Edward P. Butler, PhD
epbutler.bsky.social
Edward P. Butler, PhD
@epbutler.bsky.social
Polytheist, Ph.D. in Philosophy. Justice to all beings, reverence to all Gods.
Born into Brujeria: A Mayan Sorcerer’s Experience in a Transgressive Tradition
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Born into Brujeria: A Mayan Sorcerer’s Experience in a Transgressive Tradition
First-Hand Knowledge of the Hidden World of Guatemalan Folk Magic and Its Evolution from Secrecy to Modern Practice
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November 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I’m honored.
Chegou hoje, livro do @epbutler.bsky.social e provável obra do SPT (Seminário Permanente de Teurgia)
November 12, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Materia Philosophiae: Material Dimensions of Ancient Philosophy (open access) brill.com/display/titl...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Plato and the Ideas: A Very Complicated Story brill.com/display/titl...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Hymn to Isis in Middle Egyptian youtu.be/5pCO0_zmAMU
Hymn to Isis in Middle Egyptian
YouTube video by Siamun
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November 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
“There are only a few hundred initial roots across the Algonquian languages … In this post, we explore the diverse expressions and underlying concept of the common root sound tk-.” abenakionline.com/f/knowing-ou...
Knowing Our Roots, tk-
There are only a few hundred initial roots across the Algonquian languages. Because of this limited number, each root carries a broad range of thematic meanings. In this post, we explore the diverse e...
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November 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
My latest, in collaboration with Palinode Productions: Elenchus Against Ontology open.substack.com/pub/palinode...
Elenchus Against Ontology
Jam Sessions on Negation, Part 2
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November 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
"What moves me most is not their grief but their calm response: ‘Let’s change the ritual order and try again.’ Not scientific logic nor denial but acceptance, a willingness to continue creation within uncertainty." Izanami — Creation and Loss open.substack.com/pub/toukyo/p...
Izanami — Creation and Loss
Women of the Divine — A Priestess’s View of the Goddesses in Shinto
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November 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
“I think of Matsuri as driving a stake into the flow of time. The space—ma (間)—that lies between those stakes is everyday life…” When the Kami Moves: Voices from Matsuri
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When the Kami Moves
Voices from Matsuri
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October 31, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Thought as Music (1): Sappho polymorph.blog/early-greek-...
Thought as Music (1): Sappho – polymorph
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October 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Some Remarks from the African Traditional Religions Working Group
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Some Remarks from the African Traditional Religions Working Group
(Image courtesy of https://www.myuganda.co.ug/buganda-kingdom-in-uganda/)
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October 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Join P. Sufenas Virius Lupus virtually to celebrate Antinoan Foundation Day on October 30th. open.substack.com/pub/psvl/p/t...
The Last Blast: Foundation Day (October 30th), 2025
The End...Hopefully Not, But We Can't Be Too Careful...
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October 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
A note on parallels between Hera's conception of Hephaestus and Isis' conception of Horus substack.com/profile/5275...
October 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Reposted by Edward P. Butler, PhD
A historic first: a couple married at the Temple of Zeus in Cyprus in a Hellenic polytheist ceremony—the first of its kind legally recognized in Greece—marking a powerful step toward restoring ancestral faith and identity across the Mediterranean.

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Historic First: Legal Hellenic Polytheist Marriage Ceremony Held in Cyprus — A Milestone for Mediterranean Paganism - Europe, Paganism, Religion, The Wild Hunt, World
Witchcraft & Pagan News - A historic first: a couple married at the Temple of Zeus in Cyprus in a Hellenic polytheist ceremony—the first of its kind legally recognized in Greece—marking a powerful ste...
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October 14, 2025 at 9:31 PM
"Was Plato really hostile to poets? Or did he, rather, insist on the crucial importance of poetry to almost every subject he placed before us?" www.bostonreview.net/articles/pla...
Plato and the Poets - Boston Review
The centuries-old debate should be settled: an intellectual world bereft of poetry is a damaged one.
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October 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
"To wait for the kami is to live in rhythm with the unseen world and to let holiness reveal itself when it is ready. Through this act of waiting, matsuri becomes not a ritual of motion but a stillness that holds all things." What is Matsuri? open.substack.com/pub/toukyo/p...
What is Matsuri?
From prayer to politics to stillness
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October 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Bodies that Mattered: Ancient Egyptian Corporealities (Free to read online, though not to download) www.sidestone.com/books/bodies...
Bodies that Mattered @ Sidestone Press
Bodies are immanent element of socio-cultural negotiation. Since the 19th century, Egyptology has produced vast knowledge on the ancient Egyptian bodies (human, divine, animal), however, mainly by foc...
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October 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM