Edited by Zachariah Shipman
Price: $14.99
Publication Date: 4 March 2022
Place of Publication: Asheville, North Carolina
ISBN: 979-8411422351
Pages: 312 pp
Binding Type: US Trade Paper
Trim Size: 5 x 8
Satyrs. Panes. Silenoi. Kouretes. Anthusae. Naiads. Dryads. Nymphs.
Do you sense the sacred on the shores of the ocean or the banks of a river? Do you see the divine in the craggy slopes of a mountain or under the light of the midnight moon?
Reverence for and worship of nature is humanity’s oldest religion, from a time before that word even existed. Humanity saw Gods and Goddesses and spirits and Powers in the trees and the rivers, in the vastness of the sky and the ocean, in the tiniest buds and blooms. We don’t know what the earliest humans called their Gods and the spirits of the natural world, but we do know the terms and titles used by the ancient Greeks; terms that are still used by their spiritual descendants today.
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Table of Contents
Nyads and Dryads by Walter Crane … 3
Invocation … 4
Editor’s Note … 5
Forward by Akhilleus Lykios … 14
Introduction by Zachariah Shipman … 15
Nature and Her Spirits
Diana of Ephesus as Allegory of Nature by Joseph Werner … 17
What the Heck is a Nature Spirit? by Zachariah Shipman … 18
Making Sacred Incense by Zachariah Shipman … 22
Honoring the Nymphai by Anonymous … 25
To the Nymphs by Amanda Artemisia Forrester … 26
A Prayer of Gratitude by Rev. Amber Doty … 28
Every Soul by Daniel Culver … 30
Orphic Hymn to Physus translated by Sara L. Mastros … 31
To Earth and Nature by Ariadne Rainbird … 33
Virgin Nymphs and Horny Satyrs by Zachariah Shipman … 34
Panes and Satyrs and Sileni! Oh My! by Zachariah Shipman … 36
Gaea, Mother of All by Rebecca Buchanan … 37
To Gaia by Ariadne Rainbird … 38
Blessed be the Nymphs Who Assist Ceres (Ara Pacis) by Lucia Maria Silvana … 39
Tellus Mater relief, Ara Pacis … 41
Sonata … 42
Spirits of Mountain and Forest
Daphne by Hubert von Herkomer … 43
To the Honeyed Melissai by Akhilleus Lykios … 44
Vignette VII: Melissae by Rebecca Buchanan … 45
To the Melissae for the Kronia by Ariadne Rainbird … 49
Honey, Light, and the Sacred Bee: An Exploration of Bees and Honey in Hellenic Myth by Zachariah Shipman … 51
Vignette I: Anthusae by Rebecca Buchanan … 55
Maia of the Mountain, We Praise You by Melia Orlando … 57
To Maia by Ariadne Rainbird … 58
Hymn to Maia I by Rebecca Buchanan … 59
Oread by Ariadne Rainbird … 60
Hymn to Maia II by Rebecca Buchanan … 61
Hymn to Makris by Denny … 62
Lament of Echo’s Daughters by Rebecca Buchanan … 63
Afternoon With a Faun by J.K. Bywaters … 64
Hamadryad by Ariadne Rainbird … 118
Hymn to the Satyrs by Rebecca Lynn Scott … 119
After Ida by Rebecca Buchanan … 120
Hymn to Artemis of the Poisoned Earth by Rebecca Buchanan … 121
To Artemis by Ariadne Rainbird … 122
Invocation of the Forest Lady by Rebecca Buchanan … 123
Hymn to Artemis III by Rebecca Buchanan … 124
Prayer to the Mistress of Animals by Rebecca Buchanan … 125
To Apollon Karneios by Ariadne Rainbird … 126
To Kheiron by Amanda Artemisia Forrester … 128
Andante … 129
