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Daily news for Pagans, Wiccans, Witches, and Heathens by journalists who are polytheists. Plus weekly columns and editorials! Visit our website https://www.wildhunt.org

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Opinion | Trump’s Sins Are His Own. Leave Pagans Out of It.

The pagans strike back, feat. @ericoscott.bsky.social from @thewildhunt.bsky.social

28.02.2026 23:58 — 👍 27    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0
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A Witch’s Harrowing Sorrow: A Review of Hamnet - Culture, Film & TV Reviews, Paganism Witchcraft & Pagan News - Lyonel Perabo reviews Chloe Zhao's film, a moody, witchy exploration of grief and art that incorporates the medieval Nine Herbs Charm into its story of Agnes Hathaway and Wil...

[Review] Lyonel Perabo reviews Chloe Zhao’s film, a moody, witchy exploration of grief and art that incorporates the medieval Nine Herbs Charm into its story of Agnes Hathaway and William Shakespeare.

Warning: spoilers ahead!

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#pagan #witchcraft #moviereview #hamnet

01.03.2026 00:14 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Opinion | Trump’s Sins Are His Own. Leave Pagans Out of It.

I have a letter to the editor in the @nytimes.com today responding to Leighton Woodhouse's article "Donald Trump, Pagan King." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/o...

28.02.2026 22:47 — 👍 29    🔁 14    💬 6    📌 0
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Twilight of the Twentieth Century - Culture, Living, Opinion, Paganism, Perspectives, Politics, Religion, U.S. Witchcraft & Pagan News - The Norse myths are laced with a melancholic focus on the end of an age. Karl Seigfried notes that today it also feels as though a way of living is passing. But just as Ragna...

The Norse myths are laced with a melancholic focus on the end of an age. Karl Seigfried notes that today it also feels as though a way of living is passing. But just as Ragnarök leads to a rebirth, so too might our own times – if we are willing to work for it.

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#pagan

27.02.2026 22:25 — 👍 20    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1
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Pagan Community Notes: Week of February 26, 2026 - News, Pagan Community Notes, Paganism, Religion, The Wild Hunt, TWH Features, U.S., World Witchcraft & Pagan News - In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, Mercury Retrograde is underway, and as usual, present, perky, and problematic. Coreopsis Journal and The Commons of Modern Pagans and Sp...

Mercury Retrograde is underway, and as usual, present, perky, & problematic. Coreopsis Journal & The Commons of Modern Pagans and Spiritual Seekers (COMPASS) both share announcements and invitations to the community, while the ever-energetic Earth-Based Spirituality...

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26.02.2026 22:49 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

If you are a trans member of the Pagan community, and would like to weigh in on the Kansas SB 244 bill, please reach out to our Weekend Editor, Eric O. Scott -- see below!

#pagansky #witchsky #transsky

26.02.2026 16:55 — 👍 17    🔁 13    💬 0    📌 1
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Hidden Household Gods in Cologne: First Lararium North of the Alps Found - Europe, News, Paganism, Religion, Science, TWH Features, Uncovering the Past, Witchcraft, World Witchcraft & Pagan News - Excavations beneath Cologne’s future Jewish museum have uncovered a rare 2nd-century Roman household shrine: the first lararium found north of the Alp that is reshaping our u...

Excavations beneath Cologne’s future Jewish museum have uncovered a rare 2nd-century Roman household shrine: the first lararium found north of the Alp that is reshaping our understanding of domestic religion along the Rhine frontier.

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#pagan #witchcraft #archaeology

25.02.2026 22:34 — 👍 15    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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Colonial Waters: Study Finds Indigenous Nations Are Reshaping Global Water Governance - Indigenous Land, News, Paganism, Science, The Wild Hunt, TWH Features, Witchcraft, World Witchcraft & Pagan News - A sweeping global review finds Indigenous nations are engaging dominant water governance systems at every level—often through courts, protest, and consultation—but rarely as ...

A sweeping global review finds Indigenous nations are engaging dominant water governance systems at every level—often through courts, protest, and consultation—but rarely as recognized authorities. The study highlights both the persistence of colonial structures….

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25.02.2026 00:59 — 👍 14    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

Also, Storm's a He/Him. :D Thank you for your comment!

