He spins the card, bright with marigolds, to face me. “Stop me if you’ve heard this one before – what if you let yourself be sad?” Looking at the card is easier than looking at him. “I tried,” I say. “I should be done by now.”

https://wildhunt.org/2025/08/fallow.html

#pagan #witchcraft #altars #change #emotions #grief #moving #aphrodite #dionysos

Pagan Community Notes for Aug 7, 2025

In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: Rev. Patrick McCollum announces that a documentary about his life and work will soon be released; the Sturgeon Moon rises amid the sparks of Perseus’ sword; plus, Star’s Tarot of the Week and the trolls of Thomas Dambo.

https://wildhunt.org/2025/08/pagan-community-notes-august-7-2025.html

#patrickmccollum #sturgeonmoon #PerseidMeteorShower #tarot #pagan #wicca #witchcraft #thomasdambotrolls

Each July, survivors in Galicia are carried in coffins to honor Santa Marta. Now, a local priest calls the tradition “witchcraft,” sparking protest and raising questions about faith, folklore, and the fight for cultural survival.

https://wildhunt.org/2025/08/priest-calls-coffin-procession-witchcraft-and-demands-it-be-stopped.html

#madrid #galicia #romeriadelosataudes #santamarta #witchcraft #iberoceltic #ritual #spain

More than 5,000 Indigenous women gathered in Brasília to defend their rights, protect ancestral lands, and resist environmental rollbacks and uniting across ecological biomes in song, strategy, and strength for the healing of the Earth.

https://wildhunt.org/2025/08/the-amazon-cannot-be-defended-without-indigenous-women-five-thousand-women-demand-healing-the-earth.html

#brasilia #indigenousrights #environment #OurBodyOurTerritory #amazon #indigenouswomen #womensrights #politics

Russian leaders continue using fictional threats to justify repression. With “Satanists” now banned and LGBTQ+ groups labeled extremists, religious minorities—including Pagans—face growing risks under an increasingly Orthodox-aligned regime.

https://wildhunt.org/2025/08/russian-supreme-court-bans-imaginary-international-satanist-movement-endangering-other-communities.html

#religion #duma #russia #satanists #witches #azonbattalion #rodnovery #russiansupremecourt #lgbtqia

[Book Review] Ryan Smith of the Wayward Wanderer podcast contributes a review of Spencer Sunshine’s new book on James Mason, whose newsletter influenced far-right corners of the occult and Pagan subcultures in the 1980s.

https://wildhunt.org/2025/08/review-neo-nazi-terrorism-and-countercultural-fascism.html

#pagan #bookreview #neonazi #counterculture #fascism #altright #waywardwonderer #jamesmason

With all the chaos in the world, we need a bit of hope, a bit of remembrance that life is not always a series of catastrophes, even when it appears to be that way.

https://wildhunt.org/2025/08/there-is-always-tomorrow.html

#pagan #politics #witchcraft #donaldtrump #hope #kermitthefrog #pravda #socialistrealism #thestar #tarot

Storytelling and Spirituality: Reclaiming a Folk Tradition ~ Dr. Natalie Emmons invites readers to consider the role of storytelling and oral tradition to modern Pagan traditions.

https://wildhunt.org/2025/08/storytelling-and-spirituality-reclaiming-a-folk-tradition.html

#folklore #fairytales #heathenry #hoodoo #oraltradition #ozarks #storytelling #voodoo #wicca #pagan #wondertales

Pagan Community Notes, Lughnassadh 2025:

In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: Blessed First Harvest to our readers in the Northern Hemisphere, and a joyful Imbolc to those in the South! The Aquarian Tabernacle Church strengthens community ties, event and announcements plus Star offers the Tarot of the Week, and—Cthulhu ftagn!

https://wildhunt.org/2025/07/pagan-community-notes-lughnassadh-2025.html

#firstharvest #lammas #imbolc #lughnasadh #pagan #witchcraft #wicca

After receiving multiple community requests, The Wild Hunt investigated a new Supreme Court petition. Kim Davis, the former Kentucky clerk jailed in 2015 for refusing same-sex marriage licenses, is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell, a move that also reignites national religious liberty debates which many Pagan traditions see as a private and settled matter.

https://wildhunt.org/2025/07/petition-sent-to-supreme-court-to-overturn-obergefell.html

#scotus #obergefell #samesexmarriage #politics #religion #pagan #religiousliberty