Pagan Community Notes: Week of Feb 27, 2025

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

In praise of beer, the source of civilisation

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.