Are Bacchus and Dionysos the same?

This is an excerpt from a Q&A session I did a while back to help promote Ecstatic, discussing my fairly strong views on the subject of Bacchus and Dionysos’ shared identity. Keep in mind that I am no Tully, dear readers. My intense gratitude to Dver for getting this uploaded.

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Another review

Ecstatic has been reviewed by the Australian magazine Living Traditions and you can find their online version here. As a polytheist I am always on the lookout for books which really communicate the experiencing of worshipping one of the Gods in the modern world. While there are lots of books looking at the Gods from [...]

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Things have been crazy

So I apologize for the lack of actual content around here lately. Can’t promise that’ll soon be changing … but here are a couple things you might enjoy in the meantime. First up is a review of Ecstatic by Finnchuill: It took me about half a year to read all of this huge compendium of [...]

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I’m sure this is going to be controversial, but it needs to be said

Jason over at The Wild Hunt just posted an update to the Buncombe County school district case, in which a Pagan parent is challenging their policy of distributing Bibles on school grounds. The school board decided not to permit the distribution of introductory materials on Wicca and Paganism which were generously donated by Llewellyn. And [...]

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I had a very pleasant Night with Dionysos

On Friday I did the reading, discussion and book-signing for Ecstatic at Metamorphosis Spirit, a local Pagan shop/metaphysical healing center here in Eugene. Although the turn-out wasn’t as great as I had hoped for thanks to all of the 11/11/11 parties, rituals and events going on in town that night, the people who did turn [...]

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Cuius enim panem manduco carmina canto

As you can imagine, putting on something like the Ecstatic event isn’t going to be cheap. Thanks to Dionysos finally getting me a job I’m in a position to cover it, but just barely. (Especially when you factor in all of the upcoming festivals and activities we’ve got going from October to December.) To ease [...]

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Ex scintilla incendium

I am excited. I’ve only got a little bit of work left to do on the flyers, brochures and other promotional material for the Ecstatic reading/discussion/book-signing event I mentioned a while back. Hopefully all of that should be completed by the end of the week, meaning that come Monday or Tuesday I should be able [...]

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A night with Dionysos

Local author and polytheist H. Jeremiah Lewis will be reading selections from his latest book Ecstatic: For Dionysos at Metamorphosis Spirit on November 11th. Ecstatic is a unique collection of poetry, essays, short fiction and devotional writing honoring Dionysos (or Bacchus) – the ancient Greek god of wine, women, madness, drama and vegetation, among much [...]

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Speaking of Ecstatic …

… I see that there’s only a single review over at Amazon.com. I know that many of you have purchased and enjoyed this book. I would be immensely pleased if more of you would take a couple moments out of your busy schedules and write reviews of it, either there or at your own blogs. [...]

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Courting inspiration

Even though Ecstatic came in at nearly six hundred pages I’m not finished talking about Dionysos. Not by a long shot. Now, I could continue writing on Dionysian topics that interest me – and most assuredly will – but I figured it would also be a good idea to see what you, the readers of [...]

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Galina Krasskova interviews a Dionysian

And that Dionysian is me! Be warned, the thing is huge: section one (encompassing 6 pages) can be found here while section two (of roughly the same length) is here. Its immense size is only partly due to my notorious long-windedness. Galina came up with some of the most original, interesting and thought-provoking questions I’ve [...]

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Want a signed copy of Ecstatic?

I have two books left from a previous order I made and I’d be glad to personally autograph one for you. With shipping it comes to $33. Unfortunately I require the funds to be sent through Paypal as I cannot wait for the regular post. (At least this time – I can always order additional [...]

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A big favor

If every one of you who have read and enjoyed Ecstatic so far could take a couple moments out of your busy schedules and write a review of it over at Amazon.com or talk about it on your blogs or do similar things to help get the word out – I’d appreciate it immensely. The [...]

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A day with the gods

A lot of things really coalesced for me during the celebration of the Greater Feast of Spider over the last couple days. It’s weird because I didn’t feel the strong and intimate connection with Spider that I had been hoping for, but on the other hand I got a ridiculous amount of information downloaded and [...]

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I’ve been interviewed!

My good friend P. Sufenas Lupus interviewed me recently in response to the release of Ecstatic. I was in a weird mood when I answered his questions (and quite possibly drunk) and thus they came out rather weird. After a period of reflection (and possibly sobering up: I refuse to either confirm or deny the [...]

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I’m like Herakles

If you don’t understand the reference, click on the picture and things will be clearer.

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Amanda Blake interviews me about Ecstatic

Greco-Egyptian author and the founder of the temple of Athena the Savior Amanda Sioux Blake has posted an interview she recently did with me coinciding with the release of Ecstatic which I am reproducing here. You can find the original at http://templeofathena.wordpress.com/2011/06/08/interview-with-sannion-about-his-new-book-ecstatic/ You recently published what is, I believe, your fifth book, Ecstatic. Can you tell us a [...]

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A special offer for readers of The House of Vines

I’m going to be ordering some extra copies of Ecstatic so that I can personally sign and inscribe them. If you are interested in obtaining one of these you can order the book directly from me instead of going through Createspace or Amazon. Supplies are limited so act fast! E-mail me at Sannion@gmail.com if you’re [...]

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Time to get Ecstatic For Dionysos!

That’s right folks, it’s finally available and my god is this thing huuuuuuuuge! Who is Dionysos? There are as many answers to this enigmatic question as there are people asking it. For a significant portion of his life H. Jeremiah Lewis (perhaps better known by his religious name Sannion) has struggled to understand the ways [...]

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Countdown to Ecstatic: Day Ten

“Dionysos fell in love with Ariadne, and took her from Naxos off to Lemnos where he had sex with her and begat Thoas, Staphylos, Oinopion, and Peparethos.” – Apollodoros, Bibliotheca E1. 9

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