Spirits of Sea and Sky
Cave of the Storm Nymphs by Sir John Poynter … 131
The Arrival: The Train of Poseidon by Zachariah Shipman … 132
Hymn to Triton by Zachariah Shipman … 135
Hymn to Nereus I by Rebecca Buchanan … 136
Phorcys: Primordial Guardian on the Threshold of Reality? by Darius Matthias Klein … 137
Hymn to Poseidon II by Rebecca Buchanan … 144
Hymn to Poseidon, Lord of Polluted Waters by Rebecca Buchanan … 145
Prayers to the Hyades by Rebecca Lynn Scott … 146
Silver Limnad by Alexeigynaix … 148
Vignette II: Aurae by Rebecca Buchanan … 149
Rhea, Hera, and the Starry Cosmos:
An Essay on Generational Flow by Zachariah Shipman … 151
Vignette V: Hyades by Rebecca Buchanan … 155
Hymn to Zeus VII by Rebecca Buchanan … 158
A Hymn to Eurybia by Zachariah Shipman … 159
Run, Britomartis! by Lucia Maria Silvana … 160
Diktynna of Aigina by Lucia Maria Silvana … 162
Lures by J.K. Bywaters … 164
Vignette III: Eleinomae by Rebecca Buchanan … 193
Galatée by Gustave Moreau … 196
Vignette IV: Haliae by Rebecca Buchanan … 197
Deep in the Dark by Suz Thackston … 202
To Poseidon by Ariadne Rainbird … 213
Scherzo I … 214
Spirits of the Underworld
Die Seelin des Acheron by Adolf Hiremy Hirschi … 215
Hymn to Melinoe I by Rebecca Buchanan … 216
Hymn to Melinoe II by Rebecca Buchanan … 217
Orphic Hymn to Melinoe Translation Derived from Thomas Taylor … 218
Vignette VI: Lampades by Rebecca Buchanan … 219
Scherzo II … 224
Dionysus, Pan, and Other Madnesses
The Magic of Pan’s Flute by John Reinhard Weguelin … 225
To Watchful Nysos and the Celebrant of Wine by Akhilleus Lykios … 226
Maenad Meditation by Rev. Donna Swindells … 227
Maenads by Ashley Dioses … 236
Hymn to Methe by Denny … 237
Hymn to the Satyroi by Akhilleus Lykios … 238
Hymn to Rhea-Kybele, the Earth Mother by Akhilleus Lykios … 239
An Account of the Challenge and Duel of Pan Aegocerus and Apollo Khrysolyris, as Witnessed by Seilenos, Son and Apostle of Pan by J.K. Bywaters … 240
Hymn to Pan V by Rebecca Buchanan … 262
Hymn to Pan VI by Rebecca Buchanan … 263
Panic by Ashley Dioses … 264
Dionysus by Ariadne Rainbird … 267
Satyroi Hermeides by Rebecca Lynn Scott … 268
They Sing in Whispers by Ashley Dioses … 269
Satyroi in the Dionysian Mysteries and the Phallos by Zachariah Shipman … 270
Prayer to Priapos for Garden Fertility by Zachariah Shipman … 272
The Warrior by Suz Thackston … 273
What Is the Difference Between the Kabeiroi, the Kouretes, the Korybantes, and the Dactyloi? by Zachariah Shipman … 278
The Dance of the Kouretes by Akhilleus Lykios … 281
Shamanic Trance and Dance: A Guide to Ecstatic Trance in the Mysteries of Rhea-Kybele and Dionysos by Zachariah Shipman … 282
To Dionysos Eleftherios by Ariadne Rainbird … 284
Dionysus and the Dryad by Suz Thackston … 286
Sonata … 288
A Bacchanal with Naked Nymphs Decorating a Herm by Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre … 289
Appendix A: Index of Nature Spirits … 290
Appendix B: Recommended Reading … 297
Appendix C: Our Contributors … 299
Appendix D: About Bibliotheca Alexandrina — Current Titles — Forthcoming Titles … 306
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