samothracian-mysteries

The Samothracian Mysteries

I have previously written about my experience as a young man meeting an old shepherd on Samothrace, and the spiritual impact it had on me. This morning I was digging through some old photo slides I took back then of the “Sanctuary of the Great Gods”, and to my delight I found some forgotten handContinue reading “The Samothracian Mysteries”

Samothrace

Back in 1990 I hiked the slopes of Mount Fengari – whose spurs protect the site of the Samothracian Sanctuary – in search of the magnetic stones used by initiates to form rings as a sign of their having passed through the threshold of the Mysteries. From the summit, as did Poseidon, I could seeContinue reading “Samothrace”