Should religious folks celebrate Halloween? In answering this question I have a duty to my readers and a duty to my grandchildren, Zeke and Daisy. Spoiler alert: Zeke and Daisy are going to win. First ...

"These traditions slow me down, force me to recognize the passage of time and the way in which the changing of seasons has ...

For an outsider, Tear it Up and Friends don’t exactly seem like the best match for bandmates. Yet here’s Pagan Rituals to prove them wrong. The gothic post-punk band, whose members have also been in ...

If you’ve ever decorated a Christmas tree and thought, “This feels a little too magical to be strictly Christian,” ...

An ancient site steeped in myth in County Tyrone and still believed by some to possess healing powers has been granted ...

Many of the Easter traditions Christians celebrate today date back to the early days of Christianity. Karl Gehring/The Denver Post via Getty Images Easter brings together an unlikely cadre of ...

After parting ways with BTW FRIENDS, that outfit’s erstwhile bassist Matthew Molnar went back to roots and rekindled an older musical relationship with a couple of high school buddies who last ...

Archaeologists in Central Europe recently uncovered an ancient grave – reopened not by modern looters, but by medieval Poles over 1,000 years ago. The excavation took place at the Nowy Chorów cemetery ...

Midsommar, or Midsummer, is the opening of the traditional summer holiday season, during which Swedes abandon the cities for five weeks in nature, enabled by 25 days of legally mandated paid leave.

(The Conversation) — Native Americans are struggling to find sage for their spiritual practices as the plant is being overharvested for sale to the wider public. (The Conversation) — White sage, which ...

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