Pagan – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Sun, 15 Mar 2026 19:49:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Pagan – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 Christian Religious Violence against Pagans in Late Antique Egypt https://brewminate.com/christian-religious-violence-against-pagans-in-late-antique-egypt/ Fri, 28 Apr 2023 14:10:26 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=208325 A closer look at three iconic events that have been well documented in literature. Introduction: Towards a New

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]]> Changing Attitudes to the Christianization of Pagan Philosophy in the Later Renaissance https://brewminate.com/changing-attitudes-to-the-christianization-of-pagan-philosophy-in-the-later-renaissance/ Fri, 03 Feb 2023 15:14:31 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=195054 The philosophers of the seventeenth century had no choice but to become their own maîtres à penser. In

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]]> Proclus of Athens: Defending Traditional Paganism in 5th-Century Greece https://brewminate.com/proclus-of-athens-defending-traditional-paganism-in-5th-century-greece/ Fri, 21 Jan 2022 19:03:37 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=168751 Proclus devoted his entire life to the defense of Greek polytheism and the systematization of Platonic theology. Introduction

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]]> The Native Faith: Religious Nationalism in Slavic Neo-Paganism https://brewminate.com/the-native-faith-religious-nationalism-in-slavic-neo-paganism/ Wed, 05 Sep 2018 17:44:24 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=69474 Today dynamically developing neo-pagan communities in Ural and Siberia supply a discursive frame for national identities, group values

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]]> The Ancient Greek Lament: From Paganism to Christianity https://brewminate.com/the-ancient-greek-lament-from-paganism-to-christianity/ Sun, 22 Apr 2018 17:37:52 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=58297 The Homeric Multitext, Creative Commons By Dr. Margaret Alexiou George Seferis Professor of Modern Greek Studies Professor of

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]]> Ritual Landscapes in Pagan and Early Christian England https://brewminate.com/ritual-landscapes-in-pagan-and-early-christian-england/ Tue, 20 Feb 2018 18:41:48 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=51800    By Dr. Austin Mason and Dr. Tom Williamson Mason: Assistant Professor of History, Carleton College Williamson: Professor

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]]> Potions and Poisons: Tracing the ‘Witch’ and Practice of Magic to the Graeco-Roman World https://brewminate.com/potions-and-poisons-tracing-the-witch-and-practice-of-magic-to-the-graeco-roman-world/ Sun, 04 Feb 2018 18:35:08 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=50125 The Oracle, 1880, Camillo Miola (Biacca). Oil on canvas, 42 1/2 x 56 1/4 in. The J. Paul

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