Skip to main content

Home
Pages
- About Us
- FAQ
- Contact us
Portfolio

+353 (0) 876087916
[email protected]
Go to Ancient Origins

About
FREE Content
Magazine
Articles
Ebooks
Webinars
Discounts
Login
Become a Member
- Member Packages
- Register Now

Search form

Search this site

Search for

ritual

Home
ritual

Skeletal remains and recreation of a prehistoric timber circle — 08 Dec 2017

Burned Bones, Mysterious Timber Circles & the Rites of the Ancients - Adena Culture in Mason County

By jason and sarah

Archaeology & Science

0

Mason County, West Virginia is a place rich in history. Founded in 1804, the county is named after George Mason, who was a delegate at the American Constitutional Convention of 1787. In October of 1774, Colonel Andrew Lewis successfully lead the...
Read More

Skeletal remains and recreation of a prehistoric timber circle — 08 Dec 2017

Burned Bones, Mysterious Timber Circles & the Rites of the Ancients - Adena Culture in Mason County

By jason and sarah

Archaeology & Science

0

Mason County, West Virginia is a place rich in history. Founded in 1804, the county is named after George Mason, who was a delegate at the American Constitutional Convention of 1787. In October of 1774, Colonel Andrew Lewis successfully lead the...
Read More

Reconstitution of a prehistoric burial. Representative image — 06 Nov 2017

Bones of the Child, Tools of the Shaman: Ritual and Cosmology at the Hopewell Tunacunnhee Mounds

By jason and sarah

Archaeology & Science

0

Near Trenton in Dade County, Georgia, is a place called Tunacunnhee, supposedly named after a Native American word meaning “Lookout Creek”. Located just a few hundred yards east of Lookout Creek is an archaeological site known as the...
Read More

Reconstitution of a prehistoric burial. Representative image — 06 Nov 2017

Bones of the Child, Tools of the Shaman: Ritual and Cosmology at the Hopewell Tunacunnhee Mounds

By jason and sarah

Archaeology & Science

0

Near Trenton in Dade County, Georgia, is a place called Tunacunnhee, supposedly named after a Native American word meaning “Lookout Creek”. Located just a few hundred yards east of Lookout Creek is an archaeological site known as the...
Read More

A Puma in the night (Public Domain); with ancestor spirits — 13 Oct 2017

Ghost Talkers and Puma Men: Adena Totemism and the Shamans of the Early Woodland Period

By jason and sarah

Archaeology & Science

0

The people of the Adena Culture are widely regarded as the first builders of mounds and earthworks in the Ohio Valley.By conventional dating the culture spans the period of 1000 BC to around 300 AD. Adena people built conical burial mounds ranging...
Read More

A Puma in the night (Public Domain); with ancestor spirits — 13 Oct 2017

Ghost Talkers and Puma Men: Adena Totemism and the Shamans of the Early Woodland Period

By jason and sarah

Archaeology & Science

0

The people of the Adena Culture are widely regarded as the first builders of mounds and earthworks in the Ohio Valley.By conventional dating the culture spans the period of 1000 BC to around 300 AD. Adena people built conical burial mounds ranging...
Read More

Monument of the pilgrims, Burgos — 02 Aug 2017

Following Symbols and the Bones of a Dead Sorcerer: Mysteries of the Camino de Santiago – Part II

By Elyn and Gary

History & Tradition

0

The popular 500-mile-long pilgrimage road, the Camino de Santiago (specifically the French Way that leads from the French Pyrenees across northern Spain to Santiago de Compostela) seems like a straight-forward Christian pilgrimage, but mysteries...
Read More

Monument of the pilgrims, Burgos — 02 Aug 2017

Following Symbols and the Bones of a Dead Sorcerer: Mysteries of the Camino de Santiago – Part II

By Elyn and Gary

History & Tradition

0

The popular 500-mile-long pilgrimage road, the Camino de Santiago (specifically the French Way that leads from the French Pyrenees across northern Spain to Santiago de Compostela) seems like a straight-forward Christian pilgrimage, but mysteries...
Read More

‘Santiago el Mayor’ Saint James the Great — 31 Jul 2017

Pilgrims Flock on an Ancient Road to the Ends of the Earth: Mysteries of the Camino de Santiago – Part I

By Elyn and Gary

History & Tradition

1

The Spanish poet, Antonio Machado wrote, “Caminante, no hay camino; se hace el camino por andar.” (Walker/Seeker, there is no path; the path is made by walking.) Rarely has this been truer than with the Camino de Santiago, the 500-mile-long...
Read More

‘Santiago el Mayor’ Saint James the Great — 31 Jul 2017

Pilgrims Flock on an Ancient Road to the Ends of the Earth: Mysteries of the Camino de Santiago – Part I

By Elyn and Gary

History & Tradition

1

The Spanish poet, Antonio Machado wrote, “Caminante, no hay camino; se hace el camino por andar.” (Walker/Seeker, there is no path; the path is made by walking.) Rarely has this been truer than with the Camino de Santiago, the 500-mile-long...
Read More

Goddess of the water fountain – Statue at Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA. (eflon/CC BY 2.0); Deriv. — 26 Jun 2017

Demons in Your Toilet? Guardians of the Sewers and How They Protected Ancient Latrines

