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Pagan Eye: Medusa Mosaic at Dion in Greece
This photo shows a mosaic of Medusa at the Archaeological Park of Dion, an important archaeological site at Mount Olympus in Greece. The picture was sent in by someone who reads this blog.
Dion contains the archeological remains of sanctuaries from the Hellenistic and Roman periods and the park shows the importance of ancient Dion. The mosaic is in the Villa of Dionysus, one of the most important private buildings in the area.
Medusa of Greek and Roman mythology, although often depicted as a monster, has also been seen as a victim, a metaphor for unrest, and an icon for feminist rage. Angry women often get unfairly accused of being monstrous, with the reasons for their anger dismissed. Even in ancient times Medusa was considered to be protective as well as fierce. Her image was sometimes worn as an amulet to help keep the warer safe or ward off the evil eye.
The reader who kindly emailed me this photo sent several other pictures from Dion. I’m sharing this before Halloween as a reminder that the legends behind monsters can sometimes have more than one interpretation.
My Pagan Eye posts show photos that I find interesting – seasonal images, pagan sites, events, or just pretty pictures. If you want to send me a photo for a Pagan Eye post, please email it to badwitch1234@gmail.com Let me know what the photo shows and whether you want your name mentioned or not. For copyright reasons, the photo must be one you have taken yourself.
The photo is copyright the photographer and used here with permission
Links and previous related posts
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2022/09/organising-goddesses-harder-than.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2022/10/pagan-eye-lilith-dorsey-introducing.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2022/01/book-excerpt-healing-plants-of-greek.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2018/06/london-necropolis-roman-dead-in.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeological_Park_of_Dion
Magical Online & London Events for Samhain
Throughout October; London Month of the Dead, a month-long festival of talks, concerts, workshops and guided walks, many taking place at in Kensal Green Cemetery Dissenters’ Chapel or Brompton Cemetery. Tickets for individual events are £12-£25. You can find the full programme here: https://londonmonthofthedead.com/index.html
Now to 19 February 2023; Hieroglyphs: Unlocking Ancient Egypt. Exhibition at the Sainsbury Gallery at the British Museum, London. Find out more here: britishmuseum.org/hieroglyphs
Wednesday 26 October; (every Wednesdays); Evening Sound Bath Meditation. Venue: She’s Lost Control, 42 Valentine Road, London. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £15. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events
Wednesday 26 October; The Witch’s Feast: A History of Kitchen Witchcraft. Zoom talk by Melissa Madara through The Last Tuesday Society and The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets · from £5.82. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619
Wednesday 26 October; Winternights, a Heathen ancestors celebration. Lecture and ceremony with Andre Henriques. Online via Treadwell’s Bookshop. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £10. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events
Thursday 27 October (and other dates); Morning Meditation. Free online event via Mirthy. Time: 9am. https://www.mirthy.co.uk/event-calendar/30-minute-morning-meditation/
Thursday 27 October; Gower St Presents: Malcolm Gaskill on The Ruin Of All Witches. Venue: Waterstone’s 82 Gower Street, London, WC1E 6EQ. Time: 6.30pm. Tickets: £5 – £13. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/waterstones-15241684138
Thursday 27 October; Antique Beat Salon – London City of Shadows – City at Night City of Light – Journeys into Lamplit London. Talks by Professor Matthew Beaumont and Christopher Sugg. Venue: The Horse Hospital, Colonnade, London, WC1N 1JD. Time: 7pm. Tickets from £9.21. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/antique-beat-30320437690
Thursday 27 October; Ancient Witches and The Goddess Hecate. Zoom talk by Prof Marguerite Johnson through The Last Tuesday Society and The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities. Time: 8.30pm. Tickets · from £5.82. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-viktor-wynd-museum-amp-the-last-tuesday-society-12203346619
Friday 28 October; The Wheel of the Year – Free book launch event by author Dr. Rebecca Beattie’s, with witchcraft historian Dr. John Callow. Hybrid event. In-person venue: Treadwell’s, 33 Store St, London WC1E 7BS Time: 7pm. Tickets: Free but reserve a place. https://www.treadwells-london.com/events
Friday 28 October; Online Guided Journey with Goddess Athena, run by Under the Dancing Tree and Rachel Sarah. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £12. https://www.underthedancingtree.co.uk/shop/JOURNEY-WITH-ATHENA-~-Autumn-Equinox-~-Online-Celebration-~-23rd-Sept-2022-p227773092?
