Paganism

Pagan Weddings Attract More Than a Cult Following

May 3, 2008

Author: LISA CUPIDO

Source: Columbia News Service/The Modesto Bee

http://www.modbee.com/life/faithvalues/story/287826.html

On the morning of Anna-Jeannine Kemper's wedding, she, like many brides, will fasten the corset of her lace and taffeta ballroom gown, pick up her silk pink orchid and rose bouquet, and re-count her Champagne flute favors.

But while some brides pace nervously before the ceremony, Kemper, 25,will be busy blessing...

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Loxley Abbey Church

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Address: 2401 Old Milburnie Road, Raleigh, NC 27604
Email: loxleyabbey@yahoo.com
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Immigration, Pluralism Bring New Faiths to Fox Valley

March 30, 2008

Source: Courier News

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/couriernews/lifestyles/866504,3_5_EL30_FAITH_S1.article

The building retains its classically American-Protestant design outside, right up to the steeple pointing heavenward. Inside, the pews have been removed to accommodate Eastern worshippers, and the former pulpit focal point has given way to a 6-foot-tall white marble statue of Sai Baba.

This is the Shirdi Sai Temple, a...

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Plea for 'Witches' to be Pardoned

February 28, 2008

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/7268111.stm

Campaigners have submitted a petition to the Scottish Parliament calling for the last woman convicted under the Witchcraft Act to be pardoned.

Helen Duncan spent nine months in Holloway prison after being found guilty at a trial in 1944.

She had told a séance a warship had sunk before the news...

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Church Warns Pagan Holiday Spells Trouble

January 27, 2008

Author: Marc Horne

Source: Scotsman

http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Church-warns-pagan-holiday-spells.3715397.jp

WITCHES, heathens, druids and wiccans from across the UK are set to spend a spell in a tiny north-east community.

The Pagan Federation is planning to hold its first summer camp in Inchberry near Fochabers. The three-day event, scheduled for July, will be a celebration of the ancient religion which is...

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In Livingston, Hearing Set on Anti-Soothsaying Law

January 25, 2008

Source: The Associated Press

http://www.nola.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/news-36/1201268965239690.xml&storylist=louisiana

LIVINGSTON, La. (AP) — The Livingston Parish Council has decided to hold a public hearing in February on whether it should repeal its anti-soothsaying ordinance.

Council attorney Blayne Honeycutt has recommended the council repeal the parish's fortunetelling ordinance, which has been challenged...

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Witch School International Names First Board of Directors, Faces Major Challenges

January 22, 2008

Source: Press Release Newswire

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/01/prweb640461.htm

Becoming a global education company is difficult enough, but it's a lot harder when you are teaching Wicca and Witchcraft. Yet no matter how difficult, Witch School International is focused on doing just that. To accomplish their goals they name their first Board of Directors to focus the company on the future.

Rossville, IL (PRWEB) January 22, 2008 -- In the battle for religious...

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Wicker Man to Burn at Festival

January 22, 2008

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Dorset Daily Echo

http://www.thisisdorset.net/display.var.1982865.0.wicker_man_to_burn_at_festival.php

DRUIDS and witches in Dorset are to hold a large pagan gathering near Weymouth to celebrate the festival of Beltane.

The three-day gathering for several hundred people, at a location near Portesham, will take place from May 2 to May 4 - and the highlight will be a fire ritual,...

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Selena Fox to Speak on Pagan Freedoms Rising

January 15, 2008

Source: Pagan News Media

Selena Fox, High Priestess of Circle Sanctuary and Executive Director of the Lady Liberty League, will be speaking on Pagan Freedoms Rising this coming weekend, January 18-21, 2008 in Maryland.

In her presentation, Selena will talk about the successes and challenges of working for equal rights for Pagans in America over the past thirty years, including last year's Veteran Pentacle Quest victory, and also will share some strategies for present and future efforts. She will talk about the defeat of federal anti-Pagan legislation (...

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Experts: Casting Spells Not about Killing

January 9, 2008

Author: Molly Montag

Source: Sioux City Journal

http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2008/01/08/news/local/f1b72d9ec4df985c862573ca000e720e.txt

Casting spells and the study and practice of witchcraft is nonviolent and often misunderstood, experts say.

Lawrence Douglas Harris Sr., 25, of Sioux City told investigators he was casting a spell that "had gone bad" when his stepdaughters, ages 8...

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Group Calling for 'Witch' to be Pardoned

January 7, 2008

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Edinburgh Evening News

http://news.scotsman.com/politics/Group-calling-for-39witch39-to.3645599.jp

A PETITION is to be submitted to the Scottish Parliament asking for support in the battle to pardon the last person to be convicted of witchcraft in Britain. Paranormal group Full Moon Investigations will submit the petition to ministers urging them to pressure the Home Office into fully pardoning...

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Wiccan Priest Sues over Livingston Soothsaying Ordinance

January 3, 2008

Author: BOB ANDERSON

Source: The Advocate

http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/12997792.html

SPRINGFIELD — A man who describes himself as a Wiccan priest has filed suit against Livingston Parish over its soothsaying ordinance.

Inspiration from the divine transmitted by a Wiccan should be treated legally the same way as a message from God transmitted by a Christian minister, Cliff Eakin said Wednesday.

“To dictate what you can...

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Phone Caller Confesses to Pentacle Vandalism

December 31, 2007

Source: www.wivb.com

http://www.wivb.com/global/story.asp?s=7561023

(Olean, NY December 31, 2007) - - We have a follow up to a vandalism case in the Southern Tier.

Police believe they've received a phone-call confession from the person who ran-over a holiday pentacle display in olean. This all started earlier this month in Olean. The city allowed people to put up religious symbols in front of city hall..but not long after someone erected a Wiccan pentacle sign.. Someone...

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