Patti's Paganism / Wicca Blog

Okay, I found this while surfing around looking for some other stuff online. While it doesn't really fall under the heading of Wiccan or Pagan news, it's phenomenally cool, and ... Read More

The day after White House officials said Roberta Stewart's exclusion from Tuesday's meeting was an oversight and not an intentional snub, President George W. Bush called to apologize. The president ... Read More

Under the Civil Rights act of 1964, employers are prohibited from discriminating against workers on the basis of religion when it comes to hiring and firing. However, more and more ... Read More

You know, just when I think I've read all the news for the day, something pops up that makes me feel snarky. Remember Roberta Stewart? Her husband, Sgt. Patrick Stewart, ... Read More

Recently overheard comment in a bookstore: "I don't pray, I'm a Pagan." I realize there are people out there who think Pagan = Godless -- including some Pagans -- but for ... Read More

Every year, nearly 40,000 people gather to create a temporary city in the Nevada desert, celebrating art, creativity and self-expression. A week later, they leave, and there is no sign ... Read More

In early societies, the role of matriarch was an honored one. Elderly women were looked up to, revered, and respected. They were the ones you went to when you needed ... Read More

Including, apparently, legislative goofiness. The Lone Star State has just passed House Bill 3678, which ostensibly was designed to "protect the religious freedoms of students" in Texas. Supporters have said ... Read More

As if things weren't hectic enough right now in Salem, what with disgreements over psychic licenses and raccoon parts being flung about, now there's even more news. Turns out police ... Read More

Congrats to our Pagan Wiccan news readers in Delaware, particularly those who get the News Journal based out of Wilmington. You folks are fortunate enough to get a well written, ... Read More

From the magical e-mail bag... Tara, who says I can share her question with everyone, sent me the following: I have been practicing what I thought was Wicca for ten ... Read More

Yesterday I blogged about the issues going on in Salem, and now it looks like the town is escalating into a full-blown witch war. A local High Priestess has been ... Read More

In a few days, we'll see August's moon in its fullest aspect. This is the Corn Moon, the moon that signifies the time of the coming harvest. Grain is ready ... Read More

From the PaganWiccan News File: Call it commerical, call it the site of the "great American witch massacre", call it anything you like -- Salem, Massachussetts shows up in the ... Read More

It's fall, and that means that the Pagan festival season is in full swing. With Mabon and Samhain right around the corner, lots of people are in the planning stages ... Read More

At a recent Pagan Pride Day event in Portland, Maine, an interesting thing took place. A reporter was allegedly ejected from activities following a complaint by a male participant who ... Read More

I can't even begin to describe how astonished I was when I saw this: Buena Park Pastor Asks Followers to Pray for Death of Critics. Admittedly, this is the same, ... Read More

So I got an email the other day from a very nice young man named Oak who said I could share his story with all of you. He's 16 years ... Read More

Did you know that you can make your own besom, or broom? It's a lot easier than people realize. As part of my continuing series of craft projects for those ... Read More

Folks, take the case of Brenna Barney as an example of how not to present a positive image of Wicca to the neighbors and local law enforcement. Barney, 42, was ... Read More

As August draws to a close, and heat index seems to skyrocket, there is one time-honored ritual that everyone, Pagan or not, looks forward to. The first day of school. It's a ... Read More

I get a lot of emails from folks who have questions about Wicca and Paganism, and I don't mind answering them at all -- in fact, just knowing that people ... Read More

Shekhinah Mountainwater, one of the founding members of the Womenspirit movement, has crossed over the veil after a couragous two-year battle with cancer. She was the author of Ariadne's Thread ... Read More

I recently had an interesting conversation with a friend who happens to be a high-ranking member of an established Wiccan tradition. Although most of what she does and practices is ... Read More

Back in 1929, roaming con artists took advantage of rural folks who just wanted reassurance that things were going to get better in the gloomy days of the Great Depression. ... Read More

This is slightly older news, but still worth mentioning. For any of you out there who dig Roman mythology and legend as much as I do, check this out: Sacred ... Read More

There's a new moon getting ready to peek over the horizon at us in just a few days. In many early cultures, the time of the new moon was as ... Read More

"Are your kids Pagan too?" How many of you have heard that question? Chances are, if you're "out" as a Pagan or Wiccan, at some point someone has asked you what ... Read More

Years ago -- and I mean MANY years -- I was gifted with a beautiful quartz crystal. It was one of the first stones I ever owned, and I've managed ... Read More