Blessing:
Pan is a complex entity, found everywhere from the rugged hillsides to
the walls of Athens. Although he is most often seen in a rural
setting, he was not unknown in cities and on battlefields. Primarily a
god of the woodlands and the liminal places, he is most often concerned
with issues such as hunting, music, dance and sex. He is also a god of
healing; his shrines offered supplicants healing dreams.
Epithets:
Aigokerôs (goat-horned), Agrios (wild), Limenitês (protector of the
harbor), Lutêrios (deliverer), Mainalios (of Mount Maenalus), Nomios
(of the fields and flocks), Phorbas (terrifying)
Equated with
Dionysos, Seilenos, Min, Osiris, Serapis
Associations:
syrinx, goat, sheep, ram, milk, honey, must, goats, Indian hemp, orchis root, musk, civet, thistle
Festivals:
Kun¨¨gia (6 Xanthikos)
Festival of Mendesian Pan (2 Apellaios)
Festival of Pan of the Mountains (27 Pan¨¥mos)
Ways to honor:
Dance, sing, spend time in the wild or in liminal - "in between" - places. Enjoy eating, drinking and sex.
Be aware, however, that one of Pan's attributes is the giving, bestowing of madness. Be careful what you wish for....
Ancient hymns and poetry
Ancient texts
Modern hymns and poetry
Modern devotional texts -
forthcoming
Essays
Reports of My Death... by Diotima Sophia
The Origins of the Goat-Foot God by Diotima Sophia
Links
Wikipedia entry on Pan
Theoi.com entry on Pan
Great god Pan
Pan in Banyas
