Pagan hub remains intact

[icymist]

Pagan hub remains intact
Store and building owners vow to rebuild after a suspicious fire gutted Moonflower Magicks in downtown Everett.

By Jeff Switzer
Herald Writer

EVERETT - Moonflower Magicks was a rare place for today's witches and pagans to gather and be accepted. It was as much sanctuary and cultural center as it was a book and supply shop.

When a fire two weeks ago closed the purple gilded New Age shop at the corner of Colby Avenue and California Street, word of the loss shot through the communities that called it home.

"It's pretty much a hub of the neo-pagan community," said Willow Moon, an Italian witch and Wiccan high priestess from Everett. "It's been a big loss."

The arched ceiling is charred black. Temperatures up to 900 degrees melted the shop's light fixtures.

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[laheina]

1. This story breaks my heart.

Not only because of the senselessness and hypocrisy of it, but also because I worry about the political climate taking us back to persecution.

[icymist]

2. You have to admire Willow Moon's sense of humor:

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Most fires stink, but this one smelled good because of the incense and oils that broke open or burned, Moonflower Benson said.

She said the fire was like the American Indian tradition of smudging, where sage or aromatic herbs are burned.

I like the idea of Everett being smudged!