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Sunday September 13, 2009
Paganism • Witchcraft:
ADAMSTOWN, Pa. — In the rolling hills of deeply religious rural Pennsylvania sits Stoudtburg Village, a tiny hamlet modeled on a German town. On weekends, tourists come here to visit shops on the ground floors of closely set three-story houses painted bright colors on pedestrian-only streets.
But this weekend, plans for a nature-worshipping group of modern pagans and witches to hold a festival in this picturesque section of Adamstown are getting a mixed reception, with some shop owners welcoming the visitors but others saying they plan to close.
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Wednesday March 25, 2009
Paganism:
Like many other soldiers who took part in the Gaza operation, Omer, 20, occasionally took a few moments to pray, but he did not pray to the Lord of Israel.Omer considers himself pagan, and has sworn allegiance to three ancient gods. During combat, he says they appeared before him, giving him strength during the most arduous moments.
The soldier is part of a tiny community of pagans that has developed in Israel
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Tuesday January 13, 2009
Lawrence Douglas Harris Sr. • Paganism • Satanism • Witchcraft:
In the basement, officers find candles, Larry’s ritual knife, stained with DNA from one of the girls, a symbol of Baphomet, representing Satan and believed to have occult power, bells and an amulet with an inverted pentagram — all items used in rituals described in “The Satanic Bible.”Larry tells police he has a spell notebook in his and Marla’s bedroom closet. The notebook contains drawings from the book “Pagan Ways,” references found in the occult fiction book “Necronomicom” and page numbers corresponding to “The Satanic Bible,” including one specific spell.
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Friday October 31, 2008
Paganism:
Paganism is alive and well in America, according to author and National Public Radio correspondent Margot Adler.
Adler, a priestess of the Gardnerian Wiccan tradition, wrote “Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America Today.” The book, first published in 1979, was one of the first publications to document the history and modern practices of various Earth-based religions.
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Paganism is on the rise in jails in England and Wales with the number of practising prisoners more than doubling in the past four years.
Paganism was recognised by the Prison Service as a religion more than eight years ago but since 2003 the numbers have risen steadily from 133 to 328 in 2007, according to figures published yesterday.
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Wednesday September 3, 2008
Ellinais • Paganism:
Defying police presence and a thunderous downpour, dozens of Greek pagans huddled near the Parthenon in Athens on Sunday, holding a protest prayer for a museum being built at the foot of the sacred site.
The ceremony, attended by scores of curious onlookers, was performed amid the ruins of the 2,500-year-old Parthenon. The ancient Greek religion was outlawed by the Roman empire in the fourth century.
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Friday August 29, 2008
Ellinais • Paganism:
A small group of pagans pledged Thursday to hold a protest prayer among the ruined Acropolis temples, more than 1,500 years after Christians stamped out worship of the ancient Greek gods.
Peppa’s Athens-based group, Ellinais, is campaigning to revive ancient religion and has defied Culture Ministry bans to hold prayers at several ancient temples.
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Tuesday May 13, 2008
Paganism:
People from all walks of life joined in the fun Saturday at the 7th Annual Pagan Festival and Parade. It was a showing of acceptance and celebration across all ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientations and faith traditions. Organizers said they also wanted to dispel common misconceptions that paganism is about devil worship.
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Monday May 12, 2008
Paganism:
The ruling has been announced as part of a prisons policy that requires Pagan prisoners to have the same rights as prisoners of other religions. The new rules were drawn up with the help of the Pagan Federation, which advised the prison service on what equipment its members needed.
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Monday May 5, 2008
Paganism:
Supporters and critics of pagan weddings often describe the ceremonies as beautiful, mystical, bizarre and even evil, all descriptions Kemper has heard. But, according to some experts, there is one word they can no longer use: uncommon.
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Saturday April 19, 2008
Paganism • Witchcraft:
Jerrie Hildebrand fights against the misconception that Wiccans and Pagans are somehow fundamentally different from Christians, Jews and Muslims — a belief she says was held and accepted even by Salem officials until recent years. In truth, said Hildebrand, they come in all forms: gay, straight, businesspeople and artists, family leaders and singles. “We’re just regular folk having a life,” she said. “So we’re just like any other faith community.”
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Tuesday April 15, 2008
Paganism • Witchcraft:
Witches get more respect than they used to here in the Witch City. That was a recurring theme among about 40 witches, pagans and Wiccans at a city-sponsored forum held Saturday night to educate the public and challenge stereotypes about their religion.
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Tuesday February 19, 2008
Exorcism • Paganism:
Mr Garland said that according to 2006 Census, there were more than 40,000 Pagans of different denominations across Australia, “all remarkably unaffected by demonic possession”.
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Friday December 21, 2007
Paganism:
On Saturday, whether alone or in covens, area residents who call themselves Pagans will celebrate Yule, a celebration of the changing seasons on winter solstice.
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Monday November 5, 2007
Paganism:
Ellwood “Bunky” Bartlett – Mega Millions lottery winner, Wiccan high priest, recently retired accountant – would like to clear up a few misconceptions about his plans for a “witch school.”
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Tuesday July 17, 2007
Paganism:
Pagans have pledged to perform “rain magic” to wash away a cartoon character painted next to their famous fertility symbol – the Cerne Abbas giant.
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Monday July 2, 2007
Paganism:
For some NHS hospital patients it would seem the help of one god is just not enough. Pagan chaplains are, for the first time, to offer counselling and prayers to the sick in Scottish wards.
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Saturday June 30, 2007
Paganism • Witchcraft:
Witchcraft, also known as Wicca, is one of hundreds of pagan religions followed around the world. And there are hundreds of Utah pagans.
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Wednesday January 31, 2007
Paganism • UK:
Archeologists working near Stonehenge in England have discovered what appears to be an ancient religious complex containing a wealth of artifacts that may finally illuminate the lives and religious practices of the people who built the mysterious monument 4,600 years ago.
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Wednesday January 17, 2007
Paganism:
A profusion of steeples, spires and crosses reach for the sky in McMinnville, but these symbols of our nation’s dominant Christian faith do not reflect the full range of spirituality among the county’s population. That range includes Earth-centered faiths that first began to reach the public eye in the 1960s under labels like New Age, Pagan and Neo-Pagan.
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Tuesday October 31, 2006
Paganism:
A small evangelical Christian church that has tried to reach out to the witch community says it was dropped by its national organization for getting too close to local pagans.
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Paganism:
Pagan prisoners in Britain are to be given time off work duties to allow them to observe a religious festival on the day of Halloween.
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Sunday June 18, 2006
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Tuesday May 30, 2006
Paganism:
A march in London yesterday demonstrated the enduring popularity of polytheistic faiths. But adherents continue to come up against ignorance and distrust
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Thursday April 27, 2006
Paganism:
A Parish councillor and practising pagan suffered a gruesome death after telling his lover that he had decided to marry another woman, a court was told yesterday.
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