The Wild Hunt (https://wildhunt.org/category/paganism)
New Pew research shows most Americans who change religions do so by age 30, often drifting away rather than rejecting belief outright. As religious affiliation declines, many are not abandoning spirituality but reshaping faith, meaning, and identity outside traditional institutions.
Looking toward 2026, our communities face uncertainty, but we have practiced resilience to an art. Amid political noise and cultural strain, care, memory, and mutual support remain our strongest tools for survival—quiet acts that resist erasure and sustain meaning through turbulent times.
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, Bòn fèt Endepandans and New Year’s Day traditions take center stage. Professor Ronald Hutton offers a lecture exploring the many histories of Hecate, while the Wolf Supermoon rises to close the holiday weekend. Star shares the tarot of the week, and we turn our attention toward the Feast of the Epiphany and more importantly, La Befana vien di notte…
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.
In keeping with TWH tradition as we approach a new year, our resident tarot expert, Star Bustamonte—who shares a weekly card in our Pagan Community Notes—charts a course for 2026 through a month-by-month spread drawn from twelve intriguing tarot decks.
A recent experiment reveals how order can emerge from restless motion. Though not chaos in the technical sense, Brownian systems show how randomness can sustain structure, inviting careful reflection alongside humanity’s oldest creation stories.
