Release the Hounds! Wait... What? - Europe, Hounds, News, TWH Features, U.K., U.S., World

Witchcraft & Pagan News - 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, religi...

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After 113 Years, Hecate Regains Temple Long Attributed to Demeter - Europe, News, Paganism, TWH Features, Uncovering the Past, Witchcraft, World

Witchcraft & Pagan News - 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...

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A Blessed Lughnasadh - Living, Paganism, Religion, The Wild Hunt, Witchcraft

Witchcraft & Pagan News - TWH wishes its readers in the northern hemisphere a blessed Lughnasadh and Lammas and a blessed Imbolc to our readers in the southern half of the world. | Living, Paganism, R...

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Connecting to Regenerative Foodways in the Pacific Northwest - Conservation, Indigenous Land, Kitchen Witcheries, Living, Paganism, Perspectives, The Wild Hunt, TWH Features, Witchcraft

Witchcraft & Pagan News - "I have spent so much energy in my life and activism fighting against things I don’t want," writes Meagan Fischer. "I think any move toward being in a more conscientious rela...

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Pagan Community Notes: Week of July 30, 2026 - News, Pagan Community Notes, Paganism, TWH Features, U.S., Witchcraft, World

Witchcraft & Pagan News - In this week's Pagan Community Notes: Saturn officially enters retrograde (at least from Earth's point of view), we celebrate Lughnasadh, Star shares the Tarot of the Week, a...

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Editorial: The Opposite of the Warrior - Editorial, News, Paganism, Perspectives, U.S., Witchcraft

Witchcraft & Pagan News - The revival of Muscular Christianity reflects a broader cultural shift that elevates the warrior above the citizen. Healthy societies require many virtues—not one—and religio...

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House Bill Would Expand Religious Protections for Military Chaplains as CIA Chaplain Law Takes Effect - News, Politics, The Wild Hunt, U.S.

Witchcraft & Pagan News - As the Pentagon implements sweeping changes to military religious policy, Congress is considering legislation that would expand statutory protections for military chaplains w...

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CUUPS Marks 40 Years of Building Pagan Community - News, Paganism, Religion, Spotlight on Tradition, The Wild Hunt, U.S., Witchcraft, World

Witchcraft & Pagan News - The Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans celebrated its 40th anniversary in Salem, Massachusetts, honoring four decades of Earth-centered ministry, interfaith engagement...

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The First Spell Is Silence: The Pagan Question of Withheld Knowledge - Arts & Culture, Book Reviews, Culture, Paganism, Religion, The Wild Hunt, TWH Features, Witchcraft

Witchcraft & Pagan News - "Almost every magical system in fiction has a rule about who is allowed to learn," writes Beatrix Kondo. "What has been remarkable about fantasy over the past few decades is ...

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Opinion: Will the Real “Mind-Virus” Please Stand Up? - Opinion, Paganism, Perspectives, Politics, U.S., Witchcraft

Witchcraft & Pagan News - "The 'Woke Mind Virus,' as espoused by Elon Musk, is of course a work of fiction. Mostly. But don’t count the idea out just yet," writes Storm Faerywolf. "I think those who p...

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Opinion: A Modest Proposal for Banning Christian Athletes from Men’s Sports - Culture, Opinion, Paganism, Perspectives, Politics, Religion, Sports

Witchcraft & Pagan News - Rather than obsessing over the miniscule number of transgender athletes in women's sports, fairness-minded politicians like Ken Paxton should focus on the pandemic of unregul...

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Pagan Community Notes: Week of July 23, 2026 - Culture, News, Pagan Community Notes, Paganism, TWH Features, U.S., World

Witchcraft & Pagan News - In this week's Pagan Community Notes: a cardinal (not the bird kind) reignites the Pachamama controversy and debate over Paganism in the Catholic Church, career spells make t...

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Wildfires Are Changing How North America Thinks About Forests—and Indigenous Knowledge Is Helping Lead the Way - Canada, Conservation, Environment, Indigenous Land, News, Paganism, The Wild Hunt, U.S....

Witchcraft & Pagan News - As catastrophic wildfires reshape North American forests, governments are increasingly embracing Indigenous fire stewardship, recognizing that healthier landscapes depend not...

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Migration and Religious Diversity Shaped Early Vilnius in Europe's Last Pagan Kingdom - Culture, Europe, News, Paganism, Science, TWH Features, Uncovering the Past, World

Witchcraft & Pagan News - Long before Lithuania officially embraced Christianity, Orthodox migrants and local converts lived alongside a predominantly pagan population in medieval Vilnius, offering ne...

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Less Than 14 Days Remain to Comment on Proposal to Remove Chaco Protections - Indigenous Land, News, Paganism, U.S., World

Witchcraft & Pagan News - The Interior Department has opened a brief public comment period on a proposal to remove protections for the landscape surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park, a m...

