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Into the Weird
By Alexander Zaitchik -- February 5, 2010
Maybe Ouija boards belong next to the King James in every motel room. A review of Occult America. Read more.
  • Into the Weird Into the Weird By Alexander Zaitchik -- February 5, 2010
    Maybe Ouija boards belong next to the King James in every motel room. A review of Occult America. Read more.
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  • Candlelight Candlelight

    By Janice Van Cleve -- February 2, 2010

    Candle, flame, and light become a message of hope in this prose poem. Read more.

     

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  • Southern, Proud, and Pagan Southern, Proud, and Pagan By Anthony Chiorazzi -- January 21, 2010
    Southern pagans peek out of the broom closet. Read more.

     

     

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  • OMG! She's a FAT Priestess! OMG! She's a FAT Priestess! By Leandra Witchwood -- January 6, 2010
    The way we view one another and ourselves seriously affects our ability to be spiritual people and proficient in Magickal arts. Read more.
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About the Pagan Gateway

By the Paganism Gateway Team 
Paganism is not one unified religious tradition but a way of expressing sacred relationships between tangible and intangible "persons." Read More ...

  • About the Pagan Gateway About the Pagan Gateway

    By the Paganism Gateway Team 
    Paganism is not one unified religious tradition but a way of expressing sacred relationships between tangible and intangible "persons." Read More ...

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  • Suggested Readings Suggested Readings

    By Pagan Gateway Team - July 9, 2009 
    "Study"?!?! Wait an elderberry-pickin' minute! Isn't one of the benefits of being a Pagan that you don't have to study canonical texts? It is true that Paganism has no required readings, per se. Read More ...

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Paganism Overview

By the Paganism Library Team  -- July 13, 2009

Paganism represents a wide variety of traditions that emphasize reverence for nature and a revival of ancient polytheistic religious practices...Read More

  • Paganism Overview Paganism Overview

    By the Paganism Library Team  -- July 13, 2009

    Paganism represents a wide variety of traditions that emphasize reverence for nature and a revival of ancient polytheistic religious practices...Read More

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  • Paganism Beginnings Paganism Beginnings

    By the Paganism Library Team  -- July 13, 2009

     Rooted in ancient magical spirituality while finding new expressions in the postmodern age, Paganism encompasses many different beliefs and practices....Read More

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  • Paganism Influences Paganism Influences

    By the Paganism Library Team  -- July 13, 2009

    A wide array of spiritual, cultural, and philosophical currents combined to affect the rebirth of Paganism in the post-modern world.....Read More

     

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  • Paganism Founders Paganism Founders

    By the Paganism Library Team  -- July 13, 2009

    Numerous people have played key roles in the development of Paganism, particularly in its mid 20th-century renaissance.....Read More

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Beauty in Death
By Elwin Shadowstrider -- February 2, 2010
Death is yet another gateway in our journey, the gateway that returns us all to the arms of the Goddess where we can reflect on what we learned from our sojourns in life. Read more.
  • Beauty in Death Beauty in Death By Elwin Shadowstrider -- February 2, 2010
    Death is yet another gateway in our journey, the gateway that returns us all to the arms of the Goddess where we can reflect on what we learned from our sojourns in life. Read more.
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  • The Best Thing about Death The Best Thing about Death By Janice Van Cleve -- February 2, 2010
    Some may believe in an afterlife, a Summerland, or in some form of reincarnation, but I find it much more exciting to see the end as THE END. Read more.

     

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  • Candlelight Candlelight

    By Janice Van Cleve -- February 2, 2010

    Candle, flame, and light become a message of hope in this prose poem. Read more.

     

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  • Wisdom Rather than Texts Wisdom Rather than Texts By Carl McColman -- January 20, 2010
    Paganism by definition has no written sacred scripture. Its "sacred text" and source of authority is the natural world and the personal experience of each individual practitioner. Read more.
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