Each May in the small Greek village of Lagadas, a group of celebrants upholds a three-day tradition that incorporates a range of age-old rites. Burning coal is scattered on the floor in preparation ...

Beltane, celebrated each year on May 1, marks the transition from winter’s cold and darkness to spring’s warmth and light. Rooted in ancient Gaelic traditions of fire, fertility and protection, the ...

Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Monday (August 10) performed a sacred fire to invoke the blessings of rain God in the background of scanty rainfall impacted by the super El Nino in the present ...

"Volume based on papers presented at the Pre-Columbian Studies symposium "Smoke, Flames, and the Human Body in Mesoamerican Ritual Practice," held at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, ...