| Malicious Hack |
Posted by alkhemy |
04/18/2008
12:45:01 PM |
The database for my Pendraig Publishing website was hacked today. It was nothing personal - a hack from China that affected thousands - but because my web host for that website doesn't give me any way of protecting it, it will happen again. There's no way to back up the database either.
So if you go there and it suddenly starts throwing trojan virus files at you, I'm sorry, that's wha...
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| New Pendraig Store |
Posted by alkhemy |
04/02/2008
11:54:39 PM |
Taking my life in my hands, I've created a new online store for Pendraig. You can find it here:
Pendraig Online Store
it caters for retail customers and wholesale. If you are a store who wants to stock our books and DVDs, open an account and then email us to let us know - there's even a page on th...
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| A Fundamental Wrong In Letting Some Marry |
Posted by alkhemy |
03/31/2007
09:02:17 AM |
Read this one all the way through before commenting...
A Fundamental Wrong (Brisbane Times, Australia)
Bendith,
Peter
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| Island fires up for Viking spectacular |
Posted by Lolair |
02/16/2007
09:02:56 AM |
| Scotland's transport minister was yesterday among a horde of Vikings pillaging Lerwick as part of the annual Up-Helly-Aa celebrations. Tavish Scott and local MP Alistair Carmichael were invited by the head of the festival, the "Guizer Jarl" Graham Nicolson, to join his squad of 49 fearsome Norsemen.
The spectacular event was due to culminate last night in a huge torch-lit proces...
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| Egyptian Mysteries Class Dates |
Posted by alkhemy |
02/07/2007
3:22:05 PM |
| Here are the dates for the five-part series of classes on the Egyptian Mysteries. These classes will be filmed to create a series of DVDs called Alkhemia, and will culminate in an Ancient Egyptian festival on the weekend of May 18-20 in
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| By Zeus! |
Posted by JackDaw |
02/06/2007
10:52:39 AM |
After a break of 16 centuries, Greek pagans are worshipping the ancient gods again - despite furious opposition from the Orthodox church. Helena Smith asks them why they're so keen to revive the old religion
Read the complete article:
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| Episode 51 - Games |
Posted by alkhemy |
02/05/2007
9:41:20 PM |
Peter talks about the Lore of games in this week's podcast.
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| Stonehenge builders' houses found |
Posted by JackDaw |
01/30/2007
10:52:50 AM |
Archaeologists say they have found a huge ancient settlement used by the people who built Stonehenge. Excavations at Durrington Walls, near the legendary Salisbury Plain monument, uncovered remains of ancient houses.
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| Anglo-Saxons did not replace the native population |
Posted by JackDaw |
01/08/2007
06:43:10 AM |
| New scientific research adds to growing evidence that the Anglo-Saxons did not replace the native population in England as history books suggest.
The data indicat...
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| The Devil Divides Scotland from England |
Posted by Lolair |
01/03/2007
10:11:07 AM |
| Whether or not it is linked to the winter solstice, the festival of Hogmanay has little to do with Christianity. The very name points to profoundly pagan origins and its meaning is lost in antiquity. Any suggestion that it means "all men drink like hogs" is Sassenach slander.
Hogmanay is about darkness. It is a ceremony based on the three "Ds": the dark, the ...
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| Maeshowe winter solstice as seen by Neolithic man |
Posted by Lolair |
12/14/2006
10:55:17 AM |
The great mound of Maeshowe has dominated the skyline of Orkney for almost 5,000 years. It is a spectacular sight and a visit to the chambered tomb provides one of the highlights for visitors to the Orkney islands. Today, as we stoop to enter and walk down the low 11 metre passage to the chamber with its massive stonework, we are reminded of the ingenuity of those...
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| Christmas Eve, in the Lithuanian Tradition |
Posted by Lolair |
12/14/2006
10:48:47 AM |
By Adolphe V. Bernotas
Kucios dates to around 2000 B.C., when ancient Lithuanians settled along the Baltic Sea. They celebrated to pay homage to the sun as winter's short days waned. It was a unifying ritual that included all beings — people, animals, plants, spirits and gods.
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| The Lauburu |
Posted by Lolair |
11/25/2006
11:51:50 AM |
| Lauburu stands for "four heads" (lau buru) and is considered to be an ancient Indo-European symbol. The lauburu is an ancient symbol common to many cultures from the East of Asia, to some islands in the Pacific Ocean and center Europe. Some theories say Basque legionnaires brought it from the Roman army after some campaigns in the Celtic countries...
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| Pagan Remnants of an Ancient Tribe in Russia |
Posted by Lolair |
11/25/2006
11:38:02 AM |
Believed by scholars to descend from the ancient Scythians, an Iranian-speaking nomad tribe, the Ossetians still practice a pagan religion that has roots thousands of years old, but which has disappeared everywhere else. At the same time, Ossetians are nominally Christian.
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| A Blondie Bewitched |
Posted by Lolair |
11/03/2006
2:43:34 PM |
Gary Lachman, the New York band's ex-guitarist, has long been fascinated by the bizarre, sexually charged confessions of the 17th-century witch Isobel Gowdie of Nairn. Between April and May 1662, Isobel Gowdie, a Scottish housewife from Auldearn in Morayshire, shocked ...
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