23.02.2026 22:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Whose Blessing? Defense Secretary Invites Christian Nationalist Pastor to Lead Pentagon Worship Service - News, Paganism, Religion, The Wild Hunt, U.S., Witchcraft Witchcraft & Pagan News - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth invited Idaho pastor Doug Wilson, a self-described Christian nationalist, to deliver a worship service inside the Pentagon. The event has spark...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth invited ID pastor Doug Wilson, a self-described Christian nationalist, to deliver a worship service inside the Pentagon. The event has sparked debate over religious pluralism, church–state boundaries, & the role of theology in military...

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23.02.2026 22:22 — 👍 17    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 2
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Heathen organizations respond to ICE operations - News, Paganism, Politics, U.S. Witchcraft & Pagan News - Although Operation Metro Surge has drawn down, its affects on the Twin Cities continues. Two prominent Heathen organizations have issued statements supporting the people of M...

Although Operation Metro Surge has drawn down, its affects on the Twin Cities continues. Two prominent Heathen organizations have issued statements supporting the people of Minnesota.

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#pagan #heathen #minneapolis #ice #heathensagainsthate #thetroth

22.02.2026 23:45 — 👍 14    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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Review: Faun's "Hex" is true musical Witchcraft - Arts & Culture, Culture, Music Reviews, Paganism, Reviews, TWH Features, Witchcraft Witchcraft & Pagan News - "Something that awestruck me is the wide variety of languages in this record," writes Alan U. Dalul, "including German, English, Latin, Greek, Hungarian, and more. We are in ...

“Something that awestruck me is the wide variety of languages in this record,” writes Alan U. Dalul, “including German, English, Latin, Greek, Hungarian, and more. We are in deep need of diversity, of union, which this record celebrates through language and heritage.”

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21.02.2026 23:57 — 👍 16    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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Opinion: The Line I’ve Drawn - Opinion, Paganism, Perspectives, Politics, Religion, Witchcraft Witchcraft & Pagan News - "Trust me, I would much rather be writing about trance journeys and sex magic," writes Storm Faerywolf, "but I just can’t shake this feeling that not talking about it is just...

“Trust me, I would much rather be writing about trance journeys and sex magic,” writes Storm Faerywolf, “but I just can’t shake this feeling that not talking about it is just giving the regime more power and ability to continue disappearing people.”

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#pagan #witchcraft

21.02.2026 01:40 — 👍 21    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0
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Pagan Community Notes: Week of February 19, 2026 - News, Pagan Community Notes, Paganism, Religion, The Wild Hunt, TWH Features, U.S., World Witchcraft & Pagan News - In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, an ACLU lawsuit marks a victory for academic freedom as a federal court permanently blocks the Department of Education’s anti-DEI direct...

An ACLU lawsuit marks a victory for academic freedom as a federal court permanently blocks the Department of Education’s anti-DEI directive. Star shares her Tarot of the Week: The Fool steps forward with a message for the days ahead. Over at Spelling the Heka-Tea...

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19.02.2026 23:46 — 👍 19    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0
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Lawsuit Challenges Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission Over Alleged Legal Violations and ‘Judeo-Christian’ Focus - News, Paganism, Religion, The Wild Hunt, U.S., Witchcraft Witchcraft & Pagan News - A multifaith coalition represented by Americans United for Separation of Church and State and Democracy Forward has filed suit in federal court alleging that President Trump’...

A multifaith coalition represented by Americans United for Separation of Church & State and Democracy Forward has filed suit in federal court alleging that President Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission violates federal advisory law by lacking viewpoint balance and....

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18.02.2026 23:17 — 👍 14    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
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History Cannot Be “Scraped Clean”: Court Orders Oney Judge’s Story and Slavery Exhibits Restored - News, Paganism, Politics, Religion, The Wild Hunt, U.K., U.S., World Witchcraft & Pagan News - A federal judge has ordered the return of slavery exhibits and Oney Judge’s story to Philadelphia’s President’s House, ruling that the National Park Service acted unlawfully ...

