Update: Call of the God

It has been a while since time has permitted an update with respect to the proposed anthology about the Pagan divine masculine, Call of the God: An Anthology Exploring the Divine Masculine within Modern Paganism, to be made.  And I am delighted to advise that whilst the progress seems to have been fraught with a number of obstacles, the anthology is now in its final stages.

 

The first change was in the extended title to encapsulate the fact that this is indeed a joint project showcasing contributions received from writers, poets, ritualists and artists from around the world.

 

Imbolc and "Dancing the Sacred Wheel" is back in stock

Jonquils in my garden

During the last few weeks or so something amazing has started to occur - life is starting to return to the earth's surface after it's long winter sleep - or at least it is becoming more noticeable as the early cautiously making their appearance.   In my garden the delicious scent of jonquils awaken the senses as they emerge from between the ever flowing irises.  A fragile warming of the air can be felt as winter, usually the season of rest and withdrawal, comes to an end, and even the sun appears to linger longer in the sky.

Catkins and new growth is starting to appear all around the garden on seemingly dead plants marking another sign that life is returning to the land.

Update: Call of the God - the end is in sight

"Cernunnos Australis" by Cathy Hartley

It certainly feels like it has been a long time between updates and Windows 8 and Outlook 2010 deciding they would not talk to each other, the fact that I have any hair on my head at all is quite an amazing feat in itself.  But despite these setbacks, progress has been happening (albeit at a slower than anticipated pace) with respect to this my first edited anthology.

 

The manuscript to Call of the God: An Anthology Exploring the Divine Masculine within Modern Paganism has been received back from the proof-reader and I am currently in the process of going through the suggested amendments as well as other notations.  Some additional images have been added and the order of contributions slightly adjusted to attempt a better flow and even connection  between the submissions received, with the word "anthology" added to the title.

Call of the Wild God - talk on Tuesday, 5 May 2015

Pan by Vittorio Ulinovich

While my own compiling of the many submissions received for the upcoming anthology, Call of the God: An Exploration of the Divine Masculine within Modern Paganism is making progress slowly but surely, I will be actually presenting a talk on the God at the upcoming Pagans in the Pub held at the Hotel Metropolitan, 46 Grote Street, Adelaide on Tuesday, 5 May 2015, starting at 7.30pm.

 

Entitled "Call of the Wild God", during this talk I will be sharing some of my thoughts (and maybe even personal discoveries) about the divine masculine who these days tends to be found lurking amongst the shadows, slipping through nightmares, or even teasing our peripheral vision ... Yet, if we ignore Him too much, He is also renown for crashing into our well-ordered lives, bringing with Him much chaos and destruction (and if we are lucky, with a hint of mischief!).