Evangelical Group Sees Witchcraft and Spiritual Curiosity as Conversion Opportunity
A new Evangelical Alliance guide identifies growing interest in Witchcraft, tarot, crystals, and alternative spirituality as both spiritually dangerous and an opportunity for Christians to evangelize people increasingly looking beyond…
Religion, Sacred Space, and Climate Before the US Supreme Court
The Supreme Court’s new term brings cases involving climate accountability, religious land use, public funding, and religious freedom, with decisions that could have significant consequences for Pagan, minority-faith, and Earth-centered…
Hegseth Creates Powerful New Office to Oversee Religious Affairs and ‘Spiritual Readiness’
The Pentagon’s new Office of Religious Affairs centralizes military religious policy and “spiritual readiness,” drawing praise from Hegseth as restoring chaplaincy while prompting concerns about religious liberty, minority faiths, and…
Review: ROME – Empire, Power, People
Cosette Paneque reviews this exhibition at the Melbourne Museum, which features many items that have never before been seen outside of Italy. Continue reading Review: ROME – Empire, Power, People…
Emotional Fractures and the Whispers of Ancestral Connection
“As the weather cools,” writes Clio Ajana, “the leaves change colors, and start to fall, we feel the veil thinning. We welcome our ancestors into our homes, our practices, and…
Carravagio’s “Bacchus” saved after flash flood in the Uffizi
Torrential rains in Florence threatened to damage a painting of the god Bacchus by the Baroque master Caravaggio when a skylight leaked in the Uffizi gallery. Continue reading Carravagio’s “Bacchus”…
Pagan Community Notes: Week of October 1, 2026
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, Witchy fashion, Ouija boards, protection magic, a Pagan scholars’ network, Star’s Tarot of the Week, plenty of community happenings, and even a playlist because,…
Reading by Fire: A New Path to Herculaneum’s Lost Words
Researchers deliberately burned a modern papyrus scroll to help recover words lost nearly 2,000 years ago. Their experiment suggests traces of lead in ancient ink could reveal which of Herculaneum’s…
Practical Magic 2: More Witches Watching
More Witches are watching Practical Magic 2 and reviewing it. Star Bustamonte and Stacy Psaros find Hollywood magic, familiar tropes, family curses, sympathetic Witches, and enough Owens family nostalgia (and…
Something Took Wing in Paleocene Sunsets
More than 56 million years ago, something took wing. Now, combining ancient fossils with genomes from living species, researchers are rewriting the bat family tree, and tracing these creatures toward…