I was going to write an article about the Pleiades in Minoan spirituality and culture for today’s blog, but the research time for that...

It's really tempting to idealize the ancient societies that are the basis of our spirituality. After all, we're good people, so we want...

I recently had the pleasure of reading a really unique book. For years I've been fascinated by the tidbits about ancient pagan spiritual...

This week on the Minoan Path blog I'm exploring another ritual posture from ancient Crete. I've discovered some interesting aspects of...

These are trying times. The economy has been horrible for a while now. My British friends are struggling between fear and hope after the...

Religion isn’t a static thing. We don’t invent a religion once and leave it as is for centuries. Cultures change, people change, and...

Minoan art is so vibrant and colorful, I feel like I could walk right into the scenes on the frescoes. Where did they get those beautiful...

This isn't something most people think about very often, but archaeological forgeries can be a problem when we're trying to reconstruct...

Life doesn't happen in a vacuum and history isn't interpreted in a vacuum, either. Each of us brings preconceptions to the table when...

Most of the people in ancient Crete couldn't write, but they did have a way to sign their name, in a manner of speaking: seals. Find out...

Over in Ariadne's Tribe (my discussion group that focuses on modern Minoan Paganism) we often find ourselves questioning the label...

We all want success, sure, but at what cost? In difficult economic times, people tend to value short-term profit over long-term benefits....

Morgan Daimler’s book about the Morrigan, that multifarious and fascinating Irish goddess, may be small but it has done great things for...

The Snake Goddess is iconic of Minoan civilization and religion, but who is she really and what place does she have in modern Minoan...

More vampires! Or rather, more of the twisted tale about these vampires, in the second volume of the Night Runner trilogy. First of all,...

I wrote my first novel during slow times at a deathly boring office job. It was awful - the novel, that is. I never published it or even...

The ancient Minoans lived on an island surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea. Those blue waters inspired their livelihood, their cuisine,...

The ancient Minoans lived during the Bronze Age, a time when people learned how to combine metals together to make alloys strong enough...

People in the ancient world were just as concerned about appearance as we are, and they enjoyed a bit of self-adornment. For a peek into...

One thing Pagans like to do is connect with the past: find out what our ancestors used to do and bring ancient cultures and religions...