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The Wild Hunt News<p>New research reveals domestic cats were first tamed in ancient Egypt for religious rituals honoring the goddess Bastet, challenging earlier beliefs that domestication began for pest control in early farming communities.</p><p><a href="https://wildhunt.org/2025/05/researchers-say-religion-not-rodents-helped-turn-wildcats-into-house-cats.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wildhunt.org/2025/05/researche</span><span class="invisible">rs-say-religion-not-rodents-helped-turn-wildcats-into-house-cats.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biorxiv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biorxiv</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ancientegypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ancientegypt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bastet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bastet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wildcats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildcats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pagan</span></a></p>
The Wild Hunt News<p>In an age where religious minorities — especially Pagans — already face real marginalization, suspicion, and in some cases, violence, Brooks’s carelessness, and by proxy, The New York Times’s carelessness for publishing it with little editorial concern, is irresponsible.</p><p><a href="https://wildhunt.org/2025/05/here-we-go-again-david-brookss-misuse-of-paganism-as-a-cultural-corruption.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wildhunt.org/2025/05/here-we-g</span><span class="invisible">o-again-david-brookss-misuse-of-paganism-as-a-cultural-corruption.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pagan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/witchcraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>witchcraft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/davidbrooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>davidbrooks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/newyorktimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newyorktimes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/insults" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insults</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ancientgreece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ancientgreece</span></a></p>
Cat<p>There is no such thing as a "correct" spelling for a pagan god's name. Some spellings have become convention when referring to a localized deity in history or a particular tradition. </p><p>For example, one might spell 'FREYJA' when referring to a specifically Anglo Saxon practice, vs. 'FREYA' for a more general practice. A Hellenic Pagan might spell 'HEKATE' and a Wiccan will spell 'HECATE.' But I think everyone agrees that we are talking about the same goddesses. Or at least, any differences are so small that they are negligible. </p><p>Our gods existed before written language, and people called out to them way before they wrote down what their names might look like in the phonetic alphabet they were using at the time. Whatever looks right to you is right.</p><p><a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/Pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pagan</span></a></p>
Laura Perry<p>This week's Minoan tarot cards:</p><p>Lady of Horns: Patience, deliberation, and self-control will net you better results than marching in with a get-it-done attitude. Handle situations with delicacy and carefully examine all angles before taking your time to make a decision.</p><p>Ace of Labryses: Your strength is your ability to puzzle out the best solution, allowing space for new ideas as well as old. Once you've found the best answer, lean into your mental fortitude to stick with it, even if others resist.</p><p>This deck is my creation, my art. Details and card pix: <a href="https://www.minoantarot.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">minoantarot.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/tarot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tarot</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/TarotCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TarotCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/divination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>divination</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/cartomancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartomancy</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pagan</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/paganism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paganism</span></a></p>
chestas<p>Thunder, lightning and pounding rain just hit us here in Northern Tasmania. </p><p>I guess Bridget Archer has summoned the weather Gods to punish those who didn't vote for her on this Samhain evening </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/tasmania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tasmania</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/lutruwita" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lutruwita</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pagan</span></a></p>
Rob<p>We visited Pen-yr-orsedd standing stones in <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Anglesey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anglesey</span></a> to mark <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/beltane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beltane</span></a>. No naked frolicking or drum banging this year, just <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/respect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>respect</span></a> for the changing seasons and the blazing sun. <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pagan</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a></p>
chestas<p>To all those in the Southern Hemisphere who celebrate, it's Samhain today, the beginning of winter. So hopefully the darkness passes quickly :)</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pagan</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/samhain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>samhain</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/winter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>winter</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SouthernHemisphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthernHemisphere</span></a></p>
Feral Strumpet<p>This vintage, old-school witch pentagram necklace is from the early 1980s, made of brass and pewter. Wearing a pentagram that has been worn &amp; loved by another witch is a wonderful way to celebrate the continuity of our paths through space and time!</p><p><a href="https://feralstrumpet.com/products/old-school-witch-vintage-pentagram-necklace-in-pewter-80s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">feralstrumpet.com/products/old</span><span class="invisible">-school-witch-vintage-pentagram-necklace-in-pewter-80s</span></a></p><p><a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vintage</span></a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Necklace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Necklace</span></a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Witch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Witch</span></a> <a href="https://handmade.social/tags/Pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pagan</span></a></p>
cohan<p>In the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Latvian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Latvian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pagan</span></a> tradition, we are now in the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TimeOfFlowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeOfFlowers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/season" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>season</span></a> and more are popping up in the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garden</span></a> every day (wild also, but more slowly). The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a> are ready and on the job. Here are some neighbour's <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/honeybee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>honeybee</span></a> and tiny <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WildBees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WildBees</span></a> enjoying the small <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flowers</span></a> of a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Tulip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tulip</span></a> in the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RockGarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RockGarden</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BloomScrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BloomScrolling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Florespondence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florespondence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alberta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a></p>
