Source: The Daily Illini
http://www.dailyillini.com/news/campus/2009/11/12/pagans-reach-out-to-community-at-workshop
Pagans of the Champaign–Urbana area reach out to followers and non-Pagans alike to foster discussion of their faith – partially to clear up previous notions people may have about their beliefs.
David Kees, member of the Pagan Student Association and Champaign resident, said the group hopes to clear the air of any misconceptions about the Pagan faith, including stereotypes about “witchcraft” and “demon worship.”
Instead, he said the religion includes elements of naturalism, in which the individual can choose to follow any of the many routes possible under the Pagan “umbrella.”
“For me, I don’t go as far as defining what Paganism is,” Kees said. “The politically charged word would usually be ‘witch.’ I personally practice a pretty much eclectic path involving herbalism, magic work and all sorts of various parts of different Pagan paths.”