Pagan Community Notes: Week of September 12, 2024
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: Ardantane receives a gift from Covenant of the Goddess, Cherry Hill Seminary survey, events and happenings and more. Continue reading Pagan Community Notes: Week…
Restoration of Hecate’s Temple announced
Authorities announced today that the 2,100-year-old temple dedicated to Hecate is undergoing restoration in Türkiye’s Lagina Sanctuary, highlighting the site’s significant historical and spiritual legacy. Continue reading Restoration of Hecate’s…
New findings from Perperikon, an ancient center of Dionysus veneration
Perperikon, an ancient Thracian city in Bulgaria, reveals new discoveries, including Roman-era altars possibly dedicated to underworld gods. Excavations uncover connections to Dionysus worship, mystery cults, and possibly psychopomps and…
Merlin’s grave in Scotland? Archeologists explain
A team of archeologists uncovered early medieval cultural heritage in Drumelzier, Scotland. Their excavations at Tinnis Fort revealed ties to the Merlin legend, suggesting its origins in local folklore and…
Editorial: Honoring the Dead
It’s easy to disregard the dead. They don’t have the ability to move you along if you’re loitering where you aren’t wanted. They have no control their own physical bodies…
Editorial: Failing the Dead
What surprises me most about the reactions to Trump’s use of Arlington for political theater is the silence from religious and spiritual communities. While many individuals have voiced their opinions…
Balance and Harvest
September exhales the last gasp of summer in the northern hemisphere while providing balance and a harvest of memories. This is the perfect month to reflect on what is around…
Of Sacred Hymns and Profane Revelry: Midgardsblot 2024
The Midgardsblot festival, taking place each August in Borre, just south of Oslo, Norway, has slowly but surely become ubiquitous among Viking nerds, Norse Pagans, and metalheads alike. With its…
Pagan Community Notes: Week of September 5, 2024
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, Everglades Moon Local Council opposes attacks on bodily autonomy, Pagan Pride events including Twin Cities this weekend, Disney pauses Gaiman adaptation amid sexual assault…
Judge bars defense from using Odinist theory in murder trial
An Indiana judge has barred the use of Odinism as a defense in the trial of Richard Allen, who is accused of murdering two girls in 2017. The presentation of…