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Trans Wilmer Cave Wright.

Hello all,

I am putting out a call for submissions for an anthology (a book made of multiple) essays. The hope of this work is to expand the scope of Dionysian (and Hellenist!) Liberation Theology past what can be found in my book Eleuthereus: Towards a Theology of Dionysian Liberation.

Send submissions to:

liberationdionysia@gmail.com

General Info

The hope of this work is twofold: to deepen theologies of Dionysian liberation, and to expand Liberation Theology into Hellenism more broadly. The bulk of this work will be papers which discuss the history, theology, and rituals of the Hellenist deities as liberator divinities and their religions as liberatory religions. However, high quality prayers, poems, rituals, short stories, and dramatic works which are dedicated to or about similar topics are also acceptable. Art is acceptable too, however only one piece could be rendered in full colour (as the cover).

As of yet, this new work is untitled. My hope is that after the abstracts roll in, a title which touches on them all may be found.

Deadlines

Abstracts/Proposals: July 31st

• It isn’t the end of the world if you want to write something after the abstract, just let me know. The earlier I get an abstract the sooner I can send bibliographic info.

Paper: 

• Penultimate Draft: Jan 17th
• Final Draft: Feb 11th

Requirements:

• The ideal paper will be 10-30 double spaced pages (not including bibliography), the request is that papers be 7-33 pages. If you must break with this let me know, it can be flexible—but 5-35 is a stronger limit.
• No AI generated content.
• UPG is acceptable, but must be indicated as such.
• Secondary sources must be listed in a bibliography format (MLA, APA, Chicago, anything is fine so long as its consistent). Standard primary sources can be cited without bibliographic reference (e.g. “At Euripides’ Bacchae, line 867….” does not quite Euripides’ Bacchae to be listed in the bibliography).
  • Please cite any secondary sources in a separate bibliography. (Primary sources can be cited without being in the Bibliography, i.e. ‘Euripides’ Bacchae lines 1037-1038’ or Eur. Bacch. ll 1037-8.’
• Can I submit more than one?
  • If you can, yes, but please only do this if you have the capability (if you have nothing to do other than devote yourself to multiple essays, or one already finished and you’d like to write another, that’s fine). I’d hate to have

   

• Are other Deities Welcome?
  • Any work which touches on Dionysus is welcome. As every Greek god is related to Dionysus somehow, those gods are welcome. Aphrodite and Sex Work, Hermes and Houselessness, Zeus and Immigration, Hephaestus and Disabilityand other such works would be deeply appreciated, especially, but not only, if they connect to Dionysus.
  • Liberationist theology about Deities who have no historical ties to Dionysus or Hellenism might be acceptable, reach out to the email earlier to verify.
• What else can I write about?
  • Anything, really.
    • How we depict the gods (using pronouns for them, depicting them in art and movies)
    • How gods relate to individual social, economic, environmental and political issues
    • Inclusivity and Hellenism
    • How do deities relate to your activism, your anxieties, your politics? AI, Climate Change, Healthcare, poverty, loneliness, disability, Trans rights, abortion, immigration. Where do you encounter them in the political realm in your life?

Is non-Academic material welcome?

• Prayers and Rituals are welcome
• Fiction is acceptable but should be A) Relevant and B) High Quality. 
  • Think of how the Oresteia makes us question what justice is, how Antigone makes us ponder our selves and our relationship to the state, and how Bacchae makes us question what freedom is and how best to achieve it. Submitted fiction should be, implicitly or explicitly, something which makes one think.
    • For a good dive into this, see Michael Davis’ Philosophy of Tragedy Course
• Art is acceptable, but only one piece could be rendered in full colour (if it was used as the cover). Therefore art which is rendered well on a black and white book page is preferred.
  • Artistic nudity is acceptable for all but any art submitted as an option for the cover. Sexual nudity is unwelcome.

Benefits

Abstract/Proposal Benefits:

• I will offer relevant bibliographic material to anyone who submits an abstract.
  • This includes relevant sections of my work, Eleuthereus, as well as scholarly or spiritual material which connects to the topic.

Submission Benefits:

• All who submit to the final work will receive a PDF copy of the final work.

Where to Submit:

• liberationdionysia@gmail.com

Hi all. My newest book, Hellenism: A Handbook, is live. This is a text designed to help people begin exploring the primary sources of Hellenism.

>Hellenism today is undergoing a spiritual renaissance. More and more people are finding value in a religious system which, while millennia old, speaks to contemporary realities, anxieties, and hopes.

However, many Hellenists, after they have grasped the basics, struggle to identify what to read next. Suggestions are often made to read authors, such as Plato, Plutarch, or Julian, without it ever being acknowledged that said authors were prolific and left behind shelves worth of books. The choices can appear overwhelming, and there is often minimal guidance as to where to begin. It is indeed true that to fully explore the surviving testimonies of Hellenism from antiquity would be a matter of lifetimes. However, any task can be made more manageable simply by knowing where to begin.

is an attempt to do just that. Featuring a selection of some of the most spiritually, philosophically, and ritually insightful works of Pagan antiquity, suggestions for future reading, and discussions about how various Hellenist worldviews interact, disagree, and coexist, here is a book intended to help the curious Hellenist grow in their faith. Inspired by the author’s experience in compiling source books for individual deities, here is a sourcebook for Hellenism as a religion, spirituality, philosophy, and lifestyle. Here is Hellenism: A Handbook.

Link!