Tag Archives: Gods

Nemesis as the goddess of vengeance

Posted on June 20, 2016 by esotericnz

From Notes & Queries.,Freethought Review, Volume I, Issue 9, 1 June 1884 https://beta.paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/FRERE18840601.2.17 With thanks to the National Library of New Zealand

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The Old Gods

Posted on May 16, 2016 by esotericnz

THE OLD GODS. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 130, 4 June 1929, Page 6 http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19290604.2.52&srpos=13&e=——-100–1—-0witch+goddess–

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The Noosing of the Sun-God

Posted on February 8, 2015 by esotericnz

The Noosing of the Sun-God Jessie Mackay 1910 “Tiraha, Te Ra! I am Maui,— Maui, the bantling, the darling;— Maui, the fire-thief, the jester;— Maui, the world’s fisherman! Thou art the Sun-God, Te Ra of the flaming hair. Heretofore man … Continue reading →

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Some idle Dionysian musings

Posted on January 5, 2015 by esotericnz

THE CULT OF DIONYSUS. Sun, Volume I, Issue 2, 7 February 1914, Page 6   http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=SUNCH19140207.2.91.62&srpos=49&e=——-100–1—-0dionysus– SOCIAL SERVICE. Observer, Volume XXXIII, Issue 13, 7 December 1912, Page 3 http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TO19121207.2.3.4&srpos=61&e=——-100–1—-0dionysus– With thanks to the National Library of New Zealand

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The Land of the Gods.

Posted on December 22, 2014 by esotericnz

The Land of the Gods. Otago Witness , Issue 2725, 30 May 1906, Page 85   http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=OW19060530.2.202&srpos=33&e=——-100–1—-0dionysus– With thanks to the National Library of New Zealand

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THE SHRINE OF APHRODITE.

Posted on December 15, 2014 by esotericnz

THE SHRINE OF APHRODITE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19103, 22 August 1925, Page 1   http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH19250822.2.163.5&srpos=74&e=——-100–1—-0dionysus– With thanks to the National Library of New Zealand

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THE NATURE OF DIONYSUS.

Posted on October 10, 2014 by esotericnz

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10479, 11 June 1910, Page 2     http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=OAM19100611.2.63.7&srpos=5&e=——-100–1—-0dionysus– With thanks to the National Library of New Zealand

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Palmerston Zealandia

Posted on August 11, 2014 by esotericnz

The Goddess personification of New Zealand on a Boer War monument. One of 3 public monuments featuring Zealandia, one in Otago, one in Canterbury and one in Auckland (this one commemorating the New Zealand wars)

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An Occult Argument Against Music Education

Posted on June 21, 2014 by esotericnz

The Akaroa Mail. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1884. THE PROPAGATION OF DISCORDS. Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume IX, Issue 879, 16 December 1884, Page 2 With thanks to the National Library of New Zealand http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AMBPA18841216.2.8&srpos=1&e=——-10–1—-0tHE+PROPAGATION+OF+DISCORDS–

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Mirror Magic in the NZ Herald

Posted on April 4, 2014 by esotericnz

MIRROR MAGIC. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18825, 27 September 1924, Page 6   http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH19240927.2.148.57.9&srpos=6&e=——-10–1—-0aphrodite+goddess–

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