News
The 18th Conference on Current Pagan Studies
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The 18th annual Conference on Current Pagan Studies took place this weekend with an excellent mix of presentations.
News
From HIV to COVID-19: a World AIDS Day Remembrance
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On World AIDS Day, we ask spiritual leaders, Orion Foxwood and Sangoma Oludoye, for their perspective on the other pandemic.
Paganism
Column: Queer Practitioner Round-Up
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Storm Faerywolf puts the spotlight on some of his favorite fellow queer magical practitioners.
Living
Accepting a Sacred Wound: an interview with Orion Foxwood
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Orion Foxwood is a role model for many in the Pagan and related communities who wish to make their living serving their gods. A prodigious writer and familiar face at Pagan conventions and festivals, Foxwood criss-crosses the country lecturing on southern conjure practices and teaching the principles of Faery Seership. In recent years, attendees at Foxwood’s classes may have been surprised to see that he has been having difficulty walking even with a cane, the result of two chronic health conditions colliding. However, his students may have been reassured by his perennial good mood that the condition wasn’t as bad as it looked.
Pagan Community Notes
Pagan Community Notes: Cleda Dawson, HUAR and COE, Heather Carr and more
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As news of Deborah Maynard’s upcoming invocation at the Iowa State Legislature spread, so did the fact that Maynard will be the third Pagan Priestess to offer such a prayer before a state body. As we noted on Wednesday, Cleda Dawson was the first in 1999 and Selena Fox was second.in 2009,
At the time of our report, neither the video recording of Dawson’s or Fox’ invocation was available online. While Circle Sanctuary is still working on acquiring a copy of the 2009 Wisconsin invocation, a clip of Dawson’s invocation has since been uploaded to YouTube. On April 2, a local Pagan, who works in the “legislative media,” was able to track down a VHS copy and transfer it into a digital format. .