Laura Perry
Great Cosmic Mother
The Minoan family of deities includes several Mother Goddesses. One of them has her realm not on the Earth but within the starry, starry...
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Laura Perry
- May 18
- 1 min
Exploring Ancient Religion
Archaeology is an important tool in the exploration of ancient religion because artifacts can tell us a lot about the way ancient people...
Laura Perry
- May 4
- 1 min
The discovery and the Mystery of new deities
We knew the Serpent Mother had children, just as all the mother goddesses do. It just took us a while to find them. I'm delighted to...
Laura Perry
- Apr 20
- 1 min
More Minoan 3D Art
Here's the next installment in my exploration of 3D elements in Minoan art: faience plaques that were originally way more colorful than...
Laura Perry
- Apr 6
- 1 min
Critter Pitchers
Today on the Minoan Path blog, the third in an ongoing series exploring 3D elements in Minoan art. Up this time, ceramic rhytons (ritual...
Laura Perry
- Mar 30
- 1 min
Answering a question about virtues and values
A member of Ariadne's Tribe recently asked me if we had a defined set of virtues and values. Here's my rather long-winded answer:...
Laura Perry
- Mar 23
- 1 min
Book Review: Vikaro
Vikaro by Bryan Hewitt is a complex web of magic in the form of a series of tales - more than two dozen stories that at first glance...
Laura Perry
- Mar 16
- 4 min
The perils of social media and the exploration of new platforms
Like so many aspects of life in modern society, social media is fraught with ethical difficulties. I've recently been wrestling with a...
Laura Perry
- Mar 9
- 1 min
More Minoan 3D Art: This time, the breakable kind
A lot of Minoan art looks positively modern, even avant garde. This week on the Minoan Path blog, I'm exploring the 3D decorative...
Laura Perry
- Mar 2
- 1 min
3D Minoan Art: No special glasses required
One of the fascinating aspects of Minoan art is the amount of 3D decoration it incorporates. Today's Minoan Path blog post is the first...
Laura Perry
- Feb 23
- 1 min
Working in the Ancient World
The people back in the Bronze Age were ordinary human beings just like us. And just like us, they had jobs. What kinds of things did the...
Laura Perry
- Feb 16
- 2 min
Book Review: Spells for the Second Sister
Nimue Brown has turned out yet another entrancing book that manages to combine a page-turning story with some really deep subjects....
Laura Perry
- Feb 9
- 1 min
It takes a village...
One of the more challenging aspects of developing a new spiritual tradition is having to figure out what you need terms for and what...
Laura Perry
- Feb 2
- 1 min
Birds have boobs?
I know it's a weird question, but some Minoan artifacts do raise the question of why bird imagery and breast imagery show up together in...
Laura Perry
- Jan 19
- 1 min
Toot Your Triton!
Today on the Minoan Path blog, an exploration of the Minoan obsession with triton shells, both the natural seashells and human-made...
Laura Perry
- Jan 5
- 1 min
Labeling artifacts and ancient art: a tricky business
How do we know whether an ancient artifact or work of art is Minoan or Mycenaean? The answer isn't as straightforward as you might think....
Laura Perry
- Dec 29, 2022
- 1 min
Ethics, Art, and AIs
I spent a good portion of yesterday removing my original art from the Minoan Path blog so AIs don't scrape it and use it. Many AIs charge...
Laura Perry
- Dec 22, 2022
- 2 min
Book Review: Murder Afloat
I never used to think of myself as the "cozy reader" type, but I've gotten into them a lot more lately, especially the historical murder...
Laura Perry
- Dec 8, 2022
- 1 min
A Minoan-Etruscan Connection?
There are some tantalizing possible connections between the Minoans and the Etruscans, two ancient cultures that continue to fascinate...
Laura Perry
- Dec 1, 2022
- 2 min
Book Review: The Wyrde Woods Novels
I reviewed this duo of magical tales some time ago in my newsletter, but somehow the review never cycled onto my blog, as I discovered...
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