Today is Initium Caiani, the final day in the week of festivities of the cult of Cybele.
Yesterday was Lavatio, when Cybele's sacred stone (a black meteorite/baetylus) was taken to the Almo and washed
24th of March was 'Day of Blood' where devotees would perform a frenzied self castration in imitation of the eunuch priesthood, the Galli
Kinda funny that I noticed alot of people posting Magna Mater on here the past week, presumably without knowing anything about this. Strange world.
How strange. Anyway.
The 10th was the final day of the Megalesia
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