I very much wanted to be able to keep up with this blog and do all I had set out to do with it, but I find myself unable to do so. I am online less and less these days and find that I have rescrited time to dedicate to hobbies and literature as I once did. The days of writing poetry, stories, researching mythology and books for various interests and fascinations are slowly coming to an end. It has forced me to evaluate my time and how I am spending it. These musings lately has left me with the knowledge that Voces Nocturna should be, at least for a time- discontinued.
I have my children, my education, my home, and other personal attributes that need my attention much more than a blog created to both pass the time and revisit those interests that are so dear to me. Maybe one day I can start again, maybe not. Right now, however, it is not productive to do so. May all you stay safe and happy and at peace with life, death, and the night.
Hekate is known, I assume, throughout the witch and pagan
communities. Hekate is the dark goddess of the witches and is also known to be
a goddess of the night. It is rumored that is was born of Nyx, the great
goddess herself. She rules over magic, necromancy, the moon, night, ghosts and,
of course, witchcraft. Once it was said that Hekate helped in the rescue of Persephone
from the dark god Hades by lighting the way for Persephone’s mother during the night.
She is thought to also be a goddess of the crossroads.
Overall, Hekate is an interesting figure who deserves due
homage in the list of upstanding dark deities of Greek myth.
Here is a short run through of the goddess Hekate.
Eris, in Greek Mythology, is known as the goddess of discord and strife. She is
a powerful goddess and the daughter of Nyx. Indeed, she is a very dark goddess!
Though some may not fully understand what she is best known for, most people do
know about the Trojan War. Well, guess what? She is best known for having
started the Trojan War. Eris was the creator and deliverer of what is known as
the golden apple.
The golden apple fiasco happened long before the
Trojan War began. In fact, it all began with a wedding. The wedding of Achilles
parents to be precise. Eris was filled with discord and strife because she was
not invited to attend the joyous event.
In her anger, she made a single apple of gold.
On it were the words ‘for the fairest of them all’. Now this may sound like
something out of Snow White, but I can assure you it that an apple and those
words are the only resemblance between the two tales. When the wedding took
place, Eris threw her apple into the crowd and let chaos unfold as it would.
The choices, as we all know, came down to three-
Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera. Each one thought that she was the goddess most
deserving of the beautiful golden apple. Apparently this fund must have taken
place for a prolonged period of time. The next thing we know, the three
goddesses are taking their case to Zeus himself.
Refusing to get himself involved, he chooses Paris of Troy to make the final
decision. This is commonly known as The Judgment of Paris. The myth continues
that the three goddesses get to Paris and offer him gifts should he chose her,
though Paris was never allowed to look upon them. Athena promises knowledge,
Hera promises power, and Aphrodite promised him Helen of Sparta, who was
reputed to be the most beautiful woman in the world. Paris, being both ignorant
and-in my opinion- too lusty for his own good- chose Aphrodite so he could have
Helen.
And Helen he would have, though he stole her away from her husband. And this
was the formal beginning of the Trojan War, compliments of your dark Goddess of
discord, Eris.
My friend, confidant, and partner in music was
once greatly inspired by this dark goddess. Minnie d’Arc is a musician who can
find inspiration anywhere, and in this instance she found it in the form of a
dark goddess who caused a war. Her album Eris Unbound is one of the best I have
ever had the pleasure of listening to and I hope you’ll listen to the video I
post of the teaser and fall as deeply in love with it as I have. Enjoy.
The Moirai are the three goddesses of fate in Greek
mythology. Like their mother, Nyx, they follow the darker path and I consider
them to be of the dark variety of Greek deities. The three goddesses each have
a task to perform and none can be swayed from their duties to humanity.
The first of the goddesses is known as Klotho. Klotho (or
Clotho) was the spin and she spun the strands of life for mortals such as you
and I. The next task was appointed to Lakhesis, who would determine how long a
person’s life thread was to be. The last of the three goddesses was none as the
one who could never be swayed. Her name is Atropos (also known as Aisa). When
it was time to die, Atropos would be the one to cut the thread of life.
Oftentimes, the Fates were not an absolute. Zeus could
change their decisions and man could even sway the goddesses in their favor or
seek advice from them so that their fate could be changed, but death- more
often than not- was a finality which earn them the reputation of the goddesses
of death.
As most know, the Muses are a set of nine goddesses of art,
music, poetry, and dance. It is also said that these nine goddesses were also
goddesses of knowledge and they remember all things, so that is yet another
interesting aspect. In the beginning of the creation of these muses, it is my
understanding that they did not exactly have personal attributes and were seen
as a whole rather than the sum as the parts, and as time went one, each goddess
was even her own personality and ability.
