The Wild Hunt (https://wildhunt.org/author/manny)
Manny Tejeda y Moreno (pronouns: he/él/lui) was born in Cuba and raised in the American South. He lives in South Florida and Nemi, Italy. He is a Witch and was raised as a child of Oyá. He is encouraged by the Balance within the natural world and enjoys storms and the night. Manny is married and spends his free time exploring the Florida swamps, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Alban Hills. He is also a beekeeper, orchid grower, and builder of bat houses. In addition to his role at The Wild Hunt, Manny currently serves as National First Officer of the Covenant of the Goddess.
A new Evangelical Alliance guide identifies growing interest in Witchcraft, tarot, crystals, and alternative spirituality as both spiritually dangerous and an opportunity for Christians to evangelize people increasingly looking beyond traditional religious institutions for answers.
The Pentagon’s new Office of Religious Affairs centralizes military religious policy and “spiritual readiness,” drawing praise from Hegseth as restoring chaplaincy while prompting concerns about religious liberty, minority faiths, and an explicitly Christian framing.
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More than 56 million years ago, something took wing. Now, combining ancient fossils with genomes from living species, researchers are rewriting the bat family tree, and tracing these creatures toward their mysterious beginnings in Paleocene Europe.
An 11th-century serpent pendant discovered in northwestern Russia pairs a Christian warrior saint with a snake-haired figure rooted in the Medusa tradition, revealing the complex intersection of Christian faith and older protective practices in medieval Rus’.