LGBT
Column: Have You Heard the (Queer) Good News?
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Storm Faerywolf comments on a selection of stories featuring good news for the queer community.
Editorial
Editorial: Women’s health and reproductive rights are Pagan rights
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News Editor Star Bustamonte on why Pagans should fight back against restrictive abortion access laws such as those recently passed in Georgia, Ohio, Missouri, and Kentucky.
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.
News
Pagan Community Notes: Little Witches Ball, Luark, Alabama and more
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DETROIT – While a Witch Ball is not uncommon in October, it is uncommon to find one dedicated to children. Members of Michigan’s Pagan community are doing just that. The Detroit Conjure Folk Magic Festival, together with the Michigan Witches Ball, will be hosting a Halloween party just for kids. Little Witches Ball Hocus-Pocus, as it is called, will be held in Roseville, Michigan, on October 12 at the American Legion East Detroit. Organizers write, “Merry meet, Little Witches and Pagans of all faiths, this is going to be a blast for the children this Halloween Season.” They also note that they will be serving soft drinks and pizza, and have music for the kids to enjoy.
Paganism
Culture and Community: Spirit of Place in Regional Magic
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The land has its own magic. The whispers of the rolling hills of Northern California speak in a different tongue than that of the long flat lands of lower Alabama. The spirit of place can greatly contribute to the culture, presence and practice of magic in any one regional area. There are different terms, traditions and beliefs that encompass concepts of regional magic or spirit of place. Different cultures relate to it in unique ways; yet there is continued historical significance to the practices of cultures and of people who have a reverence for the specific magic of local lands and regional areas.