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Lammas History: Welcoming the Harvest

By Patti Wigington

At Lammas, also called Lughnasadh, the hot days of August are upon us, much of the earth is dry and parched, but we still know that the bright reds and yellows of the harvest season are just around the corner. Apples are beginning to ripen in the trees, our summer vegetables have . . . → Read More: Lammas History: Welcoming the Harvest

The Titaness Mnemosyne

By Athmey M. Richter

[Snip] Without memory, much of everyday human interaction is meaningless. We operate within a system of recognized social queues and norms, and we cooperate best with those people and sub-systems which are most familiar to us. We all recognize that green means go and red means stop. And we know to . . . → Read More: The Titaness Mnemosyne

The Magick Circle on Film

By Zan

While undeniably one of the most exciting of the Elizabethan/ Jacobean plays, Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus (c. 1592) was also one of the most problematic from the point-of-view of Christian Theology, dealing as it does with Casting a Magick Circle (a device well-known through medieval occultism), in order to summon the Devil. (I . . . → Read More: The Magick Circle on Film

Christianity Through a Polytheist Lens

By P. Sufenas Virius Lupus

[Snip] I’ve often heard over the years that there is too much emphasis in modern pagan discussion on debating or actively attacking Christianity, which is ultimately to our detriment because a lot of important time, space, and energy is wasted in that effort: we’re not going to convince most Christians . . . → Read More: Christianity Through a Polytheist Lens