Dr. Rebecca Beattie

April 27th 2018 If you are keeping an eye on what is going on in Nature at the moment, you may have noticed that the world has just...

April 7th 2018 I have been digging through some of my old writing, and dusting it off. It's no use sitting on my hard drive, is it? This...

As Tutankhamun’s ancestor, Hatshepsut amassed much of the wealth that he was to inherit. She ruled Egypt, the largest kingdom of the...

April 1st 2018 The Burney Relief, named after a former owner, is the common term for an early 2nd millennium BC (ca. 1950 BC)...

At a women’s event I attended a few years ago, a woman got up to speak about how men have oppressed women throughout history. “I am going...

April 1st 2018 Anyone who knows me well, knows that I have a bit of a mission in life to give a voice to some of the forgotten women of...

March 4th 2018 Spring Equinox, on March 21st brings out all that lovely symbolism we have come to associate with the Pagan paths, and as...

January 28th 2018 Imbolc gives us a moment to pause and reflect on the winter just passing, and the season yet to come. It is not yet...

December 17th 2017 At this time of the year, you will probably speak to Pagans who are celebrating Yule on or around 22nd December. That...

October 20th 2017 Samhain (pronounced Sow-en, or Sow-ain) is the old Celtic name for Halloween – All Hallows’ Eve, which occurs on 31st...

October 20th 2017 Wicca (or Modern Pagan Witchcraft as Ronald Hutton calls it) is one of the religions that sits beneath the umbrella of...

October 20th 2017 You hear me talking (or writing) about Paganism a lot, but what actually is it? It’s probably easier to define what...

24th September 2017 Autumn Equinox happens on or around the 22nd of September, and it is always met with mixed emotions. It is one of two...

September 24th 2017 In Wicca we recognise that the divine comes in many forms and in many different guises. One of my teachers once told...

September 24th 2017 Just a note on terminology and some of the basic concepts of Modern Pagan Witchcraft before I explore the first...

September 24th 2017 There are various ways of carving up the year into smaller, more manageable time periods. Our Graeco-Roman months of...

October 23 2016 I have absolutely loved this book. Written from the perspective of the ten year old Leon, the book tells the story of...

THIS WEEK I AM READING... 29 AUGUST 2016 This Blog series should really be titled 'Travels of a Book Slut' on account of the fact that I...

23 October 2016 My married name is Rebecca Mary Mohamed. That's one name for each of the three Abrahamic religions, and yet I am none of...

25 June 2016 Never one to only settle for one book at a time, and eager to escape the real world for the fictional one, this week I have...