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Editorial: Pagan Is Not a Synonym for Barbarism

By Manny Moreno | February 11, 2026

“When contemporary commentators describe authoritarian politics as ‘pagan,'” writes Manny Moreno, “they risk reinforcing an exclusionary narrative: that Christianity civilized power, while paganism represented brute force. That binary not only oversimplifies history; it marginalizes living religious minorities.”

New Becket Index Finds Rising Support for Religious Freedom—Even for Pagans?

The Becket Fund’s 2025 Religious Freedom Index shows rising support for religion in public life, yet its findings leave key questions unanswered for Pagans. Christian-centered examples dominate the survey, highlighting tensions between broad claims of pluralism and uneven real-world application.

Humanization as Sacred Duty: Stone Circle Wicca Lessons on Defending Dignity in Minneapolis

WMore than 75,000 marched in Minneapolis demanding ICE leave the Twin Cities. Stone Circle Wicca answered a clergy call in solidarity, framing resistance as a sacred duty rooted in humanization, interfaith cooperation, and the defense of dignity through sustained, community-centered action.

Review: I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness

“If you’re drawn to folkloric density, ancestral memory, visceral horror that rejects comfort, or animist logic where houses and bodies blur,” writes Cosette Paneque in her review of Irene Solà’s novel, “this has power. But know what you’re walking into.”

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Editorials and Analysis

  • Editorial: Twin Cities
    By Eric O. Scott

    Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott comments on the ongoing federal siege of Minneapolis and St. Paul and the efforts of ordinary people to protect their neighbors, even in the face of death.

  • Editorial: Religious Freedom Day looks a little different than before
    By Manny Moreno

    National Religious Freedom Day marks a legal tradition meant to restrain government power over belief. But the 2026 proclamation signals a shift, recasting religious liberty from constitutional protection into a state-driven project promoting public faith and privileging one religious tradition.

Pagan Living

  • Researchers Say Hidden Detail in Boleyn Portrait Rebuts Witchcraft Accusations
    By Manny Moreno

    New analysis of a famous Anne Boleyn portrait suggests it was deliberately altered to counter witchcraft slander, revealing how art, politics, and gendered attacks shaped the posthumous image of Henry VIII’s ill-fated queen history.

  • ICE and the High One
    By Karl E. H. Seigfried

    Karl E.H. Seigfried looks at the last month's escalating resistance to ICE and CBP's Operation Metro Blitz in Minneapolis and calls on Heathens to embrace the Hávamál's call to give evil no peace.

Pagan Perspectives

  • Could A.I. be the Witch’s Familiar of Old?
    By Guest Contributor

    Alex J. Coyne looks into how some Witches and Pagans are using chatbots and other generative AI tools as components in their rituals and spells - and why that has potential to be a very bad idea.

  • Skincare as Sorcery: The Occult Economics of K-Beauty and Glass Skin Witchcraft
    By Guest Contributor

    "This is a grimoire," writes Beatrix Kondo. "You must learn which extracts do what, which acids exfoliate, which peptides build collagen, which ferments penetrate deepest. You must study. You must practice. You must have faith."

Ancient Cultures

  • A New Mystery Emerges from Ancient Norway: A Viking Woman Buried with Shells and Wings
    By Manny Moreno

    A Viking woman’s grave in Trøndelag has stunned archaeologists: scallop shells laid over her mouth and bird-wing bones nearby reveal a burial practice unknown in pre-Christian Norway, raising new questions about ritual, belief, and symbolism.

  • “We are children of the Sun”: new exhibit honors Mexica Coyolxāuhqui stone
    By Manny Moreno

    A new exhibit in Mexico City honors the discovery of the stunning Coyolxāuhqui Stone, which tells the myth of the Mexica goddess of the moon.

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