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Beltane Fire Ceremony: Edinburgh, 2009
By
Gus diZerega
I wish I had been there. Some day I hope we have something like it over here.
Beltane 2010 – Why We Celebrate
By
Gus diZerega
Wiccans along with most other NeoPagans celebrate the sacredness of all natural cycles. These cycles are particularly clear within regions with four distinct seasons, and I think it is natural that we, whose origins most recently hail from the British Isles, emphasize the ever changing and eternal seasons to concretely symbolize the most basic of…
Modern Pagans and Indigenous Religion
By
Gus diZerega
During last year’s Parliament for World Religions a dispute arose over whether Pagans were properly considered indigenous religions. One person prominent in our community insisted he qualified by virtue of his membership in a “FamTrad,” that is, a family held tradition that while practiced in the US today, had its roots old England. Other Pagan…
Pagans and Child Abuse
By
Gus diZerega
Jason Pitzi-Waters over at Wild Hunt is doing our community a big service by initiating crafting a statement concerning child abuse within our community. Given the abject failure of the Catholic Church over these issues, and the predilection for power hungry people to seek any position of spiritual authority in order to abuse others, Jason’s…
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