http://wildhunt.org/blog Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:30:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [I'm away at the Florida Pagan Gathering, and won't return to normal blogging activity until November 10th. In the meantime, I'm presenting some of my favorite posts to tide you over, consider it a "greatest hits" of The Wild Hunt. Today, I'm re-printing an interview I did with author and ... http://wildhunt.org/blog/2009/11/twh-greatest-hits-interview-with-jeff-sharlet.html [I'm away at the Florida Pagan Gathering, and won't return to normal blogging activity until November 10th. In the meantime, I'm presenting some of my favorite posts to tide you over, consider it a "greatest hits" of The Wild Hunt. Today, I'm re-printing an interview I did back in 2008 ... http://wildhunt.org/blog/2009/11/twh-greatest-hits-interview-with-janet-farrar-gavin-bone.html Assuming that all went well yesterday with my flights, by the time you read this I'll be enjoying my first day at the 2009 Samhain Florida Pagan Gathering! During the three-day event I'll be giving talks, and enjoying presentations and performances by festival co-headliners Janet Farrar & Gavin Bone, Donald ... http://wildhunt.org/blog/2009/11/the-wild-hunt-at-the-florida-pagan-gathering.html It looks like a split decision last night in the battle of the Pagan candidates, resulting in a historic win for Republican candidate Dan Halloran. In a very close race Halloran defeated his Democratic opponent by a margin of 1300 votes to become the next New York City Councilman for ... http://wildhunt.org/blog/2009/11/dan-halloran-wins-alice-richmond-loses.html Today is the day, elections are being held, and we'll soon find out if two out/outed Pagan candidates will win their respective races. The higher-profile story, that of Republican New York City Council candidate, and Heathen Theodsman, Dan Halloran, has gotten a bit ugly in the final hours. "Though he once ... http://wildhunt.org/blog/2009/11/its-election-day.html While Samhain and Halloween are holidays that honour those that have passed, a time when the veils between the seen and unseen are thin, it is also, it seems, an increasingly popular time for some to get married. For some it's just a laugh, something to break with the traditional ... http://wildhunt.org/blog/2009/11/lets-get-handfasted-on-halloween.html While some Pagans have yet to perform their rites,and our friends in the Southern hemisphere are just wrapping up Beltane, a good number most likely performed some sort Samhain ritual observance last night (including Reclaiming's annual Spiral Dance). Naturally, once Halloween is past, the flood of press interest in Pagans ... http://wildhunt.org/blog/2009/11/a-salem-halloween-post-mortem.html Tonight and tomorrow is when most modern Pagans celebrate Samhain. Samhain is the start of winter and of the new year in the old Celtic calendar. This is a time when the ancestors are honored, divinations for the new year are performed, and festivals are held in honor of the ... http://wildhunt.org/blog/2009/10/a-blessed-samhain.html I have a few stories of interest before we dive head-first into our Samhain celebrations, starting with an Omaha World-Herald story about a Wiccan inmate who had his request granted to change his legal "Christian" name to his chosen "Witch name". // // "Just in time for Halloween, former Fremont ... http://wildhunt.org/blog/2009/10/a-few-quick-notes-10.html You knew it was coming, the religion news-writers were priming the pump, and with Halloween/Samhain only days away a veritable flood of articles, opinion-pieces, and interviews featuring or discussing modern Pagans have been unleashed into the world. There's no way to justly discuss and analyze them all, so instead I'll ... http://wildhunt.org/blog/2009/10/here-comes-the-halloweensamhain-flood.html