The Wild Hunt (https://wildhunt.org/category/paganism)
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.
Tarot of the Week by Star Bustamonte
Deck: Heart & Hands Tarot, by Liz Blackbird, published by U.S. Games Systems, Inc.
Card: Ace of Cups
The incoming week is apt to elicit feelings of compassion and joy that may even seem overwhelming. Sharing these emotions is likely to open up a gateway within the self that amplifies creativity, generosity, and kindness and inspires the same in others. New beginnings that revolve around conception and birth, or a relationship, are also emphasized. Passion for what both feeds and expands the heart is liable to be an underlying theme. In contrast, past harms are likely to have created a situation where relationships and feelings for others are held at bay or held at a distance.
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.
“If you’re drawn to folkloric density, ancestral memory, visceral horror that rejects comfort, or animist logic where houses and bodies blur,” writes Cosette Paneque in her review of Irene Solà’s novel, “this has power. But know what you’re walking into.”
“I urge you to remember our history, our shared history as a nation, our family histories, our cultural history, and our religious history,” writes Clio Ajana. “Look to our ancients for guidance, wisdom and tips on how to survive.”
