Witchcrafting A Spiritual Guide to Making Magic by Phyllis Curott Broadway Books, 304 pp., $25 BROWSE IN ANY bookstore’s “spirituality” section and you’ll find dozens of books about Wicca and the ...

Pagan beliefs incorporate a respect for nature, varying concepts of the divine and Pagan theology. The recognition of the divine in nature is at the heart of Pagan belief. Pagans are deeply aware of ...

LAKELAND -- At 2:04 a.m. Dec. 22, the Earth was at its farthest point from the sun, the winter solstice. It was nothing more than an astronomical and meteorological footnote for most people -- the ...

Holding her hands over a huge amethyst crystal, as though warming them in front of a hearth, a blond woman named Peggy invites the goddess to come into the room. Candlelight flickers against the ...

No one anticipated the smoke alarm would go off in the middle of the moon ritual. As more than 20 witches, pagans and "alternatively spiritual" beings toss a scoop of their bad karma powder into a ...

(RNS) — On Sunday (May 1), some localities put up a traditional Maypole, named a May Queen and made flower crowns. Many modern pagans also celebrated the height of spring. But one community’s vernal ...

DES MOINES — What would Jesus do? If he were a member of the Iowa Legislature, Rep. Rob Taylor believes he would peacefully protest the morning prayer by a Wiccan priestess. So the West Des Moines ...

For a warlock who worships the goddess of the moon, curfews can be a bit of a hindrance. So when Cerwyn Jones found himself being punished by a court for carrying a five-inch ceremonial knife in a pub ...

The Air Force Academy has set aside an outdoor worship area for Pagans, Wiccans, Druids and other Earth-centered believers, school officials said Monday. A double circle of stones atop a hill on the ...