Author: Karissa Bursch

Source: The Crimson White

http://www.cw.ua.edu/2010/10/27/alabama-wiccans-find-faith-in-nature/

Author: Nancy Puffer

Source: The Republic

http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/2010/10/22/20101022southeast-valley-paganism-on-rise.html

Advocates of paganism say it is on the rise in the "Southeast Valley, mirroring a nationwide trend of growth in nature-based religions. Many local followers have been celebrating their beliefs and seeking the same acceptance and respect as...

Author: G. Jeffrey MacDonald

Source: News OK

Wire Service: RNS

http://www.newsok.com/christians-pagans-compete-gently-for-salems-souls/article/feed/203799

Paying customers were lined up outside witch houses and psychic parlors when 20-year-old Casey Sholes of Willimantic, Conn., finally stumbled across a place offering dream interpretations for free.

Inside...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11457795

The Charity Commission has accepted that druids' worship of natural spirits could be seen as religious activity.

The Druid Network's charitable status entitles it to tax breaks, but the organisation says it does not earn enough to benefit from this.

The commission says the network's work in promoting druidry as a religion is in the public...

Author: James Bruggers

Source: The Louisville Courier-Journal

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20100925/NEWS01/309250049/1008/news01/Pagans+connect+at+downtown+Louisville+Pride+Day

For 30 years, Sharon Patterson said she observed pagan rituals by herself.

“It was lonely,” she said sitting behind her tarot card table, wearing a red and black, hand-made...

Author: Jesse Roman

Source: The Salem News

http://www.salemnews.com/local/x422133114/Pagan-festival-attendees-find-more-acceptance

Pagans around New England need to come out of the "broom closet."

That's the mantra of Eastern Mass Pagan Pride, an organization which strives to promote pagan education, understanding and unity. The group took another step toward that goal yesterday at "Eastern...

Author: Jesse Roman

Source: The Salem News

http://www.salemnews.com/local/x422133114/Pagan-festival-attendees-find-more-acceptance

Pagans around New England need to come out of the "broom closet."

That's the mantra of Eastern Mass Pagan Pride, an organization which strives to promote pagan education, understanding and unity. The group took another step toward that goal yesterday at "Eastern...

Author: Margot Adler

Source: NPR

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129182786

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.

Author: Elena Zagrebina

Source: Kyiv Post

http://www.kyivpost.com/news/guide/general/detail/72737/

It’s amazing that a pagan holiday can survive more than 1,000 years of Christianity almost intact.

This is exactly the case with Ivana Kupala, the Ukrainian holiday celebrated after the summer solstice, usually on the night of July 6.

The name Kupala refers to the god of fruits of the earth. His holiday is considered...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: NPR

Wire Service: AP

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127974731

Thousands of New Agers and neo-pagans danced and whooped in delight Monday as a bright early morning sun rose above the ancient stone circle Stonehenge, marking the summer solstice.

Author: Nicole Neroulias

Source: Beliefnet/Religion News Service

https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/news/2010/06/pagans-to-pray-for-earths-heal

Bonfires, drum circles, dancing, candlelit...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Circle Sanctuary

http://www.circlesanctuary.org/cemetery/17Jun10Release.html

On June 16, 2010, Circle Cemetery became America’s first National Pagan natural burial ground and the first contemporary Green cemetery to be platted and recorded in Wisconsin.

Circle Cemetery is a 20 acre site located at Circle Sanctuary Nature Preserve, a 200 acre Pagan Nature sanctuary established in 1983 and...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Beliefnet

Wire Service: AP

http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2010/06/israel-unearths-3500-year-old.php

Archaeologists have unearthed a cache of rare, 35-century-old religious artifacts once used in pagan rituals, Israeli officials said Monday.

The items were found during an excavation ordered by the Israel Antiquities Authority along the route of a new gas line in...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Times Series

http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/8186532.Humanist_advisers_appointed_by_police/

Hertfordshire police have recruited two Humanist advisers in the same week Pagan police officers were officially recognised by the Home Office.

The constabulary's chaplaincy team, which advises and supports police officers has recruited Pam Burn and Ray Owen, who both have extensive...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Demotix

http://www.demotix.com/news/343582/pagan-pride-parade

Pagans of all persuasions from across Britain gathered in London and held a parade to celebrate their faith, dancing in the fountains at Russell Square and in the British Museum courtyard.

The Pagan Pride Parade is a part of a two day celebration of Beltane, a traditional festival, particularly in Ireland, which marked the start of the summer, when...