Pagan Tama
Top stories in Paganism and Shinto for May 27th – June 3rd:
- Iceland’s pagan Zuist religion hopes to build temple
- Thieves steal approx. 100 Buddhist and Shinto statues
- Oldest pagan grave in Istanbul discovered
Read more below…
Pagan News
BBC: Iceland’s pagan Zuist religion hopes to build temple
According to the Iceland Monitor news website, Zuists – people belonging to a modern pagan religious movement based on the Sumerian religion – have applied for permission to build a two-story “Ziggurat” as a centre for their growing congregation…
The Wild Hunt: Honoring Our Pagan Fallen on Memorial Day
Today, Pagan involvement in our armed forces is at a level of visibility and acceptance never before imagined, though with that recognition comes new challenges…
The Wild Hunt: An Interview with Raymond Buckland, American Wicca Pioneer
Raymond Buckland is known in Pagan circles as the man who brought Gardnerian Wicca to the United States of America…
Southern Daily Echo: Pagan Pride South to return this summer
Pagans will be gathering to celebrate the summer with an event on August 19…
The Wild Hunt: Portland stabbing attacks: one year later, a grandmother speaks
Namkai-Meche’s grandmother Freyja (Dr. Ginny Anderson) has strong ties to the Pagan Community. She helped to found Stone Dancers coven over twenty-five years ago…
The Wild Hunt: Bang a gong: rock music rocks rituals
Using rock and pop music — the actual original recordings of well-known hits and not rock-oriented works by Pagan artists — is commonplace for Riley and for Jason Mankey, a Wiccan Witch who, with his wife Ari, runs an eclectic Wiccan coven and a Gardnerian coven in Silicon Valley, California…
The Wild Hunt: Goddess Brigid invoked in efforts to lift the abortion ban in Ireland
The “once in a generation vote,” as it was framed by prime minister Leo Varadkar, brought out people across the age spectrum to support the repeal; the movement even garnered the support of Brigid…
International Business Times: Flower moon 2018: Know about its magical powers on sex, witchcraft
The celestial event has significance for people following Pagan religion…
Reader’s Digest: 14 Fascinating Summer Solstice Traditions Around the Globe
Check out how cultures around the world celebrate the day of the year that contains the most hours of glorious, energizing, winter blues-chasing sunlight…
Shinto News
NHK World: Thieves make off with nearly 100 religious statues
Police in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, are investigating the thefts of nearly 100 Buddhist and Shinto statues…
Harpers Bazaar: Fushimi Inari Grand Shrine in TripAdvisor Top 25 Landmarks
Travel site TripAdvisor has released its annual Travellers’ Choice Awards, which celebrates the top landmarks worldwide based on user reviews…
Japan Times: Kasuga’s grand treasures hold history high
The spiritual assemblage led to Kasuga Grand Shrine being designated one of the three guardian shrines of the Imperial court…
Other News
Hurriyet Daily News: 1,700-year-old pagan cemetery unearthed in Istanbul
Turkish and Italian experts have unearthed a pagan cemetery in the Fatih district of Istanbul…
Sunday Herald Scotland: Black magic ruin Boleskine House placed on a list of historic buildings under threat
It was previously the home of infamous “black magician” Aleister Crowley, who scandalised British society in the early 20th century through his experiments with sex, drugs and the occult…
Telegraph: Japan’s 77,000 Buddhist temples to offer rooms to rent after law change
Terahaku aims to become the Airbnb of temples when it starts operating this summer, with the goal of offering visitors the opportunity to sleep overnight in Buddhist establishments…
LA Weekly: Desecrated in Death: Missy Munster and Coven of Ashes Honor the Dark Goddess Within
Their performances, says founder Lauren Davis, honor their own liberation, bodily autonomy, dark goddesses and dark rites…
Inquirer: Ancient myth and heavy metal – DVC music pays tribute
Cook was drawn to the band’s use of intellectual themes and mythological stories infused with heavy metal music, “the experience is just spiritually overwhelming.”…
Washington Post: Gambia’s dictator ordered a witch hunt. This village is still haunted by it.
Yahya Jammeh was 15 years into his tenure as Gambia’s autocratic leader in 2009 when, according to local media reports, he ordered security forces to round up hundreds of “sorcerers” …
Punch: Children with sickle cell disease branded witches, marked for death
Parents and relations of children living with sickle cell disease in Cameroon have gone on the offensive by labelling them ‘sorcerers’ and meting death sentences to them…
Daily Post, Nigeria: Food vendor jumps into River Niger over alleged witchcraft accusation
A 31-year-old food vendor accused of being a witch, allegedly committed suicide…
The Wichita Eagle: Library receives anonymous note from student who took witchcraft books 40 years ago
The three books returned were “The Complete Jack the Ripper” by Don Rumbelow, “Witchcraft: The Old Religion” by Leo Louis Martello and “Navaho Witchcraft” by Clyde Kluckhohn….
Hindustan Times: Seven held in Delhi for mocking man dressed as Goddess Kali and then stabbing him to death
Four men were arrested and three juveniles apprehended for allegedly making fun of a man dressed as Goddess Kali and then stabbing him to death, police said on Monday…
BBC: The witch hunts of Papua New Guinea
Accusations of witchcraft in Papua New Guinea can lead to people being brutally attacked and sometimes murdered…
Inquisitr: Scientists Have Discovered Inca Calendars Hidden Deep In The Atacama Desert Of Chile
These Inca calendars have been likened to being Chile’s very own Stonehenge…
Daily Star: Parents are loving Ancient Greek baby names
According to a post on the Babycentre blog, Ancient Greek names are trending at the moment…
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