Pagan Community Notes: Mabon 2025
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: Officials decline charges in the Fae’s Closet attack, the September equinox draws near, Star’s tarot, National Pawpaw Day, plus upcoming events and other community…
USCIRF Warns Religious Freedom Violations Signal Atrocity Risk, But Omits Pagans and Polytheists
USCIRF’s new report links severe religious freedom violations to the risk of genocide and mass atrocities, naming Yazidis, Christians, Muslims, Uyghurs, and Armenians as targets, but notably omitting Pagans, polytheists,…
Prosecutors Invoke Colonial-Era Law, Jail Two Men for Attempted Use of Witchcraft Against Zambian President
A Zambian court sentenced two men to two years with hard labour for attempting to bewitch President Hakainde Hichilema, a case exposing tensions between traditional beliefs, colonial-era law, and politics…
Editorial: Patel’s ‘See You in Valhalla’ Tribute Prompts Confusion, Debate, and Cringe
FBI Director Kash Patel’s “see you in Valhalla” remark was less tribute than theater, misappropriating sacred imagery to perform warrior culture for the cameras and revealing a new depth to…
Egypt Announces Discovery of Complete Copy of Canopus Decree
Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a complete hieroglyphic copy of the Canopus Decree at Tell El-Fara’in, the first in over 150 years, offering new insight into Ptolemaic religion, politics, and…
Visibility
These days, it often feels like I have two choices. I can be myself and in danger, or I can be invisible and hope that I am safe – that…
Tasseography: insights at the bottom of a cup of tea
“What set tea apart, though, was its intimacy,” writes Erick DuPree. “Astrology required training and calculation; alchemy demanded secrecy, resources, and years of study. Tea-leaf reading needed only a pot,…
The Moon
The Moon card forces the exploration of what we least like to face: the dark sides of ourselves. But the bright side of the Moon is that when we do…
Pagan Community Notes: Week of September 11, 2025
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: the delightfully odd Bumpy Snailfish is discovered, the ancient Roman Ludi are remembered, Memphis welcomes a new Hoodoo Museum, and the community mourns the…
Charlie Kirk’s Murder Intersects with Jezebel’s Witchcraft Story, Raising Concerns for Pagans
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was killed today in Utah. A recent Jezebel article referencing the use of Witchcraft against Kirk appears to be gaining traction in some, prompting The Wild…