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I’m back from FaerieCon! First off, I’d like to thank all the wonderful folks who stepped up to do guest-posts while I was away: Sharon Knight, Star Foster, T. Thorn Coyle, Teo Bishop,_Laura LaVoie, and_Eric Scott. They all did an excellent job of providing interesting, informative,_provocative, and inspiring pieces for you, and I hope
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?14297-Unleash-the-Hounds!-(Link-Roundup)&goto=newpost
[SIZE=2]First I want to make it clear that I do not consider the content of the following link to the fault of the Mystic Wicks community or it's staff. I present it only as an example of an upsetting trend throughout the entire pagan community.
http://mysticwicks.com/showthread.ph...es-in-the-News
The topic of the thread is a link I posted to a news article about vam
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?14293-Discrimination-in-the-Pagan-Community&goto=newpost
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[ Sharon Knight is a musician and artist exploring the fantastical, mythic, epic, and archetypal. She is passionate about the arts as a vehicle to bring us into ever deepening awareness of the mystery and magick all around us. She is fond of preserving folk traditions and bringing new life to them with modern interpretations. [...]
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From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?14289-Guest-Post-The-Marginalization-of-Halloween&goto=newpost
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[Star Foster is the rather opinionated editor of the Pagan Portal at Patheos.] Roger Tier, known to the Pagan community as Myrddin, has recently passed and Pagans are remembering his life: “He was always very moral and principled. He was also a very reclusive and private person.” – Margot Adler “I first connected with Myrdd
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?14281-Guest-Post-Passing-of-Myrddin-(Roger-Tier)&goto=newpost
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[Pagan, mystic, and activist T. Thorn Coyle is founder and head of Solar Cross Temple and Morningstar Mystery School and lives by the San Francisco Bay. For information on her writing, podcasts, blog, and new video teaching series - Fiat LVX! - please visit_
http://www.thorncoyle.com] “We have a society in which money is increasingly con
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?14279-Guest-Post-Theology-in-Motion&goto=newpost
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[Teo Bishop is a Druid hailing from Denver, CO. You can find his blog at Bishop in the Grove.] As a long-time follower of the Wild Hunt, I’ve found it encouraging to read posts about the different ways Pagans across the country are gathering, celebrating, and organizing. The Pagan community, from my experience, is a [...]
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From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?14277-Guest-Post-Spotlighting-Denver%E2%80%99s-Charitable-Pagan-Community&goto=newpost
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[Teo Bishop is a Druid hailing from Denver, CO. You can find his blog at Bishop in the Grove.] As a long-time follower of the Wild Hunt, I’ve found it encouraging to read posts about the different ways Pagans across the country are gathering, celebrating, and organizing. The Pagan community, from my experience, is a [...]
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From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?14277-Guest-Post-Spotlighting-Denver%E2%80%99s-Charitable-Pagan-Community&goto=newpost
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[Laura LaVoie is a contributor to The Juggler and PNC-GA. She lives in Atlanta, GA with her partner and cats, blogging about brewing beer, tiny houses and Hellenic polytheism.] I was a Unitarian for a while. I went to church and enjoyed the community. Then we got a new pastor and I didn’t like that [...]
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From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?14265-Guest-Post-Pagan-View-of-Social-Justice&goto=newpost
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[The following is a guest post from Eric Scott._Eric Scott is a second-generation Wiccan, raised in the St. Louis-based coven Pleiades. He writes about paganism for Patheos in his_Family Traditions column, and also serves as a contributing editor at_Killing the Buddha. His fiction and memoir have appeared in_The Scribing Ibis,_Caper Literary Journ
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?14259-Guest-Post-In-Praise-of-the-Apostate&goto=newpost
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Tomorrow I’ll be on a flight to Maryland for the 2011 FaerieCon event, at which I’ll be conducting interviews, taking pictures, and moderating panel discussions (in addition to seeing Qntal in concert). Since I’m not sure I’ll have enough time to blog properly while also covering the event, I’ve arranged a variety of
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?14256-Off-to-FaerieCon-(plus-some-news-links)&goto=newpost
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Talking Points Memo reports that Kentucky_Governor Steve Beshear, up for reelection next week, has come under attack from his opponent,_Senate President David Williams, from a surprising angle:_idolatry. You see, Beshear attended a_a groundbreaking ceremony for Indian company_FlexFilm, and during that ceremony a traditional Hindu blessing was perf
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?14253-You-Say-%E2%80%9CPolytheistic-Situations%E2%80%9D-Like-It%E2%80%99s-A-Bad-Thing&goto=newpost
somewhat surpising findings... nifty article.
