Pagan Tama
Top stories of the week in Paganism and Shinto:
- Greece plans hourly caps on visitors to ancient Acropolis
- Turkey: Statuary heads of Greek gods unearthed in ancient city of Aizanoi
- Jordan: A child’s ornate necklace highlights ancient farmers’ social complexity
And more – see below…
Please note: Pagan Tama will be taking a break for the summer for the next few weeks; we’ll be back in September with news as normal!
Pagan News
UK: Save Stonehenge – the activists fighting to rescue the UK’s pagan heartland
Dazed
Pagans and environmental protestors are rallying against the Tories’ plans to build a road tunnel through the middle of the ancient ruins…
UK: Holbeach Hub hosts popular Witches’ Fayre
Spalding Today
An event to educate visitors and showcase pagan and wiccan belief systems has taken place…
UK: What happened when I asked a witch to solve all my problems
iNews*
As the rational, material world becomes increasingly dire, it seems that many of us want to believe in magic, turning to tarot cards, spells, astrology and crystals…
The new paganism of the digital age
Unherd
Erik Davis forecast our era of mystic ecstasy..
OK, now I’m on WitchTok. Please don’t hex me
Junkee
I’m not sure how or why it happened, but I’ve found my way onto WitchTok…
US: Michigan’s largest Pagan & witchcraft shop
WRKR
Paganism has been around for centuries and there are even stores for these practices, the biggest one in Michigan actually residing in a rural area in West Michigan…
Lammas Day 2023: An ancient Scottish tradition marking the season’s first harvest
The Scotsman
To mark the start of harvest season, Lammas Day or “Loaf Mass” had many unique customs that were observed on this once important day in Scotland…
Shinto News
‘Divine messenger’ boy matures through Gion Festival roles with dream to become YouTuber
The Mainichi
An 11-year-old aspiring YouTuber has grown in confidence through his role as a “divine messenger” performing a series of rituals in the traditional Gion Festival here this summer…
Traditional Japanese horse festival faces criticism after death of horse
NHK World
An annual festival at a shrine in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, is drawing harsh criticism from the public following an accident that led to a horse’s death…
Misawa celebrates Tanabata Star Festival
Stars and Stripes Japan
Also known as the Star Festival, this is one of the most romantic festivals of the year. This year, Misawa celebrated its Tanabata from July 28 to July 30…
Kanegasaki Shrine in Fukui Prefecture popular among those hoping to find true love
Japan Today
Nestled along the shores of Fukui Prefecture, you’ll find the beautiful Kanegasaki Shrine…
Other News
Greece plans hourly caps on visitors to ancient Acropolis
The Independent
Visits to the Acropolis of Athens, Greece’s most popular archaeological site, will be capped from next month, with a maximum of 20,000 each day and varying hourly entry limits, the Greek government has confirmed…
Turkey: Statuary heads of Greek gods unearthed in ancient city of Aizanoi
Greek Reporter
The sculpted heads of Greek gods Aphrodite and Dionysus were recently unearthed in the ancient city of Aizanoi in western Turkey…
Jordan: A child’s ornate necklace highlights ancient farmers’ social complexity
Science News
A Middle Eastern child interred in a stone-lined grave around 9,000 years ago wore an elaborate necklace that illustrates the complexity of social life in an early farming community, researchers say…
Egypt: Statue of fiery goddess Sekhmet goes on display at Cairo Airport Museum
Arab News
A stone statue of the goddess Sekhmet, which dates back more than 3,000 years to the New Kingdom era, has gone on display at Cairo International Airport Museum — Terminal 3…
The ancient Greek myth of Sisyphus that’s trending on TikTok and Twitter
Greek Reporter
The ancient Greek myth of Sisyphus is currently trending on social media sites like TikTok and Twitter. Users have been satirizing the myth in memes posted online…
US: Brandin Hurley’s Celtic goddess mural let her ‘reach back to my family’s Irish roots’
Chicago Sun Times
“I do my best to live in harmony and connection with the natural world,” the Jefferson Park artist says. “And thinking of my ancestors doing the same was a comforting place to be as I designed this piece.”…
‘Somehow I failed to clock her magnificence’: was the world’s first literary hero a woman?
The Guardian
For centuries, Gilgamesh has been thought of as the world’s oldest literary hero – but does that title rightfully belong to the ancient goddess Inanna?…
Not ‘godless’: Indonesian native faith followers fight for recognition
AFP/Yahoo
As 81-year-old Subrata listened to a gong echo during a celebration of his ancient Indonesian Indigenous faith, he betrayed little of the trauma of a lifetime of discrimination deriding him as “godless”…
A spellbinding trip to Israel’s very own ‘Stonehenge’
Ynet
The archaeological site of Gilgal Rephaim in the Golan Heights attracts spiritualists and adventurers on the longest day of the year, who hold a ceremony celebrating their belief in the ancient structure’s energetic capabilities…
‘Witch Hunts’ Past & Present
India: Seminar on protection of women from ‘witch hunting’
The Hans India
The State Commission for Women and National Commission for Women in collaboration with the District Social Welfare department on Wednesday organised a seminar-cum-awareness drive on the protection of women from ‘witch hunting’…
Nigeria: Stop harassing old people with dementia as ‘witches’, activist warns
Vanguard
The director of Advocacy for Alleged Witches (AfAW), Dr Leo Igwe has warned Nigerians to stop hounding old people plagued with dementia as ‘witches’…
UK: Fife village street named after executed teenage ‘witch’ is welcomed by author
The Courier*
Lenny Low, author of The Weem Witch, says the naming of the St Monans street after 17-year-old Maggie Morgan is a ‘great honour’…
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