VA allows Wiccan symbols on headstones

Wiccans celebrate eclipse

Copyright © canada.comA total lunar eclipse early Tuesday morning was a "special event" for Nanaimo's Wiccan community.Daniel Van Koughnett, a minister in the city's Temple of the Green Cauldron, said eclipses are not routine cosmic occurrences like full moons and solar solstices, events regularly celebrated at communal temple festivities.He said for many Wiccans, eclipses, like last night's full lunar eclipse (visible in western Canada) represents a convergence of solar a...

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Basque myths and legends: Mari, Ortzi and Ilargia

Copyright © EiTB24Primitive Basque man was converted to Christianity very late, which produced the creation of a vast collection of myths and legends which still exist today thanks to the great Basque oral tradition.Even most primitive Man felt the need to give meaning to the phenomena and natural cycles which conditioned his existence. He interpreted them, named them, found an explanation for them, and with these answers built up his own myths, legends, and religions.These formed t...

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Pagan prisoners win right to have 'magic wands'

Prison bosses have been instructed to let pagan inmates keep twigs in their cells...to use as wands. Officers have been told to allow prisoners to collect and decorate the twigs which they need for their rituals. It is the latest in a series of rulings to protect convicts" rights and ensure equality among different faiths. Followers of other faiths are allowed items such as a prayer mat to allow them to worship.The policy regarding pagans was announced by Justice Reform Minister Maria Eagle in a...

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Vatican Opens Pagan Tombs Under St. Peter's

Copyright © FOXNews.comThe Vatican unveiled the largest and most luxurious of the pagan tombs in the necropolis under St. Peter's Basilica on Tuesday after nearly a year of restoration work. A family of former slaves built the Valeri Mausoleum during the second half of the second century, when Emperor Marcus Aurelius ruled. It is one of 22 pagan tombs in the grottoes under the basilica. The newly restored tomb was shown to media Tuesday. Visitors can have a guided tour of the grotto...

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Altar to Mysterious Deity Found at Roman Fort

A massive altar dedicated to an eastern cult deity has emerged during excavations of a Roman fort in northern England. Weighing 1.5 tons, the four-foot high ornately carved stone relic, was unearthed at the Roman fort of Vindolanda, which was built by order of the Emperor Hadrian between 122-30 A.D. The Romans built the defensive wall across the north of Britain from Carlisle to Newcastle-on-Tyne, to keep out invading armies from what is now Scotland. What should have been...

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Pagan Religion Grows In Popularity

Copyright © KPHO PhoenixA secretive ancient religion is on the rise, with followers joining in big numbers. Of the 20 religions with the highest growth rates from 1990 to 2001, a pagan religion, Wiccan, had the highest growth rate, 1,575 percent. CBS 5 Investigates was invited to observe a pagan ceremony and shed light on a religion some consider evil. The participants say they are witches, taking part in rituals to conjure up spells and magic.High Priestess Rosemary Szymanski said ...

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How do you perceive Halloween ?

For many Halloween is a time for fun and dressing up, but for others it has a greater significance - some believe it to be a time for tradition and celebration while others perceive it assomething altogether more sinister."Witches, beware. Mummies, be gone.Halloween may be a celebration of all things creepy and macabre, but a growing number of US communities are shunning traditional ghoulish festivities, seen by some as tainted...

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Pagan festival held in Pittsburg

Copyright © MorningSun.netIt is often said that people who hold Pagan beliefs subscribe to a non-prophet religion. That little joke is how Skip Tarrant explained what Pagans are and what they believe during a Pagan Pride Day Sunday afternoon at Lincoln Park."Pagan Pride Day is kind of a community outreach thing," Tarrant said. "The purpose is to give people who are curious about who Pagans are and what they do a chance to come out and meet us and get first-hand inform...

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History of Ritual Human Sacrifice

What better way to show God you appreciate him than to squander his most precious gift, life, in a miasma of ruthlessness and gore? In addition to justifying Crusades, Witch Trials and Wars, this theological breakthrough is also the main justification for the time-honored practice of human sacrifice. Sacrifices are perhaps the most ancient method to honor deities, going right back to the earliest ancestor-worship religions of Egypt and Mesopotamia. The original theory was "everyone ...

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Wish for rain to wash away Homer

Copyright © BBC NewsPagans have pledged to perform "rain magic" to wash away a cartoon character painted next to their famous fertility symbol - the Cerne Abbas giant. A doughnut-brandishing Homer Simpson was painted next to the giant on the hill above Cerne Abbas, Dorset, to promote the new Simpsons film.Many believe the ancient chalk outline of the naked, sexually aroused giant to be a symbol of ancient spirituality. Many couples also believe the 180ft carving aids ferti...

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