Researchers reconstruct an ancient hymn to Babylon using AI.
Culture
Riverside pilgrimage to remember witches
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Marking the Summer Solstice, We Are Witch embarks on a memorial pilgrimage through Norfolk, honoring women persecuted in the witch trials with ritual dress, sound art, and a commemorative quilt stitched in remembrance.
Culture
Pagan Community Notes: Week of June 19, 2025
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In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: We honor Juneteenth and share Solstice Blessings as the Wheel turns once more. We report on Pakistan’s controversial move to criminalize magical practitioners, highlight a divination conference in Southern California, and bring you Star’s Tarot of the Week. Happy Litha, Happy Midsummer, and Happy Yule—wherever you are in the world, may the season bring light, insight, and joy!
Arts & Culture
Classics of Pagan Cinema: Rosemary’s Baby
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“Looking at where the word ‘coven’ comes from, we start with ‘convenire,’ a verb meaning to come together,” writes Meg Elison in this searing reappraisal of the 1968 classic. “When a woman comes together with the devil, we get ‘Rosemary’s Baby.'”
Africa
Editorial: Dr. Leo Igwe Confronts Witchcraft Myths and Facts with Reason and Clarity
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Dr. Leo Igwe powerfully distinguishes between myth and modernity, affirming that today’s witches are nature-based spiritual practitioners—not agents of harm—and calls for an end to superstition-fueled violence across African communities.
Book Reviews
Reading the Kalevala
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Elias Lönnrot, the folklorist, the traveler, the physician, the student, the ethnologist, the editor, and finally the rune singer, did birth one longer Kalevala, one which was as indebted to his creative process as it was to ancient songs and lore.