2023
Φ is the child of one and two, of the unit and its binary hypostasis. It is the magical number that never ends: the eternal hermaphrodite, son of Rhea and Cronus, of the sphere and time. The Logos of the Golden Ratio, the eternal division of the genetic amoeba, the dance of the cosmic DNA, the endless fermentation. The greatest Orphic mystery is the Coherence that the celebration gives to the world. By celebrating, Dionysus defeated real armies. The power of Intoxication breaks the limits of restraint and strips man and feelings from Himself, seeking to share Himself: I am the Vine, the bread is our body, the wine is our blood, the dance is our soul united. The unit is divided and reunited in the dance. In the theater, the repeated pantomime of each drama, as roles are projected and cut off from oneself, brings catharsis. The Orphic Mysteries are not conveyed by logical words but by feelings that reward instinct. They concern the click of a higher sensual knowledge, where the initiates communicate united. Then sadness and joy, mourning and resurrection, feeling and reason become our trial, our unique and indivisible, and panhuman memory. “Snake, monkey, and eagle with the great feast we will finish the ballos” … Lydia Venieri Maroussi, May 2023