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Media Watch
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Pagans in Public Schools
Peace
Religious Right Watch
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Write On!
Legal Rights
Find any Law
Animal Sacrifice
Civic Religion
Employment Discrimination
Libraries & Censorship
Military
Liberty_and_Military
Military_and_Paganism
Military_Resources
Veterans_Headstone
Pagans in Prisons
Pagans in Public Schools
War on Drugs
Resources
Activist_Tools
Allies_and_Resources
Legal
Rights
Liberty_Schools_Archives
Paganism
in Prison
Recovery_Resources
Pagan Demographics
Write_On: how to contact
media and federal officials
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Little People's Page
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What are the social, moral, civic, and theological implications of Pagan religious experience?
That's the question that began the project which is The Pagan Institute Report. It's a different kind of Pagan publication, largely
focused on the material plane issues of interest to Pagans as leaders, scholars, activists, and citizens.
Witchvox displays just about any news story covering Paganism; instead of duplicating that resource, we collect stories, links, and other resources which can be used to see trends, establish precedents, and provide examples of what others can do.
This 'zine is created by an all volunteer staff. We are in the midst of transforming all our pages into Dreamweaver and creating a new look, better navigation, and a search engine for our site. Until donations or advertising revenues make it possible for us to purchase link-checking software, we can only regret that many of our links are out of date.
Volunteer reporters, assistant editors, proofreaders, and linkcheckers are invited to contact us. Meanwhile, everyone, please be patient with the Elves.
It's the Pagan thing to do!
Christa Landon, ed.
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Commentary:
World News: |
Jim Abbott,
Ian Elliott,
Donna Henes, Laurel Holmstrom, Connie Jasper, Christa Landon,
Don Meinshausen, Khrysso Heart LeFey, and Chuck Weibel
Lowell McFarland
Christa
Landon |
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Military & Veterans
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Ravenspirit |
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Essays: Reflections on the Old Religion
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Does Paganism Have to
Be "Counterculture?" Christa Landon |
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Animal
Sacrifice, Christa Landon |
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Mother Earth: A Pagan's Reflections on
Mothers Day, by Jim Abbott |
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Having the Time of Your Life, by Connie Jasper |
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The Tarzan Syndrome By Rev. Chuck Waibel |
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Archived
Essays
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More Essays We Recommend |
Essays for Pagan
Activists
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The Tree and the Axe, a prophetic fable by
the Pagan Aesop |
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Iraqi Minorities Face Eradication |
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GreenViews: How 1% of us control the Nation, by
Lowell McFarland |
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Reaching Left while Holding onto
Our Rights, by Don Chaote |
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Note to
the Left
Hand: Here's What the Right Is Doing, by Khrysso Heart LeFey |
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Liberals Reclaim Morality, Wm.
Sinkford |
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Democrats
Needed & Need a Religious/Spiritual Left: The Politics of Meaning, By
Rabbi Lerner |
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This is Your Story -- The Progressive Story of America. Pass It On.
by
Bill Moyers |
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Protest is Good for You, By Donna Henes |
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Is the Market Moral?: A Dialogue on Religion, Economics & Justice |
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Ralph
Reed and the Six Mind-Tools, by
Ed Hubbard |
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I
was asked to spy, by Amitai Etzioni |
Explorations: Longer Essays in
Pagan Studies
Pagan
Forum
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A Pagan Speaks for
Free Enterprise, KC McGuire |
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On Complacency, by
Lowell McFarland |
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O.K., So Now
What?, by Donna Henes |
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Special
Report: Polyamory |
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The
Representative Republican & Democratic Processes As Sacred
Polarities,
by Rosemarie Taylor-Perry, Author: "The God Who
Comes; Dionysian Mysteries Revisited." |
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Pagan
Forum Question: |
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How
you can have a Forum HERE! |
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Suggest
a question for discussion
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Conservative
Pagan Forum /fairly balanced!
