TikTok—specifically #witchtok—is fueling interest in paganism. Here’s how to immerse yourself in full moon rituals, spellcasting, and more. The Ivana Kupala festival, in Kyiv, Ukraine, is part of an ...
A long-overlooked writing system from 5000 years ago is still largely undeciphered, but could mark the moment humans first represented their speech with written words ...
This time of year, I often run across articles proclaiming Halloween a modern form of the pagan Irish holiday of Samhain – pronounced SAW-en. But as a historian of Ireland and its medieval literature, ...
In his writings, Aristotle discussed the concept of arête: the achievement of excellence in character. With arête one was not just competent or successful, one thrived. To achieve this thriving, ...