Return to Ithaka

Unfortunately I was away from this blog for several reasons and I regret this having occurred. New stimuli and new interests will certainly encourage me to pursue this endeavour and bring new life to this virtual cultural emporium.

I've changed the name of the blog for its old purpose, that was defending "His Dark Materials" from the vicious attacks of ignorance and bigotry, has become temporarily obsolete although it be renewed in the near future.
The new name borrows heavily and shamelessly from the renowned Cretan myth of Theseus' victory over the Minotaur - the thread and the torch are symbols of a greater purpose guiding us in the labyrinth of our times. Only by defeating the wildness, the aggressiveness and all of the hidden violence we have in us we can venture into the open daylight of a glorious day and leave behind the threshold between the world in which Pandora's escapees teem and the universal warmth of consciousness.
Labyrinths will be an ubiquitous symbol in my treatises and thus I feel obliged to honour them with the blog's title.

In my current studies I'm exploring several universes of interest: the Kabiric rituals in the Aegean, Alexandrian Ptolemaic cults, the iconology of Selene/Luna and looking forward to a Masters Thesis which will focus on a comparison between Viking colonization in Russia and the Ukraine in the early Middle Ages and Greek colonization in the Black Sea in the Archaic and Classical periods.
Furthermore, in my own private studies which are directed towards feeding the ever-voracious demands of my fantasy books I'm concentrating on Shamanism, Archaic Greek Magic, Initiation through metal-working, alchemy, Mayan cosmogony, Sacred Trees and much, much more.

I will not separate my thoughts about the world that surrounds me by setting up a parallel blog but I will share them together with all these ramblings and flickers of inspiration.

Blessings!

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