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Pagan Community Notes: Week of June 20, 2024 (Solstice Blessings!)
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In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: Solstice Blessings with news, images and announcements from US, Italy, and UK.
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Environmental protestors spray powder paint on Stonehenge ahead of June solstice
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Climate protesters spray powder on Stonehenge in a demand for the U.K. government to phase out fossil fuels before 2030.
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National events remember Scotland’s accused witches
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The names of some 4,000 people, all falsely accused of witchcraft, were read aloud in a remembrance event earlier in June. The Creative Coven, a group of female artists whose work has been inspired by the Scottish witch trials, also organized an event to educate about the historical persecution.
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The waters of Sulis Minerva may yield new antibiotics
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Research published last week suggests that the healing waters at the Roman temple complex of Sulis Minerva in Bath, UK, may yield new antibiotics to treat infections that have become resistant to current medications.
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Thornborough Henges
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Now owned by English Heritage, the Thornborough Henges are a complex of three large Neolithic henge monuments located in North Yorkshire, England, dating back to between 3500 and 2500 BCE. They are notable not only for their archaeological importance but also for their contemporary cultural relevance, as English Heritage has been supportive of the Beltane Pagan festival held there.