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In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: Covenant of the Goddess represented at Papal General Audience in Rome, GAIA global leaders rally for an ambitious plastics treaty, Summer Magick Fest and Pagan Spirit Gathering celebrate community and heritage, and World Day Against Child Labour calls for urgent global action to protect children’s rights.
The Supreme Court deadlocked on a case that could have led to taxpayers funding religious schools. But while advocates for the separation of church and state celebrate, Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott notes the decision does not resolve the issue.
Donald Trump has picked Casey Means as his nominee for surgeon general. But Means, whose alternative approaches have mentioned practices like ancestor shrines and full moon rituals, has drawn a firestorm of criticism from Trump’s Christian base.
The legend is always changing from one thing to another, being gobbled up and sweated out, being birthed into new life with new names, being boiled up in the cauldron of Ceridwen to become what it must be next.
I am one of many good Witches. At any given time, any one of us might feel like we are short on heart, brain, or courage, but I assure you, as I do my companions, that that is not the case. It is okay to rest. It is okay to cry. It is okay to rage.
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, we’ve received heartfelt letters from community members reflecting on the enduring legacy of the witchcraft trials and another raising concerns about ongoing threats to religious freedom. Star’s weekly tarot pull yields the Hierophant. We are also saddened to report a Crossing of the Veil.
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