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“A story set in Near becomes a mirror,” writes Beatrix Kondo, exploring folklore, fear, and the familiar stranger in V.E. Schwab’s novel “The Near Witch.” “What the mirror reflects is a community organized around the strategic management of its own fear.”
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: Cherry Hill ordinations, Cybele appears in Madrid during a soccer match, Star’s Tarot of the Week, and the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel featured in recent news coverage.
“As I dig deeper into cartomancy,” writes Meg Elison, “I remember all the times that the dread revelations of the cards have shown up in stories I’ve loved. Tarot is often misused, represented not only inaccurately, but incorrectly.”
Alan U. Dalul reviews Christabel Jessica and Cecilia G.F.’s oracle deck, which focuses on masculine divinities from a variety of mythologies and traditions.
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: Ostara and Mabon blessings across the hemispheres. We sadly mark the passing of KIVA founder and lead singer Ariana Lightningstorm. A young champion of Indigenous rights prompts Cornell to reverse course. Star shares her Tarot of the Week, and we offer songs for the season.