Monthly Archives: December 2016

Novena prayer to Mercury

Posted on 25 December 2016 by DeoMercurio

While doing my annual Festivus shopping this year,* I noticed that Galina Krasskova’s novena book In Praise of Hermes had hit the shelves, so naturally I swallowed it up greedily. I was delighted to find myself among the people in … Continue reading →

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Taurobolium lugudunense

Posted on 9 December 2016 by DeoMercurio

Today, the 9th of December, commemorates an interesting foray into Phrygian religion on Gaulish soil. On this day in the year 160 CE, under the ægis of the divine Antoninus Pius, a public taurobolium was celebrated for the first time … Continue reading →

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