Messenger of Dionysos · Mused by Apollo

In ancient times, Satyr was the horned and horny messenger of Eleusinian forest god Dionysos. He mesmerized the youth of nearby villages with the musical magic of his flute and made them dance till broad daylight. In our common present, the spirit of Satyr inhabits the body of a human boy.

Searching for a new way to spread the vibe of the forest, by Dionysian decree, Satyr switched to SL and CDJ instruments, which fit the job quite nicely. Apart from those, he employs the tools Apollo chose: a blank screen and virtual ink, to jot down all he likes to think - hence this his satellite here, orbiting Earth's blogosphere!


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Showing posts with label eleusis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label eleusis. Show all posts

Après-Bicyclette



2017, April 19+7, Après-Bicyclette

Une semaine après notre Grand Départ annuel ...

One week after crossing the starting line of our annual Bicycle Day cerebralations, we make our aumward return. At the finish, holding out a black and white checkered blotter flag, Saint Albert Uncle Hofmann welcomes us. Our outward spiraling wheels slowly stop spinning as we come down to a halt next to him, flagging down our bikes.
After a wide and warm embrace, he holds us softly by the shoulders, looks us in the eye and smiles, then turns to our side, joins us as our gaze floats out over the Earth's plane stretching out in front of us, pauses to breathe, then speaking sincere words of swissdom ...

"Alienation from nature and the loss of the experience of being part of the living creation is the greatest tragedy of our materialistic era. It is the causative reason for ecological devastation and climate change.

Therefore I attribute absolute highest importance to consciousness change. I regard psychedelics as catalyzers for this. They are tools which are guiding our perception toward other deeper areas of our human existence, so that we again become aware of our spiritual essence. Psychedelic experiences in a safe setting can help our consciousness open up to this sensation of connection and of being one with nature.

LSD and related substances are not drugs in the usual sense, but are part of the sacred substances, which have been used for thousand of years in ritual settings. The classic psychedelics like LSD, Psilocybin and Mescaline are characterized by the fact that they are neither toxic nor addictive. It is my great concern to separate psychedelics from the ongoing debates about drugs, and to highlight the tremendous potential inherent to these substances for self-awareness, as an adjunct in therapy, and for fundamental research into the human mind.

It is my wish that a modern Eleusis will emerge, in which seeking humans can learn to have transcendent experiences with sacred substances in a safe setting. I am convinced that these soul-opening, mind-revealing substances will find their appropriate place in our society and our culture."

Albert Hofmann
2007, April 19


- image from the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors shop,
printed on the backside of the card with the painting
"St. Albert and the LSD Revelation Revolution" by Alex Grey

· visit alexgrey.com & shop.cosm.org for more details
· click any or all of the highlighted links for additional content


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.: paving the path :.

apart from the sampled,
all text ⓦ Satyr Barbarossa
(cc) 2017 / / CCBYNCND4.0


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Eleusis Calling ☉ Out For The Season



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relief showing Demeter bearing wheat and poppy

"He who does not imagine in stronger and better lineaments, and in stronger and better light than his perishing mortal eye can see, does not imagine at all." - William Blake according to Geoffery Keynes,
from The Writings of William Blake, vol. III, p. 108


Eleusis Calling - Telesterial Chores Await

out for the Season until further notice

In the meanspacetime,
peace and love to all
and please don't take
one and another
too seriously

War No More & Let's Dance!


Some Online Mixes Assorted

[ on soundcloud:9 ]


44% on the Drops [ psytrance @143 bpm / download / info ]


Choreocraft [ crosstempo soundtrack / download / info ]


Noise Cleanse [ techno, uptech @126 bpm / download / info ]


Spike My Cocktail Please [ psytrance @ 134 bpm / download / info ]


Sylvan Secrets [ psytrance @ 147 bpm / download / info ]


[ on mixcloud:9 ]


23000 Theta Cycles [ chill out / download / info ]


8bit Ballroom Pro 2.0.12 [ crosstempo, glitch / download / info ]


Alien Ascension pt.1 [ psytrance, tech trance / download pt.1 / info ]


Alien Ascension pt.2 [ techno, uptech / download pt.2 / info ]


Noise Cleanse [ techno, uptech / download / info ]


Royal Smoke Signals [ chill out, crosstempo, uptech / download / info ]


Star Tetrahedron pt.1 [ chill out / download pt.1 / info pt.1 ]


Star Tetrahedron pt.2 [ chill out / download pt.2 / info pt.2 ]


Star Tetrahedron pt.3 [ chill out / download pt.3 / info pt.3 ]


Summit on Mount Sumeru [ chill out / download / info ]


Suomi Sumo Summercamp [ psytrance / download / info ]


Sylvan Secrets [ psytrance / download / info ]


The Eschatatonic Chants of Mu [ misc. chill out / download / info ]


The Final Queensday [ psytrance / download / info ]


Vernal Equinocturnal [ chill out, crosstempo / download / info ]


Winter Solstice Smoke Signals pt.1 [ chill out / download pt.1 / info ]


Willy's Wobblebot Factory [ techno / download / info ]


[ a KrazyKris vs Odr vs Ozmali vs Satyr vs Whrikk collaborative ]


Trancending Winter Solstice Edition [ psytrance / download / info ]


[ SPD collaborative ]


Sonic Paradise Destroyed by SPD (Single Personality Disorder)
[ crosstempo electronica / download / info ]


Ups and Downs at Izzy's by SPD (Single Personality Disorder)
[ crosstempo electronica / download / info ]


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.: in lak'ech :.
.: pace et luce :.
.: namaskaramba :.


