Hollywood’s Pagan Worship

In every culture, and every generation of human experience, we find the warm sap of the pagan primordial bursting through the seams of historical structure. The mysteries and deities of one cycle put on fresh masks and break forth anew; their sparkling pantheons bristling with creative force and tragic expression.

Hovering in a neon haze, Hollywood, California now stands as the pinnacle of our modern pagan collective, the bastion of the techno-cyber Mother Cult. Here we find the Gods and Goddesses of old in all their splendor. The roots of cinema and celebrity lie in the arcane ritual mysteries of the Cult of Dionysus. It was in this orgiastic movement that catharsis and ecstasy found full form in the earliest western ideal. Heated passion and sex made up the fertile soil of Dionysus’ adolescent reign, while modern theater was literally born to honor His older, more dignified form. We rarely consider it when Natalie Portman spins her web of charm and talent, but with every ticket purchased, every magazine sold, every gossip show sighting, the shadow of our cultural subconscious is forever in motion. Entertainment is modern worship. Read the rest of this entry »