Some Recent Pagan News of Note
This past Wednesday saw the passing of Lady Dreaming Owl (aka Susan Miller). Miller was a prominent leader and teacher in her native Florida and was a founding member of CUUPs (Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans).
“Lady Dreaming Owl crossed over on March 8, 2006, was a founding member of Circle of the Lost Map (currently known as Circles in the Woods) and the Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans (CUUPS) . Lady Dreaming Owl reigned as the High Priestess of the Circle of the Lost Map and Roots and Wings Coven from 1994 to 1998. She remained active in the Wiccan and Pagan community as a loved and honored elder.”
The critics are a-buzz over the William Burroughs’ narrated beginning of “The Sopranos” season premiere. Burroughs reads from his book “The Western Lands” about the state of the soul in Egyptian mythology.
“In Ancient Egyptian mythology, souls traveled to the Western Lands to find eternal rest. Burroughs explains in the opening lines of his novel that each body possessed not just one, but seven souls. As each of these seven souls is described, corresponding Soprano souls–searching for their own rest, their own immortality–are reintroduced to the viewer.”
A Pagan character will be coming to ABC in the drama “Three Moons Over Milford”. The television show recounts how a family reacts when they think the world will end soon.
“…Janet Montgomery, whose husband has abandoned his family to climb the seven tallest peaks in the world, whose daughter has taken up witchcraft to help save Earth and whose teenage son gets involved with the older next-door neighbor.”
Sage Starwalker has a thought provoking essay up about the death of Rabbi Yitzchak Kaduri and the place of mysticism in modern Paganism.
“Early in my priestess path-working, “mystic” was the term and energy that came to mind when I thought of defining my path. I met some stiff opposition to this identity and still don’t hear much talk of “mysticism” from Pagans. I find that strange. We’re variously comfortable with Kabbala, shamanism, trance dancing, ceremonial magic, walking between the worlds, and other mystical practices and traditions. We just don’t seem to like the word “mystic” or be willing to embrace it as a core facet of our religion, even though Paganism is nothing if not experiential religion. We hear, touch, smell, see, taste deity. We experience the sacred in ritual, in the woods, and at the office. We study the laws of nature. We believe that we co-create reality. What’s not mystical about any of that?”
Finally, this Russian film looks really cool, despite the obvious light/dark dualism I think the themes and characters might resonate with a Pagan audience.
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