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International Dark Sky Week begins as advocates urge a return to darker nights. As light pollution grows, the observance highlights ecological harm, threatened species, and even the spiritual loss of…

A young practitioner reflects on her first Spring Mysteries Festival, sharing a deeply personal journey of devotion, connection, and transformation as she encounters the Gods through ritual, community, and sacred…

I’m just an hour from home when I pull into my friend’s front lawn and unload three bags heavy with books. “I hear someone’s getting into Norse mythology,” I say…

Manny Tejeda y Moreno reviews “Slavic Native Faith” by Kaarina Aitamurto and Scott Simpson, a study of the umbrella of reconstructionist religions sometimes known as Ridnovirstvo or Rodnovery. The book…

In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: an AHS: Coven teaser sparks speculation, Brazil moves to regulate doulas, a “Bless the Gods” parade is suppressed in China, CUUPS announces its 40th…

A rarely used federal panel voted to exempt Gulf oil drilling from endangered species protections, drawing legal challenges and environmental concern. The decision coincides with new USDA efforts to streamline…

At 40, the Spring Mysteries Festival remains a distinctive Pagan gathering, offering an intense, immersive ritual experience that challenges participants to move beyond observation and inhabit the sacred story of…

A proposal to weaken protections around Chaco Canyon has sparked alarm among tribal nations, who describe the region as a sacred living landscape. Tribal leaders warn the proposal threatens a…

Last year thieves stole a Dacian helmet and three golden bracelets, national treasures from Romania, from a Dutch museum. Last week the accused returned most of the artifacts as part…

Sometimes, just when we think that the world can’t get crazier, we get a reminder that life can surprise us. April is a curious month, filled at times with rain,…