Culture
The Falliforia: Dionysus is Celebrated Across Greece
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TWH correspondent Elyse Welles reports on the celebrations of Fallifloria that took place in Greece this February.
News
Archeologists may have found legendary temple to Poseidon
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Archeologists have uncovered the foundations of a temple to Poseidon attested to in Strabo’s Geography.
Living
Should the Catholic Church apologize to Pagans?
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On Thursday, Pope Francis released his long-awaited 184-page encyclical on climate change and environmental protection. We will have reactions to this work in the coming days. In the meantime, we consider one particular phrase from that document as it relates to a question recently raised by Debra Macleod in The Huffington Post. Macleod asks whether the Catholic Church should acknowledge its role in the destruction of classical Pagan culture and religion. In the new encyclical, Pope Francis says, “Human Beings, while capable of the worst, are also capable of rising above themselves, choosing again what is good, and making a new start.” Using that framework, Macleod’s question can be rephrased.
Paganism
Sacred Harvest Festival 2013: A Lesson in Pluralism
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When the Sacred Harvest Festival was finished, the first thing I noticed while wandering through the airport was how strange it was that nobody was in a sarong. Or naked. Or drumming. It was a shock to my system, all these pants and suits. Pagan culture is sensory, and visceral, and delightfully messy.