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CW: animal sacrifice, human sacrifice
When I shared last week's post about what's missing in Minoan art on social media, I got an interesting response from a fellow Pagan writer, who guessed (before reading the post) that what was missing was war and violence.
There's something to that, but it's not a simple subject.
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“Hi, this is Julie calling from Such-and-So Bank. I'm looking for Steven Posch?”
Uh-oh. The bank is calling, but Julie sounds amazingly chipper. Something's not right.
“Speaking,” I say, dubiously.
“Congratulations, Mr. Posch! You've won this year's drawing for a free organic turkey!”
I start to laugh, partly in relief, and partly in amused appreciation of Wyrd and her screwy sense of humor. Ah, the cussedness of things.
“Mr. Posch?” Julie sounds puzzled. Obviously this isn't the reaction that she expected.
“Sorry,” I finally manage to get out. “Of course it makes perfect sense that the vegetarian would win the drawing for the turkey, right?”
This week for Fiery Tuesday we take a look once more at the lives and struggles of Native Americans / American Indians throughout the United States and beyond. Join us in considering the findings of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Committee, the struggle of natives to protect their sacred land from mining companies, and how police forces have disproportionately targeted natives for violence. All this and more for the Pagan News Beagle!
