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Angelo Nasios

@angelonasios.bsky.social
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Historian | Author | Mýstis | Mántis ~ Writing / Podcasting - Hearth of Hellenism and The Adyton. My interests focus on ancient history, religion, and a dash of esotericism.

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Angelo Nasios @angelonasios.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
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Angelo Nasios @angelonasios.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
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I am Sick of the 'Discourse'
My raw and unfiltered thoughts concerning the reactions to Lupita Nyong’o casting as Helen in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey.
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Dr Robin Douglas @robincdouglas.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Book launch event coming up at Treadwell's Books in London on 21 May! Francis Young and myself will be talking about the paperback edition of Paganism Persisting. www.treadwells-london.com/events-1/pag...
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Paganism Persisting – In-Conversation & Soirée | Treadwells
Robin Douglas and Francis Young explore Europe’s long fascination with reviving its pagan past. Drinks follow.
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Angelo Nasios @angelonasios.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
A short reflection on why I think polytheism is a sensible path when grounded in a robust philosophical system. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Why Polytheism?
A short reflection on why I think polytheism is a sensible path when it is grounded within a robust philosophical system.
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Angelo Nasios @angelonasios.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
The White Pedestal: How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece and Rome to Justify Hate by Curtis Dozier is a powerful exploration of how extremist movements weaponize the classical world. open.substack.com/pub/angelona...
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12 - Why White Nationalists Love to use Ancient Greece for Hate w/ Dr. Curtis Dozier
Listen now | A conversation with Curtis Dozier on his new book, The White Pedestal: How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece and Rome to Justify Hate.
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Angelo Nasios @angelonasios.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
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Panic in Late Modernity
Christian fundamentalists vandalize a statue of Pan in Arcadia and the Constitution in the United States of America.
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Angelo Nasios @angelonasios.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
You may think it’s an odd comparison but it’s there. open.substack.com/pub/angelona...
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Julian and Trump: Parallel Lives?
Reviving the Gods and ‘Making America Great’: The fated failure of reactionary politics.
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Angelo Nasios @angelonasios.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
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Some Birds Deceived Me: A Greek Lament (μοιρολόι)
Despite being Christian for almost two thousand years, the Greeks in their folklore still see death as a bitter and comfortless occurrence imposing a reluctant departure.
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Angelo Nasios @angelonasios.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Throughout my work I always do my best to express what Hellenism means - it embodies the entire Greek culture… However it did not dawn one me to actually reference a Greek dictionary, why it didn’t, I don’t know. Sometimes the obvious thing to do escapes us. open.substack.com/pub/angelona...
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Hellenism Defined
The Definition from the Modern Greek Dictionary
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Angelo Nasios @angelonasios.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
I have found out that JK Rowling is "inspired" by Athena in her anti-trans agenda. I do not support this appropriation of Athena. Leave the Gods out of your BS. Rowling should beware, for Athena brings "madness to the wicked"
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Angelo Nasios @angelonasios.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
New interview out with Dr. Sasha Chaitow The Hieroglyphica - Hellenism between Horapollon and Today open.substack.com/pub/angelona...
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11 - The Hieroglyphica - Hellenism between Horapollon and Today w/ Dr. Sasha Chaitow
Listen now (106 mins) | A discussion with Sasha Chaitow about Horapollon's Hieroglyphica, the new translation, its reception along with ruminations on Hellenism - then and today.
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Angelo Nasios @angelonasios.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Me: I won’t buy a book this month Also me: Look at the new book I bought.
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Angelo Nasios @angelonasios.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
More open access :)
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And-Boo 👻 Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
it's here! it's here! @vox-magica.bsky.social's amazing new Element in Religion in Late Antiquity is live and ⚡free⚡ to download for the next two weeks! get it! www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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Magic and Heresy in Ancient Christian Literature
Cambridge Core - Religion: General Interest - Magic and Heresy in Ancient Christian Literature
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Angelo Nasios @angelonasios.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
“In Julian’s context, Ἑλληνισμός does not refer to religion in the modern sense, but rather to the entirety of the Hellenic cultural, philosophical, and civic tradition, rooted in ancestral custom, paideia, theurgy, and divine imitation, but this complexity is completely lost in translation.”
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Angelo Nasios @angelonasios.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Dr. Sasha Chaitow lays everything out very well on the topic of “continuity” - give it a read. open.substack.com/pub/thyrathe...
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Continuity, Adaptation, and the Layered Life of Greek Ritual: Clearing the Air
A response to recurrent misunderstandings
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Angelo Nasios @angelonasios.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Blocked. Shocker.
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Angelo Nasios @angelonasios.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
In this episode, I interview Daniel Malamis on his book The Orphic Hymns Poetry and Genre, with a Critical Text and Translation. Daniel explores the Orphic Hymns, focusing on their poetic style, structure, and role in ancient religious rituals. angelonasios.substack.com/p/10-the-orp...
