Treasures from Sacred Izumo Colin Liddell Saturday, November 17, 2012 0 The past is another country, and one with extremely tight border controls. But occasionally a letter or postcard manages to slip out in... Read on »
Pagan Art: "Romulus and Remus" by Peter Paul Rubens Colin Liddell Tuesday, October 30, 2012 2 Following on from the Renaissance, the pagan myths of Greece and Rome became common themes in Western painting. Interestingly, the rev... Read on »
Fictitious Saints and Hidden Gods Colin Liddell Sunday, October 21, 2012 0 One of the great mysteries of Christianity is why there are so many saints. In the Catholic church there are said to be over 10,000, wi... Read on »
The Pagan Sites of Europe Remembered (19): The Stone of Mannan, Clackmannan, Scotland Colin Liddell Tuesday, August 28, 2012 1 Mannan is an ancient Celtic or pre-Celtic sea god. He is known by the names Manannan mac Lir in Ireland and Manawydan fab Llyr in Wale... Read on »
The Pagan Sites of Europe Remembered (18): The Temple of Adranus, Adrano, Sicily Colin Liddell Saturday, July 21, 2012 1 Adranus was a fire god of the Sicels, the original inhabitants of Sicily at the time when the island was colonized by the Greeks and Ca... Read on »
The Pagan Sites of Europe Remembered (17): Ranheim, Norway Colin Liddell Wednesday, June 20, 2012 0 An artist's illustration of the temple site at Ranheim In 2011, the site of a pagan temple was discovered in Norway at a place ... Read on »
The Pagan Sites of Europe Remembered (16): The Temple of Pasiphae-Ino, Thalames, Greece Colin Liddell Thursday, April 05, 2012 0 Plutarch in his Lives of Agis and Cleomenes mentions the Temple of Pasiphae at Thalamiae, an oracular site in ancient Laconia. Those w... Read on »
The Pagan Sites of Europe Remembered (15): Cave of the Sibyl, Cumae, Italy Colin Liddell Saturday, March 24, 2012 0 Sibyls were priestess of Apollo noted for their oracular abilities. They usually occupied temples that were connected to caves or grott... Read on »
The Pagan Sites of Europe Remembered (14): Saint-Pierre-de-Montmartre, Paris Colin Liddell Friday, March 23, 2012 0 The church of Saint-Pierre-de-Montmartre is one of the oldest churches in Paris. It was consecrated by Pope Eugenius III in 1147, in ... Read on »
"Daphne" by Lia Ices Colin Liddell Saturday, February 11, 2012 0 The legend of Daphne is included in Ovid's Metamorphoses and tells the tale of the wood nymph Daphe, who was desired and pursued by th... Read on »