Kristin Mathis

Also from 9th House Press this week: "Sapphic Love" opens with @kristinmathis.bsky.social translation of Sappho's Hymn to Aphrodite and presents a sapphic Eros. tinyurl.com/sapphic-love...

I hear you. My only defense is that as a chronically ill person, i have to choose how i spend my energy, and right now I don’t have enough spoons to switch platforms. It takes a lot of brainpower and logistics (and/or money to pay someone) to move content over. But I don’t disagree in principle

In case you are wondering what started some of the protests yesterday. It's so important to be witnesses to this, and to call your representatives to tell them that this is NOT what Americans want.

Super helpful for Greek learners!

Orpheus: The Secret Queer Heart of the "Western Tradition" And SAVE THE DATE--Next Live Chat on 6/22/25 at 2pm EDT!

Orpheus. I literally just released this audio today! open.substack.com/pub/mysteria...

Orpheus: The Secret Queer Heart of the "Western Tradition" And SAVE THE DATE--Next Live Chat on 6/22/25 at 2pm EDT!

Orpheus is usually depicted as the ultimate heterosexual lover—so besotted with his wife, he tried to save her from Hades.

But a much more ancient myth tells how Orpheus’ QUEER love led to the invention of human song, poetry, magic, & oracular speech! 🏳️‍🌈❤️
mysteriamundi.substack.com/p/orpheus-th...

A tuxedo cat sits on a turquoise-cushioned outdoor chair. He is positioned in front of a small serviceberry tree and is scanning the sky for potential birds who might steal the berries.

A closeup of the same tuxedo cat showing a row of teensy teeth he is baring at the imagined birds he is guarding the tree from.

I iz good boi guarding serviceberry twee from hungwee birdz.

Look on my mighty toofies and be afwaid! Be vewy afwaid! 🦷🦷

#caturday #guardcat #toofies #ferocious #tuxedocats #staywoke

NYC progressives need to start pushing the narrative that not ranking Zohran anywhere on your ballot is the equivalent of handing the election to Cuomo, ala voting for Jill Stein in 2016/2024. He doesn't have to be your #1 choice- this is about ranked choice strategy.

A black cat sleeps with her head leaning on a floral bedspread. Her paws are tucked under her chin and her fur glistens in the sunlight.

Cutest lil’ catnap

#caturday #blackcats #sleepingbeauty

A black cat sits perched on a pile of books. She is in the middle of a big yawn and her bared fangs make her look like a vampire demon.

I don’t always summon demons, but when I do…

#fangs #toofies #vampire #bigyawn #blackcats #caturday #catsky

Paging @redreidinger.bsky.social

Secret Ancient Texts & the Art of Reading "Esoterically" A Special Upcoming Live Chat on 5/18/25, 2-4pm EDT

Join me next week in a special Live Chat on the foundations of esoteric interpretation! I’ll be sharing some of the lessons I learned from eminent scholar of ancient magic, esotericism, & religion Elaine Pagels (my grad advisor in the 90s). Deets in post.

open.substack.com/pub/mysteria...

Great idea! 🐈🎩

A tuxedo cat reluctantly sits on a bed next to his human, who has placed a facial tissue “pope hat” on his head. The human’s hand extends to settle the hat on the top of the cat’s head.

A tuxedo cat swats a paw at a facial tissue “pope’s hat” that a human hand is trying to hold steady on his head.

A shot of the same background with the legs and tail of a tuxedo cat just visible as he leaves the scene in a huff.

A failed “Habemus papam” meme in three acts

#caturday #catsky #grumpycatpope #failedmemes #tuxedocats #cometthecat

Hours before a solar eclipse, spruce trees 'talk' to each other "Basically, we are watching the famous 'wood wide web' in action!"

Well, duh. (?

A tuxedo cat is draped over the side of a chaise longue that is on an apartment terrace with various flowers and greenery. The blue sky is visible overhead and the overall feeling is one of lazy contentment.

How your email finds me

#basking #springday #sunworship #caturday #cats #tuxedocats #catsky #fuckingoff

A tuxedo cat is draped over the side of a chaise longue that is on an apartment terrace with various flowers and greenery. The blue sky is visible overhead and the overall feeling is one of lazy contentment.

How your email finds me

#basking #springday #sunworship #caturday #cats #tuxedocats #catsky #fuckingoff

Ares Resources for Aries Season (and Mars in Cancer, and New Moon in Aries, etc etc) A set of quick links to all things Mars-related on this site

Glad you enjoyed that episode! In my commentaries on the Orphic Hymn of Ares/Mars, I give more examples of how this “enclosing” logic was developed in the hymns and then subsequently picked up in Hellenistic astrological schema.

open.substack.com/pub/mysteria...

#Orphic

Orphic Bootcamp! My appearance on the Within Orb Podcast with Jenn Zahrt

I recently was on the “Within Orb” podcast w Jenn Zahrt, discussing the Orphic Hymns & contemporary physics, their impact on Western esotericism, how myth can transmit astronomical data, & ofc, the secret language of Ancient Egyptian baboons! (yes, really)

open.substack.com/pub/mysteria...

Wind in the Willows is one of my personal all time faves! Will have to give it to Comet to test out! 📚❤️

He had to learn to meow in Ancient Greek! 😅

A tuxedo cat sleeps blissfully, resting his head on a copy of Hesiod’s Theogony, a work of Ancient Greek mythography.

Comet does his best reading through osmosis. #classics #greekmyth
#caturday #tuxedocats #cats #catsky

A black cat sits with her paws neatly extended and folded in front of her while a sunbeam lights up the top of her head. Her eyes are closed.

Dainty-toed sun worshipper

#caturday #blackcats #catsky #venusthecat

He’s only 1yo so I just told Astro what’s going on. He’s not happy.

I have a joke about the Orphics, but I can’t tell you

#truth

I have a joke about Atlas but it’s a lot to bear.

I have a joke about Philoctetes but it’s rotten.

I had an Eurydice joke, but looking back on it, I shouldn’t have