6 min read 3 Holiday, folklore and Traditions February 2: Candlemas, feast of purification 3 years ago Ivan
6 min read Holiday, folklore and Traditions Imbolc: the ancient Celtic festival of February 3 years ago Leo S
6 min read Holiday, folklore and Traditions All you ever wanted to know about St Agnes’ Eve…and St Agnes! 3 years ago Leo S
4 min read Holiday, folklore and Traditions What are the 12 Days of Christmas, and what do they mean? 4 years ago Leo S
6 min read Holiday, folklore and Traditions Shamans, Goddesses and the pagan origins of Santa Claus 4 years ago Leo S
4 min read Holiday, folklore and Traditions Dziady – Autumnal Granfathers: the slavic week devoted to commemorating the Dead 4 years ago Danijel90
5 min read People, mysteries and stories The many mysteries (and the truth) of Kay’s Cross 4 years ago Leo S
4 min read History Bali: land of homes designed for harmony….and to keep demons at bay 4 years ago Leo S
2 min read Food Meet the Japanese “Sacred” noodles that have religious Sutra printed on them 4 years ago Robin
3 min read Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries Timbac Mummies of the Philippines: “fire mummies” housed in mountainside caves. 4 years ago Danijel90
2 min read Travel Sanctuary of Santa Vittoria, the Romanesque church built over the tomb of a martyr who legend says defeated a dragon. 4 years ago arthurodas
2 min read Abandoned Places Santa Maria del Piano, the ruins of an abbey believed to have been founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century. 4 years ago arthurodas
4 min read Travel Veado: a deer-headed statue that puts together a 12th-century legend and the big waves of Nazaré. 4 years ago Danilo
5 min read Holiday, folklore and Traditions Paschal Full Moon: the curious and complicated link between Easter, Equinox and moon. 4 years ago Leo S
2 min read Abandoned Places Collégiale Sainte-Croix de Liège: a once-magnificent collegiate church is falling into ruin. 4 years ago Anya
4 min read Travel Creole House Inn on St. Ann – a pearl in New Orleans French Quarter 4 years ago Leo S
3 min read Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries Poor Clares Convent Cemetery of Ischia, Italy, and its macabre story 5 years ago Ivan
3 min read Abandoned Places Thann, Alsace and L’œil de la Sorcière (The Witch’s Eye) 5 years ago Adam
3 min read Abandoned Places Alvastra Abbey: the first Cistercian settlement in Sweden 5 years ago Robin
3 min read Travel St. Stephen Bulgarian Church: the unique cast iron Church of Istanbul 5 years ago Ivan
2 min read People, mysteries and stories World’s loneliest monk lives in his own temple in the middle of Tibetan lake 100 miles from nearest town 5 years ago Robin
2 min read Travel Praglia Abbey: a Benedictine monastery surrounded by the Euganean Hills 5 years ago Anya
4 min read Myths and Legends The Legend of the drowned city of Kitezh submerged in Svetloyar Lake 5 years ago Ivan