The Wild Hunt (https://wildhunt.org/category/features/page/6)
After more than a century of uncertainty, archaeologists have identified a temple in Türkiye once attributed to Demeter as a rare sanctuary of Hecate, reshaping understanding of the ancient goddess’s worship beyond her better-known cult center at Lagina.
“I have spent so much energy in my life and activism fighting against things I don’t want,” writes Meagan Fischer. “I think any move toward being in a more conscientious relationship with the land and beings around us is a step toward repairing the schism between much of human civilization and the rest of this planet.”
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: Saturn officially enters retrograde (at least from Earth’s point of view), we celebrate Lughnasadh, Star shares the Tarot of the Week, and a new essay explores the long history of suspicion directed toward wealthy, independent women labeled as “witches.”
“Almost every magical system in fiction has a rule about who is allowed to learn,” writes Beatrix Kondo. “What has been remarkable about fantasy over the past few decades is how many of those systems have stopped pretending this rule is natural.”
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: a cardinal (not the bird kind) reignites the Pachamama controversy and debate over Paganism in the Catholic Church, career spells make the business news, Brittany explores the “misnamed Witch,” and, of course, Star’s Tarot of the Week.