The Wild Hunt (https://wildhunt.org/tag/salem-witch-trials)
In this edition of *What the Hounds?*, a Salem museum sparks outrage, Etsy Witches tackle weddings and job hunts, and a Christian author sees demons everywhere. [Yah, we know. No news there, but this one’s good.] The Hounds have questions. Lots of questions.
“The witch in this story does not try to make it look natural,” writes Meg Elison of this 1942 classic. “She doesn’t play fair, split the difference, or win graciously for the sake of appearances. She wins utterly.”
“As a nation, we love to cast our projections on the witches of Salem,” writes Meg Elison as she examines America’s favorite film about witches. “What we want from the real people who died by state violence, the places where they hanged, the hysteria that killed them, is fun. We want Salem to be a theme park, to amuse us and titillate us.”
In this Week’s Pagan Community Notes, Strega Nona gets USPS stamp, a State Representative in Connecticut is skeptical of exonerations, Witches in the UK send ritual support to King Charles, Sauron’s butterfly (you read the right), a shocking Bath event, and more news.
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: Cherry Hill Seminary receives major gift, posthumous pardons for those accused of “witchcraft”, Imbolc observances, and more news.