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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Editorial: The Great American Outdoors Act gives hope for public lands

By Eric O. Scott | August 8, 2020

Weekend editor Eric O. Scott opines on the passage of the Great American Outdoors Act this week.

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Column: Longing to Go Abroad

By Eric O. Scott | July 11, 2020

Weekend Editor Eric Scott receives a lovely set of books that make him long to go on pilgrimage.

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Editorial: The Pagan Imperative of Transgender Rights

By Eric O. Scott | June 13, 2020

Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott shares an editorial discussing how Pagans will be on the right side of history by supporting transgender rights.

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Column: Kits in the Tree

By Eric O. Scott | May 23, 2020

Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott discovers a gaze of raccoons in his back yard.

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Column: Finding Reverie in the Met’s “Wagner Week”

By Eric O. Scott | April 10, 2020

Weekend editor Eric O. Scott partakes in the New York Metropolitan Opera’s “Wagner Week” of opera streams, and loses himself in the dream of Der Ring des Nibelungen.