From the Pagan/Wiccan news files: Two weeks ago we talked about the case of Amaris Mulhauser, the Florida student who was being suspended from school for wearing Goth clothing, which ... Read More

It's never too soon to start planning your Sabbat celebrations, so I've gone ahead and posted the 2008 Wiccan Calendar. You'll notice that for 2008, both Northern and Southern Hemisphere ... Read More

If you haven't already discovered the website Religion Clause, I highly recommend checking it out. Attorney and Toledo University professor Howard M. Friedman summarizes all kinds of interesting religion/First Amendment ... Read More

Image © Eric Francis/Getty Images From the Pagan/Wiccan news files: Remember all that hullaballoo earlier this month about prisons purging books on faith? In case you missed it, prison chaplains were ... Read More

As Samhain approaches, the town of Salem, Massachussetts, is gearing up for one of its busiest times of year. Now shoppers have the added option of purchasing a $13 discount ... Read More

Image © Patti Wigington So I was puttering around the clearance aisle at my favorite craft store (craft as in hobby and art supplies, not as in The Craft) and found ... Read More

From the Pagan/Wiccan news files: Over a hundred people visited the Rebecca Nurse homestead in Danvers, Massachussetts over the weekend. While it's not uncommon for that many tourists to drop ... Read More

Anyone who's ever met me knows I am what is politely called "fashion challenged". My everyday gear usually consists of a tank top and a peasant skirt, although sometimes I'll ... Read More

That means it's time to start planning how you'll be spending the Sabbat. Will you be holding a small, private ritual for family and friends? A giant blowout for the ... Read More

Do you have a Pagan or Wiccan scout in your family? The Covenant of the Goddess has a special program designed for scouts, available to any young person or adult ... Read More

Remember our discussion from September 10, when I blogged about Prisons Cutting Books on Faith? Many of us wondered exactly which books those 150-per-religion were, and now (thanks to the ... Read More

On this day of equal light and darkness, may you find the balance you need in your life, may you be blessed with abundance of many kinds, and may you ... Read More

This article in USA Today is a couple of years old, but I stumbled across it while looking for some information on the idea of "green burials." It's become quite ... Read More

Brian writes to the Pagan/Wiccan magical e-mail bag: I'm new to Wicca and magic so I'm not really confident yet in my own ability to cast a spell -- I ... Read More

Image © Win McNamee/Getty Images Whether or not the display of the Ten Commandments in a courthouse is a violation of the separation of church and state depends, evidently, upon which ... Read More

From the Pagan/Wiccan news files, a soldier is saying his religious rights are being violated by the military. Spec. Jeremy Hall got permission to pass out flyers around his base ... Read More

The Autumn Equinox is coming up on September 23, and many of us will be celebrating Mabon with some sort of Pagan Pride Day event. If you're celebrating on your ... Read More

I was recently scanning some images of the Major Arcana for my section on Tarot & Divination and mentioned to a friend that as much as I like the Rider ... Read More

More fun Wiccan and Pagan news from the Sunshine State: it seems a teenage girl named Amaris Mulhauser was pulled out of class and send home, suspended for wearing Goth ... Read More

Rev. Dana D. Eilers is the author of two books that should be on every Pagan's reading list, The Practical Pagan and Pagans and the Law: Understand Your Rights. She ... Read More

An article in the Christian Science Monitor indicates that over seventy percent of Americans want a candidate who's strongly religious. Now, that's some food for thought. And it's not just ... Read More

From the Pagan/Wiccan news files: At the end of August, I blogged about the increase in workplace religious discrimination suits. To take that a step further, there's an excellent article ... Read More

Autumn is nearly here, and this time of year things get a little public in the World of Wicca. After all, there are Pagan Pride Day celebrations all over the ... Read More

If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, you may have noticed that the nights are getting a little cooler. There's a bit of a chill in the air, our gardens ... Read More

I can hardly think of a more appropriate day to write this blog entry. In a backyard in a small town in the Pacific Northwest, one woman and her family ... Read More

Whether you agree with Starhawk's politics or not, you can't help but admit she's got a way with words. I thought this was beautifully done, and wanted to share it ... Read More

When someone gets sent to prison, one of the few privileges they may have during their incarceration is the right to use the prison library. For many convicts, the library ... Read More

In Halifax, Nova Scotia, Shauna Cook says she and her friends are being physically attacked for their religious beliefs. Cook is a hedgewitch, and makes no secret of it. On ... Read More

Admittedly, even those of us who don't formally "homeschool" still like to spend a lot of time educating our kids in ways that are both fun and exciting. The good ... Read More

Once, she had a name. Now, hundreds of years after her death on a cold mountain in Argentina, she is known only as la Doncella, the Maiden. Her remains were ... Read More

From the Cool Pagan Wiccan News file: a new coffee shop in Kenmore, New York, offers coffee and tea in the front, with Tarot readings in the back. Coffee and ... Read More

At the end of June, I blogged about a group that was rounding up donations of books and ritual supplies for Pagan and Wiccan soldiers stationed in the Middle East. ... Read More

There's a new moon coming, and this month it's combined with the magic of a solar eclipse. This is only a partial eclipse, and will only be visible from South ... Read More

Ellwood Bartlett hangs out at a Baltimore metaphysical store, and despite the pressures of his full-time bookkeeping job, felt compelled to do a little bit of extra teaching last month. ... Read More

When I first discovered Paganism and Wicca back around 1988 or so, one of the first books I got my hands on was Ray Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft. I ... Read More

I occasionally get email from people who want to know "if it's okay" to have both a traditional weddings ceremony and a Pagan handfasting. When our Alternative Religion guide forwarded ... Read More

With fall coming, the Pagan Pride Day projects are underway all over the place; I've just added nearly twenty new events! Be sure to check the 2007 Wiccan Calendar to ... Read More

Whether you call it a Book of Shadows (BOS), a grimoire, or some other name particular to your tradition, nearly every Wiccan has a Book of Shadows. This is where ... Read More