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A Midsummer tipple, Minoan style
Summer Solstice is coming up soon. This season always makes me think of fuzzy honeybees meandering from flower to flower, sipping the...
Laura Perry
Jun 10, 20151 min read


Be healed!
Wouldn’t it be great if we could make other people heal? Then that insecure, paranoid co-worker would quit blaming you for their...
Laura Perry
Jun 3, 20154 min read


What's in a name?
Today over at the Minoan Path blog, I'm exploring possible pronunciations of ancient Minoan deity names. Sounds are important in ritual...
Laura Perry
May 27, 20151 min read


Popular words and cultural appropriation
We have a problem in the Pagan community, particularly the branches that point toward indigenous European Paganism, and that problem is...
Laura Perry
May 20, 20154 min read


Ancient Crete: Tying a Sacred Knot
Today's post over at the Minoan Path blog explores one of the more unusual aspects of Minoan religious symbolism: the sacral knot. This...
Laura Perry
May 6, 20151 min read


Toilet Snobs and other Modern Problems
OK, that's not a typical title for my blog posts, but it gets to the point. We modern folks have tended to be snobs about our culture and...
Laura Perry
Apr 22, 20151 min read


Brew Your Own Mead!
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...
Laura Perry
Apr 15, 20155 min read


The Milk of Human (and Divine) Kindness
Today's post over at The Minoan Path Blog was inspired by a little cream pitcher. Libations (poured offerings of various liquids) have...
Laura Perry
Apr 8, 20151 min read


A Few Thoughts on the Concept of Binary Gender
When I was a kid, I learned that there are two sexes: male and female. Simple, easy to remember, black-and-white. But when I grew up, I...
Laura Perry
Apr 1, 20154 min read


Equality for Minoan Men!
Today's post over at The Minoan Path blog addresses the inaccurate assumption that the Minoan world was ruled by women who dominated the...
Laura Perry
Mar 25, 20151 min read


Changing Light Bulbs and Making Resolutions
I was recently reminded of an old joke: How many psychologists does it take to change a light bulb? Only one, but the light bulb has to...
Laura Perry
Mar 18, 20154 min read


Topless Minoan Women: Not What You Think
Today's post over at The Minoan Path Blog is all about those topless women found throughout Minoan art. No, they're not the ancient...
Laura Perry
Mar 12, 20151 min read


The Two Worlds of the Minoans
Today's post over at The Minoan Path Blog describes the cosmology of pre-Indo-European people such as the ancient Minoans. It's not the...
Laura Perry
Feb 25, 20151 min read
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