{"id":10048,"date":"2012-07-27T05:00:23","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T12:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/?p=10048"},"modified":"2012-07-26T23:27:35","modified_gmt":"2012-07-27T06:27:35","slug":"entering-the-faerie-realm-leaving-transformed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/2012\/07\/entering-the-faerie-realm-leaving-transformed.html","title":{"rendered":"Entering the Faerie Realm, Leaving Transformed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Today marks the beginning of Faerieworlds<\/a>, a three-day arts and music festival in Eugene, Oregon that embraces the mythic and the fantastic in ways that many of us in the Pagan community would find familiar. A transformational space where each of us is encouraged to embrace the numinous in our own way, our own context. A chance to \u201clive our legend.\u201d<\/em> As I said last year, this event taps into a blossoming re-enchantment of the world<\/a>, one that is very in line with modern Paganism, but is not exclusively so.<\/p>\n

The stones at the center of Faerieworlds\u2019 realm, before the event is underway.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cEvents like Faerieworlds tap into a deep cultural hunger for\u00a0romanticism, for a re-enchantment of the world that has long been denied by both secular and religious\u00a0institutions\u00a0in the West. I don\u2019t think\u00a0the recent fantasy boom is happening in a vacuum<\/a>, nor do I think it is any coincidence that\u00a0a growing number of people are opting out of traditional forms of religion altogether<\/a>\u00a0while still holding onto religious beliefs. While Faerieworlds,\u00a0or Burning Man for that matter<\/a>, aren\u2019t explicitly \u201cPagan\u201d they tap into a primal need for festival, for gathering to honor the numinous, the changing seasons, each other, and our own\u00a0creativity. I think that these events, especially as we weather hard times, will continue to grow in importance. There is a vital roots-up form of small-p \u201cpaganism\u201d emerging here that is very compatible with our more formal adoption of Pagan religion.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jeet-Kei Leung dubbed Faerieworlds part of a\u201dtransformational festival culture,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0one that re-merges spiritual\/religious practices within the context of secular festival culture. Leung has just crowd-funded a web-series documentary on these festivals<\/a>, and will be visiting Faerieworlds this year to document and interview participants.<\/p>\n

httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7XqeEIYlzik<\/p>\n

\u201cThis webseries aims to explain this remarkable and important phenomenon while retaining the artistic sensibility and inspired creativity from which these festivals have been birthed in the first place. Our goal is to promote coherency and cohesion among those in the culture while building a bridge of understanding with those outside it\u2013to support growth and expansion while preserving the magic and integrity of this potent movement.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As in previous years, there are number of Pagan musicians involved, including Sharon Knight<\/a> and\u00a0SJ Tucker<\/a>, and this year they are joined by the shamanic sounds of\u00a0Soriah with Ashkelon Sain<\/a>, the Persian world-fusion of Niyaz feat. Azam Ali<\/a>, and, of course, festival headliner Donovan<\/a>. Those elements, along with the performers, artists, vendors, and costumed participants, create a atmosphere that I feel is unique, one not even duplicated at the many\u00a0explicitly\u00a0Pagan events I\u2019ve attended over the years. It\u2019s a focused burst of creative energy that changes you if you\u2019re open to the experience.<\/p>\n

