The Wild Hunt

WASHINGTON — Earlier this year, The Wild Hunt reported that federal protections for the sacred landscape surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park faced renewed uncertainty after the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) proposed reversing a 2023 Public Land Order that withdrew approximately 336,400 acres of federal lands and minerals within a 10-mile buffer around the park from new oil and gas leasing for 20 years.

NEW YORK – If someone were trying to trap me, one of the surest ways would be to put up a sign to say there’s a show focused on tarot inside this building, this cardboard box, this tiger pit. Like the Leonora Carrington show I saw last month, this new exhibition at the Morgan Library in New York City had me in its clutches the moment I saw the ad.

The Witch’s Grave Outcrop, South Uist, Scotland. Photo Credit: Stephen Darlington, CCA SA 2.0 LONDON— Archaeologists investigating the site traditionally known as the “Witch’s Grave” have significantly revised their understanding of a prehistoric monument once thought to be primarily associated with a single burial. The monument is also known as Leac-na-bana-bhuidseach on South Uist Island.

Author’s note: More than likely, some spoilers ahead. Our collective memory of Homer is a strange thing. Ask someone who knows a bit about Greek myth, but hasn’t read the Iliad, what it’s about, and they will tell you of Achilles, the great hero who is invulnerable but for a single spot on his ankle.

GONIO, Georgia — Archaeologists working at the Roman fort of Apsaros on Georgia’s Black Sea coast have uncovered the first direct epigraphic evidence that the cult of Jupiter Dolichenus was practiced at the strategically important military outpost nearly 2,000 years ago.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas has been named the nation’s top state for religious liberty in the 2026 Religious Liberty in the States (RLS) index after a series of laws signed by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders expanded statutory protections for religious exercise and conscience rights. With a score of 89.2%, Arkansas displaced Florida to become the highest-ranked state and, along with Tennessee, earned the index’s first-ever “Excellent” rating.

TWH –  The Wild Hunt generally doesn’t report on weather forecasts. After all, some members of our community maintain they have their own ways of influencing local weather.

Today’s offering comes to us from Ryan Smith. Smith has been a practicing Pagan since his teens, with over 15 years of experience in inclusive and anti-racist Heathen spirituality.

News from the U.S. Supreme Court is full of horrors, but expected ones.

Fast and Good Company TWH — Witchcraft made the business pages this week in an unexpected place: Fast Company, the American business magazine best known for covering innovation, technology, leadership, entrepreneurship, and the future of work. The publication turned its attention to the growing metaphysical marketplace, examining the expansion of occult and witchcraft-focused retail across North America.