The Folklore of May-Day/ Bealtaine – from the National Folklore Schools Collection (irishfolklore.wordpress.com)
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Share what you know about Easter, its traditions, symbolism, history, etc....
Oh Themis, divine goddess of order,...
I’d br interested in what you’d consider a good book (or other sources) on various pagan beliefs and traditions that you would recommend....
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Here in Louisiana, Imbolc signals a sort of pre-Spring, Spring. (What 'til you hear about our Second Winter and Summer IV!)...
Brigid’s Day is the first traditional festival of the calendar year in Ireland and has been for centuries. However, it was only in 2023 that the government officially recognised Brigid’s Day as an official holiday....
It was the shortest day and the longest tailback. The line of traffic to greet the midwinter sun began to form near Stonehenge long before dawn. With the final mile from Larkhill and Winterbourne Stoke taking an hour, and English Heritage warning that the car park was full, many ignored the yellow cones and dumped their cars on...
It’s Winter Solstice, the ancient time to celebrate the “birth” of the Sun in the Northern Hemisphere....
My SO and I - in the UK - celebrate an adapted form of the Roman festival of Brumalia - which, as celebrated in Byzantium in later times (recorded as late as C11th CE despite Xtian repression) began on Nov 24th and continued through to Saturnalia - and a little beyond. This will be our third Brumalia....
Location of Thaaj in Arabia...
A tablet from nineteenth century BC Anatolia mentions a Puzu-Ishtar ‘the Tadmuraean’ (Palmyrene) as witness to a contract. But there are very few references to Tadmur in historical texts until the first century BC, when it grows into a substantial settlement. Because of its central location on the route between Mesopotamia...
For me, I am a paying member of the Scottish Pagan Federation which is affiliated with the Pagan Federation in the UK. I receive quarterly magazines in the form of Pagan Dawn and Espin and get lots of interesting articles, ideas and such....
Why is Death so wonderful, so worthy of celebration?...
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My salutation is belated, because I just found this community. Seems a little sleepy here, but maybe we can get some conversation going. I’m a solitary practitioner and would enjoy a bit of company....
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