Today is April 30, which means it's May Eve. It's the traditional time to begin observing the fertility celebrations of Beltane. If you lived in rural England a few centuries ... Read More

Hans Holzer, who was one of the foremost authors in the field of the paranormal, died at his home in Manhattan on Tuesday at the age of 89. Holzer was ... Read More

Image © Caitlin M. Hyatt 2007 Floralia: The Roman May Day Celebration What is Religio Romana? Roman Deities More Wordless Wednesday photos at About.com and the Wordless Wednesday Home Blog. Follow Pagan/Wiccan ... Read More

Make your own Book of Shadows© Patti Wigington One of the most popular articles on this website is the one on How to Make a Book of Shadows, and readers often ... Read More

You'd think they'd have learned after South Carolina ended up in court, but apparently the state of Florida is not one to heed cautionary tales. The Florida senate has approved ... Read More

Recently, a reader pointed out to me that as much as she loves getting the weekly newsletter, she'd enjoy it a lot more if she got newsletters twice a week. ... Read More

Green Man cake© Patti Wigington 2009 Beltane is almost here, and it's a great time to get together with family and friends. After all, the weather is finally decent, the sun ... Read More

© Getty Images It's almost May, which means that at some point in the next few weeks, you'll find yourself attending, participating in, or even holding some sort of wedding ceremony. ... Read More

From Massachussetts we get a neat story about one of the coolest summer camp ideas ever. The Teen Goddess Boot Camp in Lenox is designed to help girls get in ... Read More

The National Day of Prayer has been a topic of great discussion on this blog in the past. Held every year in May, the National Day of Prayer was originally ... Read More

This is kind of nifty. If you live in Maine, you may want to go visit the Museum of Old York on May 1 for the town's Maypole celebration. The ... Read More

Image © Matt Cardy/Getty Images 2009 How Do Pagans Feel About the Environment? Do Wiccans Celebrate Earth Day? Your Magical Herb Garden More Wordless Wednesday photos at About.com and the Wordless ... Read More

On April 23, 2007, the pentacle was added to the list of emblems approved by the Veteran's Association for deceased Pagan and Wiccan soldiers. Thanks to all the folks who ... Read More

Thanks to WarriorPrincess for the tip on this one. A Yahoo group is being formed for Pagan veterans, and although I don't know any of the folks involved (at least, ... Read More

In Texas, a school district has allowed a Native American teen to keep his hair long, even though it's technically against the school's dress code. The Somerset Independent School District’s ... Read More

From the Magical Email Bag comes the following: I'm thinking about joining a Wiccan coven, but I read somewhere that Wiccans practice in the nude. That sounds kind of embarassing. ... Read More

Let's face it, it's kind of hard to walk into your local big box discounter and find a section where they sell items marked "Beltane Decorations." Fortunately, if you're ... Read More

As both a Pagan and a bit of a Star Wars geek, this struck me as noteworthy. Recently, the Strathclyde Police Department in Scotland revealed that eight of their officers ... Read More

Recently I posted about Earth Day and why it matters, but I thought it might be fun to also share a few links to earth-friendly craft projects you can do ... Read More

I recently got an email from a reader who asked why I had bothered to include Earth Day on the 2009 Pagan/Wiccan Calendar. After all, as she pointed out, it's ... Read More

Hard to believe it, but Beltane is right around the corner. It's one of those celebrations that has a long history, and has been observed in a number of ways ... Read More

Back in 2007, the Marshall University Pagan Association made headlines when the school decided to allow Pagan holidays as excused absences. Now, it appears that there's been sufficient lack of ... Read More

I'm just not sure what to make of this one at all. Apparently an Ogden, Utah, woman called the police to complain that another woman had put a curse on ... Read More

Last month we talked about a report from Amnesty International, in which hundreds of Gambian villagers were rounded up, taken off to detention camps, and forced to drink potions by ... Read More

The Santerian religion has been in the news a bit lately, mostly because of civil rights issues and the thorny topic of animal sacrifice. Unfortunately, as we often see in ... Read More

From the magical e-mail bag, CollegeWitch writes, "I've just started studying Wicca, and there is a Sabbat coming up. I'd like to celebrate with a small ritual, but honestly, I ... Read More

Image © Patti Wigington 2009 How Do Pagans Feel About the Environment? The Celtic Tree Months Free Arbor Day Trees More Wordless Wednesday photos at About.com and the Wordless Wednesday Home ... Read More

I've gotten a lot of positive feedback on the Seven Day Sabbat e-classes, so I wanted to let folks know the Beltane one is up and ready! In this ... Read More

Beltane is approaching, which means thoughts of fertility are beginning to pop up all over the place. Molly Hall, our About.com Guide to Astrology, has a great piece up on ... Read More

The Shetland Amenity Trust will host a conference in July exploring Shet­land’s place in the Viking world. As part of the Viking Unst Pro­ject, the conference will focus on three ... Read More

A few weeks ago we talked about government agencies cracking down on the illegal killing of endangered birds and sales of their feathers. Now, many of those same agencies are ... Read More

From the UK Times comes a report that archaeologists have discovered the remains of a 4,500-year-old wooden structure at the Hill of Tara in County Meath, Ireland. Soil x-rays of ... Read More

If you've read Neil Gaiman's American Gods, you're familiar with the concept that as new technology develops, new godforms develop as well, while the older gods may be stepping by ... Read More

The town of Kana, near Budapest, Hungary, has been around since the tenth century or so, and researchers have made an intriguing find. Burial pits containing the remains of about ... Read More

Recently, CNN did a piece on "busy moms" who are learning to balance faith and their family life. All the mothers profiled in the article are people who have had ... Read More

A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about the discovery of "the Middle East's oldest witch", with a link to the abstract from Archaeology magazine's website. I finally got a ... Read More

A Texas man who practices Santeria has finally gotten his day in court, and is asking a federal judge to allow him to resume the sacrificing of goats in his ... Read More

We've seen a lot of stories lately about the business for psychics increasing as the economy takes a downward spin. Certainly, I know that about 90% of my Tarot readings ... Read More

Spring is well underway, and the soggy chill of March is past. Now that April's here, it's still soggy in a lot of places, but there's hope yet, because as ... Read More

In Reading, Pennsylvania, city council is trying to figure out if a giant illuminated cross on the local city-owned William Penn Memorial Fire Tower is a violation of the separation ... Read More

If you've been watching the news lately, you know that the state of Iowa has reversed their ban on same-sex marriages. In addition to the civil rights impact that this ... Read More

In Moffatt County, Colorado, a settlement has been reached in the case of a former county employee who claimed religious discrimination led to her wrongful termination. Penny Doolin, a Parks & ... 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

Did you know that the idea of playing tricks on people on April 1st originated in sixteenth-century France? Apparently, many Frenchmen resisted when King Charles revised the calendar, and so ... Read More