Samhain, also known as Halloween or All Hallows’ Eve, is one of the eight major festivals commemorated by most Pagans. Samhain always falls on 31 October. Because the annual cycle of festivals, known ...

Yule, also known as the Winter Solstice, is one of the eight major festivals that most Pagans commemorate. Falling on or around December 21, Yule marks the shortest day and the longest night of the ...

Many of the Easter traditions Christians celebrate today date back to the early days of Christianity. Karl Gehring/The Denver Post via Getty Images Easter brings together an unlikely cadre of ...

Archaeologists in Central Europe recently uncovered an ancient grave – reopened not by modern looters, but by medieval Poles over 1,000 years ago. The excavation took place at the Nowy Chorów cemetery ...

In December of 2019, I decided to travel to Bulgaria. I went there to expand my ongoing photography project about the personal journeys of young individuals who will ultimately become the ‘torch ...

White sage, which is sacred to a number of Native American tribes in the southwest United States, has been adopted by both some contemporary Pagans and New Age practitioners for purification rites. As ...

Should religious folks celebrate Halloween? In answering this question I have a duty to my readers and a duty to my grandchildren, Zeke and Daisy. Spoiler alert: Zeke and Daisy are going to win. First ...

(RNS) — Standing on a snowy, wooded ridge in Wisconsin in early February, the Rev. Bo Nelson of Circle Sanctuary began a group online meditation by instructing his viewers to close their eyes, slow ...

"These traditions slow me down, force me to recognize the passage of time and the way in which the changing of seasons has affected my world," writes Morgan Lockhart The first steps of carving out new ...

(The Conversation) — Native Americans are struggling to find sage for their spiritual practices as the plant is being overharvested for sale to the wider public. (The Conversation) — White sage, which ...