“Chabrias, ever preoccupied to offer the gods the worship due them, was disturbed by the progress of sects of this kind among… — Marguerite Yourcenar Copy Share Image
“Legend has it that during the festival of Eostre, all fires had to be extinguished in the Goddess’ honour and could only… — Carole Carlton Copy Share Image
The more I see of Italy and her treasures, the more I see paganism in Christianity. — Henrietta Szold Copy Share Image
“Mrs Darley, I noticed, always had her corn dolly amidst an arrangement of cornflowers and poppies (albeit they were artificial!). The corn,… — Carole Carlton Copy Share Image
"Cynicism," like "heresy" and "heterodoxy" and "atheism" and "agnosticism" and "paganism" and "heathenism," is above all else a way for organized orthodoxy's… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
“I have since learned that although the festival of Imbolc was far less romantic and far more practical to our Celtic ancestors… — Carole Carlton Copy Share Image
It is also absolutely correct that some British folk customs have descended directly from pagan rituals, such ... the giving of presents… — Ronald Hutton Copy Share Image
“the Great Vaccination — the vaccination against the stupidity of the intelligentsia.” — Álvaro de Campos Copy Share Image
So much of truth, only under an ancient obsolete vesture, but the spirit of it still true, do I find in the… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Being a Pagan without knowing much about Paganism is a bit silly, in the sense that you would probably have been a… — Varg Vikernes Copy Share Image
“Tell me, as a pagan, who do you worship?' 'Worship?' 'That's right. I imagine you must have a pretty wide open field.… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The purpose of ritual is to change the mind of the human being. It's a sacred drama in which you are the… — Margot Adler Copy Share Image
“I nodded, appreciating the wisdom of her words.‘Yellow is the colour of early spring,’ she said, ‘just look at your garden!’ She… — Carole Carlton Copy Share Image
“In truth, however, only four of the festivals celebrated by today’s followers of the seasonal wheel can definitely be attributed to the… — Carole Carlton Copy Share Image
Witchcraft ... is a spiritual path. You walk it for nourishment of the soul, to commune with the life force of the… — Christopher Penczak Copy Share Image
There is no way to have a real relationship without becoming vulnerable to hurt. Christmas tells us that God became breakable and… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Superior poets say what they really feel. Mediocre poets say what they decide to feel. Inferior poets say what they think they… — Álvaro de Campos Copy Share Image
The Goddess has a fourth face, which is secret, and you should pray to her, as I do — as I do,… — Marion Zimmer Bradley Copy Share Image
“What does this think about that? Nothing thinks about anything. Does the earth have consciousness of its stones and plants? If it… — Alberto Caeiro Copy Share Image
“If they want me to have mysticism, okay, I’ve got it. I’m a mystic, but only in my body, My soul is… — Alberto Caeiro Copy Share Image
The salvation of man does not lie in his holding himself far removed from the worldly, but in consecrating it to holy,… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
To exclude religious teaching altogether from education... is a very dangerous and curious tendency. The result is to give paganism a new… — Nicholas Murray Butler Copy Share Image
