The ancient Minoan city of Akrotiri, on the island of Santorini (a.k.a. Thera), was home to people of all ages. Among them were girls and...

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...

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...

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've just published my second novel, The Bed, and I'm giving away two free copies to celebrate! What's it about? It's a novel about...

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...

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

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

Not chick lit, but witch lit. Yep, it’s a genre now, and well worth investigating. My first foray into reading witch lit is The Madness...

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

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,...

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

I've just finished a lovely book. The Awen Alone: Walking the Path of the Solitary Druid is part of the Pagan Portals series, shortish...

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...

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...