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At the September equinox, the Wheel turns once again. Selena Fox, Belladonna LaVeau, Lilith Wolf, Jim Sayers, Macha NightMare, and Manny Tejeda y Moreno share reflections on harvest, gratitude, death, renewal, and balance.
Pagan leaders joined a broad interfaith coalition at the Summit for Religious Freedom, highlighting concerns over Christian Nationalism while emphasizing collaboration, legal advocacy, and the growing visibility of minority faith voices in defending church–state separation in the United States.
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, Mercury Retrograde is underway, and as usual, present, perky, and problematic. Coreopsis Journal and The Commons of Modern Pagans and Spiritual Seekers (COMPASS) both share announcements and invitations to the community, while the ever-energetic Earth-Based Spirituality Action Team announces its next gathering. Regretfully, we also bring sad news: Rev. Mari Powers has crossed the Veil into the arms of the Goddess. Finally, The Old Church With the Purple Door offers an extraordinary video documenting the reclamation of a historic church and its surrounding land as a living Pagan sanctuary.
Welcome Fall Festival
Celebrate the Autumn Equinox on Saturday, September 20th, from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm at Circle Sanctuary Nature Preserve near Barneveld, Wisconsin, for their annual Welcome Fall Festival.
The festival includes workshops, ceremonies, and Nature walks, and has activities for all ages. Registration is required, and the deadline is Thursday night, September 18. To register, or to learn more, please visit circlesanctuary.org/welcomefall. Cost for in-person attendance is $30 for adults, youth 5 and older is $15, and children under age 5 are free. Sacred Sun Equinox Magic, a virtual workshop, will be live-streamed from our on-site festival.
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: Pagans join the Religious Freedom Summit in D.C.; also in D.C., a panel on covering Paganisms in journalism; the Drowning of Morana ritual; the Pink Moon is coming; Star’s Tarot of the Week—and more.