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After more than a century of uncertainty, archaeologists have identified a temple in Türkiye once attributed to Demeter as a rare sanctuary of Hecate, reshaping understanding of the ancient goddess’s worship beyond her better-known cult center at Lagina.
A young practitioner reflects on her first Spring Mysteries Festival, sharing a deeply personal journey of devotion, connection, and transformation as she encounters the Gods through ritual, community, and sacred experience in this heartfelt first-person account.
At 40, the Spring Mysteries Festival remains a distinctive Pagan gathering, offering an intense, immersive ritual experience that challenges participants to move beyond observation and inhabit the sacred story of Persephone’s transformation through devotion, embodiment, and sustained communal engagement.
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: honoring our pets on Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day, hundreds of votives confirm a temple of Demeter, a fearsome hypercarnivore named for Sobek, and Star’s Tarot for the week.
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: Cherry Hill launches a fundraising campaign, ATC’s Belladonna LaVeau shares a message from Demeter, updates on upcoming events and conferences, Star’s Tarot of the Week, and a reminder about Daylight Saving Time.