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In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: Indigenous voters participate in record numbers, gray wolves protected in Colorado, Crossings of the Veil, and other news.
Witch and author, Kirk White, wins bid for a seat in the Vermont House of Representatives.
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: Well-known Pagan leader Kirk White announces a run for state office, Various Pagan events announce changes and postponements, the Buckland Museums reopens, art contest announced, and more!
SAN FRANCISCO –Last week, officials announced that a woman here had died after ingesting a toxic herbal tea, and a man who also drank a brew prepared from herbs sold at the same shop, was hospitalized in critical condition before recovering. According to local news coverage, the culprit was the herb aconite, which has a variety of common names including wolf’s bane and fuzi. While this plant can be highly toxic without processing, with proper care it is a staple of Chinese herbal medicine. The two victims in San Francisco purchased different tea blends that were mixed at Sun Wing Wo Trading Company, each of which included unprocessed aconite. Tests of both the herbal blends and the victims’ blood confirmed aconite as the toxic agent.
BETHEL, Vt. –Whether or not there is such as thing as “Pagan community” is as slippery a concept as the definition of “Pagan” itself. The core question is whether or not people who follow vastly different traditions have enough in common to share a common label, or a common table. Some festivals are positioned to reinforce a feeling of community. For example, at the end of Pagan Spirit Gathering participants don’t just leave; they head out on a “year-long supply run.”