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!
Africa
Pagan Community Notes: Week of June 5, 2025
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In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: The Wild Hunt experiences a cyber attack; archaeologists uncover a missing piece of a famous statue; World Oceans Day approaches; the House of Black Magic celebrates; and Star shares the Tarot of the Week.
Culture
A Heathen in Church
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As a professional musician, I’m brought right into the heart of the service on the holiest of holidays. It’s a great vantage point to learn about things I would never otherwise be exposed to.
Europe
Pagan Community Notes: Week of May 29, 2025
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In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: The U.S. Supreme Court allows mining on Chíchʼil Bił Dagoteel; the Druid Order, Tribe of the Oak. elects a new Archdruid; book reveals shocking acts of colonialism suggesting Oxford generations of academics drank from the skull of an enslaved woman; more events and Star’s weekly tarot
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.
Pagan Community Notes
Pagan Community Notes: Week of May 22, 2025
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In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, we’ve received heartfelt letters from community members reflecting on the enduring legacy of the witchcraft trials and another raising concerns about ongoing threats to religious freedom. Star’s weekly tarot pull yields the Hierophant. We are also saddened to report a Crossing of the Veil.