Elaine Meinel Supkis
People who want to revive the post-Minoan Doric Greek religious practices have petitioned the government of Greece to allow this. Right now, if one doen't believe in any of the vicious, cold-blooded gods of the post-Piscean Middle East, you are out of luck, it is illegal. Nuts to that! May many religions bloom. Or so says Pegasus.
It has taken almost 2,000 years, but those who worship the 12 gods of ancient Greece have finally triumphed. An Athens court has ordered that the adulation of Zeus, Hera, Hermes, Athena and co is to be unbanned, paving the way for a comeback of pagans on Mount Olympus.
The followers, who say they "defend the genuine traditions, religion and ethos" of the ancients by adhering to a pre-Christian polytheistic culture, are poised to take their battle to the temples of Greece.
"What we want, now, is for the government to fully recognise our religion," Vasillis Tsantilas told the Guardian. "We will petition the Greek parliament, and the EU if that fails, for access to worship in places like the Acropolis, for permission to have our own cemeteries and, where necessary, to re-bury the [ancient] bones of the dead.
About 98% of Greeks are Orthodox Christian, and all other religions except Judaism and Islam had been banned.
As someone who looks askance at the present day gods, all I can say is, what the hell do any governments have in saying what religions we believe? I do recall the Christians wailing about being persecuted, for example, for this very thing. Well, as usual, when they got power they wanted dictatorship. Israel is in a bloody battle for dominance for their bloody god. And the Muslims are merrily killing in their guy's name, too.
Religions love to kill. They also want dictatorship. I am happy Pegasus, despite owning the lightning bolts he drops on my head periodically, he doesn't give a fig if anyone believes in him. He just does his horsey thing and laughs at us, high up, of course.
I had the ferrier over to shoe Sparky the other day. While the poor man struggled to clip the Great Horse's hooves, Sparky would lean on him just for fun and the ferrier would whack at him with the clippers. Then Sparky would gum my hat or roll his big, brown eyes at me. You could see what he was thinking. "Just wait until I get to my storehouse of lightning bolts back behind the ox pen! Ha."
Well, one can have various relationships with a horse, ask Zeus or Poseidon. Bulls and swans and assorted other creatures. These old gods knew a girl just can't resist animal magnetism. Of course, Mary was just as vunerable, too. A girl can't keep virginal around gods. They know all the tricks.
Well, Pegasus romped with the Muses who amused him being luscious, lasvicious females. Not a virgin in the group. Sort of like the Pleïades stars. Jostling each other, laughing, grooming the horse's shiny pelt, combing his mane and tail, brushing his broad wings. Buffing his lightning bolts.
How can anyone resist joining this religion? We get to climb Mt. Olympus, drink from his spring shaped by his silver hooves, run around half naked, singing, doing math, writing history, blogging, acting and of course, dancing.
Hey, I warned you! Some religions just don't need to resort to violence to find followers.
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