The other night I attended a Meetup in which the topic was discernment and skepticism in modern Paganism. It's an interesting concept, because in some parts of the Pagan community ... Read More

Living in Peru has a neat feature this month about a young man who is a curandero, or healer. Antonio Aragon shares his story, and allows us a peek into ... Read More

We all had a bit of a giggle about last month's announcement that a witch was needed to live at the Wookey Hole Cave in England, although it definitely seemed ... Read More

I've noticed lately that I've gotten quite a few bouncebacks from our automated mailer that sends out our weekly newsletters. I also get occasional emails from folks who want to ... Read More

Ronald Hutton, the Oxford professor who is the author of works such as Triumph of the Moon and The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles, has been appointed as ... Read More

I occasionally get emails from readers who have questions about spirit guides -- and nine times out of ten, the question is "How do I know it's a spirit guide?" ... Read More

We're halfway through summer, and in a lot of areas, that means that folks are gearing up for fall festivals. In the Pagan community, autumn is often a time for ... Read More

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The town of San Marcos, Texas, is responding to complaints about Christian prayers at city meetings by creating a policy to address concerns. Although they plan to keep the practice ... Read More

Depending on where in the world you live, you might get a treat this week. On Wednesday, July 22, there will be a total solar eclipse visible in a narrow ... Read More

The Salem witch trials were over 300 years ago, but the legacy of those accused lives on. Rebecca Nurse, who was known as a pious Christian woman, was one of ... Read More

If you live near Worcester, Massachussetts, and are interested in Heathenry and Norse gods, you might want to stop by the Higgins Armory Museum this Saturday. Author William R. Short ... Read More

In the United States, we have Officers of Avalon, which is an organization for police officers and other first responders who happen to be Pagans. Now, the UK has a ... Read More

The Lammas Seven-Day Sabbat e-course is up and ready! In this free e-class, which gets delivered right to your mailbox, we'll talk about the history and legends behind the Lammas ... Read More

Over at the Wild Hunt blog, Jason is on vacation but he's asked some pretty impressive guest authors to stand in for him during his absence. Yesterday's offering comes from ... Read More

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Why, yes, I did know that Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince opens tonight -- and in fact, I do have tickets to go see it at midnight! Someone ... Read More

From the Magical E-mail Bag: "I'm a Wiccan and I believe in the rule of Harming None. However, a lot of times on your blog I see that you include ... Read More

It's interesting, if you ever attend any kind of metaphysical/new age event. You'll find that there are very distinct camps, all of whom feel they belong under the new age/metaphysical ... Read More

The realm of the Fae is one that is often up for spirited debate in the Pagan community. On the one hand, we have folks whose tradition works hand in ... Read More

Thanks to Vandreyer for sending this one my way -- apparently a Saudi Arabian family is taking a genie to court for harassment. Yep, a genie, which is sort of ... Read More

Stop in and chat for a spell!© Getty Images Did you know that every About.com page has a Discussion Forum of its own? We've got one here at Pagan/Wiccan, and it's ... Read More

Here's an interesting one. At the Fairfax Farmers Market in San Francisco's Bay Area, local witch Joey Talley has been doing free Tarot readings for years. Now, however, market organizers ... Read More

The American Civil Liberties Union has sent a letter to the Rappahannock Regional Jail in Virginia, asking officials to stop the practice of eliminating passages of scripture from letters received ... Read More

I once joked to a friend that it would be nice if people just paid me to be a witch, and now it appears that a British historical site is ... Read More

In Australia, the sacred site known as Ayers Rock to some folks, but as Uluru to the aboriginal populattion, has been a popular site for rock-climbers over the decades. The ... Read More

We've spoken a lot here about the overt evangelizing that some of our military members face, in the form of both vocal preaching and more subtle mainstream-religion maneuvering. Groups like ... Read More

We spend a lot of time here discussing activities related to Pagans in the English-speaking world, and it's sometimes easy to overlook the fact that there are Pagans and Wiccans ... Read More

Tuesday is the date of this month's full moon, and it's the one we know as the Blessing Moon. In addition to being the perfect time to take inventory of ... Read More

It's July 4th, and those of us who live in the U.S. are marking a day that commemorates our country's independence. While we still have a long way to go, ... Read More

From over at Religion Clause comes a report that a high court in Delhi, India, has struck down as unconstitutional a ban on homosexual sexual acts performed in private between ... Read More

More often than not, when I post news stories about a mining company on this blog, it's nearly always in reference to someone who wants to destroy the earth with ... Read More

So there's a murder trial going on in England right now, which a woman named Arizona Devine Watterson is accused of killing a man named Billy Rogers. The defendant claims ... Read More

We've talked periodically about little Adriel Arocha, a Native American kindergartener in Texas. Adriel wanted to keep his hair long, because his family says it's part of their spiritual beliefs. ... Read More

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