Day, who runs the online Spectral Evidence shin-dig, has
already hit headlines for all the wrong reasons. Most recently, he suggested
Palestinians should be “eating their children” and has been dragged through
court accused of elder abuse; he has also been slammed for stalking, racism and general nastiness.
Yet instead of keeping her distance, Sanders shocked many
by leaping to his defence in a Facebook post, even mocking one of his accusers
and brushing the whole saga off as little more than community drama.
She wrote a lengthy post calling the criticism “spectacle
dressed up as accountability.” She singled out one of Day’s alleged victims,
using the mocking nickname “Spikey,” and accused him of hypocrisy and
attention-seeking.
“Spikey’s crusade wasn’t a genuine critique. It was
spectacle dressed up as accountability, fuelled by half-truths and collective
contempt. It wasn’t wisdom; it was a performance,” she declared.
Sanders then claimed Day suffers from “intermittent
explosive disorder,” a recognised psychiatric condition, and argued his
infamous outbursts were misunderstood. According to her, real witchcraft isn’t
about “keyboard crusades” but compassion, silence, and self-awareness.
“There is profound strength in silence... Such silence can
be deeply kind, allowing the heat of discord to cool and wisdom and clarity to
resurface,” she urged, calling for kindness in the face of conflict.
Sanders got sycophantic applause from her local followers, but
must have been surprised by the response from those over the pond who had actual dealings with Day.
Peni Delina Perreault, one of many accusing Day of long-term
abuse, hit back with a blistering comment: “This isn't the result of one small
disagreement. This is 20 years of repeated abuse, threats and nefarious deeds.
We will not go away as we feel it is important to warn others what they may
face.”
Perreault slammed Sanders for enabling an abuser and for
echoing Day’s own mockery by calling a victim “Spiky.” “Calling another witch
'Spiky' as his abuser lowers you in my respect,” she wrote, also blasting
Alexandrian leadership in New Orleans for tolerating abuse while ignoring their
own standards.
One poster branded the defence of Day “obvious and
disgusting,” insisting they personally knew multiple victims and believed many
more were too scared to speak.
Sanders has been known to expel people from her coven for
far less serious offences. That left many baffled as to why she was bending
over backwards for Day.
Some in the community think the answer is simple loyalty.
Day was initiated by Sharon Day, Sanders' right-hand woman and social media
manager, and that tie might explain the public support.
Others were more brutal, mocking Sanders’ post as if it had
been “written by artificial intelligence trying to impersonate a wise elder
without the wisdom or political nous.”
Sanders’ attempt to dress up Day’s behaviour as
misunderstood and call for them to embrace his antics as part of some spiritual
thing witches should do has gone down badly.
One of our sources said: “It is exactly the sort of bollocks
that the Roman Catholic church does.”
Comment from Sharon Day:
"Given the importance of vouching and lineage in Wiccan circles, the first clarification pertains to a statement made in a recent blog post that I initiated Christian.
For the avoidance of doubt, I can confirm that neither Maxine nor I initiated him. That said, Christian is a vouched-for initiate.
As regards the statements and insinuations that I authored Maxine’s post ‘Grace under Fire’, these too are categorically false.
Maxine’s views and written expressions are wholly her own and always have been since we've known each other."
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