Quote:
Once laid to rest, the remains of many who died in medieval Europe were not left in peace. As much as 40 percent of graves from the mid-fifth to mid-eighth centuries appear to have been disturbed after burial.
Grave robbers, searching for wealth buried along with the dead, have frequently born the blame from archaeologists.
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?14252-40-of-medieval-graves-disturbed-amp-opened-not-always-by-robbers&goto=newpost
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Halloween just happened, and if you’re Pagan know what that means: a flood of “meet the Witches/Pagans” articles from a variety of media outlets. I would normally unleash the hounds, but they had a long night, so I’ll do my best to personally catch you up on the busiest media season for our family of [...]
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From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?14251-Halloween-Hangover-(Link-Roundup)&goto=newpost
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Tonight and tomorrow is when most modern Pagans celebrate_Samhain. Samhain is the start of winter and of the new year in the old Celtic calendar. This is a time when the ancestors are honored, divinations for the new year are performed, and festivals are held in honor of the gods. It is a time of [...]
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From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?14243-A-Blessed-Samhain&goto=newpost
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[The following is a guest post from Literata. Literata is a Wiccan who studies theaology and enjoys developing poetry and rituals. Her work has appeared in the anthologies "Queen of the Sacred Way", "Anointed" and "The Scribing Ibis" from Neos Alexandria, in CIRCLE Magazine, and in the ezine Eternal Haunted Summer. She also writes regularly [...]
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?14238-Guest-Post-The-Hail-Columbia-Movement&goto=newpost
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Author, activist, and Reclaiming co-founder Starhawk has been attending several Occupy gatherings in California and writing about those experiences at her blog. In addition, she has also written about Occupy Wall Street for the Washington Post’s On Faith section. “At its essence, the message of the Occupations is simply this:_“Here in
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?14235-Starhawk-on-the-Occupy-Movement&goto=newpost
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Large interfaith gatherings can often be_fraught_with long-simmering tensions, just ask the folks who put on the Parliament for the World’s Religions, but it is generally thought that the benefits outweigh the drawbacks. That getting leaders and clergy of the major_religions_in the same room to find common ground and common understanding wil
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?14230-Assisi-III-Too-Much-and-Not-Enough&goto=newpost
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I’m taking a “sick day” today. Here’s some things you might want to read instead. ‘Return to Oakland’ by Starhawk ‘Taking My Own Advice’ by T. Thorn Coyle ‘All Candy, No Jesus: Halloween in America’ by Mary Valle Also, do check out my favorite Christian blogger, Slacktivist. Plus, all gre
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?14220-A-Day-Off&goto=newpost
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I would like to extend my best wishes on this Diwali to Hindus (and Indo-Pagans) worldwide. May the triumph of light over darkness bring more understanding, cooperation, and opportunities to our respective faith communities in the year to come. May the blessings of Lakshmi reach us all in these trying times. Diwali, the festival of [...]
