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Pagan Community Notes: Week of December 4, 2023
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In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, Fun with Krampus, Cherry Hill awards, Birthday wishes to Jonathan and more news.
Arts & Culture
“Magic is queer:” New Blood and Inhuman Beings team creates inclusive and Pagan paranormal series
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Two new paranormal shows that are very likely to appeal to Pagan paranormal fans are set to be released if they can reach their crowdfunding goal.
Paganism
Paranormal reality show blames Witch community for hauntings
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WOLF CREEK, Ore. — The paranormal reality show Ghost Adventures (2008- ) blamed a local Witch community for the hauntings being reported in a Oregon ghost town. Airing Sept. 23, the episode “Golden Ghost Town” finds the Ghost Adventures crew in an old mining town in southwestern Oregon. The old town, which is currently in a state park and being restored, is well-known for its hauntings, which the show labels as being demonic and “unleashed” by local Witches.
News
Nottinghamshire sees increase in Witchcraft complaints
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NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, Eng — An unusual upswing in the number of complaints made to the police in one area of Nottinghamshire is concerning both local and national Pagans. Ashfield North saw 87 calls referring to Witches in 2016, and 38 in the previous year. These figures – released to the Nottingham Evening Post as part of police statistics under a freedom of information request – is extremely high compared to other parts of the country, and the reason for it remains unclear. Local experts in the paranormal have suggested that some of these complaints relate to Witchcraft carried out in the past, but local Pagans are becoming concerned that the ordinary practices found in modern Pagan paths are also being reported as sinister. Ashley Mortimer, director of the Nottingham Pagan Network, said, “Thirty eight reports out of 44 [paranormal incidents in Ashfield North] says more to me about the level of reporting than necessarily about the level of witchcraft activity.”