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

0

As a ritual symbol of purification, water plays a key role in the public space of hygiene and sanitary activities as well as in almost all religions past and present. From the first moment mankind invented rituals and deities, the notion of...
Read More

Goddess of the water fountain – Statue at Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA. (eflon/CC BY 2.0); Deriv. — 26 Jun 2017

Demons in Your Toilet? Guardians of the Sewers and How They Protected Ancient Latrines

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

0

As a ritual symbol of purification, water plays a key role in the public space of hygiene and sanitary activities as well as in almost all religions past and present. From the first moment mankind invented rituals and deities, the notion of...
Read More

Yorkshire Photo Walks (Tom Marsh/CC BY 2.0), and Grey Lady. (CC BY 2.0); Deriv. — 19 May 2017

Staked Through the Heart and Buried at the Crossroads – The Profane Burial of Suicides

By Charles Christian

History & Tradition

0

I uncovered a curious tale about a scrubby patch of land while writing a book on the folklore and history of East Anglia. Marked on modern maps as Lushbush, you pass it heading eastwards out of the South Norfolk town of Harleston, England. A Stake...
Read More

Yorkshire Photo Walks (Tom Marsh/CC BY 2.0), and Grey Lady. (CC BY 2.0); Deriv. — 19 May 2017

Staked Through the Heart and Buried at the Crossroads – The Profane Burial of Suicides

By Charles Christian

History & Tradition

0

I uncovered a curious tale about a scrubby patch of land while writing a book on the folklore and history of East Anglia. Marked on modern maps as Lushbush, you pass it heading eastwards out of the South Norfolk town of Harleston, England. A Stake...
Read More

Diagram of the Seqe/Ceke system of Cusco, a believed system of energy lines radiating from Cusco that connected through the cities, shrines, temples and sacred sites of the Incan empire. Planned intricately, the temple of Coricancha sat at the center. — 17 May 2017

Rediscovering the Lost Code of the Inca Cosmic Power Matrix

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

0

The National Museum in Quito, Ecuador exhibits an otherworldly collection of sheet-gold masks representing the Andean sun god Inti. Zig-zag rays of golden light burst from his face and some end in tiny stylized human figures, animals and insects....
Read More

Diagram of the Seqe/Ceke system of Cusco, a believed system of energy lines radiating from Cusco that connected through the cities, shrines, temples and sacred sites of the Incan empire. Planned intricately, the temple of Coricancha sat at the center. — 17 May 2017

Rediscovering the Lost Code of the Inca Cosmic Power Matrix

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

0

The National Museum in Quito, Ecuador exhibits an otherworldly collection of sheet-gold masks representing the Andean sun god Inti. Zig-zag rays of golden light burst from his face and some end in tiny stylized human figures, animals and insects....
Read More

The night sky, Night display at an ceremony of Inca Heritage at the Pachacama Complex — 10 May 2017

Viracocha's Astronomical Creation Engine

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

1

3,500 years ago, the southern shores of Lake Titicaca, situated in La Paz, Bolivia, were inhabited by the Tiwanaku culture who built stone super-structures such as; the Akapana, Pumapunku, the Kalasasaya and the Semi-Subterranean Temple. The Inca...
Read More

The night sky, Night display at an ceremony of Inca Heritage at the Pachacama Complex — 10 May 2017

Viracocha's Astronomical Creation Engine

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

1

3,500 years ago, the southern shores of Lake Titicaca, situated in La Paz, Bolivia, were inhabited by the Tiwanaku culture who built stone super-structures such as; the Akapana, Pumapunku, the Kalasasaya and the Semi-Subterranean Temple. The Inca...
Read More

Swapping Babies: The Disturbing Faerie Changeling Phenomenon — 26 Dec 2016

Swapping Babies: The Disturbing Faerie Changeling Phenomenon

By nrushton

Mythology & Mystery

0

The worldwide stories of faerie changelings come under a group of motifs recorded in the Aarne-Thompson folklore index as F321: ‘Faerie steals child from cradle and leaves faerie substitute.’ The basic premise of these motifs is that the...
Read More

Swapping Babies: The Disturbing Faerie Changeling Phenomenon — 26 Dec 2016

Swapping Babies: The Disturbing Faerie Changeling Phenomenon

By nrushton

Mythology & Mystery

0

The worldwide stories of faerie changelings come under a group of motifs recorded in the Aarne-Thompson folklore index as F321: ‘Faerie steals child from cradle and leaves faerie substitute.’ The basic premise of these motifs is that the...
Read More

Pages

1
2
next ›
last »

Ancient Origins Quotations

About Us in Short

The Ancient Origins Member Page brings you exclusive, quality content from well-known authors and experts not available anywhere else on the internet, free downloadable ebooks, live webinars, Talk to an Expert chat room, expedition updates, member discounts, and no distracting ads. Your involvement in the Members’ Site ensures continued production of exciting, fascinating, and intelligent content on our shared ancient origins.

Contact Us

+353 (08) 76087916
[email protected]

6 Abbey Business Park, Baldoyle Industrial Estate, Dublin 13, D13N738, Ireland

Payment Methods
Secure Payments with Ancient Origins Members
© 2015-2022 Stella Novus. All Rights Reserved. Terms of Services - Privacy Policy