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From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?14209-Is-It-Possible-To-Bring-An-Item-Back-From-The-Astral-Plane&goto=newpost
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One of the most pernicious types of religious slander is “blood libel,” the accusation that a religious group_ritualistically_murders (and often consumes) children. While most famously, and pervasively, used against Jews throughout history, many other groups have had similar accusations made against them. For example, in ancient Rome s
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?14208-Blood-Libel-Abortion-and-Modern-Paganism&goto=newpost
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Minnesota newspaper the Star Tribune does a profile of local business_Llewellyn Worldwide, the largest publisher of Pagan and metaphysical books. In the article_owner Carl Weschcke addresses the recent collapse of Borders, which cost the company half a million dollars, saying they’ve managed to stay profitable. The company has weathered the
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?14203-Quick-Note-Llewellyn-Talks-Finances-in-a-Post-Borders-World&goto=newpost
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Back in September, newswires and blogs reported on the case of_Jamyi J. Witch, a Wiccan chaplain at_Oshkosh Correctional Institution who is accused of_sexually assaulting an inmate, illegally transporting drugs, and hatching a fake hostage scheme to procure a transfer for her and an inmate. The twist? Jamyi Witch is Wisconsin’s first Pagan p
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?14202-Update-Wiccan-Chaplain-Accused-in-Bizarre-Hostage-Scheme&goto=newpost
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There are lots of articles and essays of interest to modern Pagans out there, sometimes more than I can write about_in-depth_in any given week. So_The Wild Hunt must_unleash the hounds in order to round them all up. Beliefnet News runs a story on an upcoming Washington DC Pagan event, “a protest to the New Apostolic [...]
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From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?14159-Unleash-the-Hounds!-(Link-Roundup)&goto=newpost
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Amity Shlaes is worried. She’s worried about what the ever-growing popularity of Halloween might mean. “…as much as we’d like it to be, Halloween isn’t secular. It is pagan. There’s nothing else to call a set of ceremonies in which people utter magical phrases, flirt with the night and evoke the dead. One of my
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?14156-Halloween-Monotheism-and-the-Pagan-Vacuum&goto=newpost
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I have a new piece up at the Washington Post’s On Faith section examining the importance of the recent video Pagan media press conference with Republican presidential candidate, and former New Mexico governor, Gary Johnson. Here’s a short excerpt: “What does it all mean? I think it represents two opportunities. First, there’s an
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?14155-On-Faith-Gary-Johnson-and-the-Pagan-Media&goto=newpost
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Feminist activist, journalist, and icon Gloria Steinem, the subject of a recent HBO documentary, appears to have outed herself as a capital-P Pagan at a recent speaking engagement with Egyptian-American journalist_Mona Eltahawy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5ke2Adqqr4 “Eltahawy’s family lived in England for most of her childhood, unti
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?14150-Quick-Note-Gloria-Steinem%E2%80%99s-Paganism&goto=newpost
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Feminist activist, journalist, and icon Gloria Steinem, the subject of a recent HBO documentary, appears to have outed herself as a capital-P Pagan at a recent speaking engagement with Egyptian-American journalist_Mona Eltahawy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5ke2Adqqr4 “Eltahawy’s family lived in England for most of her childhood, unti
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?14150-Quick-Note-Gloria-Steinem%E2%80%99s-Paganism&goto=newpost
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Christian radio host Janet Mefferd is not a fringe figure. Her syndicated radio program plays on over 110 affiliates in the United States, and often brings on big-name figures like Herman Cain,_Franklin Graham, Rick Perry, and_Michele Bachmann. I wanted to make that clear, because one of the first defenses for extreme rhetoric is that this [...]
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?14146-Janet-Mefferd%E2%80%99s-Gay-Pagan-Hysteria&goto=newpost
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Christian radio host Janet Mefferd is not a fringe figure. Her syndicated radio program plays on over 110 affiliates in the United States, and often brings on big-name figures like Herman Cain,_Franklin Graham, Rick Perry, and_Michele Bachmann. I wanted to make that clear, because one of the first defenses for extreme rhetoric is that this [...]
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?14146-Janet-Mefferd%E2%80%99s-Gay-Pagan-Hysteria&goto=newpost
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On August 19th the_West Memphis 3 (Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jesse Misskelley Jr.) were freed from prison in a plea agreement after 18 years of incarceration._The West Memphis 3 case is perhaps the most high-profile trial known in which_the 1980s Satanic moral panic played a significant role, using_Damien Echols interest in the occult and [
From http://www.occultcorpus.com/forum/showthread.php?14142-Quick-Note-West-Memphis-3-Talk-Religion&goto=newpost
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On August 19th the_West Memphis 3 (Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jesse Misskelley Jr.) were freed from prison in a plea agreement after 18 years of incarceration._The West Memphis 3 case is perhaps the most high-profile trial known in which_the 1980s Satanic moral panic played a significant role, using_Damien Echols interest in the occult and [
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