neo polytheist

Antinous as Aristaeus (2nd century) Antinous was a beautiful young man from what is now NW Turkey who was deified by Emperor Hadrian after h...

Mercury by Caraglio (1526) Ancient Romans tended towards to a wide array of afterlife possibilities, as to which see Roman Beliefs Regarding...

Fresco of Diana (image by Mentnafunangann ) The massive historical and cultural imprint that Rome has on Europe means that Roman history and...

Bust of Antinous (image by  Nguyen ) A more complete list is available at A Long List of Deities . Aesculapius The domain of Aesculapius is...

I've managed to get myself locked out of the sister website I set up at romanpagan.wordpress.com. After nearly a week of trying to get b...

A picture of my young cat I just really needed to get this off my chest … First year of high school Hoping to keep my son (let’s pretend his...

Hell Courtesan by Kawanabe (1870s) In Buddhism the lowest and most miserable form of existence is hell ( naraka ). Most living beings are s...

Drawing on a Bodhi Tree Leaf (18th century) When I first embraced Buddhism I, like many Westerners, read a bunch of books which were mostly ...

I've been tracking gluten free restaurants in Sydney for years and the list on my phone is now so long I thought I may as well publish i...