Conservation groups today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Navy over its decision to build an Undersea Warfare Training Range next to the only known calving ground for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale. Only about 350 whales of this species remain today.
The range is set for a location 50 nautical miles offshore of Jacksonville, on Florida’s northeast coast. The Navy plans to
A case coming before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals could end up having major legal ramifications for all religious minorities in the United States. Wiccan chaplain Patrick McCollum has been fighting for years to overturn the State of Californias five faiths policy, which limits the hiring of paid chaplains to Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, and Native American adherents. While McCollum
The market in antiquities is one that continues to hold up strongly in the face of what remain difficult economic times for some markets, not to mention stricter export laws and regulations on what can and cannot be sold. Sotheby’s no longer holds antiquities sale in London, but Bonhams and Christies are doubtless happy to take full advantage of that, and as was the case last April, their October
The sleepy suburb of Euless seems an odd spot for a battle over goat sacrifice. Perhaps that’s what first attracted us to the story of Jose Merced, a commercial flight attendant who also happens to be a high priest in the Afro-Cuban religion called Santería, in which animal sacrifice serves as a principal form of devotion. We wrote about Merced in the paper version of Unfair Park back in October,
Using prayer to open a North Carolina county board of commissioners meeting violates the First Amendment, a federal judge ruled yesterday, adopting recommendations made earlier by a magistrate judge.
“The Supreme Court has also emphasized that such legislative prayers must not advance a particular faith or belief, because to do so would have the effect of affiliating the Government with that pa
Gather ye rushes where you may, as February 1st is nearly upon us, a date otherwise known as St Brigids Day. Thats right, Brigid, aka Bridget or Brid, one of the countrys patron saints, though the lack of parades and a national holiday might lead you to believe otherwise.
The low-key reception St Brigid gets these days is perhaps down to her gender, as some suggest, or maybe the complicated
A 2000-year-old body found in a northeastern Jutland bog has received a makeover coroner style
The female known as the Auning Woman, found in a northeastern Jutland bog 1886, and housed at the Museum for Culture and History in Randers, has finally got a face.
Reasonably well-preserved when she popped up from the bog, the womans 2000-year-old skull was broken into several pieces.
But sc
Next week, we mark the occasion when, hundreds of years ago, our European ancestors emerged from their thatch-roofed homes, chilled to the bone from the winters cold, and prayed to whatever pagan gods they held dear that a sacred animal would herald the return of spring.
For some, it was the badger tiny but ferocious, a hearty creature that was known to fend off wolves and coyotes. For other
Loving family members and spiritual friends from around the nation are expected to arrive in Dayton by Saturday, Jan. 30, for a 10 a.m. memorial service in honor of Ted A. Andrews.
Mr. Andrews, a prolific writer, teacher, story teller, protector of wildlife, a musician, and a serious student of the occult and esoteric, died from cancer at his Jackson, Tenn., farm and animal refuge on Oct. 24 at
he appeal of Wicca and Paganism will be explored at 7 p.m. Sunday and noon and 7 p.m. Tuesday at Lifetree Cafe.
The program includes filmed interviews with Pagans and a Wicca woman who describes her journey into spell casting.
“People are intrigued with Wicca and witchcraft,” said Craig Cable, Lifetree Cafe representative. “But there’s a lot of misinformation floating around.”
