Pagan Community Notes: Beltaine 2025
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: Many blessings to your community at this Turn of the Wheel! We celebrate Beltaine in the Northern Hemisphere and Samhain in the Southern Hemisphere.…
US Supreme Court Decision Could Expand Publicly-Funded Religious Schools Nationwide
The US Supreme Court is weighing whether religious schools can receive public charter funding—potentially reshaping education laws and church-state boundaries nationwide. Continue reading US Supreme Court Decision Could Expand Publicly-Funded…
New Study Suggests Ancient Pagan Worship Persisted in 5th-Century Britain
Jewelry from a Roman treasure hoard discovered in Thetford Forest, East Anglia, suggests that pagan practices in the region persisted into the 5th century—much later than previously thought, according to…
Are Podcasters Resurrecting the Satanic Panic? A Dispatch from South Africa
Journalist Alex Coyne describes how podcasts offer intriguing stories but lack the editorial standards of traditional media, often blending fact and fiction. From the original Satanic Panic to its revival…
A would-be pope’s shrine to Diana reopens after 40 years
The fashion house Fendi has sponsored a two-year restoration of the Grotto of Diana at the Villa d’Este, a Renaissance villa that belonged to a cardinal in the Catholic Church…
Trump administration fast-tracks destruction of Apache sacred site
Despite continued pending federal court cases, the Trump Administration has invoked national security in order to turn Oak Flat, federal land that is sacred to the Apache, into a two-mile…
To Honor the Vanir
Of the two divisions of deities in Norse mythology and religion, the Æsir are – largely thanks to Jack Kirby and Stan Lee – the better known in today’s popular…
Pagan Community Notes: Week of April 24, 2025
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: Woolston-Steen Theological Seminary celebrates its graduates; the Aquarian Tabernacle Church International announces dedications and elevations; the Spring Mysteries Festival is hailed as a success;…
Ancient Celtic Warrior Received Advanced Medical Care, Study Finds
An ancient Celtic warrior likely received advanced medical care for his time, offering rare insight into early Iron Age healing practices and the privileges of elite status. Continue reading Ancient…
Supreme Court Hears Case on Parents’ Religious Rights to Exempt Children from School Books
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments this morning in Mahmoud v. Taylor, a case that pits two foundational principles of public education against each other: the authority of local…