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Sanity in Insane Times
The world is pretty chaotic these days: political turbulence, hate crimes, pollution, economic unsteadiness. Some days it feels like the...
Laura Perry
Mar 27, 20192 min read


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


Book reviews: Ishmael and The Story of B
I don't repost other blogs very often, but this one really struck me as something you lovely folks would probably find valuable. Reading...
Laura Perry
Feb 27, 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


Tale-Weaving: Storytime Episode 3
A while back, I started a series of Youtube videos in which I read excerpts from my novels The Bed and Jaguar Sky. Those are the only two...
Laura Perry
Dec 26, 20181 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


Happy holidays! Or, don't tell other people how to celebrate
The holiday season is a rough time of year for many people. A lot of us have to navigate family conflicts, religious baggage, work...
Laura Perry
Nov 13, 20182 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


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


Dealing with Racists in my Pagan Group
That's not a facepalm that the young woman is doing (it's an ecstatic posture) but it's the closest I could find in Minoan art. Being the...
Laura Perry
Sep 11, 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


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


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


Minoan Ecstatic Postures: Syncing with the divine
Ancient cultures had many different methods of connecting with the divine. One thing they did was to use special poses to induce states...
Laura Perry
May 2, 20181 min read


Deathwalking: An anthology adventure
Over the years I've contributed to quite a few anthologies. I love being part of a community that comes together over a given subject,...
Laura Perry
Apr 17, 20182 min read


Ancient Minoan Clothing and Fashion
People frequently ask me about daily life in ancient Minoan Crete. Today on the Minoan Path blog I'm sharing an excerpt from Ariadne's...
Laura Perry
Apr 10, 20181 min read


Spring Equinox, Minoan harvest, and upside-down calendars
Today is the Spring Equinox where I live in the southeastern US, but it's harvest time in places like Crete, where the ancient Minoans...
Laura Perry
Mar 20, 20181 min read


Symbols, Opinions, and "Right Thinking" in Modern Minoan Paganism
Different people see symbols and images differently, even within a single spiritual tradition. Is that all right? How important are those...
Laura Perry
Mar 13, 20181 min read
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