Auteursarchieven: Morgana

Over Morgana

"Morgana is Anglo/Dutch and lives in the Netherlands. She is a practising Gardnerian HPS. Over the years, she has facilitated a variety of Wiccan groups. She is co-editor of the international and bilingual "Wiccan Rede" magazine, which was launched in 1980 and is coordinator of Silver Circle, a Wiccan network in the Netherlands. As International Coordinator for PFI she travels extensively giving talks and workshops about Wicca and Paganism."

Tales of the Mediterranean – The Enigma of Sardinia – Nuragic Civilization – Part 3

The Nuraghi provide the ideal bridge between Sardinia’s prehistoric spirituality and its enduring cultural identity. We are invited to consider how spiritual, social, and political life may have developed. The mystery surrounding the Nuraghi and the Nuragic civilisation is also part of this fascination. Lees verder

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Obituary Peter J. Carroll (1953-2026)

Playful, irreverent, sceptical and just provocative enough to make you stop and think, Peter J. Carroll transformed the landscape of modern magic. Pete’s influence reaches far beyond the tradition he helped to create. Lees verder

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Review: Introduction to the Mabinogi

For those who walk a Pagan path, myths are landscapes of meaning, vessels of memory, and gateways into a deeper relationship with the seen and unseen worlds. This book offers a welcoming entrance into one of the great treasures of Welsh literature: the Four Branches of the Mabinogi. Lees verder

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Tales of the Mediterranean – the Enigma of Sardinia – Part 1

When visiting the Museum of Cagliari in Sardinia, Morgana was most strongly drawn to the human form rendered in miniature that echos an old and widespread tradition of female figurines found across prehistoric Europe. Lees verder

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Tales of the Mediterranean – the Enigma of Sardinia, Mamuthones & Issohadores – Part 2

Each year, during Carnival, the village of Mamoiada becomes the stage for one of Sardinia’s most compelling performances: the procession of the Mamuthones and Issohadores, a ritual that clearly predates Christianity. Lees verder

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Brigid, a Universal Goddess

Brigid is associated with wisdom, poetry, healing, protection, blacksmithing and domesticated animals. Cormac’s Glossary, written in the 9th century by Christian monks, says that Brigid was “the goddess whom poets adored”. Lees verder

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Celebrating Samhain / Hallowe’en

On the origins of the festival of Hallowe’en or Samhain, and customs around death, spirits and harvest. On ‘souling’, ‘guising’ and ’trick-or-treat’, et cetera. Lees verder

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Wicca: The way of the environmentalist … the social activist?

In a video presentation, and in a transcription into text, Morgana describes how Wiccan philosophy can create a guideline for Environmental Stewardship and enhance spiritual resilience in a down-to-earth narrative. Lees verder

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Review: Mystic Mares and the Marilwyd: Horses in Folk Customs and Myth

One of the strongest features of this book is the focus on female horses and female figures associated with equine symbolism, which is relatively rare in equestrian myth-studies. Lees verder

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Recensie: Iedereen ziet anders ‑ gesprekken over levensvisies

Zeventien interviews met uiteenlopende gesprekspartners, van vurige gelovigen tot uitgesproken atheïsten, waarin telkens wordt gezocht naar de inspiratiebron waaruit zij hun levensrichting putten. Lees verder

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