The Altar
five stones
five names
five processes the cults forgot
Δι-Νυσος
Dionysus
not god of wine —
he is the territory.
Nysa: the dream state itself
ἕρμα
Hermes
not messenger —
the threshold stone.
a cairn where roads fork
mātrix
Matrix
not prison —
the womb.
from mater: the formation
χαίνω
Chaos
not disorder —
the yawn.
the gap that made room for everything
λέγω
Logos
not word —
the gathering.
to harvest scattered grain and lay it in order