A Stone Age site where cave rituals may have been performed some 9,000 years ago has been discovered on Blå Jungfrun, an island linked to tales of witchcraft.

The Japanese are next level when it comes to culture and living to their own drumbeat. I have been fascinated with Japanese history and culture for decades. When I first went there, I realized I had found another place I could call home. Today I was trolling the internet (via Dangerous Minds) and came across […]

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The fourth century of our common era began and ended with a miracle. Traditionally, in the year 312, the Roman emperor Constantine experienced a "vision of the Cross" that led him to convert to Christianity and to defeat his last rival to the imperial throne; and, in 394, a divine wind carried the emperor Theodosius to victory at the battle of the Frigidus River. Other stories heralded the discovery of the True Cross by Constantine's mother, Helena, and the rise of a new kind of miracle-maker in the deserts of Egypt and Syria. These miracle stories helped Christians understand the dizzying changes they experienced in the fourth century. Far more than the outdated narrative of a "life-and-death" struggle between Christians and pagans, they help us understand the darker turn Christianity took in subsequent ages. In A Century of Miracles, historian H. A. Drake explores the role miracle stories played in helping Christians, pagans, and Jews think about themselves and each other. These stories, he concludes, bolstered Christian belief that their god wanted the empire to be Christian. Most importantly, they help explain how, after a century of trumpeting the power of their god, Christians were able to deal with their failure to protect the city of Rome from a barbarian sack by the Gothic army of Alaric in 410. Augustine's magnificent City of God eventually established a new theoretical basis for success, but in the meantime the popularity of miracle stories reassured the faithful--even when the miracles came to an end. Thoroughly researched within a wide range of faiths and belief systems, A Century of Miracles provides an absorbing illumination of this complex, polytheistic, and decidedly mystical phenomenon.

Rosaleen Norton - The Witch of Kings Cross. Probably taken 1950s.

Learn about some of the major ancient pantheons and their deities! This pack is full of information of some of the most commonly worshiped gods and goddesses around the world. Add these to your grimoire, book of shadows, planner, or hang them up! DISCLAIMER: In no way do you need to worship deities to practice witchcraft. This is not a comprehensive list of deities and I do not claim to be an expert in any of these religions. If you have suggestions or wish for me to include another pantheon, message me! What's included: - Greek Deities - Celtic Deities - Roman Deities - Norse Deities - Egyptian Deities - My Deities workbook page You'll receive two PDF files: US Letter and A4 sizes. This listing is for personal use only. These files cannot be used commercially.

Who said Greek mythology was any better than Norse Mythology? The Vikings wrote about some bad ass Norse gods in the Icelandic Eddas and Sagas, and heres a list of the

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As winter came, the skeklers moved from house to house, dancing around the fire and banging wooden staves on the floor in a celebration of the supernatural.

“We know that our ancestors believed in varying degrees of pantheism. Nearly all peoples had their pantheons of gods and goddesses.” — John H. Raach, Ph.D., M.D. For centuries, Ancient Greek deities like Apollo (the god of medicine, healing, plagues, prosperity and healing), Asclepius (the god of the medicinal arts),

Anyone looking to analyze the epic poem "Beowulf" must first understand Bards, paganism, the warrior king culture, and Anglo-Saxon Christianization to form a complete analysis of Beowulf.

Atheopaganism provides the fulfillment benefits of a traditional religion, yet is rooted in what is true and open to learning, change, and constant reconsideration of itself. While it does not make…

"There is no way that such a thing could be done without direct permission from the highest levels of the Vatican."