The Wild Hunt (https://wildhunt.org/tag/donald-trump)
Weekend editor Eric O. Scott reflects on events that unfolded this weekend. As bombs fell and political justifications followed, Venezuelan civilians paid the price. Venezuela is not an abstraction or a geopolitical chessboard, but a real place, filled with real people whose lives were extinguished without warning. This editorial examines power, accountability, and the moral cost of treating distant suffering as disposable.
“Whether in public, or in secret, we need to oppose this regime with everything we’ve got,” writes Storm Faerywolf as today’s No Kings protests gather around the world. “And since this is a publication for Pagans and Witches, this means magic.”
With all the chaos in the world, we need a bit of hope, a bit of remembrance that life is not always a series of catastrophes, even when it appears to be that way.
Karl E.H. Seigfried examines the role of duplicitous counselors in Norse mythology, looking at sources from Volsunga saga to Sörla þáttr to puzzle out what lessons these figures can tell us about our situation today.
Most of the Kitchen Witches I know want to help people. They want to nourish, support, and heal with the powers of food and drink. Not me, though. I’m more of a Hansel and Gretel-type. I want to eat a sonuvabitch.