The Oracular Flame
Storm Faerywolf shared a ritual from Black Rose Witchcraft for transformative fire scrying rite to gain visionary insights. Continue reading The Oracular Flame at The Wild Hunt.
Pagan Community Notes: Week of August 15, 2024
Stonehenge Altar Stone from Scotland according to new “jaw-dropping” research, ECER issues a statement to recognize national shrines, a goddess figurine found in Italy, and more events. Continue reading Pagan…
National Black Cat Appreciation Day: It still matters
Black cats face lower adoption rates and higher euthanasia rates despite their abundance and even potential disease resistance. Prejudice against them remains strong, leading to frequent neglect and mistreatment. Black…
The First Modern Temple of Zeus in Cyprus
In Cyprus, George Constantinou, a priest of the Hellenic Ethnic Religion at the Supreme Council of Ethnic Hellenes, revived ancient traditions by constructing the world’s first licensed modern temple dedicated…
Recent Challenges to the Antikythera Mechanism
The Antikythera Mechanism, initially dismissed as shipwreck debris, is now celebrated as an ancient analog computer. Recent studies challenge its function, suggesting it measured a lunar, not solar, year. Continue…
I bought the TikTok Cheetos tarot deck – and it’s surprisingly good
My “For You Page,” or FYP, on TikTok had recommended a filter that generates a tarot card featuring the sunglasses-wearing mascot for Cheetos snacks, Chester Cheetah. I smashed the filter…
House Spirit
But of all the Witchy items I’ve acquired over the years, the go bag is by far the most useful. Like all my favorite tools, it seems frivolous and self-aggrandizing…
Classics of Pagan Cinema: Dancing at Lughnasa
“Pagan nonsense, celebrating the feast of Lughnasadh. This is the month of August. The feast of our lady’s assumption into heaven.” Meg Elison returns with a review of the 1998…
Pagan Community Notes: Week of August 8, 2024
Attorney swears juror oath on a river, Congratulations Bryce and Cherry Hill Seminary!, Happy International Cat Day, Pagan events and more. Continue reading Pagan Community Notes: Week of August 8,…
UK’s new Labour Government stops A303 Stonehenge project.
After years of controversy and a UNESCO warning about “permanent, irreversible harm,” the Stonehenge tunnel project, first approved in November 2020, has been canceled by the UK’s newly-elected Labour government.…