The beautiful and mysterious Red Hall of Bergama
Photos and reflections from the Red Hall in Bergama: an ancient Roman temple to Egyptian gods, its history, its mysteries, and my visit there to honour Isis.
Dying to know: burials and cremations at Fawkner Cemetery
Behind the scenes at Fawkner Memorial Park for Dying to Know Day: a burial operations tour, a look inside the crematorium, and what Right of Interment means.
Honouring the goddess Athena: cunning, skill, and gleaming eyes
Honouring Athena, Greek goddess of wisdom, strategy, and craft. A devotional guide with correspondences, altar tips, rituals, and practices for modern worship.
The Odyssey: a world I wanted to believe in
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is ambitious. My review explores its adaptation of the tradition, production design, and why I wanted to believe in it more.
‘How to Die in the 21st Century’, a gentle primer
A review of Hannah Gould’s How to Die in the 21st Century, an accessible Australian introduction to death, dying, funerals, and end-of-life planning.
Plato and the architecture of modern ceremonial magic
From the Forms to theurgy, how Plato’s philosophy became the architecture of ceremonial magic, from ancient Athens to today’s Western Mystery Tradition.