The Wild Hunt News<p>Hospitals are always places where life and death cross paths and even sometimes walk together. This is one reason hospitals send chills crawling up our spines and through our nervous systems like a fast-growing poison ivy vine.</p><p><a href="https://wildhunt.org/2025/05/the-bear-the-great-mother-and-the-weary-determination-of-my-heart.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wildhunt.org/2025/05/the-bear-</span><span class="invisible">the-great-mother-and-the-weary-determination-of-my-heart.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pagan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/witchcraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>witchcraft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/goddess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>goddess</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greatmother" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greatmother</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/healing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/liminalspaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>liminalspaces</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a></p>
Cat<p>Hail Freya, it's Friday! Time for a <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/FridayPaganPoll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FridayPaganPoll</span></a>:</p><p>In a two-part question today, I'm wondering if you have kids, do you raise them as Pagan?</p><p>Meaning, do you teach them about paganism and include them in age-approprite practices as they grow up? </p><p>If you don't have kids, or never plan to, then try and answer hypothetically for me, just for fun.</p><p>*Please leave Christian baggage at home before commenting.*</p><p><a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/Pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pagan</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/Witch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Witch</span></a></p>
ShadowPlay<p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Beltaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Beltaine</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Beltane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Beltane</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/FiresOfBeltane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FiresOfBeltane</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pagan</span></a></p>
Nina ZinaHave a magical &amp; revolutionary May Day! <br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/mayday?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mayday</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/beltane?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beltane</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/beltaneblessings?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beltaneblessings</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fedicoven?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fedicoven</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/witchcraft?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#witchcraft</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pagan?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pagan</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bloomscrolling?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bloomscrolling</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/cherryblossom?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cherryblossom</a>
Lydia Vvinters<p>A bit of <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bloomscrolling</span></a> during my super secret sunset sunflower seed bombing scheme this evening.</p><p>Save the bees, seed bomb the neighbourhood!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/beltane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beltane</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pagan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/greenwitch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greenwitch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/witch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>witch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flowers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/naturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturephotography</span></a></p>
The Wild Hunt News<p>Pagan Community Notes: Beltaine 2025</p><p>In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: Many blessings to your community at this Turn of the Wheel! We celebrate Beltaine in the Northern Hemisphere and Samhain in the Southern Hemisphere. In other news, TWH launches new reporting sections, ADF elects a new Archdruid, author and Witch Mortellus shares a statement about a recent publishing experience, Star offers the Tarot reading of the week, and more upcoming events.</p><p><a href="https://wildhunt.org/2025/05/pagan-community-notes-beltaine-2025.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wildhunt.org/2025/05/pagan-com</span><span class="invisible">munity-notes-beltaine-2025.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pagan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/beltane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beltane</span></a></p>
Affienia<p>Blessed Beltane to all in the north. May you feel the sun on your skin and feel the rise of potential and bounty all around you. </p><p>(Samhain to those in the south)<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pagan</span></a></p>
captain acab :antifa:<p>Beltane blessings to all who celebrate!</p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pagan</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Beltane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Beltane</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/MayDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MayDay</span></a> :blobcatflower:</p>
The Wild Hunt News<p>Beltaine blessings to our friends in the northern hemisphere! And blessings of Samhain to our friends in the southern hemisphere!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/beltane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beltane</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/beltaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beltaine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/samhain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>samhain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pagan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/witchcraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>witchcraft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wicca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wicca</span></a></p>
Polly Springhorn (she/her)<p><a href="https://sonomu.club/tags/beltaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beltaine</span></a> and <a href="https://sonomu.club/tags/mayday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mayday</span></a> blessings to all who celebrate! Big energy! Good trouble!<br><a href="https://sonomu.club/tags/pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pagan</span></a></p>
Affienia<p>My <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FaerieOracle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FaerieOracle</span></a> for Beltane read very much like there is the potential for poor communication and misunderstanding due to taking on too much or moving too fast. So I’m reminded to set a pace I can maintain, and to gather all the info before making a decision. Duly noted.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pagan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tarot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tarot</span></a></p>