Opinion: Reflections on Our 249th Anniversary
The lesson of the Tower implies destruction and disaster, but the question remains: is this change suddenly thrust upon us or is it one we seek to embrace? Do we…
Pagan Community Notes: Week of July 3, 2025
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: A stalking victim in the UK seeks help from an Anglican bishop—only to be accused of witchcraft. In Burundi, six people are murdered following…
ESA’s Biomass Satellite Reveals Mother Earth’s Hidden Forest Structures and Carbon Stores
ESA’s Biomass satellite has released its first images, offering a groundbreaking view into forest structures, carbon storage, and buried landscapes—ushering in a new era of climate and ecosystem monitoring. Continue…
Debanking, The Christian Right, and Crypto Tech Bros
President Trump’s Executive Order claims to protect religious groups from debanking, but its language and its context with other executive orders may exclude minority faiths, potentially leaving other religious and…
Religious Liberty Commission Begins Work amid Concerns over Church–State Separation
Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission launches with Christian nationalist overtones, drawing criticism for lacking diversity and threatening church–state separation. Critics warn it weaponizes religious freedom to serve a narrow ideological agenda.…
Mojo, Music, and Magic in Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners”
Noelle Bowles examines Ryan Coogler’s hit film “Sinners,” speaking with Tony Kail, cultural anthropologist and scholar of Hoodoo, about how this story of vampires and the blues in the Jim…
Bones of the Mother
The horizon promised forever, with the land in between rich with life and beauty. The Divine Mother was present everywhere in those fertile fields, hills, and mountains. The endurance of…
A Nation of Dragons and Dwarfs
Fáfnir is not born a dragon. He is a man who kills his own father to steal his wealth, then turns into a dragon to embrace the gold he hoards…
Pagan Community Notes: Week of June 26, 2025
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: We reflect on Canada’s celebrations of Indigenous Peoples Day and commemorate the anniversary of Stonewall. Cherry Hill Seminary launches a historic interfaith partnership. Poet…
New UNESCO Chair Puts Indigenous Knowledge and Rematriation at the Global Forefront
Two Indigenous scholars are leading a new UNESCO Chair to restore Indigenous knowledge, research governance, and language—advancing climate resilience, cultural sovereignty, and global recognition of Indigenous matriarchal leadership. Continue reading…