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In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: Rev. Patrick McCollum announces that a documentary about his life and work will soon be released; the Sturgeon Moon rises amid the sparks of Perseus’ sword; plus, Star’s Tarot of the Week and the trolls of Thomas Dambo.
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, Rev. Patrick McCollum announces his return to an old project, a new conference in Portland, new learning opportunities at Cherry Hill Seminary, the Pope denounces witchcraft (again), Clairo calls for witchcraft against Trump, and Michael Hughes shares a ritual for these times.
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, Ukraine witches, Tajikistan warning, Patrick McCollum, Sabina Magliocco and more events plus Star’s Tarot of the Week.
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TWH –On June 17, 2015, violence ripped through a South Carolina community in one of the worst ways imaginable: the perpetrator joined his victims for a Bible study session at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, and then shot nine people dead, wounding a tenth. The shooter, a white man, hoped to bring about a race war through his execution of his black victims. He was sentenced to death in federal court for those actions, but is now seeking a new trial. The case has received a significant amount of press coverage, and the nature of the crimes themselves — targeting victims during a religious service in the hopes of igniting further racially-motivated violence — appears to typify one of the most serious cultural problems in the United States today. It is in the context of these recent stories that we decided to speak with a number of Pagans to examine views on the death penalty. Like members of the overarching society, those interviewed had varied and nuanced positions on this complex topic.