Living
Butcher
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I am not sure whether someone who has not raised and slaughtered an animal that they will depend on for food can understand the fond, respectful distance I hold for everything but the dearest pets.
Editorial
“They’re eating the cats” is a lie with a long history, and Pagans should be concerned
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TWH’s Editor-in-Chief, Manny Moreno, responds to the claims that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are abducting and eating the pets of other residents. The baseless claim has deep roots in racism, xenophobia, and religious intolerance, and has been levied against practitioners of Vodou and modern Paganism.
Europe
New findings from Perperikon, an ancient center of Dionysus veneration
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Perperikon, an ancient Thracian city in Bulgaria, reveals new discoveries, including Roman-era altars possibly dedicated to underworld gods. Excavations uncover connections to Dionysus worship, mystery cults, and possibly psychopomps and underworld deities.
Culture
Roman temples found with a sacrificial pit researchers say
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Researchers find Roman temples in modem-day Germany with a sacrificial space that raise questions about the nature of offerings to the gods and spirits.
Paganism
Spotlight on Traditions: An evening with Pietas – Comunità Gentile
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TWH visits the Pietas Community’s Temple to Jupiter in Rome and interviews the Religio Romana organization’s leader and pontifex maximus, Giuseppe Barbera Hermes Helios.