Pagan culture

If you're looking for Samhain rituals and traditions to do in 2024, then read on: we're sharing everything we know about Samhain as practicing pagans. If you're fan of Halloween, then you probably know that

Kindred Spirits - Eve of St. John (Adrienne Stein), oil on canvas, 2013.

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Cultural Appropriation and Paganism. Cultural Appropriation and Magical Practice. I honestly don’t know if what I am about to write is going to come across as sensible or insensitive, controv…

One for Sorrow is a classic children's nursery rhyme about magpie birds. According to folklore, counting the number of magpies which appear at a joyous occasion, such as a baby shower or wedding, is thought to foretell the fortune a couple. If magpies appear, it's a sign of good luck!

Eastre, Eostre or Ostara, Germanic goddess of spring. These are photographs of book illustrations from 'Myths of the Norsemen' by H. A. Guerber. They have been taken from my own copy of the book which was printed in 1908. As far as I know the work is old enough to be out of copyright, but I will remove the images if this is not correct. Please note the photographs are the property of Ormrede and should not be used without his permission.