As the ritual closed and the evening wound to an end, attendees enjoyed a community potluck and friendly conversation. With the scent of incense still hanging heavy in the air, ritual participants ...

Whether by brewing a cleansing tea, baking a honeyed bannock, or leaving a symbolic offering to nature — engaging in these ...

Valentine's Week is one of the most awaited periods of the year for many people, especially young adults. It is a week of ...

The Eden Prairie School District has rescheduled the high school's graduation ceremony after members of the school community ...

Eden Prairie High School's graduation ceremony date drew criticism from some parents and students as it was going to be the ...

Archaeologists in the Netherlands uncovered a rare 7th-century open-air cult site near the hamlet of Hezingen. The discovery ...

Watching a groundhog emerge from a cozy burrow in early February feels quintessentially American, but the tradition of turning to animals to predict the spring comes from pre-Christian pagan ...

A recent study by Dr. Jan-Willem de Kort and his colleagues, published in Medieval Archaeology, uncovered an early medieval ...

Thoroughly excavated and well-analyzed cult sites are essential for comprehending the evolving and diverse ritual behaviors of different pre-Christian societies.

A noisy and impish bird, the magpie retains a grudging respect from Irish people even, in the wake of words from one of ...

In a heated exchange over Christianity and foreign policy, Vice President JD Vance LAW ’13 claimed Professor Rory Stewart has ...