A federal judge has ordered the return of slavery exhibits & Oney Judge’s story to Philadelphia’s President’s House, ruling that the National Park Service acted unlawfully in removing them & cannot unilaterally alter historical interpretation without consulting the City

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18.02.2026 21:10 — 👍 13    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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History Cannot Be “Scraped Clean”: Court Orders Oney Judge’s Story and Slavery Exhibits Restored - News, Paganism, Politics, Religion, The Wild Hunt, U.K., U.S., World Witchcraft & Pagan News - A federal judge has ordered the return of slavery exhibits and Oney Judge’s story to Philadelphia’s President’s House, ruling that the National Park Service acted unlawfully ...

A federal judge has ordered the return of slavery exhibits and Oney Judge’s story to Philadelphia’s President’s House, ruling that the National Park Service acted unlawfully in removing them and cannot unilaterally alter historical interpretation without consulting the City.

17.02.2026 23:13 — 👍 9    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
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Arms Raised in Prayer: Neolithic Figurine Found in Romania - Europe, News, Paganism, TWH Features, Uncovering the Past, World Witchcraft & Pagan News - Archaeologists in central Romania have uncovered a rare 7,500-year-old clay figurine depicting a female figure with arms raised in invocation. Discovered during preventive ex...

Archaeologists in central Romania have uncovered a rare 7,500-year-old clay figurine depicting a female figure with arms raised in invocation. Discovered during preventive excavations, the small Neolithic artifact illuminates the symbolic and spiritual world of...

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16.02.2026 22:40 — 👍 15    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Classics of Pagan Cinema: Agora - Arts & Culture, Culture, Film & TV Reviews, Paganism, Reviews, TWH Features, Witchcraft Witchcraft & Pagan News - "We have no record from Hypatia about the circumstances of her life," writes Meg Elison in her review of the 2009 film about the ancient Roman philosoher. "Letters written to...

“We have no record from Hypatia about the circumstances of her life,” writes Meg Elison in her review of the 2009 film about the ancient Roman philosoher. “Letters written to her by men are preserved; none of her letters to them remain.”

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#pagan #witchcraft #moviereview

15.02.2026 22:11 — 👍 11    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Aphrodite Symmachia - Paganism Witchcraft & Pagan News - “I am all of the parts of love,” she said. “Those parts will be there, whether or not you know me. I am the heartbreak, the rush of falling, the work of maintaining. Hurting ...

“I am all of the parts of love,” she said. “Those parts will be there, whether or not you know me. I am the heartbreak, the rush of falling, the work of maintaining. Hurting does not mean I have turned my back on you, child.”

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#pagan #witchcraft #aphrodite #greekgods

15.02.2026 02:18 — 👍 29    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Pagan Community Notes: Week of February 12, 2026 - Culture, Pagan Community Notes, Paganism, The Wild Hunt, TWH Features, U.K., U.S., World Witchcraft & Pagan News - In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, an extraordinary Anglo-Saxon sword has been uncovered in England, offering a glimpse into early medieval power and ancestral memory. Mea...

An extraordinary Anglo-Saxon sword has been uncovered in England, offering a glimpse into early medieval power and ancestral memory. Meanwhile, the calendar stirs. It might be Lupercalia. It’s certainly St. Valentine’s Day, and possibly Dísablót. Late winter...

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#pagan

13.02.2026 02:08 — 👍 14    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Editorial: Pagan Is Not a Synonym for Barbarism - Editorial, News, Opinion, Paganism, Perspectives, Religion, The Wild Hunt, U.S., Witchcraft Witchcraft & Pagan News - "When contemporary commentators describe authoritarian politics as 'pagan,'" writes Manny Moreno, "they risk reinforcing an exclusionary narrative: that Christianity civilize...

[Editorial] “When contemporary commentators describe authoritarian politics as ‘pagan,'” writes Manny Moreno, “they risk reinforcing an exclusionary narrative: that Christianity civilized power, while paganism represented brute force. That binary not only...."

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11.02.2026 18:48 — 👍 18    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 2

Gods forbid there be artistic naughty bits anywhere....

10.02.2026 23:57 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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New Becket Index Finds Rising Support for Religious Freedom—Even for Pagans? - News, Paganism, Religion, The Wild Hunt, U.S., Witchcraft, World Witchcraft & Pagan News - The Becket Fund’s 2025 Religious Freedom Index shows rising support for religion in public life, yet its findings leave key questions unanswered for Pagans. Christian-centere...

