Exploring the Divine Hierarchies and Rivalries Across Mythologies From the peaks of Mount Olympus to the shining gates of Asgard,...
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Exploring the Divine Hierarchies and Rivalries Across Mythologies From the peaks of Mount Olympus to the shining gates of Asgard,...
Maman Brigitte is a powerful and revered figure in the Voodoo religion, particularly in Haiti...
Inanna, also known as Ishtar, was the ancient Sumerian goddess of love, fertility, and war....
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Astrology is a branch of science that hypothesizes and attempts to explain how celestial bodies influence human affairs. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, astrology is the study of the positions and angles of celestial bodies in order to predict how things will go in the natural world and in the lives of people. Astrology is a form of divination that is based on the belief that by looking at heavenly bodies like stars, planets, the moon, comets, etc., one can learn information about the future or about one’s personality. Astrology was used frequently in antiquity as well. Some of...
Before heaven and earth took shape, there was only chaos—an endless cosmic egg. From its depths emerged Pangu, the mighty giant, whose very body became the world. His breath formed the wind, his bones the mountains, and his eyes the sun and moon. This is the epic tale of creation.
This is a ritual you can do after a pet has died. Obviously, you’ll need to make changes based on the type of pet you had, how they died, and so on, but you can use this ceremony as a starting point. If the pet belonged to the entire family, you might turn this into a collective rite. Things needed: The setup: To depict the four elements, arrange the salt, incense, candle, and water in a circle (or in any other manner you traditionally use). With each, place one of your four matching crystals. Light the candle and the incense....
Long ago, when the sun hung lower in the sky and animals still conversed like kin, a cunning jackal roamed the dry grasslands. His golden-brown coat blended with the brittle grass. His eyes—sharp, amber, and always calculating—scanned the horizon for food. But drought had come to the land. The rivers had turned to cracked beds of earth, and the trees stood like skeletons in the sun. Prey was scarce, and the jackal’s ribs pressed tightly against his skin. Hunger had turned his stomach into a growling drum. One morning, as the jackal slinked through the savanna, he heard an odd...
It’s time to decorate your porch with pumpkins and start carving when the weather begins to cool and the leaves begin to change to brilliant autumnal hues. For Halloween, which is celebrated on October 31, expect a night filled with costumes, spooky snacks, trick-or-treating, Halloween party activities, and (for adults only) boozy Halloween cocktails. Do you ever stop to think about where Halloween came from and what it means, such as whether it is a pagan or Christian holiday? The meaning of Halloween The origin of the modern English name “Halloween” can be found in medieval Christianity. The Middle and...
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