The mantis (diviner) straddles the gulf between the hidden and the seen and makes known to their community the sage counsel of the Gods and Spirits. When everything is out of balance, illness and misfortune afflict the people, the holy has been profaned and the land cries out for justice - that is when the mantis steps in and untangles the threads so that all may enjoy felicitous relations once more. Drawing on over twenty years' experience as a Dionysian diviner, author H. Jeremiah Lewis (who serves his community under the name Sannion) has put together a manual for those who would take up...

The Starry Bull tradition is a contemporary expression of Bacchic Orphism with roots in mainland Greece, Crete, Southern Italy, Asia Minor and North Africa. At its heart lies passionate devotion for Dionysos, God of drunkenness, madness, ecstasy and deliverance. Within the pages of Tending the Bull, readers will discover how to pray, tend a shrine, make offerings and a myriad of practices to deepen one's awareness and connection with this powerfully intoxicating and liberating deity. Additionally, author H. Jeremiah Lewis weaves in threads of history, philosophy, cosmology and...

On April 29th, 2017 H. Jeremiah Lewis posted the following to his blog:

I believe emphatically in informed consent. And that is why I feel I should warn you that if you are squeamish or easily offended you should probably unsubscribe from the House of Vines for the duration of the writing of my next book. Because I am taking folks on a guided tour through the heart of darkness to meet some of the more, shall we say, outre denizens of the Labyrinth. Buckle up childrens, it's going to be a very bumpy ride. Evil laugh. Evil laugh. Evil laugh.

Eight days later the book...