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Why
a Conservative Pagan Forum in a Liberal Pagan 'zine? |
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A free market proposal for progressive
investment by Don Chaote |
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Tube be or not tube be connected or when Bush comes
to Schiavo |
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True
Conservatism is Deeply Liberal |
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After
Words: More Conservative Pagans Speak Up |
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How
you can have a Forum HERE! |
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Features Section
The
Pantheon: A Virtual Temple
Sacred
Times: A Pagan Calendar
Pagan Practices
Quotes from Kindred Souls
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Finnish Proverb |
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James Madison on Separation of Church and State (Disestablishment Clause of the First Amendment) |
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Bertrand Russell |
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Charity Gordon |
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Kat Faber |
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Marcus Aurelius |
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Emerson |
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Vanessa Rush Southern |
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Thomas Jefferson on Christian Morality |
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Goethe |
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Gisli, from a minor Edda |
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Solon's
Tenets |
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Henry
Emerson Fosdick |
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"On
the Unity of Godhead" Lucius Annaeus Seneca |
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"Facing Reality,
REALLY," Margaret Halsey |
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R.G. Ingersoll |
Every Muse
Reviews & Art News:
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Twin Cities
Arts &
Entertainment Events
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FILM
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ADVANCE INFO ON ANY MOVIE |
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Superheros, Spirituality, Comix, and Movies |
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"The Hooded Man" season 1 & 2 CDs now
available in US |
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Don't panic: Religion, science
fiction and everything |
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"I still
Worship Zeus" |
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Hitchhikers, Star
Wars & Religion in the Third Millennium |
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"What the
[Bleep] Do We Know?" |
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"Fantastic Four" |
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"Last Unicorn"
remake |
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"King Arthur"
reviews |
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"Carlos Casteneda - Enigma of a Sorcerer" |
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"Aleister
Crowley: Revolt of the Magicians" |
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"King of the
Gods" |
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Book
Reviews
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Permanent Healing, reviewed by Karen Engelsen |
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Oestara Anthology ties for 2006 Eppie Award |
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Wild Girls |
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Lovers'
Legends: 2 books and a CD |
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Incense:
Crafting and Use of Magickal Scents |
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Religion
and the Gods |
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Phoenix,
Minnesota |
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CD
Reviews |
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Voluntary
Association/Economic Democracy: Art Tells the Story of Working People. |
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Call for
Submissions from Publisher |
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Recommended
by Readers |
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Music Downloads
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Khrysso's
New CD: MP3s here! |
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Alchemy
VII Downloads for Peace |
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Organizations
Supporting Pagan Artists
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Network for Pagan Artists
& Those Who Enjoy Pagan Art |
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Native
American Arts |
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Independent Pagan Artisans, Crafters, and
Traders |
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New: Magical
Movies archived reviews |
Hogwarts' Happenings
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Christian Author Warns Potter Increases Wiccan Numbers |
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Boy Creates Super Site, Rewarded by Rowling |
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Libraries & Booksellers
Now Taking orders for Last Harry Potter book |
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Harry Once More Berated by Muggles |
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Indiana Boy to
Meet & interview JK Rowling; started mugglenet.com at age 13! |
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Harry Potter
makes the ALA list. |
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UU School for Wizards |
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Mad
Dog Attacks Potter; Mob Bites Back |
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Potter
Casts a Spell in Church School |
