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.

Paganism

2017 Wild Hunt retrospective

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TWH – Now that the season has turned and we are nearing the end of the 2017, we look back, one last time, to review this historic year. What happened? What didn’t happen? What events shaped our thoughts and guided our actions? In our collective worlds, both big and small, what were the major discussions?

Culture

Column: Pagans Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Harry Potter

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On June 26, the wildly popular Harry Potter book series celebrated its 20th anniversary. Written by J.K. Rowling, who was a struggling single mother prior to skyrocketing to fame and fortune, the children’s fantasy series gained plenty of adult fans and has spawned a media empire. Eventually, Rowling published seven books, which led to eight high-grossing feature films with A-list actors in many of the roles. Even after the films ended, the series maintained a strong internet presence and has been given new life with the opening of two interactive Harry Potter themed “lands” at Universal Studios theme parks in Florida and California. Pagans, especially those who identify as Witches, are often drawn to any work of fiction that includes witches or pagans as characters.

Hounds

Unleash the Hounds! (Holiday Edition Link Round Up)

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There are many articles and essays of interest to modern Pagans out there, more than our team can write about in-depth in any given week. Therefore, The Wild Hunt must unleash the hounds in order to round them all up. At this time of the year, perhaps more than any other, it becomes very apparent that we live in a multi faith world. Whether the shows of diversity are in public displays leading to debates on religious freedom or the variety of holiday wishes and celebratory rituals, December brings a very visible demonstration of the breadth of religious belief in the U.S. and, even, worldwide. With that spirit, we have collected a number of religious news stories that have been making headlines over the past few weeks.