A week or so ago, we talked about Carl Llewellyn Weschke, who put out a call to readers asking what they wanted to see in "advanced" books on Wicca and ... Read More

At least, it sure seems that way. I found an abandoned cat in a parking lot who turned out to be VERY pregnant, the soil in my garden is begging ... Read More

Did you know that National Tartan Day is coming up? It's a day when people of Scottish ancestry, like yours truly, get to celebrate our heritage. The date was selected ... Read More

Speaking as someone who has drawn up plans to build a large trebuchet in my own back yard, I'm always interested when average people put together Really Big Cool Stuff. ... Read More

In an absolutely awful story out of the eastern state of Bihar, India, a woman was tied to a tree and beatenby a mob after being accused of practicing ... Read More

Some Wiccan/Pagan news from Dorset, UK: Local Druid Ian Temple is putting together a new group that welcomes Pagans and Christians to get together. While this may seem like a ... Read More

For a brief, shining moment I was originally going to call this entry Pueblo Paper Prints Positive Pagan Profile, but decided that was far too many P's. At any rate, there's ... Read More

I recently got an email from Ed Hubbard of Witch School to let me know that the school is the subject of a new independent film, entitled Hoopeston. The film, ... Read More

It's been fifteen years since the death of Wiccan author Scott Cunningham, and that got me thinking a bit about his books and the impact that they've had on modern ... Read More

The BBC is planning a thirteen-part series about Merlin, the magician from Arthurian legend. Starring veteran actors Richard Wilson and Anthony Head (he of BTVS fame), the series focuses on ... Read More

It's always refreshing to see articles in the mainstream newspapers that take a realistic, rather than a senstational, look at Pagan and Wiccan celebrations and practices. It's even more of ... Read More

Did you take any pretty pictures of your Ostara altar last week? If you'd like to share a photo of yours with the rest of us, you can send it ... Read More

If you've never seen one of these, it's pretty cool. It's basically a html graphic that shows the current phase of the moon, and you can add it to just ... Read More

Most of us Pagans and Wiccans are concerned about the environment, so if you're lucky enough to have a Whole Foods Market near you, chances are you'll be pleased to ... Read More

Coming right behind Ostara, this month's full moon is known as the Storm Moon, and considering the way the weather's been lately, it's aptly named! March is a month full ... Read More

So Ostara's here once more, and that means Spring has officially arrived, at least on the calendar. It's a time of balance, of equal parts dark and light. It's the ... Read More

Ever attend a Pagan or Wiccan event and see groups gathered together under a really cool flag that proclaims who they are? Chances are good they didn't get those flags ... Read More

While this isn't truly Wiccan or Pagan news, I had to pass it along because I've gotten no less than ten emails from outraged readers who are concerned about the ... Read More

In Killeen, Texas, Wiccans and Pagans alike gathered together last weekend to celebrate Ostara. More than 200 people attended, and guests included authors Dorothy Morrison and M.R. Sellars. What makes ... Read More

Last week, Pagan activist Starhawk was deported from Israel just a day after arriving in Tel Aviv. She was going there to teach a course on permaculture in the West ... Read More

In today's Llewellyn Journal online, Carl Llewellyn Weschke makes the case for publishing more advanced books on Wicca and Paganism, as opposed to what he refers to as "101 books." ... Read More

At the South Dakota State Penitentiary, convicted killer Darrell Hoadley sued the state for discriminating against him on the basis of his religious beliefs. Hoadley, who practices Asatru, filed a ... Read More

Thanks to Tiffer for sending this my way -- Lora Craig Gaddis, creator of the absolutely darling Elsie and Pooka, has put together a free downloadable Ostara magazine for your ... Read More

In more political Pagan news, Pennsylvania heathen Eirik Westcoat is running for a national delegate position. Even more interesting is that Westcoat is a candidate for the Republican party. The ... Read More

A decent article from the Athens, Ohio Post discusses the increase in the number of people in the area who practice Wicca. The reason I think this article is relevant ... Read More

Outspoken activist Starhawk has been deported from Tel Aviv just one day after arriving in Israel to help teach a permaculture course in the northern West Bank. Starhawk, who was ... Read More

Thanks to Elizabeth for sending this my way, because it somehow flew under my radar... apparently there's been a big brouhaha over photos of Hillary Clinton in a witch hat. ... Read More

The grande dame of Salem's witchy society, Laurie Cabot, celebrated her 75th birthday last Thursday with a huge blowout that included all kinds of fun. Laurie rocked it out with ... Read More

Over the past four years or so, archeologists in Cornwall, England, have been quietly digging up pits that date back to the middle of the sixteenth century. The pits appear ... Read More

Got a problem you can't quite resolve? This meditation uses one of the most ancient techniques of all -- the walking of a labyrinth. Take advantage of Ostara's season of ... Read More

A collection of about 3,000 skeletons unearthed in Lincolnshire, UK, are going to be reburied in a an official ceremony later this week. The remains were dug up between 1978 ... Read More

Right around the block from me in Upper Arlington, a suburb of Columbus, Ohio, the local library has been hit with a lawsuit filed in federal court over alleged religious ... Read More

I don't know about the rest of you, but I've just shoveled 15" of snow out of my driveway... I really NEED spring to arrive soon. Fortunately, I'll be spending ... Read More

Although this isn't technically Wiccan or even Pagan news, it's worth mentioning that Gary Gygax, the man who created the empire that is Dungeons and Dragons, passed away Tuesday at ... Read More

Jan Claus Di Blasio of the Roman Forum offers up an interesting bit of insight about magic in the ancient Roman world. He discusses the early works of Plato, and ... Read More

Vivienne Legg and Dyson Devine, the Australian couple jailed for contempt of court in a case involving defamatory comments about the OTO, have been released from prison. Devine and Legg ... Read More

A while back, I blogged about Wiccan minister Cliff Eakin, who has filed a suit in Livingston parish, Lousiana. Eakin runs a metaphysical store, and has challenged a local ordinance ... Read More

A recent news article out of Scotland's Daily Record describes how early Viking women wore "lift and support" type bras -- not only that, they showed off fashionable new designs ... Read More

We've all heard the saying "Beware the Ides of March" before, but what the heck does it mean? Where did it come from, and why is this spring day considered ... Read More

While there's a lot of discussion in the Pagan community about where the idea of coloring eggs actually came from, in scholarly circles things seem pretty clear. Despite the image ... Read More

Oh, joy of joys! The sun has come out, the snow has melted, and I can see little green thingiemadoodles sticking up out of the mud in my garden! It's ... Read More