Europe
Pagan Community Notes: Week of August 29, 2024
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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.
Christopher Penczak
The “evil eye” then and now
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While the “evil eye” has a long history and found in a variety of cultures around the world, people often misunderstand what it is and how to counter it.
Paganism
Column: Eco-fairies – Old or New?
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Guest columnist John Kruse makes the case for environmentalism as a fundamental element of folklore surrounding fairies.
Living
Pagans find camaraderie at New Hampshire’s TempleFest 2017
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HANCOCK, N.H. – TempleFest 2017, the annual summer festival of the Temple of Witchcraft, was held last weekend. Attendees and presenters traveled from all over the country to partake in workshops, panels, and rituals. Did these witches find what they were looking for? Folklorist and anthropologist Dr. Sabina Magliocco says Pagans attend festivals for a range of reasons, “Everything from seeking to immerse themselves completely in Pagan culture, to reconnecting with old friends, experiencing nature in the company of other Pagans, and participating in large group ritual. Some go just to party with friends.”
Paganism
“Rage Donations” among the post-presidential election impacts
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UNITED STATES — Even as activists took to the streets to protest the results of the presidential election, others adopted a quieter approach that has been since dubbed “rage donating” or the giving money to organizations that support populations deemed at risk once Donald Trump takes office. A web site named RageDonate was quickly created to channel this very desire; each screen pairs a Trump quote with a donation button tied to a related cause. Reports from the offices of Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) indicate that those are perhaps the two most popular targets for post-election donations, although others also have benefited. On the season finale of Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver listed a number of other organizations that he believes could use extra assistance while Trump is in office. These include the National Resources Defense Council, International Refugee Assistance Project, the Project, and the Legal Defense Fund of the NAACP.