Did you know that because of the Mediterranean's unique climate, there's more than one harvest season on Crete? The Minoans probably had...

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...

The Snake Goddess figurines are iconic of Minoan culture and religion - but did you know that there are only a handful of them? Discover...

Since we can't read the Minoan language (the Linear A script is still undeciphered), we have to "read" the art instead. Up today in the...

The way human-presenting figures are positioned in Minoan art and the other images that accompany them can tell us whether they're...

Like a lot of folx I know, I follow historian and political analyst Heather Cox Richardson on social media. When her latest book came...

The grain-goddess Rhea, her daughter Ariadne, the Underworld and the spirits of the dead... these are the beginnings of the Minoan...

I have to admit that my to-be-read pile is ever-growing, no matter how many books I manage to finish. That's due at least in part to the...

Scrying is one of my favorite methods of divination. You can do it practically anywhere without needing any kind of special equipment....

To the ancient Minoans, caring for the dead didn't end with the funeral. Their relationship with the deceased continued through the...

The Minoans are such a fascinating culture; it's a shame we can't read anything they wrote. And write they did - in four different...

Most people know about Dionysus' association with grapes and wine. But in late Minoan times, he also became a solar year-king, born to...

I've written another installment in my pantheon series, focusing on where we can find the gods and goddesses of Modern Minoan Paganism in...

Peace is often described as the absence of war, but I'd like to suggest that instead, it's the absence of violence, which is a broader...

Like many modern Pagans, I follow more than one tradition in my personal spiritual practice. And like many modern Pagans, I have the...

One of the tricky bits of writing about current spiritual practice is that traditions change and evolve. In some cases that means...

I'm pleased and proud to announce the release of the revised and updated second edition of Labrys & Horns. Since the publication of the...

This week's episode in my ongoing series about the Minoan deities focuses on the bull-god Tauros Asterion. I bet you can guess where...

Creating a modern spiritual practice based on an ancient religion can be a tricky endeavor. In addition to archaeology, dance...

This week's installment in my series about finding the Minoan deities in the art of ancient Crete focuses on Antheia. Haven't heard of...