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In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: The Interfaith community in South Carolina responds to the events in Pickens, Hellenic religious leaders call for community protest after a court blocks the construction of a new Temple of Zeus, conservationists build monkey bridges, Matronalia approaches, this week’s Tarot card is The Moon, and more events are on the horizon
Rt. Rev. Terry Riley, a long-time advocate for Wiccan rights and community service, is leading a new initiative to bring spiritual support to incarcerated individuals.
Reports indicate that a Christian church allegedly harassed a Wiccan vendor, sparking community backlash in support of both the vendor and the market. The church now frames this response as an act of Christian persecution.
A new study of an ancient Egyptian ritual vase from the 2nd century BCE uncovered a surprising recipe. Researchers found signs of plants with healing and mind-altering effects, fruit wines, honey, and traces of human fluids, suggesting unusual ritual practices.
Though beer has become a purely recreational drink over the last century and a half, as changes in food production, water management, and attitudes towards alcohol have phased it out of daily life, for many of our ancestors it was essential – as sacred as fire, bread, and the other building blocks of civilised life.