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At Cleveland’s Buckland Museum of Witchcraft and Magick, Brazilian artist Luciana Lupe Vasconcelos conjures the dark feminine with haunting precision. Her “Espíritos Familiares” reimagines mythic women as guardians, creators, and sacred protectors inviting viewers to...
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“Sundrung oozes a sort of dark mysticism which can only stem from a deep understanding of Old Nordic lore,” writes Lyonel Perabo of the new album by Icelandic heavy metal band Nexion.
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#musicreviews #pagan #blackmetal #deathmetal #runes #sevenoracles #nexion #sundrung
In many ways, October travels with the ancestors are the sweetest because at this time of the year we expect to hear from our beloved ones whose memories warm our hearts.
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#pagan #huntersupermoon #autumn #ancestors #witchcraft #Halloween #harvestmoon #samhain #tarot
“Both Charlies, Hebdo and Kirk, played pretty much the same game: riling up people, both for laughs & to score political points. Kirk’s ideology was rooted in Christian conservatism, while Charlie Hebdo was staffed by left-libertarians. Yet they both met w/the same...”
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South Florida Pagan Pride shines w/a successful gathering, ATC Matriarch Belladonna LaVeau shares a message, Cherry Hill Seminary announces it will begin offering ordinations, Star offers her Tarot of the Week, and (careful broom riders!) the fall migration fills the...
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Bart Everson reminds us that each of us exists because an unbroken chain of ancestors survived long enough to pass life forward. Through luck, resilience, & countless generations, their breath becomes ours. Honoring them is both remembrance & gratitude for being here.
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Greater Chicagoland Pagan Pride drew hundreds to Riis Park for workshops, ritual, and activism under the theme “Revolutionary Reflections,” balancing community celebration with resilience after disruptions by evangelical protesters crashed the event. wildhunt.org/2025/09/chri...
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At a 90-minute rally-like gathering, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth outlined planned changes to the U.S. military, blasting “wokeness,” tightening combat standards for women, and vowing “no more beardos” or Nordic Pagans in the ranks.
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#nordicpagans #pagansky #usmilitary
Thank you for the kind words.
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Russian propaganda blames witches, pagan imagery, “black magic,” & even Celtic festivals for military setbacks in Ukraine, weaving the absurd with the sinister. These tales of “satanic altars” & aircraft-destroying witches mask battlefield failures while mobilizing....
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Haunted by the Occult ~ Erick DuPree on what Gothic novels can teach us about society, then and now.
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#occult #gothicnovel #pagan #witchcraft #freemasonry #gothicliterature #maryshelley #bramstoker #bookreviews #pagansky #witchsky #booksky
Spurred by FBI Director Kash Patel’s unexpected invocation of Valhalla following the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Karl E. H. Seigfried asks: if, as Heathens, “we are our deeds,” how should we view the life and death of Kirk?
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#heathen #asatru #pagan
President Trump signed two memoranda Thursday—one directing federal agencies to intensify investigations into liberal groups under a new “domestic terrorism” strategy, and another ordering strict enforcement of federal death penalty laws in Washington, D.C. The...
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Pagan Community Notes for Sept 25, 2025
We honor the life & legacy of HPS Patricia Crowther & her contributions to the Craft. Also this week, community responses to the book, Pagan Threat, as well as upcoming events, Star’s tarot forecast, & a sighting of a spirit bear
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Orange County Public Schools has ended West Orange High School’s first & only “Witchy Wednesday” after Liberty Counsel objected to the student-led segment. The district cited Supreme Court rulings in deciding the student-created announcements could not continue under...
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New research from Latvia’s Zvejnieki cemetery reveals that Stone Age women and children were as likely as men to be buried with stone tools, challenging “Man the Hunter” stereotypes and highlighting shared ritual traditions.
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#archaeology #stoneage #latvia #science
[Book Review] “Lessons in Magic and Disaster deals better with what it is to be a Witch than almost any of the how-to manuals that have come out since the ‘90s renaissance,” writes Meg Elison, reviewing the newest book by Charlie Jane Anders.
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#pagan #bookreview #witch
Our Editor in Chief is not only a glutton for punishment, but he's of the mind that the Pagan community as a whole needs to know things like this exist.
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Miles’s The Pagan Threat leaves no ambiguity-it catalogues modern Pagan traditions in detail, framing them as enemies of church and nation. By casting Pagans as conspirators & parasites, the book transforms theological polemic into real-world danger for our communities
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"Blessings of balance on the September Equinox—may your harvest be abundant, and may spring bring renewal. "
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Alan U. Dalul reviews “Once Upon a Place: Forests, Caverns & Other Places of Transformation in Myths, Fairy Tales & Film” by by Holly Bellebuono with a foreword by Jack Zipes.
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#fairytales #pagan #bookreview #onceuponaplace
[Opinion] “Whether the killer turns out to be on the Left or the Right,” writes Storm Faerywolf, “this is a clear example of how Republican compassion is strictly compartmentalized, available for conservative straight white folks but patently denied to anyone else.”
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Officials decline charges in the Fae’s Closet attack, the September equinox draws near, Star’s tarot, National Pawpaw Day, plus upcoming events and other community news.
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#mabon #autumn #equinox #pagan #donations #faescloset #tarot #witchcraft #pawpawfruit
USCIRF’s new report links severe religious freedom violations to the risk of genocide and mass atrocities, naming Yazidis, Christians, Muslims, Uyghurs, and Armenians as targets, but notably omitting Pagans, polytheists, and contemporary Pagan traditions.
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#religion
A Zambian court sentenced two men to two years with hard labour for attempting to bewitch President Hakainde Hichilema, a case exposing tensions between traditional beliefs, colonial-era law, and politics while challenging how modern courts address such practices.
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FBI Director Kash Patel’s “see you in Valhalla” remark was less tribute than theater, misappropriating sacred imagery to perform warrior culture for the cameras & revealing a new depth to America’s culture wars.
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#kashpatel #norway #toxicmasculinity #warriorculture
Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a complete hieroglyphic copy of the Canopus Decree at Tell El-Fara’in, the first in over 150 years, offering new insight into Ptolemaic religion, politics, and calendar reform.
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#archaeology #egypt #hillofthepharaohs #tellelfarainm
“What set tea apart, though, was its intimacy,” writes Erick DuPree. “Astrology required training and calculation; alchemy demanded secrecy, resources, and years of study. Tea-leaf reading needed only a pot, a cup, and an attentive eye.”
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#tasseography #pagan #witchsky
The Moon card forces the exploration of what we least like to face: the dark sides of ourselves. But the bright side of the Moon is that when we do so, we learn and embrace who we truly are.
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#Tarot #pagan #witchcraft #anxiety #food #health #sensations #senses #science
Pagan Community Notes: Sept 11, 2025
The delightfully odd Bumpy Snailfish is discovered, the ancient Roman Ludi are remembered, Memphis welcomes a new Hoodoo Museum, and the community mourns the Crossing of the Veil of Lady Cara and Jaeme-Adelle Hughes.
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#pagan #witch
