If it has horns, it must be a bull, right? Wrong. I explain all the details in today's Minoan Path blog post: A Dilemma of Horns: Minoan...

There are labryses, and then there are double axes. There's a difference, and it has to do with how each one is used. I explain the...

Many of us who practice Modern Minoan Paganism are solitaries. But that doesn't mean we can't add a bit of pomp and fun to our rituals,...

Walking a labyrinth can be a profoundly spiritual experience for people of any spiritual path. Labyrinth-walking is one component of...

Different people see symbols and images differently, even within a single spiritual tradition. Is that all right? How important are those...

The Poppy Goddess is the most famous of the Minoan bell jar goddess figurines. But did you know that there are actually dozens of these,...

I've never really been into New Year's resolutions. To me, the energy this time of year is still too quiet, too dormant to get me...

Since I've created a Tarot deck, a lot of people ask me questions about Tarot, everything from the history (which I usually have to look...

The Minoan gold seal rings are fascinating little objects, all the more so because the images on them are full of strange floating...

I recently had the interesting experience of someone being upset by some artwork I chose for my Facebook profile picture. The art in...

Like many ancient cultures, the Minoans spent a lot of time looking at the night sky and calculating the movements of the stars and...

It's not just Christian who get tripped up by the temptation to take myths literally. Pagans have been doing it for millennia! Don't...

Ariadne has a thread, and that's a clue to her nature as a goddess of Fate. Today on the Minoan Path blog I'm exploring that aspect of...

Today on the Minoan Path blog, I'm considering some possibilities for the intriguing figure-eight shields found in Minoan art. What if...

The world is so big, we like to divide it up into manageable segments, sections we can get our heads around and maybe understand. The...

Saffron was sacred to the ancient Minoans. It's a very special flower: The fact that it blooms in the autumn sets it apart from the other...

Like most people who use Tarot and oracle cards, I have quite a collection and am always finding new decks that I love. Well, here's...

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...

Several years ago I posted a Winter Solstice healing ritual I wrote to help deal with some of the difficult emotions many of us...

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