Some time ago I offered a few thoughts about the sacral scarf. Since then several of us in Ariadne's Tribe have worked with the sacral...

People often ask me what books they should read if they're interested in Modern Minoan Paganism. Of course, I blushingly suggest my own...

I'm glad we have the Internet as a tool to connect with others of like mind these days. Still, there's a certain inner need that only a...

In Minoan mythology, the infant Dionysus is born at the Winter Solstice to the great mother goddess Rhea. We find his name, plus the...

What did the Minoans call their gods and goddesses? Who were the ones they devoted themselves to, made offerings to, gave sacrifices to?...

Modern Minoan Paganism may not be a reconstructionist tradition, but we do need something stable on which to build our practice. One...

Here in the northern hemisphere we're heading toward Samhain, a time to honor the ancestors. The Minoans didn't celebrate Samhain - their...

The Minoans were great artists. They depicted birds and other animals so accurately that we can identify the specific species in the...

In case you hadn't noticed, the Minoans of ancient Crete are very much my thing. I'm a bit obsessed, having written two books and created...

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...

The most common question people ask me is, "How do you DO Modern Minoan Paganism?" In other words, what does the spiritual practice look...

This week on the Minoan Path Blog I'm exploring some more ritual postures that the ancient Minoans used for journeying to their goddesses...

Archaeologists have found lots of Minoan figurines that show people in odd poses, with their arms in strange positions. It turns out,...

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...

The labyrinth is one of the most recognizable symbols of Minoan spirituality. But people from a wide variety of paths and traditions...

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

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...

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...