Top stories in Paganism and Shinto this week: Wiccan holidays scrapped from university religious observances calendar PantheaCon announces 2020 will be final year Locals oppose plans for witch memorial lighthouse in Scotland Read more

Top stories in Paganism and Shinto this week: Power tool used to vandalize ‘America’s Stonehenge’ Canadian occult conference cancelled over ‘white supremacy’ fears Archaeologists claim ‘Swiss Stonehenge’ is a man-made Neolithic monument Read more

Top stories in Paganism and Shinto this week: – Terminally ill mum in appeal for gothic Pagan wedding – Rice harvested for Emperor’s Daijosai Shinto rite – Interactive map reveals the stories of witches in Scotland Read more

Top stories in Paganism and Shinto this week: VA patient reports Witchvox blocked by hospital wifi service Emperor Naruhito conducts 1st Shinto rice harvest ceremony since ascension British military rugby team apologises after visiting Yasukuni Shrine for war criminals Read more

Top stories in Paganism and Shinto this week: Appeal for Pagan author injured in road accident launched Man threatens arson of Shinto shrine in Taiwan Indigenous people fight to save sacred trees in Australia Read more below… Pagan News Appeal for Pagan author injured in road accident launched The Wild Hunt Last Thursday, Elizabeth Graham, an author for Llewellyn Worldwide publications, and who writes the blog, Hawthorne and the Rose for Patheos, was involved in a serious automobile accident that… Read more

Top stories in Paganism and Shinto this week: Catholic school bans Harry Potter books over fears of ‘curses and spells’ Hemp twine for imperial succession rite handed to weavers at Shinto shrine Leprechauns may be linked to ancient Roman ritual Read more

Top stories in Paganism and Shinto this week: Girls wrestle way to sumo inclusion in Japan despite religious taboos Bid to return skull taken from Scotland’s only witch grave launched Vodou priest sues Christian university for discrimination Read more

Top stories in Paganism and Shinto this week: – Occult store defaced with neo-Nazi poster – “Rugby shrine” opens in Tokyo ahead of World Cup – 3,000BC temple dubbed ‘Spanish Stonehenge’ appears after drought dries up reservoir Read more

Top stories in Paganism and Shinto this week: – Pagans criticise neo-Nazis for damaging and hosting rituals at ancient sites – Archaeologists in Pompeii find amulets and charms that may have been used by Roman sorcerer – Yasukuni Shrine’s bid for emperor to visit on 150th anniversary was rebuffed Read more

Top stories in Paganism and Shinto this week: – National Trust aware of Neo-Nazi Odinist groups using ancient sites – Druids strip Queen of honorary title because she doesn’t speak Welsh – Water channel believed used in ancient emperors’ rituals found at Nara garden ruins Read more