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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."
A scandal at the British Museum has led to a curator being fired for the theft of potentially thousands of objects and the resignation of the museum’s director. Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott argues it should lead to rethinking the structure of large institutions like the British Museum.
Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott looks back at Kennedy vs. Bremerton, a U.S. Supreme Court case that eviscerated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment and was proven this week to be based on a lie.
Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott critiques the way philanthropy structures our ideas about the pagan past to match the priorities of museum mega-donors.
Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott reviews this season’s U.S. Supreme Court decisions.
There is controversy over the reputed destruction of 39 standing stones, or menhir, in the French village of Carnac. But the accounts of what happened are disputed between the Carnac government and a local archeologist.