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A round up of Pagan Perspectives on current news and historical events. You will also find columns related to personal experiences and how they relate back to the spirituality of the author.
Note: We welcome submissions for our Perspectives section. Please send inquiries or completed pieces to eric@wildhunt.org
Editor-in-chief Manny Moreno shines a light on recent rhetoric about “spiritual warfare” within segments of conservative religious communities that have begun targeting occult practices and Paganism, including referring to Pagans as Satanic agents and assassins.
The core of Witchcraft has always been carnal in nature. It is rooted in the wisdom of both the land and the body, recognizing the physical world as the holy temple through which we worship the omnipresent divine, the indwelling consciousness within all things and places. It is this consciousness which we often deify, calling it Goddess or God or some other equally nebulous title meant to inspire a sense of awe, reverence, and mystery.
Nathan Hall reflects on the Sacred Space / Between the Worlds conference, an event that he found “enormously powerful, challenging, and revivifying.”
My room became a Wunderkammer of sorts, filled with strange and magical items right alongside cheap pieces of mass-produced plastic that made me laugh and reminded me of my friends. The ways in which I saw the gods grew into a visual language, a series of physical metaphors grounded in my everyday experience and sprawling across my living space. Like all languages, it began to create its own meaning.
Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott looks at recent transgender coverage in TWH to celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility.