The Wild Hunt (https://wildhunt.org/tag/gun-violence)
Alan D.D. tells the legend of the Lost Ax-man – a man condemned for not obeying tradition – and relates his own harrowing experience of survival thanks to the intervention of spirits.
Alan D.D. cuenta la leyenda del Hachador Perdido – un hombre condenado por no obedecer la tradición – y recuenta su propia experiencia desgarradora de supervivencia gracias a la intervención de los espíritus.
Perspectives
When I came to work in South Florida Friday morning, there were TV satellite vans parked in front of the building. The office was quiet when I walked in. There’s always a buzz going on in the newsroom, always chatter, so it was unsettling to hear nothing. After a while people started gathering in small groups, sharing memories of Rob. There were tears, and laughter, and stories of this gentle, good-natured person who always had great writing feedback for his colleagues, this guy who liked to go out and play catch on his lunch break.
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TWH –The student-led movement to change gun laws had another highly visible step on March 24, when the March for Our Lives took place in Washington with sister marches held in as many as 800 locations nationwide.
CROWN POINT, Ind. — Pagan blogger John Halstead helped to organize a two-day protest at a gun show here on March 3-4. People protested against the sale of military-style assault weapons like the AR-15 at the Lake County Fairgrounds. Pagan practice and political activism
Rabbi Abraham Heschel described the Selma to Montgomery civil rights march as, “Praying with your feet.” Halstead took that phrase as the title for one of his blogs, “Pray with Your Feet.” Halstead said, “My activism has helped me to grow spiritually in ways in which I don’t think I ever could have with more inwardly-focused practices.” For Halstead, Pagan practice and political activism reflect the same underlying change process. Halstead noted similarities between activism and spirituality.