2 minRITUALLUGNASAD ‘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....
3 minRITUALThe Great Woodwose and the Full MoonIn Europe, the earliest masks that have come to us from a distant past and from isolated valleys represent mostly (male and sometimes...
5 minRITUAL"Voodoo Death"What lies behind ‘Voodoo Death’? In tribal worlds, breaking a taboo provokes a curse entailing removal from the tribe. Anthropologists...
4 minRITUALFROM THE FORESTThe core of ancient seasonal festivals, such as Carnival, is by far older than the settling for instance of the Celtic civilizations,...
2 minRITUALTHE IMMENSE PALETTE OF RITUALThere is little doubt we perform rituals which can properly be called human. They cover a vast repertoire of actions. Ritual stretches...
3 minRITUALSAMHAIN AND OTHER COLD SEASON FESTIVALSA procession of people donning masks or bodypainting is one of the most common human rituals. This phenomenon is known in Europe mostly...
2 minRITUALAUTUMN FESTIVALSAutumn festivals. The bright and warm season ends. The dark and cold season starts. Between the autumn’s equinox and the winter solstice....
2 minRITUALLUGNASAD ‘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....