ritual

WHAT MAKES US STRONGER

Of all the aphorisms of Nietzsche, ‘That which does not kill me makes me stronger’, has without doubt become the most quoted nowadays....

FROM BIRTH… OR ALMOST

Everything starts at birth, or almost. Western society cuts the physical connection between mother and child prematurely. The little...

WHAT MAKES YOU STRONGER FOR REAL

That which does not kill but destroys does not really make us stronger. But then what does make us stronger for real, for good? In fact,...

LUGNASAD ‘The night of full moon and waning summer’s feast...’

Our ancestors marked the seasons in the rhythm of four feasts taking place at the full moons halfway between the equinoxes and solstices....

The Great Woodwose and the Full Moon

In Europe, the earliest masks that have come to us from a distant past and from isolated valleys represent mostly (male and sometimes...

"Voodoo Death"

What lies behind ‘Voodoo Death’? In tribal worlds, breaking a taboo provokes a curse entailing removal from the tribe. Anthropologists...

FROM THE FOREST

The core of ancient seasonal festivals, such as Carnival, is by far older than the settling for instance of the Celtic civilizations,...

FROM HELPLESS TO FREE

Human beings are naturally the most social of animals. This could seem like a paradox when we look at our civilizations, but it is a...

SAMHAIN AND OTHER COLD SEASON FESTIVALS

A procession of people donning masks or bodypainting is one of the most common human rituals. This phenomenon is known in Europe mostly...

AUTUMN FESTIVALS

Autumn festivals. The bright and warm season ends. The dark and cold season starts. Between the autumn’s equinox and the winter solstice....

PSYCHOLOGY IN QUESTION

It’s time to abandon this word. It is understandable that some want to narrow the focus in studying certain cerebral activities sited in...

AUTUMN FESTIVALS

Autumn festivals. The bright and warm season ends. The dark and cold season starts. Between the autumn’s equinox and the winter solstice....