“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.'”
Arts & Culture
Classics of Pagan Cinema: The Cauldron of Cerridwen and “The Sword in the Stone”
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The legend is always changing from one thing to another, being gobbled up and sweated out, being birthed into new life with new names, being boiled up in the cauldron of Ceridwen to become what it must be next.
Book Reviews
Review: “High Priest: The Father of American Witchcraft” by Jason Mankey
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Jason Mankey’s High Priest offers a candid, compassionate portrait of Raymond Buckland — tracing his evolution from RAF serviceman to pioneering Witch — while honoring his legacy and confronting the myths, contradictions, and innovations that helped shaped American Paganism as we see it today.
Book Reviews
Review: Raven Grimassi’s “Crafting a Tradition of Witchcraft”
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Fire burns as long as we take care of it, recognize what it needs, and how to keep it alive. We can’t do it the same way during summer and winter. Raven Grimassi also kept this in mind. A tradition doesn’t stay frozen in time, but grows with its members as they shape its ideas and work.
Culture
Pagan Community Notes: Week of May 15, 2025
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In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, Pensacola Bookstore removes LGBTQ+ and Witchcraft books from its shelves, Interfaith group in Ohio condemns book burning, for our community members in the armed forces (thank you for your service) fyi – the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has launched a new task force to investigate alleged anti-Christian discrimination, but on a brighter note, residents of Taipei celebrate Mazu, Star’s Tarot of the Week, and Eurovision Witchcraft.
Culture
A Library for Us: Adocentyn Research Library Expands Collection
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The Adocentyn Research Library has surpassed 20,000 volumes, expanding its one-of-a-kind collection of Pagan, occult, and esoteric texts. With rare artifacts, Tarot decks, ancient manuscripts, and more, it’s a community treasure trove for seekers and scholars alike.