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Harry
Potter 101 at Bar-Ilan University |
Humor
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By the Numbers, by Don Coyote |
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Are Your Cats Old Enough to Learn about
Jesus? |
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Lightbulb Jokes |
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Interfaith Funnies |
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Charge of the 404 Error Goddess |
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Self-Knowledge Dept. |
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O My Gods! Cartoon |
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Dangers of Numeracy |
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How to Give a Talk |
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The
Law: A Satire on the Ardanes of the "Traditional" Book of
Shadows |
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Links
for More Topical Humor |
Benediction
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The King's Highway |
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Two Friends |
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Successful Action |
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Ten
Things the Goddess Won't Ask
"Gloria,"
by Khrysso Heart LeFey |
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"A
New Earth," by AE |
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Pagan News Section
National
Pagan News
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Research on Workplace Discrimination against Pagans |
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Native Elder
Pleads to Heal the Holes in the Earth's Body through Ritual |
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Peter Berger: For Americans, Religion has become a choice |
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GreenView:
Reporting Religious Strife? Lowell McFarland responds to The
Interfaith Alliance |
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Free & Open Internet Still Under Siege: Network Neutrality to be
gutted! ACT NOW |
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American Legion Supports Bill Ending Legal Fee Awards for First
Amendment Cases |
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National Holiday for Native Americans -- Petition |
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Help Stop the Creation of a National
Database of Personal Information |
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The Interfaith
Alliance (TIA):
Press Releases on Government & Religion |
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Other Religious News Sources |
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Faith, Politics &
Progressives |
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Welcome to the 1930s
from European observers, by Christa Landon |
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"On Complacency," with
Greenview Commentary |
Environmental
News
Interfaith News & Opportunities
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National Council of [Christian] Churches Uses Ecumenical
Clout to Successfully Negotiate
with Taco Bell for Human Rights |
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Green Views: Commentary on Interfaith Power and Pagan Progress |
Media
Watch
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Roses to the Press
for Getting It Right
Pagan Veteran
Headstone Stories
Nature remains
core to Pagan beliefs
Calling
all Pagans: Its time to fight back! By
Nicholas von Hoffman,
New York Observer
Polianna: Greens
and Animal Lovers
- The New Al Qaeda??
Pagans Find the Spirituality They Missed in Church
Summer Solstice Coverage
Best Ever!
All press notices on Indiana Judge Decree support the Pagan Indiana Jones' family!
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Blood Libels in the Press -- I am NOT making this stuff
up!
Child Sacrifice in the New Age
Of Course I don't eat Babies' Blood, You Ninny, I'm
Vegetarian!
This Time, the Blood Libel Is Countered -- with a lawsuit!
Tribunal to Review Claim
Report Corrected!
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I'm Speechless!
Parthenon Code????
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More Resources
http://www.mediafordemocracy.us/campaign/debate/
Links to Leading Media
Powerhouses |
Pagan Activist News
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End to Legal Fees in First Amendment Cases? |
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Why Should
Workers have less right to pooling THEIR assets (Brains and Hands)? |
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Key Votes and Critical Pending Legislation |
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Same Sex Marriage: Unitarian Universalists lead!
Massachusetts
Ruling
Religious Roots of
homophobia
Wisconsin
Governor Vetoes Same Sex Marriage Ban
Constitutional Amendment
to Ban Same-Sex Marriage on the Horizon |
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Lady Liberty Chant by Rose Dove |
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New Evidence found: Templars linked
to Kensington Rune Stone |
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WASP/HASP: Witches (and other Pagans)
Against Sexual Predators |
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Meet-up Changes It's
Rules: Now We Discover How Cheap Pagans Really Are! |
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Pagans working together Make Gains around the World |
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Washington State
Umbrella Group Organizes to buy and manage Pagan
Community Center |
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On Changing the Culture of Witch Wars |
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Druid Headstone and Dogtag Campaign Advances |
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Death Threats from
killer of Pagan's Parrot; 11th reported vandalism |
