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Jul 29, 20222 min read
The Royal Jubilee and Modern Pagans - How Did It Go?
Emily Payton Image from Heritage England On Sunday 5th July 2022, the UK celebrated Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee. We all got a...
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Jul 28, 20222 min read
Book Review - The Elemenpals: Meet the ‘Pals! by Debi Gregory
Sam Stoker Having young children (four and, by the time this goes out, two), I’m always on the lookout for pagan children’s books. We...
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Jun 25, 20222 min read
Trader of the Month - Angel Dust
Emily Payton This month, Emily spoke to Lisa at Angel Dust, an alternative gift shop in Widnes. POTN: Could you please tell us about your...
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Jun 24, 20223 min read
Focus On: Luciferianism
Sam Stoker Luciferianism is a religion that follows Lucifer, the Morning Star, the deity and figure associated with the planet Venus....
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Jun 23, 20223 min read
Book Review - The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
Louisa Chisholm-Kelly After reviewing Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology (see our previous issue), I went on a journey down memory lane. In...
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Jun 22, 20222 min read
Deity of the Month - Loki
Sam Stoker Loki is a deity from the Norse pantheon and features heavily in Norse mythology. He is known as the trickster, and commonly...
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Jun 21, 20223 min read
Expert Panel - Summer Solstice 2022
Our expert panel is made up of different folk all from different aspects of paganism and witchcraft; our experts between them have...
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Jun 19, 20225 min read
Essay: Robin Hood's Entanglement with the Natural World - Part I
Emily Payton As a break from my Anglo-Saxon Paganism investigation (…it gets weirder), I have written an essay on Robin Hood and what he...
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Jun 18, 20222 min read
Crafting with Purpose
Louisa Chisholm-Kelly My favourite craft is cross stitch. I stitch for myself, I stitch for the house, and I stitch gifts often. I almost...
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Jan 15, 20223 min read
The Writer as Magician - Essay
By Danny Metcalfe The writer is first and foremost many things, they are: artist, psychologist, philosopher, sociologist, inventor,...
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Dec 29, 20212 min read
Hogmanay - Origins & Customs
You might have heard about Hogmanay, Scotland's New Years Eve celebrations. It is a huge part of modern Scotland's culture and is...
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Dec 21, 20214 min read
FOCUS ON: CUNNING FOLK IN BRITAIN
By Sam Stoker ORIGINS Folk magic in Britain can be traced back to the Mediaeval period, also known as the Middle Ages, which lasted from...
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Dec 18, 20218 min read
Winter Solstice & Christmas
Winter Solstice, this will be the shortest day of the year; from this point, days will get more daylight hours each day gradually. Many...
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Dec 18, 20212 min read
BOOK REVIEW: THE WITCH BY RONALD HUTTON
By Louisa Chisholm-Kelly The Witch: A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present by Ronald Hutton Here at POTN we are often asked...
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Nov 4, 20213 min read
History of Pentagrams & Pentacles
Pentacles, or pentagrams , are two similar symbols that are used throughout modern paganism and witchcraft. But what are their...
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Nov 1, 20219 min read
Interview with GutsyGingers
Pagans of the North speak to…GutsyGingers For our Trader of the Month series, we have been approaching various traders around the North...
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Oct 22, 20213 min read
FOCUS ON: Witchcraft
FOCUS ON: HEDGE/KITCHEN/GREEN WITCHCRAFT This issue, we have decided to cover three styles of modern witchcraft in our Focus On: series....
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Oct 14, 20211 min read
'Walk The Wytchwoods' NEW Album by Amarynthia
Amarynthia is a witchcraft influenced folk band which launched on the Winter Solstice 2019 as an acoustic duo ‘His Witch.’ In the last...
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