Category Archives: Pagan Academia and Learning

Book Review: Mirror of the Free by Nicholas Swift

Posted on October 2, 2012 by sammi witch

If you are interested in Mesopotamian and Middle Eastern religion, spirituality or mythology and the Tarot, you will find Mirror of the Free, its themes and explanations, most enjoyable.  The book deals with the hypothesis that the artist responsible for … Continue reading →

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Venus of Willendorf

Posted on September 20, 2012 by sammi witch

Venus figurines interest me, as does the Paleolithic in general. Having already written a short post about these artefacts,  I thought I might follow it up with a closer look at one of them… The Venus of Willendorf is perhaps … Continue reading →

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Book Review – The Transformational Truth of Tarot by Tiffany Crosara

Posted on August 4, 2012 by sammi witch

For all those tarot enthusiasts out there, I thought I would post this (taken from the latest issue of The Moonstone, with permission of Sheena Cundy, the author of the review.  Check out her website here). The Transformational Truth of … Continue reading →

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Venus Figurines

Posted on July 8, 2012 by sammi witch

Picture credit:  Wikipedia Venus figurines are a group of similar-featured archaeological artefacts, thought by some to be earliest representation of the Earth Mother Goddess.  Of course, we cannot know for sure what these figurines actually portray, and other theories exist as … Continue reading →

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Divine Women – series review

Posted on May 2, 2012 by sammi witch

I finally feel that I can post my review on ‘Divine Women’ as the free booklet that I ordered to accompany the series has just arrived – woohoo!  I ordered it the moment the first of the three-part series finished … Continue reading →

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