ARIANA REINES
INVITES
DR. AMMON HILLMAN
TO TEACH US A THING OR TWO ABOUT MEDEA
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INVITES
DR. AMMON HILLMAN
TO TEACH US A THING OR TWO ABOUT MEDEA
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Easter Monday,
April 21, 2025
6:30pm
Doors open
7pm
Event begins
Limited capacity
April 21, 2025
6:30pm
Doors open
7pm
Event begins
Limited capacity
I discovered Ammon Hillman through friends. Guy friends, I guess I should say. One in particular (Hi Troy) said Hillman's scholarship reminded him of my poetry. What Hillman deals in is more extreme than anything I've written, but I can take a compliment. I can take an insult too.
Technically a scholar of Roman pharmacy and a teacher of Ancient Greek, Hillman struck me instantly as a character out of a Burroughs novel: he is the very substance he joneses for and teaches about — a wild mind of peculiar, almost illegal-feeling equipoise at the center of a lurid world.
But Ammon Hillman serves a Lady, and this is something the avant garde could use a lesson in. Burroughs, of course, murdered his wife. Hillman is going to teach us a thing or two about Medea.
I've invited him—and his brilliant daughter Chewy—to exit the internet and meet us in reality, with a “lecture” on Lady Babylon herself, the day after Easter.
There is ceremonial food, drink, substance (etc).
It is probably going to fuck you up—so enter wise, and adultly.
Technically a scholar of Roman pharmacy and a teacher of Ancient Greek, Hillman struck me instantly as a character out of a Burroughs novel: he is the very substance he joneses for and teaches about — a wild mind of peculiar, almost illegal-feeling equipoise at the center of a lurid world.
But Ammon Hillman serves a Lady, and this is something the avant garde could use a lesson in. Burroughs, of course, murdered his wife. Hillman is going to teach us a thing or two about Medea.
I've invited him—and his brilliant daughter Chewy—to exit the internet and meet us in reality, with a “lecture” on Lady Babylon herself, the day after Easter.
There is ceremonial food, drink, substance (etc).
It is probably going to fuck you up—so enter wise, and adultly.
— Ariana ReinesCopies of Ariana's new books, The Rose and Wave of Blood are available for sale.
Using numerous Ancient Greek texts including the cult writings of the Orphics, several trustworthy medical works, a sacred untranslated communion formula taken from Nero’s library, the Latin of an obscure mystic tragedian we call The Dragon, the songs of drug using Maenads and the only surviving written words of an actual guardian of the Sibylline Books, I open a portal to the unseen reality of a human history that will shock, amaze and reconfigure our perception of historical reality.
This is going to rub the wrong way.
This is going to rub the wrong way.
— Dr. Ammon Hillman
Medea Christing herself and fumigating people.
Numa and Egeria. He records what she sings. She sings Roman Religion into existence.
Ariana Reines (b. 1982, USA) is an award-winning poet, Obie-winning playwright, performing artist, and translator from Salem Massachusetts. Her newest books are THE ROSE and WAVE OF BLOOD. A SAND BOOK won the Kingsley Tufts Prize in 2020, and was longlisted for the National Book Award. In March of 2020, while a divinity student at Harvard, she created invisible college, a hub for poetry, art, and sacred study online.
Dr. Ammon Hillman (b. 1971, USA) was recently investigated by the Catholic Church for demon possession and portal opening on the grounds of a Catholic university campus while professor of Classical Languages. His YouTube channel, Lady Babylon, is dedicated to the Queen of Many Names and her Cup of Abominations. He exposes the sacred Mystery found in our ancient texts and uncovers the Apocalypse. Face first; awake and unafraid.
Due to the age and character of the building, the space is not optimized for ADA accessibility and is located up a single flight of 20 stairs with handrails. If you have questions about access, please contact us in advance of the event, and we will make every effort to accommodate you.
