- 14 pagan-flavored movies to consider for your next holiday get-together.
- Filmmakers just can't stay way from the pagan love of nature and magic.
- Pagan-themed movies can be excellent training for wee environmentalists.
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Valentine’s Day: A watered-down pagan Lupercalia
Romans didn't do festivals half-way.
10 February, 2019
Image source: Public Domain / Wikimedia
- Modern Valentine's Day is a far more restrained version of the pagan holiday it replaced.
- During Lupercalia, Romans got naked, drunk, and there was whipping involved.
- Romantic cards? How about simulated penetration?
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It's February and according to pagans, spring is upon us
Have we turned the corner of a cold winter?
02 February, 2019
A fire-cage swinging, Imbolc 2007, Marsden, England. Image source: Steven Earnshaw on Flickr
- The ancient holiday of Imbolc celebrates the imminent return of the sun in spring.
- The holiday also commemorates either goddess Bhrigid or St. Brigid, who may or may not be the same person.
- Good weather on Imbolc means more winter to come.
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We’ve been celebrating pagan holidays a long time
Some things have always been worth celebrating.
25 January, 2019
Photo credit: Flickr user Christof
- Some lost ancient holidays aren't really so lost after all.
- All of us celebrate at least some pagan traditions whether we know it or not.
- There are two things that tend to bring humans together: crises and holidays.
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