“We tell the myths out of context, reinterpret the events through the lenses of our time, reinterpret the people to be the kinds of heroes we want,” writes Luke Babb.
Arts & Culture
Encountering the Gods: Willow’s Journey at Spring Mysteries
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A young practitioner reflects on her first Spring Mysteries Festival, sharing a deeply personal journey of devotion, connection, and transformation as she encounters the Gods through ritual, community, and sacred experience in this heartfelt first-person account.
Living
Rest. Seriously. Rest.
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Sometimes, just when we think that the world can’t get crazier, we get a reminder that life can surprise us. April is a curious month, filled at times with rain, snow, or sunshine. The current full moon in Libra asks us to consider balance. February’s Saturn conjunction with Neptune at zero degrees Aries was the wave of the green flag, letting us know that we could and should accelerate to full speed as we begin this part of our journey. Late February into March provided us with one last Mercury Retrograde in Pisces to re-see and re-view some matters.
Culture
Pete Hegseth Breaks Teeth for Jesus
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Over the course of the 2010s, it felt as though Heathens in the U.S. military made steady, if slow, progress on their religious rights. Pete Hegseth claims to have reversed all those gains in a matter of weeks. Karl E.H. Seigfried considers where Heathens go from here.
Arts & Culture
Tarot at My Table and in Popular Culture
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“As I dig deeper into cartomancy,” writes Meg Elison, “I remember all the times that the dread revelations of the cards have shown up in stories I’ve loved. Tarot is often misused, represented not only inaccurately, but incorrectly.”