, rooted in ancestral custom, paideia, theurgy, and divine imitation, but this complexity is completely lost in translation.”
Dr. Sasha Chaitow lays everything out very well on the topic of “continuity” - give it a read.
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Blocked. Shocker.
In this episode, I interview Daniel Malamis on his book The Orphic Hymns Poetry and Genre, with a Critical Text and Translation. Daniel explores the Orphic Hymns, focusing on their poetic style, structure, and role in ancient religious rituals.
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Even if tongue-in-cheek, the colonial undertone needs unpacking here. Such humor does participate in a longer tradition of Western possessiveness over Greek antiquity and the implicit separation between Ancient Greek = universal, serious vs. Modern Greek = local, folkloric, funny.
New Post: The Ethnocentric Violence of Translation: Hellenismos in Julian’s Letter to Arsacius
Who would have thought that a 20th century translation would cause such a headache!
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My endorsement for the new translation of the Hieroglyphica by Sasha Chaitow
NEW: My interview on the Diogenes’ Lamp Podcast.
Imagine finding a jumbled ball of cords that you need to untangle. The ball of cords in this talk represents Hellenism, and we did our best to untangle topics like cultural misappropriation and more.
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In his farewell address to the nation on January 15th 2025, President Biden warned that oligarchy threatens the United States' democracy. In his address, he echos many of the concerns of Socrates in Plato’s Republic.
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After successfully building my Hearth of Hellenism substack, I decided to create The Adyton.
The Adyton, as I see it in my mind, will be a space for me to explore other topics that interest me and do not fit into the theme and purpose of Hearth of Hellenism.
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Great to have you on to talk about pagan revivals!
Awesome. :)
@spencermcdaniel.bsky.social hi I would you like to do a podcast on the classical reception of Kaos are you interested?
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