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Following criticism over revised military faith codes, the Pentagon issued corrections as the Army rolled out new chaplain uniform policies, prompting renewed questions about representation, visibility, and support for Pagan and other minority faith communities.
“For contemporary practitioners of Witchcraft, the novel demands wrestling with a complicated history,” Cosette Paneque writes. “These women weren’t claiming the identity of ‘Witch.’ They were sharing knowledge, building community, exercising what small control they could over their precarious lives.”
As 2025 closes, The Wild Hunt looks back on a year shaped by conflict, vigilance, and resilience, where Pagan communities confronted power, defended religious freedom, and strengthened collective voice through storytelling, organizing, and shared witness.
“The premise, a Biblical horror film exploring Jesus’s adolescence, is apparently treated by some as shocking,” writes Manny Tejeda Moreno. “To me, that simply confirms they’ve never read the Bible.”
TWH commemorates Trans Day of Remembrance, 2025, acknowledging the disproportionate violence against the trans community.
The Aquarian Tabernacle Church honored Rev. Selena Fox with a Lifetime Achievement Award at Hekate’s Sickle Festival in Seattle, celebrating her decades of leadership, advocacy for Pagan religious freedom, and embodiment of empowerment through the spirit of Aradia.