The Mighty Thor and the Failure of Masculinity
There are plenty of options for pushing back on this culture of weak man-children using anger to puff themselves up. One of them is to turn to myths of mighty…
Looking back at the best Heathen reads of 2024
Lyonel Perabo looks back at four works of interest to Heathens from last year, including The Fool’s Mirror from Troll Cat Press; The Elder Futhark from Hyldyr; the first volume…
Pagan Community Notes: Week of February 20, 2025
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: a rare parade of planets will be visible before vanishing for 15 years, World Justice Day begins, UN Human Rights, Minority Rights Group International…
Newly Approved Tartan Design Memorializes Those Persecuted Under Scotland’s Witchcraft Act
The Scottish Register of Tartans approves a new design by The Witches of Scotland, an organization seeking justice for those persecuted under the Witchcraft Act. Continue reading Newly Approved Tartan…
Undocumented Minority Religious Practitioners Fear for Sacred Tools Amid ICE Crackdown
As ICE expands enforcement, undocumented practitioners of minority religions worry whether they will have time to secure their consecrated items or even be allowed to take them during deportation, highlighting…
Smiling might help research says
New research suggests that smiling can help mitigate the affects pf ain under some circumstances. Continue reading Smiling might help research says at The Wild Hunt.
Folk Magic and Hermeticism in “Nosferatu”
With its right hand Eggers’ Nosferatu points at all the sex it can, but its left invokes the imagery and the uncanny nature of folk magic. Continue reading Folk Magic…
Opinion: Cassandra and the Righteous Left
We have to stop looking for the perfect candidate, ally, or tactic. With respects to Voltaire, perfect is the enemy of the possible. Continue reading Opinion: Cassandra and the Righteous…
Abracadabra, the Lady (Gaga) in Red Said
Let’s get something straight: Lady Gaga is our Lord and Savior, and I will not hear otherwise. She comes back, resurrected like the phoenix when we need a beacon of…
Pagan Community Notes: Week of February 13, 2025
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, concerns about The Pagan Awareness Network in Australia Inc. (PAN Inc.) circulated this week (don’t worry, they are doing well), we take a moment…