Paganism

EarthSpirit Community

This data was last updated on 29 June 2018.

Address: P.O. Box 723, Williamsburg, MA 01096
Phone: 413-238-4240
Email: earthspirit@earthspirit.com
Website: http://www.earthspirit.com

Description: Founded by Andras Corban Arthen and Deirdre Pulgram Arthen in 1980, EarthSpirit serves Boston's large community of Pagans and organizes seasonal religious observances which are open to the community at large. They publish EarthSpirit, a...

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Knights Templar Oasis

This data was last updated on 1 October 2018.

Address: 203 Washington Street, MB #233, Salem, MA 01970
Phone: 978-880-2921
Email: info@knightstemplar-oto.org
Website: http://knightstemplar-oto.org

History: The Knights Templar Oasis, the Massachusetts chapter of the global Ordo Templi Orientis, was first established in Cambridge, Massachusetts on September 5, 1990. Founding members sought to establish an O.T.O. chapter in...

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Our Lord and Lady of the Trinacrian Rose Church and Grove

This data was last updated on 26 February 2015.

Address: 124 Federal Street, Salem, MA 01970
Phone: 978-741-9297
Email: lorib@trinacrianrose.org
Website: http://www.trinacrianrose.org

History: Our Lord and Lady of Trinacrian Rose Church was founded in 1993 by the Reverend Lori Bruno and a board of directors. The Church is incorporated as 501c3 religious body in Massachusetts, granting it the right to perform legally binding...

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Society of Elder Faiths

This data was last updated on 1 August 2018.

Address: P.O. Box 79, Georgetown, MA 01833
Phone: 508-918-9786
Website: http://www.elderfaiths.org

History and Mission: In 1996, several members of the New England Local Council of the Covenant of the Goddess (NELCCoG) decided to form a group "in order to provide services to the local Pagan community which require a larger scale, more formal organizational structure than our individual covens can...

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Pagan Police Get Solstice Leave

July 16, 2009

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8154812.stm

Pagan police officers in some areas are being allowed to take as many as eight days leave a year for events such as the summer solstice and Halloween.

It comes after the Pagan Police Association was set up following discussions with Home Office officials.

Policy on police leave varies between forces in England and Wales.

Hertfordshire...

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Pagan Pride Group to Host Event

July 14, 2009

Author: F. Andrew Taylor

Source: View Neighborhood Newspapers

http://www.viewnews.com/2009/VIEW-Jul-14-Tue-2009/North/29930274.html

Witches have gotten a bit of a public relations makeover in the last decade. These days, the word witch is less likely to summon images of green-skinned hags with pointed hats than it is British schoolchildren with a penchant for eating horribly flavored jelly beans.

Neither image is quite...

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Pagan Practitioners In Basin Keep Beliefs Hush-Hush

June 29, 2009

Author: Matthew McGowan

Source: Odessa American Online

http://www.oaoa.com/articles/pagans-33002-beliefs-pagan.html

When you think of pagans, chances are you've got it all wrong.

Many see them as soulless and godless Devil worshippers who cast spells and sacrifice animals.

But at least two local pagans beg to differ with this stereotype, instead offering a more peaceful and community-oriented glimpse at the religious...

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Record Crowds At Stonehenge for Summer Solstice Celebrations

June 21, 2009

Author: Simon de Bruxelles

Source: The Times Online

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6547935.ece

Papuan dancers waved their hands in the air and went: “Woo, woo, woo”.

Only the guest of honour failed to put in an appearance at Stonehenge.

A record 36,500 people had gathered at the prehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain to watch the sun rise. So many turned out to celebrate the solstice that...

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Solstice Marks Longest Day Of the Year, Start Of Summer

June 21, 2009

Author: Jeff Wilkin

Source: The Daily Gazette

http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2009/jun/21/0621_solstice/

For the sun, it’s the big day out.

Today is the summer solstice, the longest day of the year and the beginning of summer on the Gregorian calendar. Some will greet the great day with celebrations; others may just be interested in all of the scientific facts under the sun.

According to the National Weather...

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