"These traditions slow me down, force me to recognize the passage of time and the way in which the changing of seasons has ...
Interest in Paganism and its rituals— crystals and tarot cards, astrology, and herbal magic —has brought pagan religion from the fringes back to the center of pop culture, or at least to the top of ...
Should religious folks celebrate Halloween? In answering this question I have a duty to my readers and a duty to my grandchildren, Zeke and Daisy. Spoiler alert: Zeke and Daisy are going to win. First ...
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The Pagan Origins of Christmas

If you’ve ever decorated a Christmas tree and thought, “This feels a little too magical to be strictly Christian,” ...
A history of herbs used by the Celts and other pre-Christian tribal societies and their continued ritual use through the centuries, written by Mary Forsell and originally published in the October, ...
Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook There’s no doubt that the world has a lot of conflicting opinions about Paganism. Some believe ...
Many of the Easter traditions Christians celebrate today date back to the early days of Christianity. Karl Gehring/The Denver Post via Getty Images Easter brings together an unlikely cadre of ...
Moira Payne has identified as a witch for a decade now. Born to a Jewish father and a Catholic-raised mother, the Ann Arbor 48-year-old decided that she wanted to be a witch after she began attending ...
Ideas about Vikings and Norse mythology come mostly from much later medieval sources, leaving plenty of room for ...