The Wild Hunt (https://wildhunt.org/tag/sicily)
The Norse myths are laced with a melancholic focus on the end of an age. Karl Seigfried notes that today it also feels as though a way of living is passing. But just as Ragnarök leads to a rebirth, so too might our own times – if we are willing to work for it.
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: Dowsing in the Western USA, Crossings of the Veil, Pietas raising funds for Temple to Apollo, Pagans help with synagogue restoration and more news,
At the Valley of Temples complex in Sicily, a statue of Atlas will once again stand guard at the entrance to the Temple of Olympian Zeus.
As some Pagans attempt to revive ancient or indigenous religions they often rely on the work of historians, primary texts, and archaeologists. For this reason, when something new pops up which challenges long held academic ideas on cultural or religious practice, we pay attention. Here are some of the new(er) finds making waves in archaeological circles. Alexander the Great in a synagogue? While uncovering a 5th century synagogue in Huqoq, Israel, archaeologists found something very unusual: a mosaic appearing to show Alexander the Great meeting with a Jewish high priest.