Over the course of the 2010s, it felt as though Heathens in the U.S. military made steady, if slow, progress on their religious rights. Pete Hegseth claims to have reversed all those gains in a matter of weeks. Karl E.H. Seigfried considers where Heathens go from here.

https://wildhunt.org/2026/03/pete-hegseth-breaks-teeth-for-jesus.html

#pagan #jesus #petehegseth #departmentofdefense #asatru #heathenry #heathensinthemilitary #chaplains #christiannationalism

Pagan Community Notes for Mar 26, 2026

In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: Cherry Hill ordinations, Cybele appears in Madrid during a soccer match, Star’s Tarot of the Week, and the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel featured in recent news coverage.

https://wildhunt.org/2026/03/pagan-community-notes-march-26-2026.html

#pagan #witchcraft #ordination #soccer #tarot #assemblyofthesacredwheel #cherryhillseminary

A new UN report highlights progress and persistent barriers in women’s access to justice, emphasizing the role of civil society while examining how legal, traditional, and religious systems can both advance and limit equality.

https://wildhunt.org/2026/03/advancing-justice-for-women-un-report-highlights-gains-gaps-and-the-role-of-religious-and-traditional-systems.html

#pagan #unitednations #feminism #civilrights #womensrights #CSW70 #UNWomen

The Department of Education’s new guidance affirms protected religious expression in public schools, while raising questions about how neutrality, enforcement, and the absence of non-Abrahamic examples may shape its real-world application.

https://wildhunt.org/2026/03/new-doe-guidance-on-school-prayer-affirms-rights-leaves-questions-for-minority-faiths.html

#pagan #DepartmentOfEducation #schoolprayer #prayerinschool #kennedyvbremertonschooldistrict #religiousfreedom #publicschool

As many Pagans understand, nature can recover when given the chance. Across the globe, rewilding projects are restoring rivers, forests, wetlands, and wildlife, while efforts in California, Florida, Canada, Italy, and Scotland demonstrate success. Illinois has taken a further step, becoming the first U.S. state to enshrine rewilding into law.

https://wildhunt.org/2026/03/a-wilder-world-global-rewilding-efforts-and-a-landmark-law-in-illinois.html

#pagan #nature #worldrewildingday #conservation #rewilding #illinois #klamathriver #picayunestrand

“As I dig deeper into cartomancy,” writes Meg Elison, “I remember all the times that the dread revelations of the cards have shown up in stories I’ve loved. Tarot is often misused, represented not only inaccurately, but incorrectly.”

https://wildhunt.org/2026/03/tarot-at-my-table-and-in-popular-culture.html

#pagan #witchcraft #tarot #reviews #popculture

Alan U. Dalul reviews Christabel Jessica and Cecilia G.F.’s oracle deck, which focuses on masculine divinities from a variety of mythologies and traditions.

https://wildhunt.org/2026/03/review-divine-masculine-healing-oracle.html

#pagan #divinemasculine #mythology #divinemasculine

“Art is not concerned with being right so much as it is with being true,” writes Storm Faerywolf. “When we approach magic as art, we accept that subjectivity is not a flaw to be corrected, but an inherent quality to be cultivated and grown.”

https://wildhunt.org/2026/03/the-witchs-arte.html

#pagan #witchcraft #magic #lauriecabot #science #art

Pagan Community Notes for Mar 19, 2026

In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: Ostara and Mabon blessings across the hemispheres. We sadly mark the passing of KIVA founder and lead singer Ariana Lightningstorm. A young champion of Indigenous rights prompts Cornell to reverse course. Star shares her Tarot of the Week, and we offer songs for the season.

https://wildhunt.org/2026/03/pagan-community-notes-march-19-2026.html

#pagan #witchcraft #ostara #mabon #springequinox #vernalequinox #olelohawaii #kaylatoves #arianalightningstorm #tarot

A now verified Pentagon memorandum circulating online suggests new scrutiny of religious grooming exemptions for service members, raising concerns among Pagan and Heathen practitioners and echoing tensions following earlier controversial “Nordic Pagan” remarks by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in 2025.

https://wildhunt.org/2026/03/after-nordic-pagan-remarks-unverified-memo-suggests-new-scrutiny-of-religious-grooming-exemptions-in-u-s-military.html

#pagan #heathen #departmentofdefense