Culture
Reviving the Past: The Recreating the Aurochs’ Effect
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Tauros, bred to resemble extinct aurochs, are reintroduced to Europe, restoring ecological balance and connecting us to ancient heritage.
Arts & Culture
Classics of Pagan Cinema: The Secret of Kells
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Meg Elison reviews 2009’s animated film The Secret of Kells, which draws inspiration from the recently-digitized Book of Kells, a fabulously illuminated edition of the gospels. But while the film is set at a Christian monastery, it is full of encounters with Paganism, and these encounters are what will draw viewers back to the film again and again.
Asia
Pagan Community Notes: Week of October 3, 2024
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In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, Western Carolina Pagans help the community, Everglades Moon Local Council releases a statement in support of the Haitian community, upcoming event including EBSAT, Pagan Prides, Twilight Covening, and Hecate’s Sickle next month, and yes, we have been friends with cheeses a long time.
News
Mindfulness Meditation Produces Empirically Observable Pain Relief
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New research shows that mindfulness—a common and central meditation practice in many Pagan spiritual paths—not only helps manage pain, but also engages distinct brain mechanisms beyond the placebo effect.
Arts & Culture
Television from a Pagan World: Reviewing KAOS and Twilight of the Gods
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“When I was a teenage zealot, I used to imagine what television might be like in a world that was primarily Pagan,” writes Meg Elison. “I’ll never see that world, but this year a small window opened on it. Over the last week, I got acquainted with two Netflix shows about the Pagan world as it might have been: KAOS and Twilight of the Gods.”