Paganism
Saints, love, chocolate, and goatskins: How we got from Lupercalia to Valentine’s Day
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We review the Pagan and not-so-Pagan history of the Valentine’s Day holiday, right down to the goat-skin loin clothes.
Living
February is a season of purification and rededication
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The largest gift of February, however, is its ability to help us rededicate ourselves through the fires of purification as a path of opening for the returning sun.
Paganism
Smiting for charity with sympathetic magic: A Valentine story
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We have a look at a new Valentine’s Day donation trend and it magical meaning.
Living
Love actually: Lupercalia and St. Valentine’s Day
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TWH -Feb. 14 marks the secular holiday St. Valentine’s Day, complete with chocolates, hearts, roses, and all things that symbolize love. While this contemporary holiday is mired in overly-commercialized products and is considered inconsequential in some circles, the celebration does have spiritual roots and ties to deeper religious meaning. In ancient Rome, Feb.
Paganism
Column: Amas Veritas and the Confessions of a Romantic
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“I dream of a love that even time will lie down and be still for…”
Many readers here are familiar with that line from the popular movie Practical Magic (1998). Two sisters, the quest for love, and a family curse. The aunts and midnight margaritas. It’s the stuff cult classics are made of. Any why not?