Wicca & Pagan News

07-01-04, Pagan Prayer Beads

At a recent gathering, I got into a discussion with several other women about mediation and prayer, and it wasn't too long before the words "pagan prayer beads" were thrown out in the conversation. It's funny how as a bunch of witches, we had to specify that they were "pagan" but it reminded me that often people don't think of prayer beads as being something a person of Pagan-orientation might use as a spiritual aid.

Source: BellaOnline, copyright © 2007 by Rae Schwarz

07-01-03, RICHIE CALLS IN SHAMAN TO COMBAT UNLUCKY CURSE

NICOLE RICHIE has reportedly hired the services of a shaman to help rid her of the bad luck curse she fears hangs over her.

Source: ©2007 Contactmusic.com Ltd

06-12-30, Celebrating Solstice: Praise: An Occasional Series Focusing on Spirituality in the Lives of Southwest Virginia Residents

By Pamela J. Podger, The Roanoke Times, Va. Dec. 30--On the darkest night of the year, the blessings begin. Dozens listen as a pageant flows with voices from behind feathery masks and glowing candles in a Blacksburg church.

Source: Copyright (c) 2006, The Roanoke Times, Va.Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News. RedNova.

06-12-28, Battling to clear the name of 'Hellish Nell'

IN 1944, medium Helen Duncan became the last woman in Britain to be convicted of witchcraft after being arrested at a seance in Portsmouth. Now campaigners are fighting to clear her name.

Source: Portsmouth News.JP Network.

06-12-28, Wiccans push for greater tolerance

Beliefs include respect for Earth, seeing divine in nature

Source: South Bend Tribune, SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press

06-12-27, Witchcraft research in Vardø

About 100 researchers into witchcraft from all over the world will congregate in Vardø next year to discuss the witch trials in the Finnmark, North-West Russia and Central Europe. Midnight Sun Witchcraft Conference 2007 is being co-funded by the Nordic Cultural Fund.

Source: http://www.norden.org/.

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