Opinion
On Failure
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After surgery forced her to stop, rest, and reconsider what failure means, Clio Ajana reflects on listening to the body, accepting change, and finding grace when life refuses to follow our carefully made plans.
Culture
UN Honors Indigenous Midwives as Guardians of Knowledge and Well-being
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The United Nations marks the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples by celebrating Indigenous midwives, ancestral knowledge, cultural continuity, and spiritual traditions while calling for stronger recognition, protections, and support for Indigenous-led care.
Culture
More Than Ceremony: New Study Explores Ritual’s Transformative Power
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From seasonal festivals to public rituals, communal gatherings may offer measurable psychological benefits. A new study finds shared ritual experiences can foster awe, strengthen community identity, and even expand participants’ sense of connection to humanity.
Europe
Release the Hounds! Wait… What?
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Welcome to the inaugural What the Hounds?—our new roundup of the stories that made us stop, reread the headline, and wonder what we had just read. This week: rosaries, religion bans, and an Anubis murder case.
News
Man sentenced for animal killings in the New Forest
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The man who admitted leaving animal carcasses and occult symbols at English churches has been hospitalized under the Mental Health Act, as Pagan communities stress the crimes reflect longstanding mental illness—not any recognized Pagan or occult tradition.