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Page 4A
Local witch compares witchcraft rituals
with fundamentalist religious experiences
By Paul Sturt/.
CM llw Kmvrald
Carol Queen used to read about fundamentalist Christian
meetings where the faithful feel the spirit and get out of control:
screaming, twitching and speaking in tongues on the floor of the
church.
"I used to think these people were just whacked out. crazed.”
she says.
And yet. that's probably what the trick-or-treatcrs thought of
Carol and her group of friends dancing around the bonfire, chan
ting and working themselves into a frenzy, last Halloween.
Queen and the coven of about 20 witches she associates with in
Eugene don't see themselves as being far removed from the ex
periences of the fundamentalists.
rturfo by D*rr*l Hrwitt
Eugene witch Carol Queen talks about her interest in witchcraft
and her involvement with a local coven of witches.
"There's a sense that this religion business is real," she says.
As a country girl in Cheshire. Ore , Queen might nut have seen
what she was attracted to as possibly the oldest religion in the
world, one that she now says stretches back to the spiritual yearn
ings of the cave painters.
"I was just real, real drawn to this stuff." she remembers. "Uits
of people who wind up calling themselves witches say they went
‘real drawn’ to it.
"I was drawn to mythology and especially to fairy tales, which
are remnants of northern European mythology." she says. "I read
constantly and I'd go to the library at an early age. I filled my life up
with a fantasy world which really resonated with me."
By the time she was 13. Queen happened upon an advertise
ment about a witchcraft book in the back of a magazine She
ordered it and received a book entitled "Potions and Spells of
Witchcraft.'' v .
The book detailed "How to (Jet a U»ver" and "How to Make
Someone Leave Who’s Bothering You." but little else
"It didn't say a word of witchcraft being a religion, not a word
about a goddess except that witches were remnants of a religion
that was once widespread." Queen says.
Nonetheless. Queen started making connections between the
somewhat sensationalist rituals detailed in the book with ones she
was already familiar with in Christianity. She says she was soon
able to (rar e this emphasis on wonder practices to ancient common
people who were content to just involve themselves- within the
satisfaction of rituals.
"It's just like plenty of Catholics today who have a real steady
prayer schedule and have saints to call for but who don't put a hit of
energy into the theological complexity associated with the
religion." she says.
Queen, a sociology graduate teaching fellow at the University,
has been dealing with these theological questions by researching
religion for a number of years. A couple of years ago she evtin wrote
a 32-page thesis on witchraft. which discussed its history, belief
systems and adherents.
In her dual role of witch and scholar. Queen is able to offer uni
que insights. . ‘ • •
One minute she can talk about how witchcraft is part of a larger
phenomenon called neo-paganism and explain that at UUn word
"pagan” means country dweller. The next moment she can talk
Continued on Page 5A
Women’s task force sponsors forum
to celebrate female creative endeavors
By Shannon Kelley
Of the Emerald
Celebrating women and creativity
while dispelling some myths are the ma
jor objectives of the symposium.
Women's Symposium: Creativity, being
sponsored by the ASUQ Women’s Task
Force May 1-4.
“Creativity” seemed to link together
the diverse subjects of visual art.
literature, film, politics, drama, dance
and spirituality under one heading, says
Shannon Meehan, a task force member.
Meehan also says women have as
much to offer the world in their unique
self-expression through art. but they not
always are acknowledged in forums such
as art history classes.
Many people associate the women's
symposium with lesbianism, says coor
dinator Lien Shutt.
“It does include lesbians, but it also
includes other women.” Shutt says.
"We want to represent all women, and
men can celebrate women too.”
Today's focus is literature. At 4 p.m..
there will be a writers' forum featuring
June Jordan, Chino Sole, (Cecelia Hagen
and Maxine Scates. Jordan is a noted
black poet, essayist and playwright
presently teaching at the State l Iniversl
ty of New York, Her latest book. On Call,
is a collection of essays on South Africa.
She will give a full presentation tonight
at 8 p in. in 187 EMU.
The symposium will "Explore The
Arts" on Saturday from 11 a.m, to 2 p m.
in 177 Lawrence Hall.
The Righteous Mothers, a comedy
singing duo. will perform an afternoon
gig from 2 to 4 p.m. in the EMU cour
tyard. The program will be in Gerlinger
Lounge in case of rain. After the perfor
mance, Melissa Howden, coordinator for
the Redwood 1985 Music Festival in
Berkeley, will speak on the treatment of
women in the recording industry.
Roxy Ragozzino and Nancy Julian.
both actresses in Eugene, and Terra
Daugirda Pressler. a CTF in the Universi
ty theater department, will speak on
their experiences in theatre at 5 p m. in
the EMU Fomin Room.
At 8 p.m. In the Forum Koorn will lx?
two dance performances A portion of
Pressler's play "Fat” and some
monologues from "Talking With.” a re
cent production at the University, will
lie performed. '
"Alternatives" will be addressed on
Sunday from 1 to 7:;l» p m. in the EMU
Forum Room.
Karen Timektwa. from the Hig Moun
tain Support Group, will address the
issue of the forced relocation of 14,000
Dinah and Hop! native peoples from
their reservation in Arizona at t p in.
"Women in Nicaragua: After the
Revolution," a movie will be shown a 2
p.m.
A panel, ‘’Women's Diverse
Spirituality” will discuss five different
expressions of spirituality, including
witchcraft. Judaism. Christianity. Indian
medicine and Buddhism at 4 p.m.
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