The winter solstice marks the coldest part of the winter.
The month of December has been the final month of the calendar year for many centuries. The name “December” comes from the Latin word decem, meaning “ten.” This is due to the fact that this month was…
People of all ages celebrate Halloween in America.
Halloween is a spooky holiday with lots of creepy and fun traditions. For children, it means putting on fun costumes and heading out to ring doorbells and collect candy from neighbors and relatives. Adults also cel…
Beauty retailer gets negative attention with their plans to offer “starter witch kit”.
The fragrance company Pinrose recently provoked the ire of Wiccans and Indigenous people with a “starter witch kit” that it planned to offer through Sephora. An August …
Celebration of the vine in the month of September.
Recent years have seen a boom in regard to how many holidays are packed into each calendar year. “National Grilled Cheese Day,” “National Cat Day,” and “National Encouragement Day” get mixed in with mor…
The Heathenry movement is enjoying significant growth in the United States and Canada.
Contemporary Norse paganism is a few decades old. Some call it “Asatru,” a combination of two Old Norse words that together mean “belief or faith in the ancient gods.” Fo…
Cultures like the ancient Celts and Norse considered trees sacred.
Did you know that trees have a heartbeat? An April 2018 IFL Science report discussed findings by Aarhus University researcher Dr. András Zlinszky, explaining that each arbor pumps water to circulat…
Scholars and pagan revivalists alike are interested in bringing details and secrets of Mithraism to light.
In January 2018, the public was treated to a rare historical find below the streets of London. CNN reporter Katy Scott revealed that an ancient Roman temple c…
Mark you calendar to celebrate Imbolc traditions on February 1st.
For many, February 1st marks yet another day in the endless stretch of winter. Still, there are many out there who credit the date with special significance in welcoming warmer days. According to Gae…
Idun belongs to the Asgardians, an extra-dimension race of beings.
Do deities really exist, or did humans create them to assign meaning to aspects of the world around them? Regardless of the answer, the religious texts, literature, and mythology of pre-Christian cu…
Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
If you were raised in a Christian family, you probably heard about the Adam and Eve story in Sunday school or during church sermons. Perhaps these lessons warned about the perils of disobedience, explained original sin or unfortu…