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Obituary: Lady Donna Cole Schultz completes a lifetime of service to the Gods |
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P~A~A~N - Pagans Against Animal
Neglect |
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Conference
on Contemporary Pagan Studies |
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Pagan Leadership Skills Conference |
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Hellenic Pagans Fund U of NH program on Ancient Greek Religion and Culture |
Peace Page
Religious
Right Watch
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Religious Right News Briefs |
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Fundamentalism as an Addiction; 12 Steps
for Recovery from Fundamentalism |
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How Reverends Enable Church Bombers |
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Christian Reconstructionists Explained |
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Poll:
Evangelicals See Themselves as Part of Mainstream, Still Beleaguered |
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Falwell
on 'Thugs' and Taxes |
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Bush Campaign: "Send Us Your Church Directories" |
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Ralph
Reed Makes Mark on GA Politics After Leaving Christian Coalition |
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Bad
history: What the Right Says about the Constitution |
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Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 |
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Funding
Faith-Based activities |
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Legislation allows religious discrimination at Headstart |
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St. Tammany Hall??? |
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Public Funding of Historic Churches Using HUD Money |
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Supremes
may void state laws against religious discrimination |
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Robertson
curses Supremes |
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Bill to legalize pulpit politics |
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Fed forcing state funding of religious training, groups |
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George Bush justifies anti-Wiccan
bigotry |
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More
News on Religion and Public Life
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World Pagan News
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World Religion Briefs |
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Minnesota Pagan on
Interfaith tour of Guatemala
Encounters Surviving Mayan Religion |
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Killed for
Witchcraft THIS YEAR! |
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Decriminalizing Paganism in Greece
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Campaign to De-Criminalize the Worship
of the Greek Gods in Greece
Establishes Web Site |
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Hellenic
Greeks speak out |
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Pagan Civil Rights Group Supports Canadian Native Struggles |
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Nairobi Conference Focuses on Ending
Mutilation of Women |
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Whose
Roots? Defining Europe's religious identity & freedoms
in the EU Constitution |
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"God Wills It" |
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Witch Children of Angola |
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Religious WMDS to Be
Dismantled at International Conference |
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Growing
recognition of INDIGENOUS People's Property Rights |
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SAFF
Is back on line |
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Stonehenge
news |
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"World
Wide Project of Love and Thanks to Water" |
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Iranian
conservative authorities permit "Pagan" Fire Festival
for Equinox. |
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Native
Stoneworks Saved in Eastern US |
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The
Akashic Record Has Been Evoked to Visible Appearance! |
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William
Wallace Buried As National Hero |
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Climate
Change Confuses Wildlife |
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Now
the Pentagon Tells Bush Climate Change Could Destroy Us |
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Ban
on Religious Apparel Advances in France |
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6'
Warrior Queen's Grave Discovered 1500 year Old Anglo-Saxon
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Write On
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How
to write powerful letters to Government |
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How
to write powerful letters to Media |
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Addresses
for: Federal government
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Senators
& Congressional Representatives |
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Media |
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UN
Security Council & Ambassadors |
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Other
Government Agencies and Officials |
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Legal Rights Department
The information provided by The Pagan
Institute does NOT represent legal advice and has not
been vetted
by a lawyer. It is presented to inform
readers of developments and for educational purposes
only. In cumulative resource pages, most recent
stories are at the top.
Allies
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The Power of an Ally: new pdf booklet to empower you |
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ACLU |
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Americans
United for the Separation of Church & State |
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Amnesty
International |
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The
Interfaith Alliance |
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Legal
Assistance |
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Pagan
Religious Liberties Lawyers: Network for Collegial
Cooperation |
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People
for the American Way |
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Religious
Tolerance |
Animal Sacrifice
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In
ancient history, in orthodox Judaism (kosher
butchering), in African Diaspora |
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Do
current bans represent racial or religious
discrimination in the US? |
Civic Religion (prayer
at civic events, religion in public places)
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Fargo
Activist Seeks to Remove Statue of Themis (Law) from Courthouse |
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Call for
Circle Ritual, Initiation, & Naming Ceremonies in the Capitol
Building |
Employment Discrimination
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SPECIAL TO PAGAN INSTITUTE REPORT:
New research indicates factors in Pagan
Perceptions of religious tolerance or discrimination in the
workplace. |
Liberty and Schools
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Paganism
Being Taught in Public Schools? Fantasy & Fear-Mongering
by
the Radical Religious Right |
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Leave my child out of your evangelism |
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"Awesome God" Banned
From School Talent Show |
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Bush Administration Distorts Sex Education in Public Schools |
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No Child Left Unrecruited
and what you can do about it! |
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Resources to help you obtain Conscientious Objector Status |
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Teaching About Religion: a press release and a Pagan commentary |
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School Loses Prayer Appeal |
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Wiccan teen needs help in discrimination case |
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Pagan
Child Insulted by CA Ed Secretary |
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Wiccan
Teen Forced to attend church services, denied books |
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Efforts
to "Christianize" Alabama Public Schools Meet
Resistance from The Interfaith Alliance |
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School
Children to Be Fingerprinted |
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Christians
Seeking to Use the Public School System for Evangelization |
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Teaching
About Religion in Public Schools |
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Teacher-led
Prayer |
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Evolution
and Creationism in the Public Schools |
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How
the Law Deals with Religion (in '94 aka the Good Old Days) |
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Proposed
initiative would put Bibles in California public schools |
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School
Pledge of Allegiance: "under God" under review by
Supreme Court |
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Prayer
in public schools |
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Religious
groups and public school facilities |
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Evolution
and Creationism in public schools |
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Teaching
ABOUT religion in the public schools |
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More
Links |
Libraries and Censorship
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100 Most Banned Books |
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Big Brother Knows What
You've Been Reading -- unless you pay cash! |
The
Military and Paganism
Paganism in Prison
War
on Drugs see also Recovery Issues and Resources
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Supreme Court OKs Hallucinagenic
Tea for Traditional Sects Communion Ritual under RFRA |
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An Open Letter to my
Sentencing Judge |
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DEA Uses Rave Act to Block Benefit |
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Religious books removed from drug items display
after inquiry |
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Utah Supreme Court OKs Non-Native
Americans Use of Ceremonial Peyote |
Family and Relationships
Pages
Tools for Relationships
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Appeals Court Rules:
Indiana Jones' Parents are Free to Share Their
Pagan Religion with Him |
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Wasp is coming to a
Festival Near You! |
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Bush Administration Distorts Sex Education in Public Schools |
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Fair Fighting
Rules |
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Fair Fighting
Skills |
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Problem solving
steps |
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Helpful sites |
Pagan Parents' Page
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Are
Witch Children Different? |
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Hush,
Little Pagan Baby |
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The Pagan Kid in School |
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Minority Education |
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Books
for Pagan Kids |
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Our
Family Traditions |
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Public School Alert |
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Pagan
Parent FORUM |
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Book
Reviews for Young Pagans & Their Parents |
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Free
Goodies! |
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Fun
Sites for Pagan Kids |
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Stop
Child Abuse! Teach
Your Child How to Respond to Danger |
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Liberty and Schools |
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Liberty and Schools Archives and Resources |
Young
Pagans
Little People's Pages
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Lammas Coloring Page |
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Book Reviews for Pagan Kids |
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The
Story of the Rainbow |
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Little Heathen
Girl on a Hill |
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Two
Graces for Pagan Children |
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Candle Contest |
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Your Own Book of Shadows |
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Religion and the Gods: Book Review |
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The
Fairies' Secret |
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Simple Protection Spell |
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On-Line Safety Rules |
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More Goodies! |
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The Troll Tear |
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Coloring Page |
Recovery Issues and Resources
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Essays |
- Healing
Ourselves from Shame: What resources for healing shame have YOU
found in the Pagan traditions?
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- Our
Own Steps: Pagan Alternatives and Adaptations to 12 Step Programs:
Have you ever participated in a 12 step group? Did being a Pagan make
a difference in how you experienced the process? How did you adapt it
to your Pagan experience? What would the ideal 12 step group for
Pagans be like?
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The Mystic's Wheel of the Year Calendar |
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