Researchers find that Aztec skull whistles evoke fear through scream-like sounds, impacting brain areas linked to alertness. Listeners perceive them as unsettling, with hybrid natural and artificial qualities.
News
“Canary in the coal mine” – World Rivers Post Driest Year
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The world Meteorological Association has released a report that reveals severe stress on water supplies worldwide, with record-low river flows, extensive glacier loss, and escalating droughts endangering agriculture, all communities and ecosystems amid rising demand for the resource.
Asia
Pagan Community Notes: Week of October 3, 2024
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In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, Western Carolina Pagans help the community, Everglades Moon Local Council releases a statement in support of the Haitian community, upcoming event including EBSAT, Pagan Prides, Twilight Covening, and Hecate’s Sickle next month, and yes, we have been friends with cheeses a long time.
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The Neurospicy and the Spooky Season: Keeping the Light on for Everyone
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As Samhain and Halloween approach, balancing festivities with sensitivity toward neurodivergent community members, particularly those with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), fosters a more inclusive environment and ensures everyone can comfortably enjoy the spooky season.
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Mindfulness Meditation Produces Empirically Observable Pain Relief
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New research shows that mindfulness—a common and central meditation practice in many Pagan spiritual paths—not only helps manage pain, but also engages distinct brain mechanisms beyond the placebo effect.
Europe
Community, Responsibility, and the New Normal: a report from the Netherlands Feri Retreat
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It had been seven years since Anaar and I had traveled to Europe to offer this work. In many ways, we expected it to unfold much as it had before: a celebration of community, of poetry, of ritual, of art. And while it did indeed fulfill all that, there was another, more global reality that inserted itself into the mix: Covid-19.