Paganistan: Notes from the Secret Commonwealth
In Which One Midwest Man-in-Black Confers, Converses & Otherwise Hob-Nobs with his Fellow Hob-Men (& -Women) Concerning the Sundry Ways of the Famed but Ill-Starred Tribe of Witches.
The First Lesson Every Hunter Must Learn is Persistence
In Which Our Intrepid Blogger Comes to Paganistan and Finally Meets Some Pagans
Q: Why did it take a pagan to invent mathematics?
A: Because monotheists can't count any higher than one.
I emigrated to Paganistan in 1979: ostensibly to attend grad school, but in reality looking for my people.
It took me a year to find them.
Things moved more slowly in those pre-internet days than they do now. Back then, basically, you had to know someone to get in.
The first lesson every hunter must learn is persistence. For a year I looked, finding the occasional trace, but no real trail.
Then, one unforgettable evening, I walked into Lind Hall and saw, posted on the wall across from the door, the blue-stenciled mimeograph sheet that changed my life.
Are you interested in Wicca?
Paganism? Druidism?
Children of the Night
Student Pagan Organization
Month/Day/1980
7:00 p.m.
2XX Lind Hall
“At last!” I thought. “My people!”
I won't say that I didn't actually bow down and kiss the ground in that moment.
I won't say that I didn't do that at all.
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