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A new executive order aims to modernize the nation’s child-welfare system, but advocates warn its emphasis on faith-based partnerships and “basic biological truths” may open the door to religious gatekeeping…

Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott reviews Alan Moore’s recent novel, set at the intersection between London and its otherwordly counterpart – and which features cameos from many famous occultists. Continue…

Eric O. Scott reviews the Global Icons, Local Spotlight exhibit at the Portland Art Museum, including a standout installation from Christopher Myers that includes a stained glass portrait of Mami…

How should we imagine the gods of Germanic Paganism? Karl E.H. Seigfried argues for us to picture the gods not as figures frozen in the Viking Age, but as living,…

In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: It’s the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, which is also observed as the Indigenous National Day of Mourning; NPR interviews “self-identified witches” about Wicked: For Good;…

A Viking woman’s grave in Trøndelag has stunned archaeologists: scallop shells laid over her mouth and bird-wing bones nearby reveal a burial practice unknown in pre-Christian Norway, raising new questions…

New research argues that modern humans are biologically mismatched with industrial life. Scientists suggest our bodies evolved for forests and open skies, not cities and screens. Chronic stress, weakened immunity,…

Najah Lightfoot’s book illuminates the spiritual magic of dolls, blending history, practice, and heartfelt storytelling. She guides readers to see dolls as sacred partners in magical work rather than mere…

“The premise, a Biblical horror film exploring Jesus’s adolescence, is apparently treated by some as shocking,” writes Manny Tejeda Moreno. “To me, that simply confirms they’ve never read the Bible.”…

A Wiccan covenstead in Washington, Georgia, is facing zoning enforcement and public backlash after a local pastor denounced the site, prompting New Moon Eclectics to assert its constitutional protections and…