Witchvox Round-Up

The Witches’ Voice essay series starts to tackle the idea of qualifications for a Pagan clergy with essays by Gary Penzler who gives an Asatru perspective, Gail Wood discusses the idea of clergy for the solitary practitioner, and Erin Aubry talks about how leadership is a ‘verb’.

Quote of the Day (III)

“Britain is well on the way to becoming post-Christian. There’s no question that the religious impulse is still alive ? the burgeoning interest in the supernatural and the occult is proof of that ? but Christianity as a public force has been almost completely marginalized.” – Clive Davis, Washington Times

Quote of the Day (II)

“It’s tempting to see this current obsession with the Ancient World as a function of our search for new pagan lights in a chaotic, darkened, post-Christian world in which Posh and Becks have replaced the Holy Family. Tempting, but probably mistaken. None of these films have any gods – except the celebs that star in them. Boys today don’t worship or want to be Alexander or Achilles _ they want to be Colin or Brad. Or their stylist.” – Mark Simpson, Belfast Telegraph

Quote of the Day

“The evangelicals say, ‘Here’s your cooking pot, television and radio, and all you have to give me is your soul and your cultural heritage,’ It’s a crime. It’s theft. And not just of the Huichols, of all humanity,” – Susana Valadez, an American anthropologist, San Antonio Express-News