Asia
China sees the goddess Mazu as key to influencing politics in Taiwan
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Beijing hopes to use the faithful’s adoration of the goddess Mazu to manipulate elections in Taiwan.
Arts & Culture
“Paganism never stopped existing and continues to exist”: Danica Boyce’s anticolonial folklore
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Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott sits down for a wide-ranging interview with Danica Boyce, host of the Fair Folk Podcast. In the first half of the conversation, Boyce discusses seasonal folklore, how Indigenous education influenced her Paganism, and a new vision for how to incorporate traditional knowledge into modern Paganism.
Living
The New Year is a time to reflect on joy, hope, and tradition
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January is a time for blessings, for joy, and for considering and perhaps resetting our ethical stances.
Editorial
Editorial: Will 2024 bring more spiritual violence?
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TWH’s editor-in-chief, Manny Tejeda Moreno, looks forward to 2024 through a review of the documentary “The Mission,” whose story of a Christian missionary killed by an uncontacted tribe unwilling to be converted portends a continued rise in spiritual violence.
Arts & Culture
The Best of the Weekend Section, 2023
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Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott reviews the best of the weekend section from 2023’s offerings in The Wild Hunt, including the most popular article of the year, Meg Elison’s “Barbie is the new Inanna.”