http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:59:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26468/don-rimer-controversial-expert-on-occult-crimes-passes-away http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26468/don-rimer-controversial-expert-on-occult-crimes-passes-away#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:18:20 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26468 During the mid-eighties Don Rimer managed to establish himself as an internationally known authority on 'Ritual Crime and the Occult.'

Unfortunately, his work contributed to the 'Satanic Panic' hysteria of that time.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26468/don-rimer-controversial-expert-on-occult-crimes-passes-away/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25805/warlock-allowed-to-break-curfew-during-full-moon http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25805/warlock-allowed-to-break-curfew-during-full-moon#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:04:12 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25805 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25805/warlock-allowed-to-break-curfew-during-full-moon/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24991/longtime-paganism-leader-and-lecturer-dies http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24991/longtime-paganism-leader-and-lecturer-dies#comments Sat, 14 Aug 2010 19:06:27 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24991 Phillip Emmons Isaac Bonewits, one of the country's leading elders in contemporary Paganism, died on Thursday.

Bonewits was an expert on ancient and modern Druidism as well as an author, lecturer and songwriter.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24991/longtime-paganism-leader-and-lecturer-dies/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24845/archaeologists-find-wooden-stonehenge http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24845/archaeologists-find-wooden-stonehenge#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:05:55 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24845 discovered a monument similar to Stonehenge near the ancient British stone circle, dubbing it the most exciting find at the site for 50 years.

The structure is said to be like a wooden version of the world-famous collection of giant stones on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, south-west England.

"This is probably the first major ceremonial monument that has been found in the past 50 years or so," said Vince Gaffney, a professor from the University of Birmingham, who is leading the archaeological dig. "It will completely change the way we think about the landscape around Stonehenge."]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24845/archaeologists-find-wooden-stonehenge/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24512/a-priest-at-pendle-witch-camp http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24512/a-priest-at-pendle-witch-camp#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:00:20 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24512 You can learn a lot from pagans, Mark Townsend suggests: "I'm actually a priest of the Church of England – but with a difference. Though I'm still in "holy orders", I now work full time as a magician, writer and retreat leader. I've been described as a "priest at the edge". My latest book, The Path of the Blue Raven, describes my own encounters with the Pagan traditions of this land and what great treasures I've learned from them." "I'll always be a priest. It's where it all began, and the beauty of the unpolluted Christ-message is still enough to send shock waves of love rippling down my spine. But when I spend time with pagans and absorb the openness, warmth, magical-power and sheer delight in being human, I catch a glimpse of what the church ought to, and (perhaps) could be like." See also: Neo-Paganism: Is Dialogue Possible?]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24512/a-priest-at-pendle-witch-camp/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24443/summer-solstice-celebrations-at-stonehenge-hit-by-funding-blow http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24443/summer-solstice-celebrations-at-stonehenge-hit-by-funding-blow#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:52:21 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24443 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24443/summer-solstice-celebrations-at-stonehenge-hit-by-funding-blow/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24331/pagan-altar-found-at-israel-construction-site http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24331/pagan-altar-found-at-israel-construction-site#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 14:36:10 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24331 Israel on Thursday announced the discovery of a 2,000-year-old pagan altar at the site where plans for a new hospital wing have come under fire from ultra-Orthodox Jews who fear bones found there may be of Jews.

It was discovered as the IAA was overseeing development of a hospital wing designed to withstand rockets fired from the nearby Gaza Strip by Palestinian militants.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24331/pagan-altar-found-at-israel-construction-site/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23631/pennsylvania-pagan-festival http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23631/pennsylvania-pagan-festival#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:28:01 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23631 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.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23631/pennsylvania-pagan-festival/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23362/israel-paganism http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23362/israel-paganism#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:17:49 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23362 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]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23362/israel-paganism/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23198/lawrence-douglas-harris-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23198/lawrence-douglas-harris-2#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:16:50 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23198 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.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23198/lawrence-douglas-harris-2/feed 0