In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: Covenant of the Goddess represented at Papal General Audience in Rome, GAIA global leaders rally for an ambitious plastics treaty, Summer Magick Fest and Pagan Spirit Gathering celebrate community and heritage, and World Day Against Child Labour calls for urgent global action to protect children’s rights.
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Unearthing Power: Female Leadership and Building a Monumental Society at Copper Age Valencina
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Forthcoming research on Copper Age Valencina reveals early female-led leadership, expressed through lavish burials and ritual artifacts. The site’s spiritual and political complexity challenges assumptions about prehistoric power, highlighting women’s central roles in religion, economy, and early social organization.
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Lapis Modernorum Philosophorum: CERN (Very Briefly) Creates Gold From Lead
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Scientists at CERN announced that they succeed in the alchemical quest of creating gold from lead.
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Pagan Community Notes: Week of May 8, 2025
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In this week’s Pagan Community Notes ,Pagan organizations and members of the community begin reacting to the election of Pope Leo XIV, a highly important prehistoric mound was plundered in Sweden, Changes to our events page and Star’s weekly tarot.
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Researchers Say Religion—Not Rodents—Helped Turn Wildcats into House Cats
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New research reveals domestic cats were first tamed in ancient Egypt for religious rituals honoring the goddess Bastet, challenging earlier beliefs that domestication began for pest control in early farming communities.
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A would-be pope’s shrine to Diana reopens after 40 years
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The fashion house Fendi has sponsored a two-year restoration of the Grotto of Diana at the Villa d’Este, a Renaissance villa that belonged to a cardinal in the Catholic Church who decorated his vast estate with many depictions of classical myth.