This year, I\u2019m not only attending as a journalist, I also work for the producers of Faerieworlds, and I\u2019m hoping to use that access to capture some images, impressions, and interviews that will enlighten and enrich. I would like to give a glimpse of the magic happening in my own backyard, in hopes that perhaps you\u2019ll join me here someday, or even be inspired to create that pluralistic, transformational, fusion in your own backyard. Expect updates throughout this weekend!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today marks the beginning of Faerieworlds, a three-day arts and music festival in Eugene, Oregon that embraces the mythic and the fantastic in ways that many of us in the Pagan community would find familiar. A transformational space where each of us is encouraged to embrace the numinous in our own way, our own context. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[2946,754,788,1554,1694,2142,2163,2976],"class_list":["post-10048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-paganism","category-religion","tag-eugene","tag-faerieworlds","tag-festival","tag-music","tag-oregon","tag-sharon-knight","tag-sj-tucker","tag-transformational-festivals"],"yoast_head":"\nEntering the Faerie Realm, Leaving Transformed<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Today marks the beginning of Faerieworlds, a three-day arts and music festival in Eugene, Oregon that embraces the mythic and the fantastic in ways that\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/2012\/07\/entering-the-faerie-realm-leaving-transformed.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Entering the Faerie Realm, Leaving Transformed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Today marks the beginning of Faerieworlds, a three-day arts and music festival in Eugene, Oregon that embraces the mythic and the fantastic in ways that\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/2012\/07\/entering-the-faerie-realm-leaving-transformed.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Wild Hunt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-07-27T12:00:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-07-27T06:27:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/wp.patheos.com.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/files\/2012\/07\/the_stones.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jason Pitzl-Waters\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jason Pitzl-Waters\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/2012\/07\/entering-the-faerie-realm-leaving-transformed.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/2012\/07\/entering-the-faerie-realm-leaving-transformed.html\",\"name\":\"Entering the Faerie Realm, Leaving Transformed\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-07-27T12:00:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-07-27T06:27:35+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/#\/schema\/person\/2ce8d6a747a6ae70a0c7c6ba856756ee\"},\"description\":\"Today marks the beginning of Faerieworlds, a three-day arts and music festival in Eugene, Oregon that embraces the mythic and the fantastic in ways that\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/2012\/07\/entering-the-faerie-realm-leaving-transformed.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/2012\/07\/entering-the-faerie-realm-leaving-transformed.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/2012\/07\/entering-the-faerie-realm-leaving-transformed.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Entering the Faerie Realm, Leaving Transformed\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/\",\"name\":\"The Wild Hunt\",\"description\":\"A modern Pagan perspective\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/#\/schema\/person\/2ce8d6a747a6ae70a0c7c6ba856756ee\",\"name\":\"Jason Pitzl-Waters\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2ed3ff2ce956bbf7278dd3ee42208861?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2ed3ff2ce956bbf7278dd3ee42208861?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jason Pitzl-Waters\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/author\/jasonpitzlwaters\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Entering the Faerie Realm, Leaving Transformed","description":"Today marks the beginning of Faerieworlds, a three-day arts and music festival in Eugene, Oregon that embraces the mythic and the fantastic in ways that","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/2012\/07\/entering-the-faerie-realm-leaving-transformed.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Entering the Faerie Realm, Leaving Transformed","og_description":"Today marks the beginning of Faerieworlds, a three-day arts and music festival in Eugene, Oregon that embraces the mythic and the fantastic in ways that","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/2012\/07\/entering-the-faerie-realm-leaving-transformed.html","og_site_name":"The Wild Hunt","article_published_time":"2012-07-27T12:00:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2012-07-27T06:27:35+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/wp.patheos.com.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/files\/2012\/07\/the_stones.jpg"}],"author":"Jason Pitzl-Waters","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jason Pitzl-Waters","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/2012\/07\/entering-the-faerie-realm-leaving-transformed.html","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/2012\/07\/entering-the-faerie-realm-leaving-transformed.html","name":"Entering the Faerie Realm, Leaving Transformed","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-07-27T12:00:23+00:00","dateModified":"2012-07-27T06:27:35+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/#\/schema\/person\/2ce8d6a747a6ae70a0c7c6ba856756ee"},"description":"Today marks the beginning of Faerieworlds, a three-day arts and music festival in Eugene, Oregon that embraces the mythic and the fantastic in ways that","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/2012\/07\/entering-the-faerie-realm-leaving-transformed.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/2012\/07\/entering-the-faerie-realm-leaving-transformed.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/2012\/07\/entering-the-faerie-realm-leaving-transformed.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Entering the Faerie Realm, Leaving Transformed"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/","name":"The Wild Hunt","description":"A modern Pagan perspective","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/#\/schema\/person\/2ce8d6a747a6ae70a0c7c6ba856756ee","name":"Jason Pitzl-Waters","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2ed3ff2ce956bbf7278dd3ee42208861?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2ed3ff2ce956bbf7278dd3ee42208861?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jason Pitzl-Waters"},"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/author\/jasonpitzlwaters"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10048\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildhunt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}