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Tarot! at the Morgan Library - Arts & Culture, Culture, News, Paganism, Reviews, TWH Features, U.S., Witchcraft

Witchcraft & Pagan News - "If someone were trying to trap me," writes Meg Elison in her review of the exhibit, "one of the surest ways would be to put up a sign to say there’s a show focused on tarot ...

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Review: Nolan's "The Odyssey" burns the world entire - Arts & Culture, Culture, Film & TV Reviews, Paganism, Reviews, TWH Features

Witchcraft & Pagan News - Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott reviews Christopher Nolan's new film "The Odyssey," which portrays the Homeric hero as haunted by war, loss, and a sense that he has betrayed the...

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Gold Votive Plaque Reveals Cult of Jupiter Dolichenus at Roman Fort on the Black Sea - Asia, Europe, News, Paganism, The Wild Hunt, TWH Features, Uncovering the Past, Witchcraft, World

Witchcraft & Pagan News - Archaeologists in Georgia have uncovered a gold votive plaque bearing the first direct inscription linking the Roman fort of Apsaros to the mystery cult of Jupiter Dolichenus...

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Arkansas Tops Religious Liberty Index; Report Reflects a Particular Vision of Religious Freedom - Culture, News, Paganism, Religion, The Wild Hunt, U.S., Witchcraft

Witchcraft & Pagan News - Arkansas tops the 2026 Religious Liberty in the States index after expanding statutory conscience protections. While the report offers a detailed legal analysis, it also rais...

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As El Niño Strengthens, Experts Urge Communities to Prepare - Environment, News, Paganism, Science, The Wild Hunt, U.S., Witchcraft, World

Witchcraft & Pagan News - We don't usually report on seasonal weather forecasts, but this one, organizations say, deserves attention. Experts say a strengthening El Niño could affect everything from w...

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Opinion: What Pagans can learn from Graham Platner - News, Opinion, Paganism, Perspectives, Politics, U.S.

Witchcraft & Pagan News - "Platner’s swift rise and fall mirrors the dynamics we often experience in Pagan spaces when a new cult of personality begins picking up steam," writes Ryan Smith, examining ...

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Editorial: House Church - Editorial, Law, News, Paganism, Perspectives, Politics, Religion, The Wild Hunt, U.S., Witchcraft

Witchcraft & Pagan News - Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott looks at the groups supporting Grand v. City of University Heights, Ohio, the Supreme Court home worship case TWH covered on Monday, and finds hi...

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Pagan Community Notes: Week of July 9, 2026 - News, Pagan Community Notes, Paganism, The Wild Hunt, U.S., Witchcraft, World

Witchcraft & Pagan News - In this week's Pagan Community Notes: CUUPS Convocation turns 40, Hexed stirs fresh controversy, Fast Company and Vogue shine a spotlight on modern witchcraft, Star shares he...

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Serpent's Key Owner Challenges Pennsylvania's Fortune-Telling Ban - News, Paganism, Religion, The Wild Hunt, U.S., World

Witchcraft & Pagan News - A Pagan shop owner's federal lawsuit and a legislative repeal effort are challenging Pennsylvania's fortune-telling law, raising broader questions about antiquated divination...

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White House Report Says Smithsonian History Museum Shifted from History to Activism - Culture, Paganism, Politics, Religion, The Wild Hunt, U.S., Witchcraft, World

Witchcraft & Pagan News - A White House report targeting the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History raises broader questions about religion, historical interpretation, colonialism, and how ...

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Supreme Court to Hear Home Worship Case; Decision Could Affect Covens and Other Minority Faiths - Law, Living, News, Paganism, Religion, The Wild Hunt, U.S., Witchcraft

Witchcraft & Pagan News - The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a religious liberty case examining home worship and zoning laws. Although centered on an Orthodox Jewish prayer group, the ruling could shape...

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Fate of wild horses left unclear as Indigenous tribe files complaint against their removal - Conservation, Indigenous Land, News, Paganism, Politics, The Wild Hunt, U.S.

Witchcraft & Pagan News - A herd of wild horses in California are said to have damaged the local ecosystem. A federal plan to remove the horses is being challenged by an Indigenous tribe that claims t...

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Opinion: At the Crossroads of America's 250th Birthday - Opinion, Paganism, Perspectives, Politics, U.S.

Witchcraft & Pagan News - "250 years later, our nation struggles through an emotional morass that hovers like a low-hanging weather system," writes Clio Ajana. "For those who were alive during 1976 bi...

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Opinion: No Frith with Folkism - Opinion, Paganism, Perspectives, Politics, Spotlight on Tradition

Witchcraft & Pagan News - A group of Heathen organizations writes in to reiterate their opposition to Folkish Heathenry and announce their ongoing coalition for inclusive Heathenry. | Opinion, Paganis...

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Pagan Community Notes: Week of July 2, 2026 - Canada, Culture, News, Pagan Community Notes, Paganism, TWH Features, U.S., Witchcraft, World

Witchcraft & Pagan News - In this week's Pagan Community Notes: House of Black Cat Magic takes top honors, Star's Tarot of the Week, community elevations, announcements and celebrations, Independence ...

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