Review: I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness
“If you’re drawn to folkloric density, ancestral memory, visceral horror that rejects comfort, or animist logic where houses and bodies blur,” writes Cosette Paneque in her review of Irene Solà’s…
Opinion: On Peace and Weapons
“I urge you to remember our history, our shared history as a nation, our family histories, our cultural history, and our religious history,” writes Clio Ajana. “Look to our ancients…
Ancestor Work is an Exercise in Facing Uncomfortable Truths
“When we choose to honor a lineage,” writes Rev. Ron Padrón, “we cannot cherry pick only what makes our ancestor – and by extension, us – look good. We take…
Pagan Community Notes: Week of February 5, 2026
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, we begin with some good news: celebrations of Imbolc and the Feast of Brigid offered beautiful videos and thoughtful lessons; Via Lactea Sanctuary reached…
Sin, Repentance, and Christian Nationalism on Display in Washington
This week’s National Gathering for Prayer and Repentance and National Prayer Breakfast present contrasting tones but a shared theology, exposing how Christian nationalist ideas about sin, repentance, and national identity…
Researchers Say Hidden Detail in Boleyn Portrait Rebuts Witchcraft Accusations
New analysis of a famous Anne Boleyn portrait suggests it was deliberately altered to counter witchcraft slander, revealing how art, politics, and gendered attacks shaped the posthumous image of Henry…
“We’re not afraid to knock on somebody’s door”: Twin Cities Pagans respond to ICE
TWH speaks with two members of the Twin Cities Pagan community, Sister Donyelle Headington and Benjamin Kowalsky-Grahek, about their perspectives on Operation Metro Surge and the community’s response to it.…
Imbolc and Lughnasadh Blessings!
TWH wishes our readers in the southern hemisphere a blessed Lammas, in the north a happy Imbolc, and to all a most auspicious Groundhog Day. Continue reading Imbolc and Lughnasadh…
Could A.I. be the Witch’s Familiar of Old?
Alex J. Coyne looks into how some Witches and Pagans are using chatbots and other generative AI tools as components in their rituals and spells – and why that has…
ICE and the High One
Karl E.H. Seigfried looks at the last month’s escalating resistance to ICE and CBP’s Operation Metro Blitz in Minneapolis and calls on Heathens to embrace the Hávamál’s call to give…