Saturday 29 October; Botanical Magic Series – Craft a Witch Bottle. Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London, NW1 6XT. Time: 10am 4pm. Tickets: £70 includes: all materials, and your handmade witch bottle, with botanicals to make further witch bottles. https://www.theperfumemistress.com/workshops/2022/10/29/botanicalmagicseriescraftawitchbottle-2022
Saturday 29 October; Constructing the Witch: How Women became Maleficent. One-day course with Ann Jeffers via City Lit. Venue: Keeley Street, Covent Garden, London. Time: 10.30am – 4.30pm. Full fee: £59, Senior fee: £47, Concession:£36. https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/constructing-the-witch-how-women-became-maleficent
Saturday 29 October; Sacred Samhain Women’s Circle. Venue: The Bridge, 73-81 Southwark Bridge Road, London, SE1 0NQ. Time: 4.30pm. Tickets: £18. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/jojo-mclaren-33983985257?
Sunday 30 October; Woodland Witches Samhain Ritual 2022 with Mani via London Woodland Witches, Wiccans and Pagans. Venue: Queen’s Wood, Highgate, North London. Time: 3pm Tickets: £7. https://www.meetup.com/LondonWoodlandWitches/
Sunday 30 October; Samhain Pagan Ceremony. Venue: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, 3 Pilgrim’s Place, London NW3 1NG. Time: 7pm. Free, just turn up. https://www.rosslynhillchapel.org.uk/
Monday 31 October; Walking the Wheel with Hekate at Samhain. Workshop. Venue: Wicca Moon, 50 Well Hall Road, London, SE9 6SH. Time: 2pm- 8pm. Tickets: £50. https://www.wiccamoonuk.com/product-category/events-and-workshops/
Monday 31 October; Halloween Open Evening by Candlelight at Crossbones Graveyard, Southwark. Location: Redcross Way, London, SE1 1TA. Time: 5pm to 7pm. Recommended donations £5. Details here: https://www.bost.org.uk/ or https://www.facebook.com/BanksideOpenSpacesTrust/
Monday 31 October; Women’s Circle for Samhain – part of the Women’s Circles collection by The Reformed Bohemian. Online event. Time: 7pm. Tickets by donation. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-reformed-bohemian-39644491363
Monday 31 October; Samhain – Zoom Death Meditation Ceremony. Breathwork meditation journey. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £35. https://www.breathceremony.com/service-page/samhain-zoom-death-meditation-ceremony?
Tuesday 1 November; Ghosted: Death, Transformation and Karmic Cord Cutting. Venue: She’s Lost Control, Valentine Road, London. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £25. https://sheslostcontrol.co.uk/collections/all-events
Tuesday 1 November (first Tuesday each Month); Essex Witch Trials. Talk at Romford Pagan Moot. Venue: The Golden Lion, 2 High Street, Romford. Time: 7pm. Entry £4. https://www.facebook.com/Romford-Pagan-Moote-634178063700381
Wednesday 2 November (first Wednesday of the month); Drumming and Meditation online with Taz Thornton. Time: 7pm Price: free. https://www.facebook.com/TazThorntonOfficial#
Thursday 3 November; The First Ghosts. Talk by Irving Finkel. Venue: Watkins Bookshop, 19-21 Cecil Court, · London WC2N 4EZ. Time: 5.30pm. Free event. https://www.meetup.com/WatkinsBooks
Thursday 3 November; Mantra and the Power of Sound. Online talk by Ann Mathie via the College of Psychic Studies. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £16. https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/
Friday 4 November; The Witches Circle Monthly Class. Venue: Kallima Wellbeing Centre, 8A Adam Business Centre, Cranes Farm Rd, Basildon, SS14 3JF. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets: £16.76. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/kallima-wellbeing-centre-15972923230
Sunday 6 November; Full Moon Event with Peace Fires. Light a candle or fire for peace wherever you are in the world, for just for 10 minutes or an hour or longer and state the intention: “Let there be peace on earth and love for one another.” Free. Details: http://peacefires.org/
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