Explore the indigenous pagan tradition in Mari El, where ancient practices thrive through an unbroken lineage. Discover their vibrant rituals. Unlike in western Europe, paganism among the Mari ...

The Cantor Arts Center's "Cunning Folk" exhibition explores how modern images associated with witches, from flying ...

Still having trouble coming up with an idea for a Halloween costume? You could always go dressed as a Krampus. The Krampus, a two-horned, hairy creature, is the first folkloric beast photographer ...

I knew Cardinal Jean-Marie (Aron) Lustiger well. Archbishop of Paris, son of Polish Jewish immigrants who became a Catholic priest, he was a man who could not be reduced to categories. He was French ...

Paganism today grew from the new outlooks of the Renaissance period (1500) and the Reformation (1600s), through the revival of druidry and folk custom in Europe, the witchhunts of the 19th Century and ...

Photographer Charles Fréger spent two years journeying through 18 European countries to document still-practiced pagan rituals. Here is a selection of his images. Wilder Mann 6, 2010 The Krampus, a ...

Across the lands of the frozen north, the Norse “gods” are returning. Nordic paganism is now Iceland’s fastest-growing religion. From 570 members in 2002, the “association of the faith of the Æsir” — ...

A history of herbs used by the Celts and other pre-Christian tribal societies and their continued ritual use through the centuries, written by Mary Forsell and originally published in the October, ...

If you thought Santa’s naughty list was intimidating, chances are you never encountered a Krampus. A beastlike creature that is part of the pagan folklore of Alpine countries including Austria, ...

Modern Heathenry is a reconstruction of pre-Christian North European religion. Heathenry is a term used to describe the religious practices of two main groups of people, one historical and one modern.