Worship, Rites & Ceremonies

The feast is a meeting place between family and friends, between humans and gods. This decadent collection of enchanting dishes is an indispensabl...

There is great contemporary interest in the mystery centres of antiquity, such as prehistoric caves, the pyramids of Egypt, Newgrange in Ireland, a...

Different forms of religious worship and ritual are present throughout the development of human beings, from early stone-age ritual, nature religio...

Louise Omer was a Pentecostal preacher and faithful wife. But when her marriage crumbled, so did her beliefs. Haunted by questions about what it me...

The fall equinox, with its trade of light for dark, stirs strong emotions of loss as the ease of summer passes. While harvest celebrations have cha...

Enduring Motives examines tradition and religious beliefs as they are expressed in landscape, the built environment, visual symbols, stories, and r...

Holidays are deeply personal and emotional times, and as such have a way of provoking strong feelings in just about everyone over just about any is...

The journey that made Richard Burton famous as a traveller and explorer in the nineteenth century was a pilgrimage to Mecca, which he carried out d...