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Flowers and Ancestors and Staying Sane in Insane Times
My ancestors are the foundation of my spiritual practice. Those of you who know me for my role in Modern Minoan Paganism may find that...
Laura Perry
May 21, 20201 min read


Lady Fate: Arachne
You may have heard of Arachne via the Greek tale in which she starts out as a mortal woman and ends up as a spider, thanks to Athena's...
Laura Perry
May 14, 20201 min read


Ariadne is up next!
Next up in my series about the symbols and iconography of the Minoan gods and goddesses: Ariadne. She's a tricky one, and you might be...
Laura Perry
May 8, 20201 min read


The MMP Pantheon Series: Posidaeja
Grandmother Ocean is all around us, encircling the Earth. But where can we find her in Minoan art? How do we represent her in our...
Laura Perry
Apr 30, 20201 min read


Book Review: A Dangerous Place
Though life hasn't slowed down as much as I might have liked lately, I've still found time to do a little recreational reading. My latest...
Laura Perry
Apr 23, 20202 min read


Seeking the Sun (goddess, that is)
Next up in my series about the Minoan pantheon: the Sun goddess Therasia. Where can we find her in Minoan art? What are her symbols and...
Laura Perry
Apr 16, 20201 min read


The Minoan Pantheon: a new blog series
Last time on the Minoan Path blog, I shared the full pantheon for Modern Minoan Paganism - it's quite a collection of gods and goddesses...
Laura Perry
Apr 9, 20201 min read


Modern Minoan Paganism: The Full Pantheon
Modern Minoan Paganism is a revivalist tradition. We're not trying to recreate ancient Minoan religion, but to create a spiritual...
Laura Perry
Apr 2, 20201 min read


In sickness and in health: Plague thinking in ancient Crete
Pandemics are nothing new. They've been going around for as long as there have been human populations for them to spread through. How...
Laura Perry
Mar 26, 20201 min read


Getting a Grip
What's the old curse? "May you live in interesting times." Well, folks, I think we're there. The question is, how are we going to handle...
Laura Perry
Mar 19, 20202 min read


New Tale-Weaving Storytime Episode
Check out the latest addition to my Tale-Weaving Storytime series. This time, I'm reading from my recent novel The Last Priestess of...
Laura Perry
Mar 12, 20201 min read


Meet an old god who's new to us!
It's not often we discover a god who isn't already listed in the many mythologies that people have written over the centuries. It turns...
Laura Perry
Mar 5, 20201 min read


What You Say and How You Say It
It's so easy to communicate with people these days via all kinds of channels, digital and otherwise. So easy to tell people what they're...
Laura Perry
Feb 27, 20202 min read


The Modern Minoan Pantheon: Pairs and Triplets
It's quite a job, sifting through all the work we've done and the epiphanies we've had over the past four years as Modern Minoan Paganism...
Laura Perry
Feb 20, 20201 min read


What is caring worth?
A while back, my daughter and I had a series of conversations about her difficulties with remembering to eat, to take breaks, and to...
Laura Perry
Feb 13, 20203 min read


The Perils of Writing about Spirituality
I write about spirituality a lot, in books, on this blog and the Minoan Path blog, in my Facebook group... but sometimes it's harder than...
Laura Perry
Feb 6, 20201 min read


Labrys & Horns: A second go-round
How do you know when it's time to update a book? This is an issue I've grappled with for a while now, but it all came clear earlier this...
Laura Perry
Jan 30, 20201 min read


Witch Lit, a year or two onward...
A couple of years ago, some of us started talking about how our magical-themed fiction, by and about witches, didn't fit neatly into any...
Laura Perry
Jan 23, 20201 min read


Deeper into the Labyrinth: Exploring Modern Minoan Paganism
I'm working on the preparations for my spring online course in Modern Minoan Paganism. My thoughts have drifted back over the past five...
Laura Perry
Jan 16, 20201 min read


Red and White: The clues in the colors of Minoan art
Have you ever wondered why the Minoan frescoes show women with unnaturally white skin and men with dark red skin? There's an interesting...
Laura Perry
Jan 9, 20201 min read
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