In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, the Correllian Church in Danville, Illinois begins a major project, Bart Everson joins the Earth-based Spirituality Action Team for a conversation, the Bui sisters bring Slavic stories to life, the Wolf Moon is coming, and so is the Feast of the Ass.
Culture
Archaeologists: Mysterious Hill in Western Norway is Region’s Largest Burial Mound
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A mysterious hill overlooking a fjord in Western Norway has been confirmed as one of the largest burial mounds in the region. Archaeologists also note that the site is deliberately aligned with the solstices, adding a fascinating astronomical dimension to its historical significance.
Arts & Culture
The Pagan Spirit of “A Christmas Carol”
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Dickens expressed a general mistrust for organized religion, an admiration for Jesus Christ, and a social commentary that pointed out the corrosive effect of the Catholic church on personal liberty. Does this remind anyone else of every Pagan they’ve ever known?
Arts & Culture
Review: Awakening the Witchblood by Nathan King
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Alan U. Dalul reviews Nathan King’s “Awakening the Witchblood: Embodying the Arte Magical,” a challenging but rewarding introductory book of Witchcraft.
News
Pagan Community Notes: Week of Yule, 2024
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In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, keeping Sol in the solstice, more Saturnalia accompanied by toga-free attire, exchanged gifts, simmer pots, cookies, and a Lord of Misrule to oversee the festivities. Blessings of the returning sun in the north and the height of summer in the south. Join us for more shameless Paganism at the Wild Hunt.
Arts & Culture
Danish museum returns a Roman emperor’s head to Turkey
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A bronze head of the Roman emperor Septimus Severus, illegally trafficked from a shrine where he had been worshiped as a deity in antiquity, will be repatriated from Denmark to Turkey.