Three Horrors for Halloween
Happy Halloween! To celebrate, Karl E.H. Seigfried considers novels by George A. Romero & Daniel Kraus, F. Paul Wilson, and John Bellairs, and what their horrors can teach us about…
Pagan Community Notes: Week of October 30, 2025 (Samhain-tide)
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: The Great Wheel turns once more. Blessings of the New Year to all—may your ancestors strengthen you with their wisdom. Samhain blessings to those…
Weaving the Web: Why Pagan Circles are Important and How to Cultivate Them
“The only way to fully appreciate the power of group ritual is to participate in one.” Pagan circles play a vital role in sustaining community within a minority faith. They…
Christian Activists Disrupt Salem Witches Market Amid Renewed Calls to Oppose Halloween
A Christian ministry disrupted Salem’s Psychic Fair and Witches’ Market, harassing vendors, anointing booths, and desecrating an Ancestor altar amid a surge of anti-Halloween activism portraying Halloween and Samhain as…
Editorial – The Pagan Threat: Now Both a Bestseller and Interfaith Test
Lucas Miles’ The Pagan Threat has become a New York Times bestseller, warning of a “pagan uprising.” Yet the greater concern is not the book itself, but the silence surrounding…
Review: “Hades II” takes players from the depths of Tartarus to the heights of Olympus
Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott reviews Supergiant Games’s “Hades II,” which brings Witchcraft to the series’s roguelike gameplay and deep immersion into Greek mythology. Continue reading Review: “Hades II” takes…
Opinion: Why Witchcraft will keep rising, no matter how poor the public perception
“If you are part of the 0.4% of Americans that identify as ‘Pagan or Wiccan,'” writes Diana Helmuth, “October marks the time of year where the rest of America remembers…
Pagan Hauntology
As we officially enter the Season of the Witch, The Wild Hunt welcomes Gavin Fox, who examines the ways Witches, Pagans, and other occult communities were depicted in documentaries of…
Pagan Community Notes: Week of October 23, 2025
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: Pagans join No Kings protests across the country and abroad, Star offers the Tarot of the Week, Cherry Hill Seminary announces its Samhain Kispum,…
Spirit of the Wood Itself: A Pagan Artist Experiences a Sound That Changed His Life
A single note from a handmade flute transformed Spider’s path, leading him from seeker to artisan and a twenty journey sharing music. Today, his instruments — shaped from reclaimed wood…