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Month: December 2022

  • Embracing the Lash: Pain and Ritual as Spiritual Experience

    Embracing the Lash: Pain and Ritual as Spiritual Experience

    Whilst purification and, to a far lesser extent, punishment still have their place, in Wicca submission to pain must also be explored in terms of initiatory ordeal, as […]

  • The Northman – Esoteric Heathen Analysis

    The Northman – Esoteric Heathen Analysis

    Everything from valkyries, to the raven fylgja, the horned spear dancer, and the Odinic initiation ritual in a Neolithic barrow.

  • Jung and the neo-Pagan Movement

    Jung and the neo-Pagan Movement

    The focus of neo-Pagan approaches to history shifted from one of esoteric ritual and empirical claims to historical legitimacy, to a search for images and archetypes that evoked strong emotions, a sense of affinity or cultural impact.