Pagan Community Notes: Week of December 25, 2025
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…
Pilgrimages: Britain’s Holy Wells and Baths
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…
Readers Asked: We Took a Look at the Epstein Files
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…
New Research Rethinks Cold-Pressed Assumptions About Ancient Olive Oil
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…
The Shortest Day in the Longest Year
“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…
Beyond the Light: The Inescapable Reckoning of Yule
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…
Review: “Psychic Witch” in a deluxe edition that does not disappoint
“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…
Pagan Community Notes: Week of Yule 2025
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…
Pentagon Targets ‘New Age’ Spirituality in Sweeping Chaplain Corps Changes
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…
DOJ Memo Confirms FBI Will Compile List of Domestic “Extremist” Groups Under New Security Directive
A leaked and now-confirmed DOJ memo outlines how the FBI will implement a Trump national-security directive, broadening domestic extremism definitions and prompting concern among civil-liberties advocates, journalists, and minority religious…