Laura Perry
Modern Minoan Paganism: Resources for Inspiration
If you're interested in Modern Minoan Paganism, what are the options for finding resources about this spiritual tradition? More than you...
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Laura Perry
- Apr 1, 2021
- 1 min
Minoan Auguries: For the birds?
Telling the future was every bit as popular a pastime in the ancient world as it is today, perhaps even more so. How might the Minoans...
Laura Perry
- Mar 25, 2021
- 1 min
Keep your (humorous) wits about you
A sense of humor is a valuable trait. It can keep you from taking yourself too seriously. That's especially important in spiritual...
Laura Perry
- Mar 18, 2021
- 3 min
Book Review: The Druid Garden
As a long-time gardener, I'm a sucker for good books on gardening, and this happens to be one. It's a pleasing combination of solid,...
Laura Perry
- Mar 4, 2021
- 1 min
On Being Inspired by Ancient Art
People have always made art of one sort or another, from the earliest times until today. It's part of what makes us human. Art from the...
Laura Perry
- Feb 18, 2021
- 1 min
Minoan Menagerie, Mythical Edition
Up this week on the Minoan Path blog: part four of the Minoan Menagerie series. We've already checked out the animals of the Three Realms...
Laura Perry
- Feb 12, 2021
- 1 min
More Minoan Menagerie!
I've already explored animals of the land and the sky in Minoan art. Now the last of the Three Realms is up: creatures of the sea. The...
Laura Perry
- Feb 4, 2021
- 1 min
The Minoan Menagerie, Part Two
Last week I explored the land animals depicted in Minoan art - land being one of the three realms of land, sky, and sea in Modern Minoan...
Laura Perry
- Jan 28, 2021
- 1 min
The Minoan Menagerie, part one
Minoan art is full of ritual scenes, dancing priestesses, and crowds gathered to watch grand ceremonies. But Minoan artists were also...
Laura Perry
- Jan 14, 2021
- 1 min
Linear A: Reading the Past (or not)
One of the tricky bits about basing a modern spiritual practice on ancient Minoan religion is that we can't actually read the stuff the...
Laura Perry
- Jan 8, 2021
- 1 min
Getting stuck in the MMP Pantheon series
For a while now, I've been sharing a series of blog posts about where we can find the MMP deities in Minoan art. Well, we've finally hit...
Laura Perry
- Dec 31, 2020
- 2 min
The answer to the most-asked question about my books
I get asked a lot of questions about my books: Where did you get the idea? How long did it take you to write it? Are you a character in...
Laura Perry
- Dec 24, 2020
- 1 min
Looking Back: The Minoan Path Blog in 2020
Like many other bloggers, at the end of the year I like to look back over what I've written and see what people liked - or didn't. Here's...
Laura Perry
- Dec 17, 2020
- 2 min
Cultural Appropriation: Why we still need to care
As if 2020 hasn't been enough of a horror show, cultural appropriation continues to rear its ugly head on top of all the other "fun"...
Laura Perry
- Dec 10, 2020
- 1 min
Winter Solstice, Minoan Style
There are many, many ways to celebrate the Winter Solstice. The ancient Minoans practiced several different options over the centuries of...
Laura Perry
- Dec 3, 2020
- 1 min
More Minoan Pantheon Adventures
We're working our way through the Modern Minoan Paganism pantheon, finding the places in Minoan art where the deities are hiding. Here's...
Laura Perry
- Nov 12, 2020
- 1 min
Diving into Writing Again
Back in the saddle again... That photo up there is a stack of research notes and the early stages of the manuscript for a novel I started...
Laura Perry
- Nov 5, 2020
- 2 min
Gardening for Armageddon
Climate change. Habitat destruction. Political instability. Pandemic. Wildfires. Hurricanes (five, count them, five of them hit the same...
Laura Perry
- Oct 22, 2020
- 1 min
Many Minoan Harvests!
Did you know that because of the Mediterranean's unique climate, there's more than one harvest season on Crete? The Minoans probably had...
Laura Perry
- Oct 15, 2020
- 1 min
Friendly bulls in Minoan art: A god appears
Zagreus is just one of three bull-gods in the Modern Minoan Paganism pantheon. How can we decide which images of bulls in ancient Minoan...
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