Offerings are a major part of Modern Minoan Paganism, but it's important to understand that each deity has offerings they like and offerings you shouldn't give them. The gods have their own individual tastes just like we do. Today on the Minoan Path blog I've shared a few "safe bet" offerings for many of the Minoan gods and goddesses: Offering to the Minoan Gods Do you make offerings to the deities you have relationships with? In the name of the bee, And of the butterfly, And

The Minoans were great artists. They depicted birds and other animals so accurately that we can identify the specific species in the frescoes and on the pottery from ancient Crete. But they also created images of birds that don't make any sense realistically: bird heads on human women, birds with breasts...but perhaps these weren't meant to be real birds. Perhaps the Minoans worshiped a Bird Goddess, an aspect of the Mother Goddess as she flies through the air or descends fro

In Modern Minoan Paganism, the last day of August is the Feast of Grapes. It's a celebration of the grape harvest and the sacrificial death of the vine-god Dionysus. Find out how you can mark this day in today's Minoan Path blog post: Let's Celebrate the Feast of Grapes! To join the conversation about Modern Minoan Paganism, head on over to Ariadne's Tribe, our welcoming community on Facebook. In the name of the bee, And of the butterfly, And of the breeze, amen! #paganism #c

It can be hard to figure out exactly what ancient people did to worship their gods, but art can give us some clues. The Camp Stool fresco from Knossos shows a particular type of ritual that we can easily perform in the modern world to connect with the Minoan deities. Check out the details in today's Minoan Path blog post: A toast to the Minoans! To join the discussion about modern Minoan Paganism, hop on over to Ariadne's Tribe and meet our welcoming community. In the name of

Over in Ariadne's Tribe (my discussion group that focuses on modern Minoan Paganism) we often find ourselves questioning the label 'ritual object' that's applied to so many archaeological finds with such abandon. Of course, there are ways to figure out whether most artifacts are ritual items or not, but since most archaeologists aren't practicing Pagans, they might not understand how this works: How do you know that's a ritual object? So take those 'ritual object' labels with

Late in the summer of 1993, I flipped through the Lughnasadh issue of Keltria Journal and was inspired to try my hand at mead-making. To be honest, I wasn’t all that thrilled with the few types of store-bought mead I had sampled; there weren't very many choices at the time and they were all expensive. But being a Pagan of northwestern European descent, I figured I owed it to my ancestors to give it a proper try. It was enough of a success that I decided I liked mead and kept

Today's post over at The Minoan Path Blog was inspired by a little cream pitcher. Libations (poured offerings of various liquids) have been a common practice since ancient times, but wine isn't the only choice. As the ad says, got milk? The Milk of Human (and Divine) Kindness To join the discussion about modern Minoan Paganism, hop on over to Ariadne's Tribe. #spirituality #paganism #crete #minoan #libation