Kalliope became known as the goddess of epic poetry;
Kleio became known as the goddess of history;
Ourania became known as the goddess of astronomy;
Thaleia became known as the goddess of comedy;
Melpomene became known as the goddess of tragedy;
Polyhymnia became known as the goddess of religious hymns;
Erato became known as the goddess of erotic poetry;
Euterpe became known as the goddess of lyric poetry;
Terpsikhore became known as the goddess of choral song and
dance.
Though the Muses of Greek mythology are not inherently dark, they can have dark aspects to them given the purpose of their talent and
how it is being used. I choose the Muses because of certain things going on in
my life right now, and I thought they would make a fine addition to the October
lineup.
As some of you may know, I recently became a gothic model with The Black Widow
Dolls. The Black Widow Dolls also has a verity show called Black Widow Dolls…LIVE!
Tonight is a Burlesque styled show of which I am a part of. I will be doing two
songs. The first song will be by Voltaire, entitled “Oh Lord (Wake the Dead!)”
and Scarlet Room’s song called “Ladies and Gentle of the Coldblooded Jury”.
In
Wake The Dead, I will be a Nun gone Goth/Sinner.
In the second song, I will be
on trial for all the sins I’ve committed.
Both of these songs- combined with my performances, I hope, will
live up to the Burlesque tradition of satire, comedy, and erotic striptease. As
you might have been able to tell, tonight’s performance includes 8 of the 9
Muses. Because one song is, for all intent of purposes, a continuation of the
other one, a person could consider it epic poetry if one considers music to be poetry-
which I do. The performances should live up to the Burlesque history of satire
and mockery- in this case religion. If one wants to consider god(s) astronomy
then that would include Ourania. In Scientific Pantheism- there is no
difference between god and the universe, therefore god is astronomy since god
is the universe.
Thaleia will also bee there, as burlesque is known for the
mockery, satire, and so forth, creating comedic performances and entertaining
shows. Depending on a person’s definition of religious hymn- I’d say I’m
definitely doing that, well an ‘un-religious religious hymn’ if you want to be
technical! Next comes erotic poetry, and as burlesque is erotic and a a poetry
of the body- I’d say it qualifies. Lyric poetry can go either way, though- as
the same as the first reason I gave, music is poetry. Lastly, we have Terpsikhore,
who watches over song and dance. If any are there, she will definitely be so,
as dance is fully incorporated into the routines.
So, whenever you preform song, dance, music, poetry,
history, astronomy…know that the Muses are with you.
Of all the dark entities, spirits, demons, gods, goddesses,
and the like- the two dark ones that stick out in my mind the most will always
be Nyx (Nicks) (Air-Ra-Bus/Bis) and Erebus. Nyx, as some of you might know, is
a Protogenoi. This means that she is one of the first born elemental gods to
come into existence.
Born of Chaos (the first of them all), Nyx is the elemental
goddess of night. More than simply the goddess of the night- she is the very
essence of night, the origin of night- the heartbeat, the pulse, the body, the
soul of everything Night. She is Night itself and she is powerful. So powerful,
in fact, that even the great king of the gods, Zeus, is said to fear her wrath
or cross her in any way.
Nyx’s primary partner in life is Erebus. Erebus is also a
Protogenoi and is known to be the elemental god of darkness. Together they have
brought many fearful gods and goddesses into the world-some of which were also
Protogenoi, along with spirits and demons- known as Daimones.
Some of their
offspring is said to include Eris, Nemesis, Hypos, Thananos, Styx, The Moirai,
Dolos, Aither, Eros, and even is rumored to have birthed Hekate.
They are two of the elements that never cease to inspire my
soul. All it takes is to look up at the night sky to be entraced by the beauty
that is known as Nyx, along with her concort- Erebus. A lovely pair, indeed,
and I’ll never tire of either. Both inspire me and live within me. The night is
a part of who I am and the darkness is something I embrace in and outside of
myself. They influence my art, my poetry, my life.
My black cat (a
female) is named Nyx, and when I consider them both to be my patron god and
goddess- though I only see them as symbolic and never actually pray to them,
have rituals, etc… but I respect their element- what they represent. So may the
night and the darkness be with you. May Nyx and Erebus be with you- regardless
of what you call them.
The following is a great video I just found on youtube that pretty much recaps what I've said, plus more!
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