Quick Note: West Memphis 3 Talk Religion

October 19, 2011 By
The West Memphis Three

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 Wicca as proof of his murderous interests. Now free, the three men attended the New York premiere of Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory, the latest, and … [Read more...]

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Unleash the Hounds! (Link Roundup)

October 18, 2011 By

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. As you may have already heard, Congressional newspaper The Hill picked up the story of presidential hopeful Gary Johnson's Q&A with Pagan and Hindu media on Sunday. You can read some follow-up and transcribed excerpts, here. Here's Star Foster's take. Here's PNC-Bay … [Read more...]

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Ukrainian Pagan Temple Attacked and other Pagan News of Note

October 5, 2011 By
A message of "Die Heathens" left at the site.

Top Story: A Pagan temple under construction in Poltava, Ukraine, was vandalized, and its keeper hospitalized, at the end of September, sparking waves of sadness and outrage among the global Pagan movement. M. Horatius Piscinus at the Patheos blog Religio et Pietas had the first report on October 1st, identifying it as a Nova Roma temple dedicated to Jupiter Perennus. "The Kalends of September proved long and full, and now another Kalends comes upon us.  The Ides (13 Sept) celebrates … [Read more...]

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Just Because You’re Paranoid, Don’t Mean They’re Not After You

August 23, 2011 By

Forgive the nod to Nirvana, whose "Nevermind" is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, but I've been reading an awful lot lately about accusations of paranoia regarding coverage of the Christian religious phenomenon known as Dominionism. For some reason Kurt Cobain sneering "just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after you" kept entering my mind. Maybe it's a generational thing. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWgtTxvTUDA In any case, ever since the presidential … [Read more...]

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