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Spring Equinox: A Minoan quandary
It's Spring Equinox where I live in the southeastern US, but in Crete where the ancient Minoans lived, it's harvest time. So for those of...
Laura Perry
Mar 20, 20191 min read


Minoan Goddesses: Who is Potnia?
Today on the Minoan Path blog, an exploration of Potnia, who turns out to be not one goddess, but many: Minoan Goddesses: Who is Potnia?...
Laura Perry
Mar 6, 20191 min read


The Minoan Sacred Year: A Modern Pagan Calendar
The eightfold Wheel of the Year may be the most well-known Pagan calendar in the modern world, but it's not historical: it was created in...
Laura Perry
Jan 30, 20191 min read


The Blessing of the Waters: Building Modern Minoan Paganism
In modern life, we often take water for granted. All we have to do is turn on a tap to get all we want, hot or cold. It wasn't that easy...
Laura Perry
Jan 16, 20191 min read


A Dilemma of Horns: Minoan Bulls and Cows
If it has horns, it must be a bull, right? Wrong. I explain all the details in today's Minoan Path blog post: A Dilemma of Horns: Minoan...
Laura Perry
Jan 9, 20191 min read


Ancient Spirituality in the Modern World
Today on the Minoan Path blog, I'm chewing on what it means to follow a spirit-led tradition that's based on a 4,000-year-old Bronze Age...
Laura Perry
Dec 19, 20181 min read


Minoan Ramblings
December has been busy, but I've managed to share a bit about Minoan spirituality in its various forms. My dear friend Dana Corby...
Laura Perry
Dec 15, 20181 min read


Two Blades: Minoan ritual labryses and practical tools
There are labryses, and then there are double axes. There's a difference, and it has to do with how each one is used. I explain the...
Laura Perry
Nov 20, 20181 min read


Dining with the Ancestors: A Modern Minoan Rite
It's Samhain season here in the northern hemisphere, and my thoughts are turning toward the Ancestors and the spirits of the dead. Though...
Laura Perry
Oct 30, 20181 min read


Minoan Processional: Walking the gods in
Many of us who practice Modern Minoan Paganism are solitaries. But that doesn't mean we can't add a bit of pomp and fun to our rituals,...
Laura Perry
Oct 16, 20181 min read


Walking the Labyrinth in Modern Minoan Paganism
Walking a labyrinth can be a profoundly spiritual experience for people of any spiritual path. Labyrinth-walking is one component of...
Laura Perry
Oct 9, 20181 min read


I don't like changing my mind: an essay in the evolution of Modern Minoan Paganism
When I started down the path of Minoan spirituality, I had no idea it was going to have so many twists and turns. I've had to revamp my...
Laura Perry
Oct 2, 20181 min read


Modern Minoan Paganism: Reviving ancient spirituality
Sometimes it's hard to explain to people what Modern Minoan Paganism is all about, how it's a combination of ancient and modern,...
Laura Perry
Aug 28, 20181 min read


Minoan Pottery: It's NOT all Greek to me!
Did you know that all the fancy terms for Minoan pottery - rhyton, pithos, kantharos - are actually Greek and not Minoan? Why is that,...
Laura Perry
Aug 14, 20181 min read


Posidaeja: The Minoans' Grandmother Ocean
If you live on an island, the ocean is a pretty important part of life. So it's no surprise that the Minoans had an ocean goddess. Today...
Laura Perry
Jul 24, 20181 min read


A Modern Minoan Pagan Author: Why I do what I do
One of the most common questions people ask me is what inspired me to write the Minoan books, create the Minoan Tarot, and so on. The...
Laura Perry
Jul 17, 20181 min read


Is Modern Minoan Paganism true for its time?
Joseph Campbell said that all religions are true for their time. How can we aim toward having Modern Minoan Paganism be true for its...
Laura Perry
Jun 26, 20181 min read


Summer Solstice in Modern Minoan Paganism
The Minoan pantheon offers us a collection of different deities and myths to focus on as Summer Solstice approaches here in the northern...
Laura Perry
Jun 19, 20181 min read


The Minoan Goddess: Double? Triple?
You've probably heard of the Maiden/Mother/Crone triplicity of goddesses. But did you know it's a modern invention, created by British...
Laura Perry
Jun 13, 20181 min read


Music among the Minoans
Like other ancient cultures, the Minoans played music. I think music is probably a human universal that goes back as far as there have...
Laura Perry
May 29, 20181 min read
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