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2025-04-17T10:55:35-05:00

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UPDATE: Remembering Dawn: Why Michelle Trachtenberg Mattered

Last updated on: April 17, 2025 at 10:55 am By Jason Winslade

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As we mourn the untimely passing of our beloved Dawnie, it is ok to acknowledge the impact that Trachtenberg's characters had on us. Read more

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2024-11-06T16:04:11-06:00

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Down the Witches’ Road with Agatha All Along.

Last updated on: November 6, 2024 at 4:04 pm By Jason Winslade

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What the series accomplishes is nothing short of magical, as it manages to reframe the traditions of witchcraft as well as its occultural context. Read more

2024-05-04T15:53:29-05:00

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Taking Another Drink From The Fountain

Last updated on: May 4, 2024 at 3:53 pm By Jason Winslade

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In Darren Aronofsky's 2006 film The Fountain, the main character takes a kabbalistic journey with a literal tree of life. Yet, Tom, in his desperate attempts to cheat death, is the ultimate colonizer. Read more

2024-04-25T10:07:14-05:00

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Occulture of Dune: Part Two

Last updated on: April 25, 2024 at 10:07 am By Jason Winslade

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Adaptations of Dune present the tensions and ambivalence around occult ideas that pervades our current popular culture. Herbert's novels were cautionary tales about putting one's faith in institutions and religious beliefs, predicting so much of what we continue to deal with in the early 21st century. Read more

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2024-04-08T14:54:29-05:00

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Occulture of Dune: Part One

Last updated on: April 8, 2024 at 2:54 pm By Jason Winslade

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Dune is a prominent part of countercultural and occultural history. While Villeneuve's adaptation merely hints at the religious and occult aspects of the novel, any fans of the novel series are familiar with just how strange Herbert's imagination could get. Read more

2024-03-23T09:58:00-05:00

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Raising a Little Hell with Twin Temple

Last updated on: March 23, 2024 at 9:58 am By Jason Winslade

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Twin Temple wraps subversive messages of sex positivity, bodily autonomy, and a healthy dose of Satanism in a slick of package of rock and roll doo-wop. Read more

2024-03-20T11:57:40-05:00

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Raising a Glass for Darby O’Gill

Last updated on: March 20, 2024 at 11:57 am By Jason Winslade

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The Disney classic Darby O'Gill and the Little People is worth revisiting this St. Patrick's Day season for its culturally accurate representation of Irish folklore and a wee bit of magick. Read more

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2024-03-20T11:57:41-05:00

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WandaVision: Grief, Nostalgia and the Narcissism of Superheroes

Last updated on: March 20, 2024 at 11:57 am By Jason Winslade

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To what extent do we idolize superheroes who would be utterly narcissistic and abusive if they existed in reality? In WandaVision, we see the effects of the main character's grief and trauma on everyday people, where manipulative magick is a metaphor for gaslighting. In Wanda's case, she literally projects her denial on a screen for others to watch. Read more

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2024-03-20T11:57:42-05:00

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In Memoriam: Dr. Wendy Griffin, Co-Founder of Pagan Studies.

Last updated on: March 20, 2024 at 11:57 am By Jason Winslade

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Last week, the world of academic Pagan Studies lost a giant. Scholar, author, researcher, and drummer Wendy Griffin passed away at the age of 78 on February 12th. Her death was deeply affecting to me and to many others who knew her, were influenced by her or supported by her as she strove to legitimize the academic study of Paganism. Read more

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2024-03-20T11:57:44-05:00

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Once More with Feeling (?): The Legacy of Joss Whedon

Last updated on: March 20, 2024 at 11:57 am By Jason Winslade

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With further revelations of Joss Whedon's conduct on the set of his iconic shows, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel," fans and scholars wonder what to make of Whedon's tarnished legacy as a "feminist" filmmaker. Read more

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