A Pagan Almanac

The search for authentically pagan roots through the seasons, holidays, ancestors and gardening

The pagan customs of Imbolc: A look at the Irish and their Brigid, both goddess and saint 

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A new beginning: Imbolc in the witch’s garden

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Rattling the Bones: Digging into the psyche for ancestral memories of Brigid on Imbolc

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Season of the Witch: Exploring the folklore, facts and fiction of witchcraft through the ages

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A search for my ancestors’ beliefs about witches and witchcraft in the witch hunts of county Kent, England

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Harvest Moon: The Magic of the Home, Hearth and Hard Work

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In defense of Halloween

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The difference between Halloween and Samhain is in the stars, on the calendar and on the wind

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Pagan holidays: Litha … On summer solstice celebrations, and the dangerous similarities between modern paganism and evangelical Christianity

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The hammer of the gods still ring out at Wayland’s Smithy, a long barrow chamber tomb nestled in a secluded grove in Oxfordshire

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Pagan Holidays: Walpurgis Night and how a British lady went from Catholic saint, to Germanic goddess, to witch and gave us a second Halloween

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The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen

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A Traditional Halloween: If it’s Samhain you’re looking for, ditch October 31

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The reason for the season? How Christianity dyed its pagan roots.

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The Fairy and the Fiddle

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