Summer Solstice

Here it is, Mid-Summer. Some Pagans go out and gather herbs at dawn, some party. The Druids congregate at Stonehenge. Today is the longest day of the year, today the sun turns back–from now until December the days will grow shorter. For some Pagans this is a time of contemplation. There is no light without [...]

The Friday Video: A Tribute to Eshmun

Here’s a lovely little video about Pagans returning to the Temple of Eshmun in Southwest Lebanon. (Itoo, the ancestral home of Peoria’s Lebanese community, lies in the mountains of the Northeast.) According to the indispensable Wikipedia, “Eshmun was the Phoenician god of healing and renewal of life.” His worship was banned in by Christians in [...]

The Friday Video: Joy to the World, Three Dog Night

I haven’t done a shout-out to My Lady Baubo in far, far too long: