Learn More about Wicca
Wicca is the largest of the Neopagan religions. Wiccans have great reverence for the Earth and for their Goddess and her consort, the horned God. Their main rule of behavior is the Wiccan Rede which forbids them from harming people, including themselves.
Wicca is a contemporary spiritual religion, based on and reviving the ancient pre-Christian pagan religions of Europe. Wiccans believe in a divine force or power as the source of all. It is both immanent and transcendent while encompassing the whole universe. Therefore the world and all aspects within the world, “nature” and “life itself” in particular, are considered sacred.
Wiccans use ancient and modern ceremonies, rituals and shamanic practices to attune themselves to the natural rhythms of nature, the world, and the universe in their efforts to commune with this divine force.
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York Dungeon Launches New Attraction, Witches:Burned Alive, For Easter 2010
This Easter, the York Dungeon throws the public into a crucible of heresy and witchcraft in order to witness one of the most horrific passages in history. Witches: Burned Alive This hellish show uses special effects, such as a specially designed and concocted burning flesh smell, to bring history to life at one of the best York attractions! During the burning times of the 16th and 17th cen -
Asheville Mother Grove Goddess Temple To Celebrate Spring Equinox
After making it through the harsh winter, people in Western North Carolina are looking forward to the warm sun of spring. Some are preparing to celebrate the season's change with an ecumenical ritual. Saturday officially marks the first day of spring, being the day of the spring equinox. Members of Mother Grove Goddess Temple will celebrate at 7 p.m. Saturday with A Breath of Appalachian Spr -
Spring Equinox Linked To Religious Celebrations
The spring equinox has been tied to religious rites since ancient times. The spring equinox, which falls between March 19 and 21, is one of two days of the year when daytime and nighttime are both about 12 hours long. ReligiousTolerance.org states that the spring equinox and the winter equinox, which happens in September, both have strong ties to ancient and modern religious celebrations. -
Police Told: Don't Ask For 'Christian' Names, It Offends
Police in Kent have been banned from asking for a persons Christian name, in case it offends people from other faiths. The call has been met with dismay, with one experienced officer calling it politically correct nonsense. And the Plain English Campaign questioned whether there really was anyone from other faiths who would be offended. -
Wassail! Join In Toast To Apple Crop Success
Wassail! Wassail! The cry might have been familiar in pagan Britain but finding a wassail event today outside of the West Country is very difficult. But village of Kenninghall is keeping the tradition alive and tomorrow it hosts its fourth wassail. It is organised by volunteer group Kenninghall Lands Trust, which has set up and managed about 17 acres of woodland since the Millennium.
