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Worship The Sun! (Not Just The Son)

Wes Nisker | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Religion, Winter Solstice, Spirituality, Pagan, Christmas, Chanukah, Hanukkah, Pagan Holidays, Winter Holidays, Spirit, Religion News

The sun is still at the center of all our winter religious holidays: Hanukkah, Christmas, the Keltic Druid festival of the stars, the Katchina night dances in the Hopi pueblo. So maybe we should start deliberately worshiping the sun again.

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Samhain -- Nature's Holy Day for Managing Seasonal Affective Disorder

Kelley Harrell | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Seasonal Affective Disorder, Neopaganism, Samhain, Shamanism, Consciousness, Healthy Living Spirit, Pagan, Shaman, Neoshaman, Healthy Living News

I know it's still several weeks away, but the last harvest is upon us, which means a chance to explore our own darkness and reserves is coming, too. Take some time now to think about the accomplishments of this year.

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Summer Solstice -- Bring On Creative Alternatives

Grove Harris | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Summer Solstice, Religion, Summer Solstice 2011, Fracking, Activisim, Pagan, Sustainability, Earth Holidays, Spirituality, Environment, Nature, Religion News

High holidays offer a moment for assessment and appreciation. It is always appropriate to be grateful for what we do have, and at the same time to notice what is waning and how we are called towards reconstruction.

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At Last: Military Outsourcing We Can All Support

David Isenberg | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Religion, First Amendment, Catholic, Private Military Contractor, Army, Pagan, Business News

Although it may come as a shock to both the Republican and Tea parties, apparently providing religious services to troops is not an 'inherently governmental' function.

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A Goth Valentine

Juliet Jeske | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Valentine's Day, Poetry, Comedy, Satire, Pagan, Comedy News

Does Valentine's Day leave you feeling blue? Well the Gloomy Goth Girl would like to share with you one of her heartfelt poems in honor of this bleakest of days.

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Imbolc 2011 -- The Spring Quarter Begins

Grove Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion News, Earth Centered, Pagan Holidays, Imbolc, Grove Harris, Paganism, Pagan, Coming of Spring, Spring Cleaning, Spring, Spirituality, Religion News

Pagans celebrate Imbolc as a time to consider intentions and tools; it is a time to clarify aim and dedicate one's self for the coming year, to let go of clutter and to prepare for the season of growth.

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Witchcraft Declared A Legal Profession In Romania

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Witchcraft, Witches, Witch, Sorcery, Eastern Europe, Pagan, European Union, Romanian Witchcraft, Black Magic, Romania, Eu, Pagan Religion, World News

BUCHAREST, Romania — Romania has changed its labor laws to officially recognize witchcraft as a profession, prompting one self-described witch t...

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The Alchemy Of Giving Thanks

Grove Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Attitude of Gratitude, Earth Centered, Thankgiving 2010, Elemants of the Earth, Gratitude, Grove Harris, Pagan, Religion News

Giving thanks can shift a person out of a low place, (perhaps a victim stance) into a place of sharing profound gifts. Giving thanks can shift a person out of arrogance by recognizing gifts received.

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Trick-or-Treat? Halloween and Druids are Holy and Tax-Exempt

Blake Bromley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religious Tax Exemptions, Halloween, British Law, Neopaganism, Canada, Religion, Polytheism, Samhain, Trick-or-Treating, Pagan, Paganism, Stonehenge, Druids, Druid Network, Wicca, Impact News

On some not-too-distant Halloween, or Samhain to your Druid friends, Canadians might be tempted to claim a charitable donation tax credit for the cost of those Twizzlers and Twix.

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'Tis a Pity She's No Longer a Whore -- Times Square Cultural Armageddon

Melody Breyer-Grell | Posted 05.25.2011

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And they said things were bad in the 70's. The dirt, the porno shops, the Disco. All that is now a fond memory for many New Yorkers who gamely braved that bit of Hades to attend a real Broadway musical.

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Are You Passing-Over or Resurrecting for Easter?

Norris J. Chumley, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jewish Tradiitions, Religion, Jewish Holidays, Easter, Easter Traditions, Vernal Equinox, Pagan, Paganism, Vernal Equinox 2010, Meaning of Passover, Religious Holidays, Passover, Meaning of Easter, Christianity, Pagan Easter, Resurrection of Jesus, Resurrection, Jesus, Religion News

Jews, Pagans and Christians have much in common this time of year. So let us rejoice and join together in spring rebirth, renewal and resurrection.

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Religion, Bigotry, and Political Hypocrisy

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Put aside the crazy "Obama's a Muslim" idiocy -- assume John McCain had won the presidency instead. Do you really think the Senate would confirm a Muslim candidate right now, even a conservative right-wing one? I don't.

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Celebrating Spring: The Vernal Egguinox

Donna Henes | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Eggs, Eggs Standing, Celebration, Ceremony, Vernal Equinox, Pagan, Spring Equinox, Fertility, Healthy Living News

Since the earliest times, the egg has been humanity's obvious and essential symbol for the significant atmosphere of the vernal season: birth, fertility, growth, eternity.

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Moses Maimonides: Arab Jew, Religious Humanist

David Shasha | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sephardic, Moses, Arabic, Jewish, Islam and Judiasm, Muslim, Ibn Rushd, Religious Humanism, Jew, Moses Maimonides, Pagan, Judiasm, Toledo, Visionary, Humanism, Spain, Religion, Religion News

The figure of Moses Maimonides (ca. 1138-1204), perhaps the greatest post-Talmudic rabbi, exemplifies the complications and pitfalls involved in the Arabic articulation of Judaism.

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Air Force Religious Tolerance: Groups Praise Administration's Response To Vandalism Of Pagan Stone Circles

The Colorado Springs Independent | Pam Zubeck | Posted 05.25.2011

Even as the Air Force Academy bragged about its open-mindedness in allowing the construction of a prayer circle for earth worshippers, somebody doesn'...

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Air Force Academy Gives Pagans, Druids and Wiccans Place To Worship

AP | DAN ELLIOTT | Posted 05.25.2011

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More Light, More Light

Erica Jong | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Chanukah, Celebrities Talk Politics, Winter Solstice, Pagan, Christmas, Holiday Season Commentary, Partying, Drinking, Healthy Living News

How sober we are today. American Christmases used to be intemperate. Where are the stolen kisses, the bluesy music and the feeling of anything goes (as Cole Porter wrote)?

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