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In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: We begin with the sad news of chaos magician Peter J. Carroll’s passing. As the next Sabbat arrives under the Flower Moon, Beltane blessings to the North and a blessed Samhain to the South.
Alabama’s new released-time law expands off-campus religious instruction during school hours as more states adopt similar policies. Critics warn that, while legally neutral, these programs may deepen inequities, favoring majority faiths and sidelining others.
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.
The Supreme Court sided with a Christian counselor challenging Colorado’s conversion therapy ban, ruling it raises First Amendment concerns and must be reconsidered, highlighting tensions between free speech protections and regulation of licensed mental health practices.
The Norse myths are laced with a melancholic focus on the end of an age. Karl Seigfried notes that today it also feels as though a way of living is passing. But just as Ragnarök leads to a rebirth, so too might our own times – if we are willing to work for it.