http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2007/08/more-drama-in-salem-psychic-wars.html A modern Pagan perspective Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2007/08/more-drama-in-salem-psychic-wars.html#comment-1295 Barbara Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:36:00 +0000 http://patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2007/08/more-drama-in-salem-psychic-wars.html#comment-1295 You know--it is crap like this that made me leave the Pagan community behind a few years ago. Between Oberon Zell-Ravenheart's fictitious "Grey Council of Wizards and Witches" which has existed for all eternity as a means to bilk money out of kids who love Harry Potter, the blatant selfish narcissistic behavior of local Pagans and Wiccans, and the weird case of the Minerwens--I was done. And just a few days ago, I was thinking that it wasn't that bad, I had overreacted--and then I read about these bozos in the newspaper. And I said, "Thank you, Universe for showing me the error of my ways." You know–it is crap like this that made me leave the Pagan community behind a few years ago. Between Oberon Zell-Ravenheart’s fictitious “Grey Council of Wizards and Witches” which has existed for all eternity as a means to bilk money out of kids who love Harry Potter, the blatant selfish narcissistic behavior of local Pagans and Wiccans, and the weird case of the Minerwens–I was done. And just a few days ago, I was thinking that it wasn’t that bad, I had overreacted–and then I read about these bozos in the newspaper. And I said, “Thank you, Universe for showing me the error of my ways.”

]]> http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2007/08/more-drama-in-salem-psychic-wars.html#comment-1294 Cat Chapin-Bishop Sun, 26 Aug 2007 18:45:00 +0000 http://patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2007/08/more-drama-in-salem-psychic-wars.html#comment-1294 On behalf of the Pagans of Massachusetts, I would like to apologize to the Wiccans and Pagans of the world for the embarrassment which is Salem. For the record: some of who share a state with the town do not share a state of mind with some of the more visible of our co-religionists...Yes, there are certainly plenty of fine, admirable Pagans and Witches who visit, live in, and hail from the town of Salem, Massachusetts. And yes, there are some very nice (and a few moderately or even seriously embarrassing) museums, shops, and public Pagan events in and around Salem. I don't want to be misunderstood as dissing all things Salem.But, REALLY. As Doreen Valiente once observed, there are three kinds of Witches in the world: good Witches, bad Witches, and publicity Witches. And the poor behavior of the Publicity Witches of Salem, Massachusetts, so long a cause for mortification to the rest of us, is more than ever a cause for cringing.Again, on behalf of the not-flamboyantly self-absorbed Pagans of Massachusetts... world Pagans, you have my sincerest, most heart-felt and red-faced apology.<i>Sigh!</i> On behalf of the Pagans of Massachusetts, I would like to apologize to the Wiccans and Pagans of the world for the embarrassment which is Salem. For the record: some of who share a state with the town do not share a state of mind with some of the more visible of our co-religionists…Yes, there are certainly plenty of fine, admirable Pagans and Witches who visit, live in, and hail from the town of Salem, Massachusetts. And yes, there are some very nice (and a few moderately or even seriously embarrassing) museums, shops, and public Pagan events in and around Salem. I don’t want to be misunderstood as dissing all things Salem.But, REALLY. As Doreen Valiente once observed, there are three kinds of Witches in the world: good Witches, bad Witches, and publicity Witches. And the poor behavior of the Publicity Witches of Salem, Massachusetts, so long a cause for mortification to the rest of us, is more than ever a cause for cringing.Again, on behalf of the not-flamboyantly self-absorbed Pagans of Massachusetts… world Pagans, you have my sincerest, most heart-felt and red-faced apology.Sigh!

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