The Wild Hunt (https://wildhunt.org/category/features/page/34)
Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a complete hieroglyphic copy of the Canopus Decree at Tell El-Fara’in, the first in over 150 years, offering new insight into Ptolemaic religion, politics, and calendar reform.
“What set tea apart, though, was its intimacy,” writes Erick DuPree. “Astrology required training and calculation; alchemy demanded secrecy, resources, and years of study. Tea-leaf reading needed only a pot, a cup, and an attentive eye.”
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: the delightfully odd Bumpy Snailfish is discovered, the ancient Roman Ludi are remembered, Memphis welcomes a new Hoodoo Museum, and the community mourns the Crossing of the Veil of Lady Cara and Jaeme-Adelle Hughes.
Lyonel Perabo makes his pilgrimage to the 2025 Midgardsblot festival, partaking in a sweeping day filled with ritual, scholarship, and the heaviest metal to be found anywhere in Scandinavia.
Sheri Barker takes a detour to visit Gettysburg, the site of the pivotal battle of the U.S. Civil War, and considers the effect of the conflict on the land, its guardian spirits, and the state of the nation today.