Australia

Notes and Hounds: Australia Edition

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This month, TWH’s Australian correspondent Josephine Winter brings us the latest news snippets from the Australian Pagan Community.  

Western Australia: Combined Covens Participates in PrideFest WA
Last month, Perth-based non-profit Pagan social group Combined Covens participated in PrideFest, Perth’s LGBTQI+  arts, culture and community festival for the second year running. Members of Combined Covens dressed as gods and goddesses for the parade through Northbridge, which marked the conclusion of the festival. PrideFest is organised and facilitated by Pride WA. Originally incorporated in 1993 as Lesbian & Gay Pride (WA) Incorporated, Pride WA began in its earliest form during the 1989 march on Parliament, during the contentious debate about the Law Reform (Decriminalisation of Sodomy) Act 1989 which decriminalised private sexual acts between two people of the same sex.

Canada

Pagan Community Notes: World Druid Survey and more!

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A major survey project by Larisa A. White, M.S.Ed., Ph.D. of Quercus Academy in Central California late was announced last month.  The survey project intends to gather data on how modern Druidry has evolved and how practices have shifted around the world. The survey will track how Druidry has spread around the globe as a major nature spirituality path and examine what practicing Druids hold in common, and how their practices differ. White is seeking input from Druids of all levels of practice, from beginners to those who have decades of experience.  World Druidry Survey is supported in part by the OBOD’s Mount Haemus Award program. The findings of the project are set to be published at Beltane 2021 and presented at Mount Haemus Day in 2024 in conjunction with other publications.  
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Lilith Dorsey who authors the blog Voodoo Universe on Patheos discussed cultural appropriation and the recent controversy at Pantheacon.  Doresy allowed Witchdoctor Utu and his mentor, Baba Teddy Olujimi Jauw, to both make statements clarifying their practices, the history of African Traditional Religions (ATRs), and address the accusations of cultural appropriation.  Dorsey add her own analysis in the matter.

Canada

Pagan Community Notes: Statement from Pantheacon, Many Gods West goes on hiatus, and more!

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SAN JOSE, Calif. – Glenn Turner, the coordinator of Pantheacon released a statement last week regarding the removal of two presenters, Max Dashu and Witchdoctor Utu from the schedule. Turner’s statement included a commitment to providing a safe and inclusive space to all attendees and staff. The statement also included details regarding future submissions. Presenters and the subject matter presented will be given greater scrutiny, in addition to verifying presenter credentials, and more thoroughly research presenter backgrounds.

Paganism

Pagan Community Notes will be back next week

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Several of our administrators are on vacation with their families this week, and we will not be publishing Pagan Community Notes today. Please enjoy our archives of recent stories, along this week’s tarot of the week.  Pagan Community Notes will return next week. Recent Wild Hunt stories

July 22, 2018 — Pagan scholarly journal to focus on art, fashion
August 15, 2018 — HexFest 2018 met with protests from Catholic groups
August 28, 2018 — Project Blitz, a strategic threat to religious freedom
September 1, 2018 — Column: “In Venezuela, Witchcraft is everywhere”
September 1, 2018 — Columna: “En Venezuela la brujería está en todas partes”
September 6, 2018 — Witch starter kit hits mainstream; angers modern Witches
September 13, 2018 — Pagans support petition to protect the UK’s ancient yew trees
September 15, 2018 — Column: the Hope of Being “Queer”
September 16, 2018 — Boy Scout helps Pagan food pantry

For more recent stories, look to the column at the right. For older stories, go to our permanent archives. Tarot of the week by Star Bustamonte

Deck: Deviant Moon Tarot – Borderless Edition, by Patrick Valenza, published by US Games Systems, Inc.
Card: Expect the unexpected this week.

Pagan Community Notes

Pagan Community Notes: Pagan and Polytheist Portals, Abraxas, I:MAGE, and much more!

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Pagan Community Notes is a series focused on news originating from within the Pagan community. Reinforcing the idea that what happens to and within our organizations, groups, and events is news, and news-worthy. My hope is that more individuals, especially those working within Pagan organizations, get into the habit of sharing their news with the world. So let’s get started! Let’s start off this week by taking a tour of the ‘big four’ Pagan/Polytheist portals.