The Spiritual Lives of Wiccans in Laurel, Maryland

October 3, 2003

Source: Laurel Leader

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On October 3, 2003 Laurel Leader described Athena Schaffer in the midst of a spellcasting ceremony to protect her town from a hurricane. Schaffer and her family are among the estimated 1,000 Wiccans currently living in Laurel, Maryland. The Schaffers belong to a coven of witches called the American Chapter of the Sherwood Coven."' We work with a number of pantheons: Norse, Egyptian, Greek and Celtic' Athena said. 'There's a saying in Wicca that there are 'many paths to the Summerland' (our term for heaven or the afterlife); no one spiritual path works for everyone.'"