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Sonate Cornucopias Brumalis



Amalthea, accompanied by Satyr, nurses Zeus


Sonate Cornucopias Brumalis - Sound The Winter Horns Of Plenty

After a short season of silence (i.e. five weeks without internet)
the Sater returns from the Eleusinian forest with a gift
from Dionysos, an advance advent of Brumalia:
a fresh cornucopia, filled with the fruits
of Demeter's own harvest ...

... or rather:
don't hold your breath,
more musical magic soon.


.: namaskaramba :.


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Dionysos - God of Intoxication

Dionysos - god of intoxication

chthonic dionysos
guide us in ecstatic craze
make us sing and dance

Dionysos (translated into Latin as Bacchus)

son of Zeus and Semele, lord of life and death;
accompanied by centaurs, ipotanes, maenads and satyrs;
god of intoxication, wild nature, fertility and mystery;
inspirer of good times, ritual madness and ecstasy;
frequently underestimated as a mere god of wine.

Ancient Athens dedicated two festivals, Dionysia and Lenaia, to Dionysos. Initiates worshipped him in the Dionysian Mysteries, which may have functioned as the precursor of the Orphic Mysteries and Gnosticism, and stood second only to the Eleusinian Mysteries. Also the more recent movement of Christianity, with its similar traits of resurrection and Life after Death, may have some of its early roots in these rituals.

Whether or not
we may deem the latter seem
true or true enough, let us join
and sing and dance and laugh and love!


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apart from the quote below,
all text ⓦ Satyr Barbarossa
(cc) 2009 / 2018 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

.: sator arepo tenet opera rotas :.

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The Eleusinian Mysteries

Demeter, Triptolemus and Persephone (Kore)

Demeter, Triptolemos and Persephone (left to right)

The Eleusinian Mysteries

"Blessed is he who, having seen these rites, undertakes the way beneath the Earth. He knows the end of life, as well as its divinely granted beginning."

Eleusis, a sanctuary near Athens where secret initiation rites were held for more than two thousand years in ancient times - the Mysteries of the cult of Demeter (the Divine Mother, goddess of Fertility) and Persephone (her daughter, goddess of the Underworld). Initiates were offered a powerful potion called Kykeon to be united with their goddesses of worship. Even though the original site has been destroyed in 395 AD, the road to Eleusis is still travelled frequently.


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apart from the quote,
all text ⓦ Satyr Barbarossa
(cc) 2009 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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freakuently unanswered questions


? what is Satyr

! in ancient times, Satyr roamed the Eleusinian forests as the horned and horny messenger of Dionysos - the god of ritual intoxication - who dispatched him to mesmerize the youth of nearby villages with the musical magic of his flute, and made them dance till broad daylight.

? where is Satyr

! in our recent past, Satyr reincarnated in the concrete jungle of Amsterdam as a DJ. At age ten, he recorded his first mix, displaying his love for early hip hop and electro, and soon his tapes were in high demand. After the Second Summer Of Love, he got turned on by new dimensions of synthetic sound and ventured into the realms of ambient, acid-house, techno and trance music, never looking back ever since.

? does he still play flute

! the Panflute has become an artefact in captivity, held safe and sound in the archeological archive of the Vatican. Yet, since them high-n-mighty early 1990s, Satyr became increasingly skilled as a player of the SL & CDJ instruments, spinning various styles of musica eclectronica, embracing a wide range of the bpm spectrum with remarkable sparkle.

Notoriously difficult to pigeonhole yet sharply focused on and specialized in ambient, chillout, psytrance & deep atmospheric techno; entertaining events for 5 to 50.000 people, by serving his spicy melange of clean cuts and dirty grooves, mixing it down and grinding it up from raw to smooth.

A few memorable events ecstasized by Satyr:
Amsterdam Dance Event (NL), Atmosphere (Berlin), Ballonnenfeest (NL), Burning Man (USA), Club A (Sao Paulo), Dance Valley (NL), Love & Magic (Oslo), Metsafestiwaal (Finland), Pan-O-Rama Festival (La Gomera), The Pi Club (Berlin), Q-Base (Germany), Senseblender Festival (Belgium), Universo Paralello (Bahia / Brazil), VooV Experience (Germany), and many more in Belgium, Brazil, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Lithuania, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, USA & all over The Netherlands.*

* a detailed gigographic list might appear later



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