"It is the testing of one's will and the will of another within that larger will which because it binds them is therefore forced to select. War is the ultimate game because war is at last a forcing of the unity of existence. War is god.”
Darkness. That black, that abyss, that place we cannot see is not merely a fear, it is the fear - the place from which all others are born.
The Lupercalia is one of the most well-known indigenous Italic festivals.
The ritual killing of human beings is considered antithetical to modern notions of 'civilisation'.
There is no hero as legendary and renowned in the history of mankind as Hercules.
In Italian folklore, the Befana is an old witch thought to deliver gifts to children on the eve of the christian epiphany (commemoration of the baptism of yeshua and visit of the Magi).
To many, Rome is considered the paragon of ancient 'civilisation'.
Venice is deservedly famed for its history vis-à-vis the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, yet this focus often eclipses the region’s earlier history, as is the case with today’s object of study; the Veneti 
Continuing our overview of the Greek cities of Italy, today we cover the history of the poleis of our peninsula's 'toe'.
Many are the legacies the Etruscans imparted unto Rome, most notable of which being their understanding of the Gods, the fashion of their veneration and the manner in which to ascertain their will;
Continuing our overview of the foundational principles of the ancestral faith, today we cover the oft-discordant and misinterpreted concept of the afterlife.
Anatolian influence in Italy begins with Aeneas’ exodus from Ilion.
Pop-history often erroneously simplifies pre-roman southern Italy as a random collective of greek colonies spattered around amidst a conglomerate of 'historically irrelevant' tribes.
The geography of Homer has always been a matter of debate since ancient times, most disregarding the poet as a mere entertainer.
There are few realities more immutable than violence. Interpersonal bloodshed has accompanied humanity since its inception.
"Golden was the first race of men made by the deathless gods who dwell on Olympus. They lived at the time of Saturn, guided by chaste Astraea, virgin of the stars.
Today are the 𝐼𝑑𝑢̄𝑠 𝑂𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑠.
From New Age trends, Puritan trials and children's fairy tales, 'sorcery' as a notion and its practitioners have possessed our collective consciousness since time immemorial.
Today marks the 𝐾𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑒 𝑂𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑠.
One of the most enduring elements of our ancestral customs is the societal importance of athleticism and the reverence of the physical form.
There a few figures as prevalent to our collective unconscious as the 'vampire'. Every single human culture has some form of blood-sucking undead that haunts its nights.
