I was planning on watching the recent “The Witch in the Wardrobe” episode of Bones and writing a long and drawn out response to and analysis of it. But Jason over at The Wild Hunt summed it up so well that instead I will simply share my thoughts and feelings.
My family and I love the show Bones. I love the characters, I love the whole crime drama aspect, I love the comedic moments. Despite this, I knew based on the previews that odds were I was not going to enjoy the episode very much. I knew going in that I was either going to be annoyed at the portrayal of Paganism or downright furious.
Allow me to say simply that the show lived up to my low expectations. Considering the cast of characters are supposed to (for the most part) be intelligent, educated, and worldly I found myself amazed at how often the Wiccans were mocked or made fun of.
Aside from that though I was disappointed that once again Wiccan practice was portrayed as something totally “out there.” While I understand the need for shock value as a marketing tool or as a ratings booster I am frankly tired, after all this time, that we have yet to see Wicca treated with the same respect afforded other faiths.
I came to Wicca at the age of 18 and have been following the path for over two decades. Don’t get me wrong, I accept that some aspects of Wiccan practice can be construed as odd or even strange. Circling skyclad beneath the full moon is not something that most people do. But, never in the past 22 years did I come to use bat bones as a regular part of my practice. And while I did once cast a circle by sprinkling cornmeal I cannot say that rye flour, or any other grain, has been “often used” in my rites.
Aside from Bones failing to portray my faith in other than the Hollywood version, I have a bone to pick with them about the science behind the solution to the crime itself. In the end of the episode it is revealed that the entire Wiccan coven fell victim to ergotism when they attempted to cast a binding spell on an evil witch in their community. Now since the rye flour was used to draw a circle around the “evil one’s” abode one can assume that they contracted it via inhalation. Since the entire coven was revealed to have murdered the evil witch while all under the delusion that she was a demon this would mean that the entire coven inhaled the same dosage. However, despite the fact that ergot poisoning causes a whole host of other symptoms including cramping, nausea, and muscle spasms the only affect seen was the group hallucination they experienced.
All in all not one of my favorite episodes and probably one that I will skip on watching again in the re-runs.
Blessings
Mama Kelly
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” which shows Jennifer Aniston’s character sitting at a table at a party in which the man she meets identifies himself as “a Wiccan … a male Witch”, reveals his magical name, and defines Wicca loosely as “a nature-based, pre-Christian religion.” Her character Beth’s reaction is to mutter “yeah, that’s fantastic.”
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