The Witches' Voice

The Witches' Voice (WitchVox) was an online information and networking resource for the Wiccan and Pagan community. It is a non-profit organization founded and run by Wren Walker and Fritz Jung in 1997. It won Peoples' Choice under Spirituality in the 2002 Webby Awards,[2] and is considered one of the "most extensive" Pagan websites.[3]

The Witches' Voice
Screenshot of The Witches' Voice site as of 7 June 2010
Available inEnglish
OwnerThe Witches' Voice Inc.
Created byWren Walker and Fritz Jung
URLwitchvox.com
Alexa rank 191,235 (April 2014)[1]
Commercialno
Registrationoptional
Launched1997
Current statusoffline

Site features

The "Wren's Nest" news section of The Witches' Voice is used as a source for other Pagan publications.[4] The site includes posts by businesses and individuals, semi-monthly essays submitted by users, columns by regular contributors, and a monthly selection of Pagan musicians and bands. Witchvox also includes Witches of the World, which facilitates networking among site members and groups.

Since 2000, The Witches’ Voice has included a section called “Bardic Circle” which is “a gathering… to share stories, magic and music”.[5] While this is traditionally done in a wooded area around a campfire, The Witches’ Voice invited NeoPagan musicians to share their music in downloadable mp3 files with Witches around the world. Some of the best musical artists and bands in NeoPagan circles participated over a ten-year period, including: Gaia Consort, Damh the Bard, SONA, Isaac Bonewits, Loke E Coyote. Beltana. sede, Magicfolk, Abigail Spinner McBride, Telling Point, The Reverend Rat, Cassandra Syndrome, Jhenah Telyndru, Lady Isadora, KIVA, Tribeworld Ensemble, Jay Atwood (who played didgeridoo for Wicked Tinkers and their album Banger for Breakfast), Tiffany Moon, Soren, Madd Mother Moose and Kari Tauring.[6]

The Witches' Voice is the largest international Neopagan site, with thousands of personal notices from users seeking to network with each other.[7]

Awards

The Witches' Voice received the People's Choice Webby Award for Spirituality in 2002 as a result of a write-in campaign.[8] The site was one of only two People's Choice winners which had not been nominated for the award that year.[2]

gollark: I do kind of wonder why, though. Weird cultural attitudes surrounding programming?
gollark: * FUNDAMENTALLY DISCRIMINATING
gollark: identity-politics-y, yes.
gollark: And I'm saying this because I still dislike it in this case.
gollark: I mean, I generally dislike identity-politics-y complaining like that.

References
  1. "Witchvox.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  2. "2002 Webby Awards". Webby Awards. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  3. Cowan, Douglas E. (2005). Cyberhenge: modern Pagans on the Internet. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-96910-7. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
  4. BlackCat. "Modern Witches Connect on the Internet". Widdershins: the Northwest Pagan's Choice. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  5. http://www.witchvox.com/music/xbardic.html
  6. http://www.witchvox.com/music/xbardic.html see left sidebar
  7. Johnston, Hannah E.; Peg Aloi (2007). The new generation witches: teenage witchcraft in contemporary culture. Ashgate Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-0-7546-5784-2. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
  8. Ardinger, Barbara (2007). Pagan Every Day: Finding the Extraordinary in Our Ordinary Lives. Red Wheel/Weiser, LLC. ISBN 1-57863-332-X.
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