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10 - the Orphic Hymns w/ Dr. Daniel Malamis
Unraveling the Sacred Songs, Poetic Symbolism, and Esoteric Wisdom of the Orphic Hymns
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Angelo Nasios @angelonasios.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Even if tongue-in-cheek, the colonial undertone needs unpacking here. Such humor does participate in a longer tradition of Western possessiveness over Greek antiquity and the implicit separation between Ancient Greek = universal, serious vs. Modern Greek = local, folkloric, funny.
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Angelo Nasios @angelonasios.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
New Post: The Ethnocentric Violence of Translation: Hellenismos in Julian’s Letter to Arsacius Who would have thought that a 20th century translation would cause such a headache! open.substack.com/pub/angelona...
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The Ethnocentric Violence of Translation: Hellenismos in Julian's Letter to Arsacius
How a 20th-Century Mistranslation of Ἑλληνισμός Shaped the Modern Reception and Misunderstanding of Julian’s Cultural Program in Modern Paganism
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Angelo Nasios @angelonasios.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
🙂
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Angelo Nasios @angelonasios.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
My endorsement for the new translation of the Hieroglyphica by Sasha Chaitow
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Angelo Nasios @angelonasios.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
NEW: My interview on the Diogenes’ Lamp Podcast. Imagine finding a jumbled ball of cords that you need to untangle. The ball of cords in this talk represents Hellenism, and we did our best to untangle topics like cultural misappropriation and more. open.substack.com/pub/angelona...
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Angelo Nasios @angelonasios.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
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The Power of Laughter
When we laugh, we recognize life's difficulties. We recognize the absurd, the unjust, and the painful, yet we also affirm our ability to rise above them.
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Angelo Nasios @angelonasios.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
In his farewell address to the nation on January 15th 2025, President Biden warned that oligarchy threatens the United States' democracy. In his address, he echos many of the concerns of Socrates in Plato’s Republic. open.substack.com/pub/angelona...
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Echoing Socrates: Biden on Oligarchy
The discussion on oligarchy resonates with Plato’s Republic. Indeed, Biden’s warning mirror many of the critiques in it.
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Angelo Nasios @angelonasios.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
After successfully building my Hearth of Hellenism substack, I decided to create The Adyton. The Adyton, as I see it in my mind, will be a space for me to explore other topics that interest me and do not fit into the theme and purpose of Hearth of Hellenism. open.substack.com/pub/theadyto...
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The Adyton
A new publication from spiritual seekers by Angelo Nasios
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Angelo Nasios @angelonasios.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Great to have you on to talk about pagan revivals!
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Angelo Nasios @angelonasios.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
@spencermcdaniel.bsky.social hi I would you like to do a podcast on the classical reception of Kaos are you interested? angelonasios.substack.com/podcast
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Hearth of Hellenism | Substack
A Home for Knowledge on Greek History, Religion, and Culture - Ancient/Modern and in Between. Reflections and commentary on Contemporary Polytheism as well.
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Angelo Nasios @angelonasios.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
❤️
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the Lsel ambassador’s situationship @garrettkiriakos.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
If you're seeing this, post a vampire and pass it on! she’s your favrotie vampire’s favorite vampire
scene from what we do in the shadows. closeup of nadja after a night of drinking with blood dried down the corners of her mouth. she says “we drank… we’ve done some drug blood.”ghost nadja yells at still un-dead vampire nadja “malaka [greek for “you ass/jerk off”]! all you do is sit around the house!”
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Angelo Nasios @angelonasios.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
New post. open.substack.com/pub/angelona...
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Is Hellenism Paganism?
Many Pagans today think that Hellenism is interchangeable with Paganism. Why is this the case? The problem stems from what I believe to be a confusion and conflation of terms. Let's break it all down!
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Angelo Nasios @angelonasios.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Got banned from a Reddit after discussing how pagans using Hellenism as a religious label is harmful cultural appropriation. open.substack.com/pub/angelona...
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The Appropriation of “Hellenism” - A "Profound Offense"
Once again I have been banned from a Pagan reddit after talking about the cultural appropriation of Hellenism by Pagans.
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Angelo Nasios @angelonasios.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Here’s some things I have been up to on Substack open.substack.com/pub/angelona...
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Orphism and “The Orphic Question"
Exploring Orpheus, Ritual Practices, and Orphic Literary Tradition.
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Angelo Nasios @angelonasios.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Published, Why do some polytheists reject the term “Pagan”? www.equinoxpub.com/home/pagan-r...
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Angelo Nasios @angelonasios.bsky.social · 30/12/2023
Hello BlueSky. I am Angelo, writer of the Hearth of Hellenism Substack. open.substack.com/pub/angelona...
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Hearth of Hellenism by Angelo Nasios | Substack
Greek History, Religion, and Culture. Reflections on Contemporary Theolatry. Click to read Hearth of Hellenism by Angelo Nasios, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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