Author: Rebecca Kheel

Source: The Daily Orange

http://media.www.dailyorange.com/media/storage/paper522/news/2010/02/15/News/Hendricks.Chapel.First.Pagan.Chaplain.Appointed-3871747.shtml

Hendricks Chapel recognized Mary Hudson as its first pagan chaplain on Feb. 1, in line with its goal of being more inclusive of all religions on campus.

This is the...

Author: Mireya Garcia

Source: KRDO News

http://www.krdo.com/Global/story.asp?S=11930031

The desecration of a pagan worship circle at the air force academy causes outrage.

A sergeant involved with the new site says he found a large wooden cross on January 17th and reported it. Now some religious freedom advocates say the Air Force Academy is not taking the right approach in dealing with what they consider a hate crime.

One former student...

Author: John P. Boan

Source: Times-Georgian

http://www.times-georgian.com/view/full_story/5736892/article-Advocates-of-pagan-church-near-Bowdon-blame-prejudice-for-BOC-permit-denial?instance=TG_home_story_offset

Appearing at the Carroll County Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday night, a number of residents spoke in favor of a...

Author: DeeDee Correll

Source: Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-wicca3-2010feb03,0,3367750.story

The Air Force Academy, stung several years ago by accusations of Christian bias, has built a new outdoor worship area for pagans and other practitioners of Earth-based religions.

But its opening, heralded as a sign of a more tolerant religious climate at the academy in...

Author: Daniel Burke

Source: Beliefnet/Religion News Service

http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2010/01/air-force-builds-worship-space.php

The U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado will set aside a worship space for followers of "Earth-centered" religions such as Wicca and Druidism, according to an Air Force news release.

A stone circle atop a hill on the base in Colorado Springs will likely be dedicated in a ceremony March 10...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Foster's Daily Democrat

http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100129/GJCOMMUNITY_01/100129526

PaganFM!, a radio program and Pagan podcast, originating at WSCA-LP, 106.1 FM in Portsmouth, and Circle Sanctuary, located near Barneveld, Wis,m have embarked on a collaborative effort, with the support of musicians from around the world, to create a music album, the proceeds from...

Author: Rachel Hare

Source: Carroll County Times

http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/articles/2010/01/24/news/local_news/1_pagans_spirituality.txt

Jennifer Harvilak had a normal wedding. She and her husband were married outside at a pond they had frequented when they were dating. She wore a white gown. The couple exchanged wedding bands and vows they had written.

But before the ceremony, the...

Author: Mara Pattison-Sowden

Source: Star News Group

http://www.starnewsgroup.com.au/story/84353

Racey Yeoman has never been “in the broom closet” so to speak, but neither would she describe herself as a wand-toting witch.

“My 13-year-old son calls me a witch, but that’s how he views it,” she said.

Mrs Yeoman is part of the western suburbs’ largest pagan group, which has been running for five years...

Author: Jamie Freeman

Source: Examiner.com

http://www.examiner.com/x-31771-Seattle-Paganism-Examiner~y2010m1d17-Pagan-Festival-Prepares-to-Celebrate-25-Years

The Aquarian Tabernacle Church of Wicca, founded in 1979, decided to throw a li ttle festival back in 1985 to...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/somerset/hi/things_to_do/newsid_8439000/8439726.stm

Wassailing is an ancient pagan tradition held on Old Twelfth Night which falls on 17 January.

Although many are held on this date, others observe the Gregorian calendar where Twelfth Night falls on 6 January.

The Wassail is held to scare off worms and maggots that are regarded as 'evil'...

Author: Kirk Semple

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/04/nyregion/04botanica.html

Cecilia Oliver was having a problem with her lover and needed some help. “He’s being resistant,” she explained. “I want where he’s submissive to me at all times.”

She had come to the Original Products Company, a Bronx emporium where she had heard she could buy the ingredients for a magic...

Author: Joanna Skailes

Source: The Press and Journal

http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1546182?UserKey=

Crowds of revellers turned out to watch the annual Comrie Flambeaux Procession in Perthshire on New Year’s Day.

The flambeaux were lit as the bells tolled midnight and then paraded through the village in an ancient pagan tradition.

Comrie Pipe Band and villagers donning fancy dress followed the...

Author: Jonathan Morales

Source: Contra Costa Times

http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_14051400?source=most_emailed

The holiday triumvirate of Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa dominate December, leaving the winter solstice — which occurred Monday — as just another day to cross off the calendar.

But for a group of East Bay women, the official start of winter and the longest night of the year was a time for prayer, song...

Author: Donal Thornton

Source: Irish Central

http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Crowds-gather-to-witness-magical-winter-solstice-light-ceremony-at-Newgrange-79790807.html

The World Heritage site in Newgrange drew a large audience this morning to witness the winter solstice.

The 5,000-year-old Stone Age tomb is older than the pyramids, and over 32,000 people worldwide...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Iceland Review Online