Recently in the Huffington Post there was an article which posed a question of Should the Catholic Church Acknowledge the Destruction of Classical Pagan Culture? The short answer, to me, is “Yes”. However the reality of this is far more complicated. First of all, there would have to be acknowledgement by governments, such as those of Italy…

Today and tomorrow are the annual festivals of Kallynteria and Plynteria where in ancient times the Temple of Athena in Athens was cleaned and the image of the Goddess herself was ritually bathed and reclothed. This gives us an opportunity to clean and maintain our own shrines in an especially careful manner. It gives us an opportunity…