Alabama
Editorial: The imam and the execution
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This past week we learned that the US Supreme Court denied the request of a man executed in Alabama to have his spiritual clergy available to him during his execution.
Paganism
Remembering DJ Conway
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We remember the work of D.J. Conway and her contributions to the Pagan community.
Culture
Marmots in the snow: Imbolc morning in Pennsylvania
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The Wild Hunt explores the ancient tradition of animal augury and omen reading – from ancient Rome to current day Punxsutawney, PA – along with the rituals observed to ensure a proper reading.
Betty Osceola
Indigenous and Pagan leaders heal the water
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MIAMI – The issues around water resources in South Florida are complicated and entirely human caused. They uniquely center around trying to contain Lake Okeechobee, often called Florida’s Inland Sea. Lake Okeechobee is the second largest natural freshwater lake in the contiguous US and roughly half the size of the US State of Rhode Island. The Hitchiti Native people named the lake, big (oki), water (chubi). Lake Okeechobee is shallow averaging around 9ft (2.8 m) in depth.
A Discovery of Witches
“A Discovery of Witches”: vampires, witches and academics in love
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“It beings with an absence of desire
It begins with blood and fear
It begins with
a discovery of witches.”
Based on the All Souls trilogy by Deborah Harkness, A Discovery of Witches is a new television series is about “daemons,” vampires, and witches that co-inhabit the world alongside ordinary humans. Each group distrusts the others. in the first episode, one of the characters notes that the world has become a time of “men,” echoing the progression of Tolkien’s Middle-Earth. The other groups have faded into the background, but still exist – vampires, daemons, and witches – oh, and a regulation board. Sky’s new series hits the screen with two important backstage successes.