Author: thearchdruidpagan

Karl E.H. Seigfried spins up five records sure to appeal to Pagan rock and metal listeners, including new releases from Green Lung, SpellBook, and Dungeon Weed. Continue reading New Heavy…

In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, we celebrate Cherry Hill graduates and honorees, as discussions of Sol Invictus and Yuletide traditions make their expected appearance in mainstream media. We are…

Siobhan Ball invites readers on a tour of three sacred waters in the United Kingdom: the Aquae Arnemetiae of Buxton, Aquae Sulis of Bath, and the Red and White Springs…

Amid renewed scrutiny of the Epstein files, readers raised concerns about Pagan scapegoating. A careful review of the newly released documents shows rhetoric, metaphor, and fringe claims—but no evidence connecting…

Olive oil has nourished kitchens, temples, and rituals for thousands of years. A new archaeological study, however, presses long-held assumptions, suggesting that some residues once identified as olive oil may…

“This is the solstice’s quiet gift,” writes Erick DuPree. “Its power isn’t in revelation, but in the small, stubborn persistence of light. The sun returns not with fanfare, but with…

As the year darkens, Yule invites something deeper than celebration. The solstice season calls for honesty, rest, and reckoning—listening to what the long nights reveal, releasing what no longer belongs…

“This is a great addition to anyone’s library, because the exercises and ideas do not belong to one single tradition or method,” writes Alan U. Dalul. “This is a creation…

In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, even as the holiday season unfolds, we pause to mark the passing of Priestess Rae Beth, who has crossed the veil. We take a…

Calling the Army’s Spiritual Fitness Guide “new age” and unserious, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered its immediate removal, raising concerns about how future chaplain reforms could affect religious pluralism within…