I’m not a big fan of Witch School. And their stock with me fell even further this morning when I found out about this: WitchSchool.com World’s Largest Witch School for Sale.
That’s right, Witch School is for sale to the highest bidder, be it responsible pagans or a Christian evangelical group. And the winner gets access to the private information of every Witch School student, as well as the right to award degrees in one of the flavours of Correllian Wicca. Sounds like a disaster waiting to happen.
This, of course, is another in a long line of fun and exciting happenings at Witch School. There was the split between leaders that has lead to competing traditions (more about that at The Wild Hunt: Correllian Crack-Up). And there is the proposed Sci-Fi channel series (more here). And, of course, the expose by Nonfluffypagans.
I have to say I was annoyed to find out about this from sources other then Witch School itself. I am not pleased with the idea of someone else having access to my private information, and I have written to support@witchschool.com asking to have my account closed and my information deleted. (I haven’t used my account in years, but it is the principal of the thing; I don’t want an unknown entity having my email address and name.)
Of course, access to private information isn’t the only issue. There is also the cheapening of Wiccan teaching, which, admittedly, Witch School was doing anyway before this auction. The ability to hand out degrees is not something that should be offered for sale on eBay. The graceful and proper thing to do would be to shut down the school and sell the proprietary software without the Wiccan content. Hopefully Ed Hubbard will wake up and realize that what he is doing will likely damage the Wiccan community in the long run.
You can read more about this at The Wild Hunt – Wanna Buy Witch School?.