THE VESSEL

Keeper of the Erotic-Mystic Male Initiation Rites of Antiquity

I impart initiatory rites of erotic-mystic union and esoteric gnosis to the male bound by the misdirected restraint of his innate eros — the pleasure and vitality that once moved naturally and effortlessly within his body, now withheld beneath pretence, latent for never being fully met.

My rituals emulate the oracular mystery rites of pre-classical Greek antiquity — an experience of sacred sensual adoration expressed through ritual drama, the enactment of archetypal myths.

Such rites were once led by the Oracle Priestess, who, through the ritualistic use of entheogens and aphrodisiacs, would invoke the primaeval nymph — the prophetic presence of the sacred spring — to take possession of her, whilst the initiate, the mortal virile hero, valiantly entered into an altered state to encounter Her in the liminal realm and partake in acts of devotion, surrender and recognition. From this encounter, he returned as the Lover Artist, bearing the gift of divine favour — artistic immortality, by which his art and creations do not serve vanity but are inspired by the divine.

If the initiate remained steadfast and true to fate during the ordeal of initiation, he was anointed Oracle Priest — one who carries the depth, tenderness, integrity, and inherent restraint required for the male prophetic lineage; a lineage of sung prophecy capable of withstanding the magnitude of the chthonic masculine serpentine power. This capacity for sovereignty granted him passage to the supreme rite of erotic joy, hieros gamos — to become the Sacred King, he who embodies Eniautos Daimōn, the Year Daimon, or seed-deity, reborn at midwinter.

In the archaic ages, the Sacred King, Oracle Priest, Lover Artist and Virile Hero were one. He communed with the divine by way of prophecy and brought back visions to be made manifest in art and form. Early temple architecture, votive sculpture, music, poetry, dance and ritual theatre were the visible revelation of divine Beauty.