The Becket Fund’s 2025 Religious Freedom Index shows rising support for religion in public life, yet its findings leave key questions unanswered for Pagans. Christian-centered examples dominate the survey, highlighting tensions between broad claims of pluralism and...

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10.02.2026 23:24 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Humanization as Sacred Duty: Stone Circle Wicca Lessons on Defending Dignity in Minneapolis - Living, News, Paganism, Politics, Religion, Spotlight on Tradition, The Wild Hunt, U.S., World Witchcraft & Pagan News - WMore than 75,000 marched in Minneapolis demanding ICE leave the Twin Cities. Stone Circle Wicca answered a clergy call in solidarity, framing resistance as a sacred duty roo...

More than 75,000 marched in MPLS demanding ICE leave the Twin Cities. Stone Circle Wicca answered a clergy call in solidarity, framing resistance as a sacred duty rooted in humanization, interfaith cooperation, & the defense of dignity through sustained, community...

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09.02.2026 22:12 — 👍 24    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 1
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Review: I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness - Arts & Culture, Book Reviews, Culture, Paganism, Reviews, TWH Features, Witchcraft Witchcraft & Pagan News - "If you're drawn to folkloric density, ancestral memory, visceral horror that rejects comfort, or animist logic where houses and bodies blur," writes Cosette Paneque in her r...

[Book Review] “If you’re drawn to folkloric density, ancestral memory, visceral horror that rejects comfort, or animist logic where houses and bodies blur,” writes Cosette Paneque in her review of Irene Solà’s novel, “this has power. But know what you’re walking into.”

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08.02.2026 22:56 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Opinion: On Peace and Weapons - Living, Opinion, Paganism, Perspectives, Politics, U.S., Witchcraft Witchcraft & Pagan News - "I urge you to remember our history, our shared history as a nation, our family histories, our cultural history, and our religious history," writes Clio Ajana. "Look to our a...

“I urge you to remember our history, our shared history as a nation, our family histories, our cultural history, and our religious history,” writes Clio Ajana. “Look to our ancients for guidance, wisdom and tips on how to survive.”

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#pagan #witchcraft #minneapolis #ice

07.02.2026 23:52 — 👍 11    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
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Ancestor Work is an Exercise in Facing Uncomfortable Truths - Living, Opinion, Paganism, Perspectives, Politics, Witchcraft Witchcraft & Pagan News - "When we choose to honor a lineage," writes Rev. Ron Padrón, "we cannot cherry pick only what makes our ancestor - and by extension, us - look good. We take on the responsibi...

“When we choose to honor a lineage,” writes Rev. Ron Padrón, “we cannot cherry pick only what makes our ancestor – and by extension, us – look good. We take on the responsibility of sitting in the totality of the legacy they have passed down to us.”

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#pagan #pagansky

06.02.2026 22:11 — 👍 35    🔁 13    💬 1    📌 3
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Pagan Community Notes: Week of February 5, 2026 - News, Pagan Community Notes, Paganism, TWH Features, U.S., Witchcraft, World Witchcraft & Pagan News - In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, we begin with some good news: celebrations of Imbolc and the Feast of Brigid offered beautiful videos and thoughtful lessons; Via Lactea...

We begin with some good news: celebrations of Imbolc and the Feast of Brigid offered beautiful videos and thoughtful lessons; Via Lactea Sanctuary reached a property tax settlement in New York; and a federal judge allowed The Satanic Temple’s lawsuit against the ….

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05.02.2026 18:33 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Researchers Say Hidden Detail in Boleyn Portrait Rebuts Witchcraft Accusations - Arts & Culture, Culture, Paganism, TWH Features, U.K., U.S., Witchcraft, World Witchcraft & Pagan News - New analysis of a famous Anne Boleyn portrait suggests it was deliberately altered to counter witchcraft slander, revealing how art, politics, and gendered attacks shaped the...

New analysis of a famous Anne Boleyn portrait suggests it was deliberately altered to counter witchcraft slander, revealing how art, politics, and gendered attacks shaped the posthumous image of Henry VIII’s ill-fated queen history.

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#pagan #witchcraft #anneboleyn #art

03.02.2026 22:09 — 👍 15    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0