Eric O. Scott, Author at The Wild Hunt

Eric O. Scott

Eric O. Scott was raised by witches. He writes about his life as a second-generation Pagan, pilgrimage, pop culture, and politics. He is the Pagan Perspectives Editor for The Wild Hunt and a contributing editor for Killing the Buddha. His first novel, The Lives of the Apostates, was published in 2013 by Moon Books. He has an MFA in creative writing from the University of Missouri - Kansas City and an PhD in English from the University of Missouri - Columbia. His middle name is not "Odin."

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Column: The Scope of the Term

By Eric O. Scott | September 15, 2019

Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott considers the terms we use to identify ourselves and how oppression can coexist with terms of personal liberation.

Drawing Down the Moon

Happy Labor Day!

By Eric O. Scott | September 2, 2019

The Wild Hunt celebrates workers in this Labor Day post.

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Editorial: That bolted-down Bible should go

By Eric O. Scott | August 31, 2019

Weekend editor Eric O. Scott responds to VA policy and VP Pence allowing religious materials and exposes how symbols promote religious dominance in public spaces.

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Column: Farewell to the House Wights

By Eric O. Scott | August 9, 2019

Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott packs up his altar before moving to a new house and muses on his relationship with the spirits of the place he lived.

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Column: Hymn to Apollo

By Eric O. Scott | July 21, 2019

Eric O. Scott reflects on what the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon teaches Pagans about the place of our religion and our planet in the universe.