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In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: the Salem community seeks hate crime charges after a confrontation at the Psychic Fair, an Atlanta parent accuses a school of forcing her daughter to join Halloween activities, Star shares the Tarot of the Week, and (who knew?) some bats actually glow.
Halloween fell on a weekend, and predictably, the Amen pew trembled. “HallowMonday” has returned, bringing not only pearl-clutching and performative outrage about witchcraft, but also a serious incident in Georgia. The Wild Hunt also received its annual reminder that we are the “mouthpiece of Satan.”
Happy Halloween! To celebrate, Karl E.H. Seigfried considers novels by George A. Romero & Daniel Kraus, F. Paul Wilson, and John Bellairs, and what their horrors can teach us about the horrors that face us today.
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: The Great Wheel turns once more. Blessings of the New Year to all—may your ancestors strengthen you with their wisdom. Samhain blessings to those in the North, and Beltaine blessings to those in the South. Star offers this week’s Tarot reading, Cherry Hill Seminary announces its Samhain Kispum, and the House of Black Cat Magic celebrates the premiere of Blacklisted, produced by the Fetzer Institute.
A Christian ministry disrupted Salem’s Psychic Fair and Witches’ Market, harassing vendors, anointing booths, and desecrating an Ancestor altar amid a surge of anti-Halloween activism portraying Halloween and Samhain as “demonic” and urging believers to “oppose darkness.