This morning, August 12, 2010 at approximately 8 AM ET, Isaac Bonewits passed away peacefully in his sleep. All his brothers and sisters arrived at his side last night. His family and friends surround him now.
** See also the moving tribute posted on The Wild Hunt blog at http://wildhunt.org/blog/ (or click ‘additional link’ below)
An anti-religion group is taking advantage of Florida’s battered economy by launching a low-budget billboard blitz.
“To be honest, the price was right,” says Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president of the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation. “We got some special rates that made it affordable to get our message out.”
That message is going up this week on 20 billboards in locations thro
I clicked along the marble floor in my Franco Sarto boots, a modern woman, chic, savvy, worldly. But when I saw her poised at the top of her stairs, admirers from all over the globe gazing worshipfully, I stopped and stared. Im not easily intimidated, but she had me.
The headless, armless statue had something I lacked.
Winged Victory of Samothrace leaned forward upon the prow of her ship in t
Plant scientists around the world are warning that hundreds of years of accumulated agricultural heritage are in danger of being plowed under after a Russian court ruled today (August 11) that the land occupied by a world-renowned plant bank on the outskirts of Saint Petersburg may be transferred to the Russian Housing Development Foundation, which plans to build houses on the site.
The fate o
In what is described as the first major look at relationship quality and religion across racial and ethnic lines, researchers report a significant link between relationship satisfaction and religious factors for whites, Hispanics and African Americans. The study appears in this month’s issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family.
Isaac Bonewits, founder of theÁr nDraíocht Féin: A Druid Fellowship remains hospitalized today (Actually, he is at home.) with cancer, and is expected to pass to the Summerlands soon.
Isaac is the author of Real Magic, Bonewits’s Essential Guide to Druidism, Bonewits’s Essential Guide to Wicca and Witchcraft, Authentic Thaumaturgy and other texts. He is also a musician with a number of albums r
What do Cher, Steven Tyler and King Tut have in common?
Perfumer Dawn Spencer Hurwitz of Boulder has created perfumes for all of them. OK; not specifically King Tut, although, goodness knows, he could use a little freshening up after all that time in a tomb. She re-created the fragrances of ancient Egypt in conjunction with the ” Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs” exhibit at t
Dogs, cats, cows and other domesticated animals played a key role in human evolution, according to a theory being published by paleoanthropologist Pat Shipman of Penn State University.
The uniquely human habit of taking in and employing animals even competitors like wolves spurred on human tool-making and language, which have both driven humanity’s success, Shipman says.
“Wherever you go
YAY! My second favorite meteor show of the year is coming up this week. The Perseids shower comes to us compliments of the Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. The shower peaks on August 12 13, its a must see.
The shower seems to radiate from the constellation Perseus, which will be rising in the Northeastern Sky by 9 pm (your local time). Ive heard predictions of up to 50 meteors per hour because the
Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that all 31 states must recognize same-sex marriages performed in the capital, though its decision does not force those states to begin marrying gay couples in their territory.
In a 9-2 decision, the tribunal cited an article of the constitution requiring states to recognize legal contracts drawn up elsewhere.
It did not specify what degree of recognition
