The Wild Hunt (https://wildhunt.org/tag/wicca/page/3)
The witch was a figure of both disgust and fear, but, paradoxically, also of sexual desire and temptation. The witch represented that which was forbidden in all its forms. And for that, she was reviled, even as she titillated the minds of the repressed. Very queer, indeed.
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, “‘pagan and satanic” church firebombed in Texas, Republican candidate worried about Wiccan takeover, the August supermoon, and more news and announcements.
“Am I seeking, or am I being sought?” Meg Elison reviews J. Lee Thompson’s EYE OF THE DEVIL (1966), a classic of pagan horror that revolves around the myth of the Sacred King.
A new program launched by the Aquarian Tabernacle Church and Woolston-Steen Theological Seminary seeks to offer accreditation for Wiccan Institutions, Covens, and stand-alone classes.
The Gareth Knight Conference held its second annual event in Glastonbury which is centered on Knight’s influential and immense body of work concerning esotericism, occult and magical studies and practice.