The Wild Hunt (https://wildhunt.org/category/paganism/witchcraft)
“It was indeed hard for me to parse out the nuances of care and healthy boundaries with my mom,” writes Meagan Fischer. “As much as I had empathy for her, it didn’t mean it was my job to use all my energy caring for her forever, at great cost to myself.”
Meg Elison reviews the exhibition of the surrealist artist Leonora Carrington’s sculpture currently on display at L’SPACE gallery in New York City.
“‘Dionysos, inspire us!’ came the call, and ‘Dionysos, inspire us!’ came the answer,” writes Eric O. Scott, describing his experience attending an Orphic Solar Rite at the 2026 St. Louis Pagan Picnic, hosted by the Kansas City Sorcerous Arts Collective.
“This column is a ritual,” writes Luke Babb in their final column for The Wild Hunt. “All of my columns have been. What is a spell, after all, but an attempt to change the world? What is a story, an argument, a play or a poem, if not an attempt to do the same?”
New archaeological discoveries in Spain and Türkiye reveal how the images of Venus and Tyche shaped ancient lives, connecting divine symbolism with domestic devotion, civic identity, memory, and the ways people understood their place in the world.
As tens of thousands gathered for Nemi’s Sagra delle Fragole, contemporary devotees continued to honor Diana near her ancient sanctuary below the town, where restoration work is expected to culminate in a public reopening later this summer.
