The church is training ministers to create “a pagan church where Christianity [is] very much in the centre” to attract spiritual believers.
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The summer solstice is one of the most important dates in the calendar for many followers of ancient religions, and it's a special time for people in Greece who worship the country's pre-Christian gods.
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These people consider Greece to be a country under Christian occupation. 
elizama ramirez's curator insight,
February 12, 2014 5:39 PM
This is a ancient religion in Greece where these people feel like if they connect to the past they know where to go. Ancestors play an important role in this religion. Their Ancestors are their God's.
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Wikipedia's anti-Pagan crusade
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Pagan news sources covered this aspect of the Qworty scandal first, but it's interesting to see it getting broader attention.
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Celebrating the solstice with some of that old-time religion
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What sort of rituals are performed in the longest day of the year?
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A tradition that dates back beyond medieval times, we take a look back at May Day celebrations in the region
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This brief article doesn't so much as ackowledge the existence of contemporary Paganism. In fact there's probably very little new here for anyone who actually celebrates May Day. But I did learn one thing. I hadn't known the British Puritans banned maypoles altogether in 1644.
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This is about ancient, not contemporary, pagan culture — but it sheds some interesting light on Europe's current horsemeat scandal.
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Calling all co-eds: Don’t expect to be cramming for an exam ahead of Wiccan and Pagan holidays at the University of Missouri.
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Anti-Pagan screed masquerading as journalism.
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TODAY, as we know, is Valentine’s Day; that time of the year when husbands and boyfriends engage in the age-old tradition of forgetting to buy their loved ones a card and a box of chocolates, and then coming up with a lame excuse later when they...
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St. Paul TV show 'Pagan Voice' is aimed at pagans but gaining a broader audience
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Hartford, Conn. — Lisa Tonner was living in Fairfield County, Conn., and knew nothing about Paganism when, in the late 1980s, she accepted an invitation to go to the city.
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It's nice to see coverage of this sort on a holiday other than Samhain.
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Anyone wanna go to Pahokee to celebrate the Summer Solstice?
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Porsha Williams knows a thing or two about walls – metaphorical ones, that is. She’s been up against a lot of them, whether religious, psychological or
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Three-minute radio interview about Ms. Williams' conversion to Kemeticism.
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As pagans mark one of the most important weeks in their calendar, Rod McPhee met Britain’s oldest pagan society, Leeds-based Pentagram Via rableather
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They "gather at a grassy stone circle to dance naked around a bonfire before sacrificing a goat and passing the animal’s blood around in a drinking goblet." Really? No, not really.
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Fox News' Bill O'Reilly, claiming victory in the "War on Christmas," declares that the new battle is the "War on Easter." In Bill O'Reilly's conspiracy theory, Barack Obama's election has embolden...
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A well-deserved skewering.
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By signing this, you agree that Fox News was being hateful and Discriminatory against Pagans and Wiccans and they should apologize for their exaggerations, and should correct their mistakes by doing proper research before interviewing.
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Remember that faux news flap about Pagan holidays being recognized by the University of Missouri? It led to this unfortunate televised exchange, which in turn has led to this petition.
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St. Valentine’s Day has become one of the major secular holidays in the United States. The day itself is one of the few saint’s days retained in the Book of Common Prayer of 1628 and following.
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This article is anti-Pagan but the scholarship is a reminder that we shouldn't uncritically accept everything we read.
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I'm delighted to be joined in my virtual broom cupboard by the mercurial Ailsa Abraham, author of the epic Pagan novel, Shaman's Drum. Good morning Ailsa, could you summarise Shaman's drum in 30 words or under.
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Sounds like trouble.