Tag Archives: Nature Worship

Sunlight League bill

Posted on December 15, 2018 by esotericnz
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Omens of Succession

Posted on September 19, 2016 by esotericnz

Another tale from John Wilson’s ‘Reminiscences of the Early Settlement of Dunedin and South Otago‘. The Nicols, father and son. took a contract to build a bridge and an accommodation house at the Mataura River. Not having seen the place, they had to trust to the … Continue reading →

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The New Zealander of the future

Posted on July 4, 2016 by esotericnz

Part of the impetus behind this blog is to underline moments of unfulfilled potential in the overlooked literary output of this country. When that potential is couched in a body of irredeemable dreck the question of whether the author is capable of … Continue reading →

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O’ Star

Posted on June 6, 2016 by esotericnz

O STAR! New Zealand Illustrated Magazine, Volume V, Issue 1, 1 October 1901, Page 42 http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZI19011001.2.16&srpos=1&e=——-10-NZI-1—-0pagan– 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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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 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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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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Prose Moon Worship

Posted on June 9, 2014 by esotericnz

THINGS OF THE MOON. New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15837, 6 February 1915, Page 1   With thanks to the national library of New Zealand –

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Tree Worship

Posted on March 3, 2014 by esotericnz

some frazarian speculations from the Northen Advocate  , attesting to  the interest in the origin of custom common to the late 19th and early 20th century TIMELY TOPICS Northern Advocate , 30 May 1925, Page 9   http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NA19250530.2.69.3&srpos=4&e=——-10–1—-2dion+fortune– with thanks … Continue reading →

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