Buddhism spread across the world’s largest continent via the Silk Road.
The story of the human race is a weird one. According to the study of genetics, all people alive on the planet today descended from the same ancestors somewhere in what is now Africa. While t…
Lost religions can be an interesting glimpse into the past and what mattered to people at different points in time
History can be unforgiving. As time moves forward, many details of human civilization become lost to the ages. Since religion in one form or another h…
It is often the smaller religions that showcase the true idea of peace and spiritual contentment.
The human race fights about religion a lot, so much so that countless wars have been waged in the hopes of figuring out whose religion is the “right” one. With so …
Beliefs in reincarnation have become commonplace throughout the West within the last two centuries, thanks in part to their inclusion in Western esoterism and New Age movements. While many of these tenets are heavily borrowed from religions on the Indian subcontine…
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The common depiction of Vikings as smelly, hairy, pale-skinned men wearing horned helmets isn’t accurate.
When someone says the word “Viking,” you probably picture muscular, weapon-wielding folk wearing horned helmets while sacking villages and filling their …
Consider some of these core concepts when learning about the Tao.
Everyone must walk his or her own path in life. While this is a sentiment that most are familiar with to a degree, it is the governing force behind the idea of the Tao. You may have heard this word b…
Decidedly pagan origins are the foundation of some of the most popular Christmas traditions.
With the winter months come a collection of holidays such as Advent, Christmas Day and Epiphany. However, many of their beloved Christmas traditions in the West have decide…
Baron Samedi’s main functions is to excavate the graves of the newly departed and meet their souls as they rise and then guides them to the afterlife.
As humans, we naturally want to know what happens to our friends and loved ones after they die. That’s probabl…
How did ravens and crows get such a bad reputation?
When asked to picture ravens and crows, what comes to your mind? If you think of images such as the unsettling visitor from Edgar Allen Poe’s famous poem “The Raven,” you’re not alone. Unsurprisingly, …
Who has the right to call themselves a “Heathen”?
Contemporary Germanic Neopaganism goes by a few different names: Heathenry, Odinism and Asatru, just to name a few. Although there are a large variety of variations between these belief systems, they all borrow …