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In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: Witch-obsessed undersecretary nominated for Secretary of the Navy, Osage Nation artifacts returned, Hekate’s Sickle Festival announces an exciting new location, Star’s tarot of the week, and we celebrate Summerween and chocolate! What more could you ask for?
Long before Lithuania officially embraced Christianity, Orthodox migrants and local converts lived alongside a predominantly pagan population in medieval Vilnius, offering new archaeological evidence that religious change unfolded gradually through migration, trade, and everyday life.
We don’t usually report on seasonal weather forecasts, but this one, organizations say, deserves attention. Experts say a strengthening El Niño could affect everything from winter storms to food prices, making preparedness more important than ever.
A curse tablet, part of a widespread Roman magical tradition, has been excavated in the Netherlands. It shows evidence of Greek and Egyptian influence as it implores deities and spirits to perform a task.
A new Pew Research Center report finds religious hostilities increased for the third consecutive year worldwide, while government restrictions remained near record highs and questions remain about how smaller faith communities are represented in the data.
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.
