Paganism” is a word with which to conjure. From The Iliad to the Wicker Man, it has been part of Western culture, and has in ...

OK, fine, Beltane — an ancient Celtic holiday celebrated by some modern pagans — won’t roll around until May. But we’re just trying to get into the spirit, so to speak, after learning that Marshall ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook There’s no doubt that the world has a lot of conflicting opinions about Paganism. Some believe ...

(RNS) — This time of year, a bruja, or witch, practices central Mexican Indigenous rituals and modern pagan ones, both honoring the Earth and “us as individuals as part of nature.” But the holidays of ...

DENVER — Give them that old-time religion — ancient religion — and then watch an exploding population of modern pagans give it a new twist. Neo-paganism, whether a reconstruction of ancient practice ...

was the opening many modern pagans were hoping for. The lyrical phrases calling on the spirits of autumn, winter, spring and summer, and the declaration that "The circle is unbroken, the ancestors ...

NORTHAMPTON -- The Wheel of the Year marks the cycle of festivals observed by modern pagans. Summer and winter solstices, vernal and autumnal equinoxes, and four "cross-quarter days" comprise the ...

(RNS) — The rising sun is shining through my south-facing windows, just over a week after the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. As a scientifically minded person, I understand that this ...

The priest raises his arms, palms upturned. “Lord Taranis, hear our prayer!” he bellows, voice bouncing off the stone pillars and into the darkening fields beyond. The fire’s crackle fills the stone ...