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Archaeologists in central Romania have uncovered a rare 7,500-year-old clay figurine depicting a female figure with arms raised in invocation. Discovered during preventive excavations, the small Neolithic artifact illuminates the symbolic and spiritual world of Europe’s earliest farming communities.
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, an extraordinary Anglo-Saxon sword has been uncovered in England, offering a glimpse into early medieval power and ancestral memory. Meanwhile, the calendar stirs. It might be Lupercalia — yes, who let the dogs out? It’s certainly St. Valentine’s Day, and possibly Dísablót. Late winter carries more than one story. Star shares her Tarot of the Week, offering insight as we navigate these shifting seasonal currents. Spirit Northwest Conference enters its second year, continuing to build sacred community in the Pacific Northwest. Over at Spelling the Heka-Tea, Marcus and Evanne may be simmering some love into their latest episode. And while you’re listening and learning about the amazing work happening across our community, don’t forget to check in with the Desperate House Witches. There’s a lot happening — and we’re here for all of it.
The Becket Fund’s 2025 Religious Freedom Index shows rising support for religion in public life, yet its findings leave key questions unanswered for Pagans. Christian-centered examples dominate the survey, highlighting tensions between broad claims of pluralism and uneven real-world application.
WMore than 75,000 marched in Minneapolis demanding ICE leave the Twin Cities. Stone Circle Wicca answered a clergy call in solidarity, framing resistance as a sacred duty rooted in humanization, interfaith cooperation, and the defense of dignity through sustained, community-centered action.
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, we begin with some good news: celebrations of Imbolc and the Feast of Brigid offered beautiful videos and thoughtful lessons; Via Lactea Sanctuary reached a property tax settlement in New York; and a federal judge allowed The Satanic Temple’s lawsuit against the City of Boston to move forward. Then comes the strange: reports of David Hume’s grave being vandalized with so-called “satanic” imagery. And stranger still, the National Prayer Breakfast unfolded largely as predicted, while New Hampshire lawmakers introduced a constitutional amendment to move the state toward Christian theocracy.