Patti's Paganism / Wicca Blog

Zsuzsanna Budapest, who has been at the forefront of the feminist Wiccan movement, has a birthday today! In addition to being the founder of Dianic Wicca, Budapest is also the ... Read More

My friends at Ohio State University have a cool article in the student paper, The Lantern, about how magic and the occult are reaching more and more people. In addition ... Read More

Interesting editorial in Newsday, discussing the endless religious blabbering and "who likes God better" posturing we've been hearing during the presidential caucuses. It's food for thought, and certainly touches on ... Read More

An interesting tidbit out of Vermont: a group of parents are concerned about their childrens' middle-school teacher, who has been sending home handy little pamphlets such as "Why Jesus is ... Read More

Sorry. I was just having a "Music Man" moment when I read this snippet of news about a minister in Moray, Scotland, who doesn't want Pagans holding a gathering in ... Read More

Miss Canada Plus 2007, Stephanie Conover, is an absolutely lovely woman. She's beautiful, she's smart, she's witty... oh, and she also happens to practice Reiki and read Tarot cards, which ... Read More

Do you have your Imbolc altar set up yet? If you'd like to share a photo of yours with the rest of us, you can send it in as a ... Read More

On Thursday, the folks on Tulsa's city council voted to change an unwritten rule (yeah, that part got me snickering too) that prohibits the mention of deity by name during ... Read More

A Springfield, LA, resident filed a suit against the parish's council when they passed an ordinance prohibiting soothsaying. Wiccan minister Cliff Eakin owns of a metaphysical shop, Gryphon’s Nest Gifts, ... Read More

From the Pagan/Wiccan news files: back in November, I blogged about an unfortunate case of grave-robbing in the town of Hillsborough. What drew immediate attention to the case, in which ... Read More

Although I don't normally post blogs about commercial websites, every once in a while something really unique comes up, and these are the ones I find worth mentioning. I found ... Read More

Did you know that we have a message board forum here on Paganism/Wicca? Check it out and join some of our discussions! You can log in simply by clicking Forums, ... Read More

A school board which had the good sense to prohibit the distribution of bibles in classrooms is now facing some anger from parents in their district. The Hope Public Schools Board ... Read More

Rev. Chris Horseman of the Church of England recently announced his decision to step down as an Anglican priest. This comes on the heels of concerns by C of E ... Read More

The other day, I mentioned that Oba Ernesto Pichardo had unveiled two hand-written manuscripts from the Yoruba-Lukumi religion at Florida International University. Now there's even more information available, following a ... Read More

Blog reader LunaChic writes: I'm setting up my altar for Imbolc, and I have this really cool Celtic cross candleholder. I'd like to put it on my altar, but my ... Read More

Imbolc is just around the corner, and if you're still working on ritual preparations, you may want to consider adding some prayers specific to the goddess Brighid. Remember, she's a ... Read More

Florida International University recently announced they've obtained a pair of rare books on Santeria. Donated by FIU's fellow Oba Ernesto Picardo, who taught a summer semester course on Santeria, the ... Read More

"Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness." ~~ Martin Luther King, Jr. If you live in the ... Read More

Back around the end of August, Baltimore accountant Ellwood "Bunky" Bartlett made headlines when he won the MegaMillions jackpot. Bartlett didn't hide the fact that he's Wiccan, and publicly said ... Read More

Okay, first let me say that yes, I do realize there are probably a very limited number of Amish people reading this blog. However, the case of Levi Zook, Jacob ... Read More

Mike Huckabee was quoted the other day as saying that it's better to change the Constitution than the word of God -- and if that doesn't scare you into getting ... Read More

What's intriguing about this article about the erosion of America's religious rights is not only the content, but the source. Appearing in the Deseret Morning News, it's written by Jane ... Read More

I sometimes get emails from people who are looking for a coven or study group in their area. There is indeed a prevalent theory that "when the student is ready, ... Read More

Brrr! Temperatures in some parts of North America have dropped a lot this week -- if you're in the midwest, like me, you're looking at wind chills in the teens, ... Read More

Coming right on the heels of Florida's goat-decapitation problems, now the folks in Texas may be in for a legal battle. Several dead chickens were found in North Beach, and ... Read More

Just when I think government can't get a whole lot sillier, news comes down the pike to reaffirm the legislative goofiness for me. You may recall back in December, when ... Read More

In one of those moments that make me stop and go, "No kidding, super-genius!", Florida authorities have stated that four decapitated goats might not, after all, be the work of ... Read More

They're the generation that has blazed political and social trails. They've spoken up and had their voices heard when they had an opinion. Now the baby boomer generation appears to ... Read More

In an interesting study, Ellison Research reports their latest findings on how people view religious freedoms in America. The survey included over a thousand people, balanced by geographic and demographic ... Read More

Normally I'm not a big fan of made-for-tv movies, thanks to a few too many bad experiences with the SciFi Channel, but I saw a trailer for this one and ... Read More

A Missouri school district has been ordered by a court to stop allowing the distribution of bibles in fifth-grade classrooms. A federal judge has ruled the practices as unconstitutional. An ... Read More

The other day, I blogged about the heinous case of Larry Harris, accused of murdering his two young stepdaughters. Harris' case gained attention right off the bat because he attributed ... Read More

Imbolc is just a few weeks away, and one way to celebrate is by honoring the goddess Brighid. Originally a Celtic goddess of hearth and home, fertility, smithcraft, and healing, ... Read More

In addition to celebrating Imbolc next month, February is also the time of the annual Roman festival of Lupercalia. Started back when Rome was just a bunch of shepherds in ... Read More

In an absolutely horrific crime, a Sioux City man is accused of murdering his two young stepdaughters. Just as horrifying, he claims that their deaths were part of a "spell ... Read More

I love groundhogs. I think they're adorable -- except, of course, when they're burrowing under my shed and causing some distress to my giant Labrador. They're pretty smart; you don't ... Read More

This is just mighty cool. Florida International University in Biscayne Bay now has an undergraduate course on Santeria. Taught by Oba Ernesto Pichardo, a Yoruban priest, the class focuses on ... Read More

A Louisiana parish is coming under fire after passing legislation back in May that reads, “No person shall engage in the practices of soothsaying, fortune telling, palm reading, clairvoyance, crystal ... Read More

I occasionally hear people in the Pagan community say, "Oooh, you must never EVER do any workings that affect other people, because if you do, it's BLACK MAGIC!" Typically this ... Read More

I know, I know, we're just past Yule, and yet it's only a few weeks until Imbolc, a celebration which is basically a precursor to spring. In the Gaelic-speaking countries ... Read More

Lots of people have done stupid things while inebriated, and it appears that a man who called the police department in Olean, New York, is no exception. You probably recall ... Read More