Contemporary Paganism

Tuesday is the Spring Equinox, also known as Ostara or Alban Eilir (Light of the Earth) in the Druid and Pagan traditions.

The Southern Illinois Pagan Alliance will be having its first public ritual of 2018 on Feb. 3, at the Gaia House to celebrate Imbolc.

The group are currently collecting 200 signatures to bring to the CSC.

Hey, Bonita…

The ASU Pagan Student Alliance and other Arizona Pagan organizations this week celebrate Samhain, the Celtic holiday of harvest, spirits and ancestors. 

While many Saskatchewan residents are getting ready to play make-believe with costumes and haunted houses for Halloween, Saskatoon witch Ave Riddler will be preparing for an event she believes will bring humans closer to real spirits.

There were no broomsticks or long black robes. Instead, we found ourselves in a circle of metal folding chairs, gathered with a group of strangers who couldn’t seem to stop cracking jokes with each other. If it weren’t for the spare altar topped with candles, pomegranate seeds, and a rune effigy of the Goddess, you might not even know this was a pagan affair.

On Saturday, Oct. 7 from 5 to 10 p.m., Athens Area Pagans will come together to present Athens Pagan Pride Day, an event that allows the Athens community to explore

It showcased the talents of the area's pagan community. Their goal is to share common ground and express views about their traditions.

Pagans, witches and Wiccans gathered Sunday in Alton Baker Park for the second annual Eugene Pagan Pride Day, an event to celebrate the fall harvest and educate the community about pagan spiritualism. Groups of children ran barefoot through the grass, waving wands with one hand and clutching soft pretzels in the other. Drum circles provided the beat while women in long skirts and flower crowns danced free-form.

Dania Laubach sweeps the floor of Gaia house early Saturday evening, brushing away bad energies in preparation for the Southern Illinois Pagan Alliance first ritual of the new year.  

A poem was read, four candles were lit and an anvil was drummed in the chic hall of the Denton Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on Saturday night. The Pagan parishioners shouted in unison, “Hail, and welcome,” to the four directional elements represented by candles on the walls. The guest being wel

There’s no doubt that the world has a lot of conflicting opinions about Paganism.

A growing number of witches and Wiccans are coming "out of the broom closet" and fighting misinformation.

Every time I tell someone I am a witch I get strange looks followed up by a question as to whether I worship Satan, hex or curse people frequently or if I have experienced the light and savior of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Its diversity of beliefs and traditions make the pagan community difficult to describe.

Shreveport resident and pagan Ilsa Plaisance shares her purpose of serving her family and her goddess, Holde.

The Pagan community in Eugene includes a particularly spiritual individual named “Elan” who said there are a lot of people who have a lot of strange ideas about what being a Pagan is.