It's no secret that Easter, a Christian holiday that celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ, has deep ties to ancient pagan rituals celebrating the renewal of spring. And hot cross buns, the ...
On Monday, I began my review of Steven Smith's Pagans and Christians in the City: Culture Wars from the Tiber to the Potomac, and I finished at the point where Smith, having surveyed ancient paganism, ...
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How Pagan Scandinavia Became Christian
This video explores how the Norse world transformed from pagan warriors to Christian kingdoms. Tracing the gradual ...
Last Tuesday, author and witch J. Allen Cross tweeted out some advice for white people who want more BIPOC speaking and teaching at their “magical witchy” conferences. One of his pieces of advice was, ...
Though December 25 is the day Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, the date itself and several of the customs we've come to associate with Christmas actually evolved from pagan traditions ...
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House of Truth: What does Jesus' death have to do with bunnies and eggs? A deep dive into the pagan roots of Easter
Let’s get this out the way up front: Jesus did not die so that you could mainline chocolate eggs and stage a pastel-themed scavenger hunt in your backyard. Nor did he rise from the grave so you could ...
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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 ...
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