International columnist Alan D.D. reviews two recent books, In Focus Reiki by Des Hynes and The Illustrated Bestiary by Maia Toll.
Film & TV Reviews
“Midsommar”: an Objective Review
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Eric O. Scott reviews Ari Aster’s new film, “Midsommar,” and examines how it compares to other examples of “Pagan horror.”
Paganism
Column: Musings on Queer Magic
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Storm Faerywolf reviews the book “Queer Magic: LGBT+ Spirituality and Culture from Around the World” by Tomás Prower.
Afro-Cuban
The Orishas of “Guava Island”
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Manny Tejeda-Moreno reviews the role of the Orisha and Afro-Cuban spirituality in the new film starring Donald Glover and Rihanna, “Guava Island.”
Paganism
The Living and the Dead: A Review
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Our guest reviewer Noelle K. Bowles reviews BBC’s The Living and the Dead (2016) now available on streaming services.
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.