Dionysus probably played with cats . . .
It's Satyr's day …
On this day in 1918, the Allied powers and Germany signed an armistice document ending World War I.
Today marks the birth dates of two major writers. The Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky, was born 202 years ago on this day in 1821 Moscow. And, Kurt Vonnegut was born in 1922 Indianapolis, Indiana.
The original party animals, Satyrs, entertained Dionysus in the pre-stone-age forests. For a fabulous (literal and figurative) tour-de-force of the Dionysus mythology, read Sophie Strand's The Flowering Wand: Rewilding the Sacred Masculine. For a shorter version, check out this Creatrix article. posted by Ms. Strand.
I have lived with several Zen masters — all of them cats. -- Eckhart Tolle
For all the great thoughts I have read
For all the deep books I have studied
None has brought me nearer to Spirit
Than a walk beneath shimmering leaves.