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Beltane: Britain's ancient festival is making a comeback
Seeded on Sun Apr 29, 2012 9:53 AM EDT (Telegraph)
Last year, with friends and family, in a sloping field just off the busy A3 from London to Portsmouth, I experienced my first Beltain (more widely known as Beltane) – the ancient festival which marks the end of winter and the start of summer. Held at Butser Ancient Farm, …
Resurrecting Scars by Shelly Rambo « Feminism and Religion
Seeded on Mon Apr 9, 2012 2:35 PM EDT ()
What does it mean to be created through the scars of a (m)other? And what does it mean to be made new—to be recreated—by them?It is my first Easter without my mother. My sister Jody reminded me of how much my mother loved religious holidays, especially Easter. One o …
The Pagan origins of Easter
Seeded on Thu Apr 5, 2012 3:05 PM EDT ()
The name "Easter" originated with the names of an ancient Goddess and God. The Venerable Bede, (672-735 CE.) a Christian scholar, first asserted in his book De Ratione Temporum that Easter was named after Eostre (a.k.a. Eastre). She was the Great Mother Goddess of the Saxon peo …
Enoch-2699399 & Kavika, Random Act of Vineness Nomination
Mon Apr 2, 2012 3:16 AM EDT
This article is intended to represent a group nomination of Enoch-2699399 (Enoch) & Kavika, by members of Newsvine, for a Random Act of Vineness Award. The purpose of this article is to recognize Enoch-2699399 and Kavika for their joint effort to bring to …
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The Journey of a Lotus...: Sacred Menstrual Blood
Seeded on Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:38 PM EDT ()
From the earliest human cultures, the mysterious magic of creation was thought to reside in the blood women gave forth in apparent harmony with the moon, and which was sometime retained in the womb to coagulate into a baby. Men regarded this blood with holy dread, as the life-ess …
St Valentine: A Pagan celebration renamed by the Catholic church
Seeded on Tue Feb 14, 2012 11:00 AM EST (World News Australia on SBS)
St Valentine was once a Pagan celebration of fertility in the ancient Roman Empire, and possibly even earlier.
Video - The Illuminati and Their Plans for a New World Order: 'Conspiracy theory' or 'Conspiracy Fact'?
Wed Feb 1, 2012 12:30 PM EST
By David Noble - Sovereign Independent The question of whether there is a secret group of elites working behind the scenes to bring in a single world currency and world government is one that has been well argued and debated.
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Christmas craze fills Chinese malls, if not its churches
Seeded on Sat Dec 24, 2011 9:10 PM EST (Christian Science Monitor)
Qu Yi and her son Dabao admire a Christmas installation outside a mall in downtown Beijing.
Happy Winter Solstice!
Seeded on Thu Dec 22, 2011 5:14 PM EST (National Geographic)
Today is the winter solstice and the first day of winter in the Northern Hemisphere.
Cultural Foundation Native Expressions - A War of 1812 Christmas -- Six Nations
Seeded on Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:11 PM EST ()
British soldiers resumed their soldiering. They drilled, cleaned their muskets, stood guard but now bundled in heavy wool coats, mittens, scarves and oversized boots, if lucky.
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