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Eric Scott

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Eric Scott was raised in St. Louis by Coven Pleiades, a Wiccan group based in the Alexandrian tradition. His fiction and memoir explore the joys and doubts of being a second-generation Pagan in the modern world. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Missouri. His work has appeared in or is forthcoming in Ashe! Journal, Kerouac's Dog Magazine, Caper Literary Journal, and Witches & Pagans. He is also a Contributing Editor at Killing the Buddha.

Works by Eric Scott

Picking Lots

Eric Scott | December 19, 2012

I happened to draw the lot of being born to Pagans. I honestly did not realize how......

Best Man

Eric Scott | August 30, 2012

As an American, I know what a wedding looks like, and a handfasting ain't it....

Looking for the Elders

Eric Scott | July 23, 2012

Tracing your spiritual lineage in Paganism is very difficult, but we need to know where......

Belief in Doubt

Eric Scott | July 02, 2012

I'm not sure any religion -- even my own -- is the way up the mountain. I'm not sure the......

Ways of Looking at a Cross

Eric Scott | June 24, 2012

The unlikely appearance of a cross-bearing evangelist at the St. Louis Pagan Picnic....

The "Right" to Worship Almighty God

Eric Scott | June 03, 2012

Missouri's Prayer Amendment would make it possible for students to simply opt-out of......

Ancient Lands: Paganism Via Internet

Eric Scott | May 14, 2012

How a Microsoft CD-ROM helped introduce me to Paganism....

Family Traditions: Present, Past, Future

Eric Scott | April 23, 2012

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Family Traditions: Ascent of the Goddess

Eric Scott | April 11, 2012

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The Lenten Season in St. Louis

Eric Scott | March 04, 2012

When it comes to the Christian afterlife, I doubt I would even qualify for the Virtuous......

You Can Go Home Again

Eric Scott | January 31, 2012

While I have been writing about being a second-generation pagan, I have been separated......

Public School Pagan

Eric Scott | January 09, 2012

The real power of the majority is for their views to be so pervasive as to become......

Haethenra Hyht, or, More Tales of an Almost-Heathen

Eric Scott | December 02, 2011

Any understanding of Heathenry had to pass through not just the mist of centuries, but......

Seidhr, or, How I Became Half a Heathen

Eric Scott | November 14, 2011

I was a Wiccan; I had just begun to discover just how important to my identity Wicca......

The Living and the Dead

Eric Scott | October 30, 2011

I'm not comfortable with death. And neither are you....

Am I a Giant Panda?

Eric Scott | October 16, 2011

When the whole world says there's something pandaish about you, and the panda connection......

Ready to Ragnarok

Eric Scott | October 02, 2011

Between "the scream" and religious anger, Pagan metal takes some getting used to....

Dear Ellie, You're a Pagan!

Eric Scott | September 19, 2011

You'll grow up knowing that you are a sacred being and that there's nothing wrong -- and......

Turning the Wheel

Eric Scott | September 04, 2011

If you're going to put energy out into the universe, you should probably do your best to......

Trappings of the Occult

Eric Scott | August 21, 2011

The story of the West Memphis Three could be about my family. Suddenly a lot of things......

Believe Everything

Eric Scott | August 09, 2011

Neil Gaiman gave me a universe where the gods were real, and where I could believe......

Me and My Dad and the Tree of Life

Eric Scott | July 27, 2011

"You're talking about Tarot symbolism and Freemasonry at the lunchmeat counter?" are the......

Hand-Me-Down Paganism

Eric Scott | July 10, 2011

Pagan parents who don't want to force paganism on their kids are confusing religious......

"And You, Who Would Deny My Name"

Eric Scott | June 29, 2011

Maybe it would be better for the community if we all spoke up, but we can't live as......

Summer in the Jar

Eric Scott | June 12, 2011

I knew Tom from the time I was born, and I never once saw him without a musical......

Free and Easy Wandering

Eric Scott | May 29, 2011

Even if we consider the practical differences between our paths to be irreconcilable,......

The Devils You Know

Eric Scott | May 15, 2011

I was a Pagan teenager at a time when the world seemed to say we needed to pick a side......

After Ice Cream

Eric Scott | May 02, 2011

I always think of this story when someone asks me what it was like to grow up as a......

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