Get your blackberries before the Púca does!
Siobhan Ball introduces TWH’s readers to the folklore of the blackberry – including why you need to eat them before the Faerie Folk claim them for their own – and…
Why should I work with the ancestors?
There is a question that I’ve asked myself sometimes and that I haven’t had an answer to for a long time: What do I get from working with the ancestors?…
¿Por qué debería trabajar con los ancestros?
Sin embargo, hay una pregunta que me he hecho en ocasiones y para la cual aún no tengo respuesta: ¿por qué debería trabajar con los ancestros? ¿Qué gano al hacerlo?…
Community, Responsibility, and the New Normal: a report from the Netherlands Feri Retreat
It had been seven years since Anaar and I had traveled to Europe to offer this work. In many ways, we expected it to unfold much as it had before:…
Pagan Community Notes: Week of September 19, 2024
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes (and its long one), Equinox Blessings to our readers, Covenant of the Goddess announces new leadership, congratulations to the TempleFest team, Pagan Pride Events…
New Research says Listen to the Land: “like listening to Mother Earth”
The growing field of ecoacoustics uses sound to monitor soil health and biodiversity. Recent research shows that more complexity in the soundscape of healthy soils, offering farmers and conservationists a…
Conservative Religious organizations ‘spending billions to counter gender-equality education’
A new report reveals a well-funded and coordinated global effort by conservative religious groups to undermine education, erode gender equality, and promote traditional views of women as submissive to men.…
Researchers say Hope is an emotion and well worth fighting for
New research reveals that visualizing change and focusing on future possibilities can boost hope and help us cope with uncertainty. Like magickal visualization, by using powerful images like children and…
“They’re eating the cats” is a lie with a long history, and Pagans should be concerned
TWH’s Editor-in-Chief, Manny Moreno, responds to the claims that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are abducting and eating the pets of other residents. The baseless claim has deep roots in…
300 year old feathered cloak returned to Brazil’s Tupinambá de Olivença people
A cloak of thousands of scarlet ibis feathers, sacred to the Indigenous Tupinambá people of Brazil, has been in Danish hands since the 1600s. Now it has finally been returned…