Pagan Tama
Top stories of the week in Paganism and Shinto:
- Taiwan: Protesters pan mayor over Shinto shrine removal
- US: Disney Channel star’s church urged her to quit TV show because ‘it’s witchcraft’
- US: Michigan resort town becomes bewitched after legal quagmire
- And more…
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Pagan News
US: Michigan resort town becomes bewitched after legal quagmire
The Detroit News
When the Petoskey City Council removed its ban on fortune telling last year and then failed to regulate it, residents were confused…
Best books on manifestation: from literary classics to New Age teachings
Evening Standard
We’re manifesting your love for this round-up…
Everything you need to know about the spring equinox
The Independent*
The Met Office explains the difference between meteorological spring and astronomical spring…
6 Pagan celebrations to welcome spring
Sky History
Let’s wind the clocks back to pre-Christian times and discover how some of the ancient pagans celebrated spring.
Shinto News
Taiwan: Protesters pan mayor over Shinto shrine removal
Taipei Times
Culture preservation groups and Taoyuan residents protested a decision by Chinese Nationalist Party Taoyuan Mayor Simon Chang to remove items from a local Shinto shrine, while academics said that Japanese who travel to Taiwan to worship fear that all the shrine’s deities might be removed…
China: Publisher destroys copies of guidebook using Yasukuni Shrine on cover
Global Times
A Chinese guidebook issued by a local publishing house has drawn strong public criticism for using an image of Japan’s notorious Yasukuni Shrine as its cover photo…
Rings of fire spun through the night air in ritual at southwest Japan shrine
The Mainichi
A fire-spinning ritual to pray for bountiful harvests took place at a Shinto shrine in the southwest Japan city of Aso on March 15…
Japan’s economy to bloom as hanami season kicks off
The Japan Times*
As cherry blossoms begin to bloom and revelers prepare to experience the seasonal spectacle, the nation will soon be blanketed with the dainty petals that not only bring people together but also boost the economy…
Other News
Italy: Rome’s Pantheon to charge for tourist entry
France24
One of Rome’s oldest and best loved monuments, the Pantheon, will soon start charging for entrance, officials said Thursday — drawing a mixed reaction from tourists…
Turkey: Roman era gravesites with unusual funerary rites
Phys.org
A team of archaeologists from KU Leuven and the Royal Belgium Institute of Natural Sciences, both in Belgium, reports unusual funerary practices by early Roman Empire–era people living in what is now a southwest part of Turkey
UK PM: ‘No plans’ for Elgin Marbles law change to return Parthenon sculptures to Greece
Sky News
A campaign backed by MPs from across the political spectrum has been trying to find a way to “reunify” the sculptures with other historic works in Athens – but the government has not been enthusiastic about any potential deal being reached with Greek officials…
Iraq: Archeologists announce discovery of 4,500 year-old Temple to Ninĝirsu
The Wild Hunt
Last week, the British Museum announced that archaeologists in Iraq had unearthed the remains of a 4,500-year-old Sumerian temple dedicated to Ninĝirsu, the Mesopotamian god of thunder associated with farming, healing, hunting, law, scribes, and war…
‘Witch Hunts’ Past & Present
US: Disney Channel star’s church urged her to quit TV show because ‘it’s witchcraft’
Daily Star
Jennifer Stone, who played Harper on the hit Disney Channel series ‘Wizards of Waverly Place’, claims she was urged to quit the show by her church because “it was witchcraft”…
Advocacy for Alleged Witches welcomes launch of guidelines on elimination of witch-hunting
Opinion Nigeria
The Advocacy for Alleged Witches (AfAW) commends the proposed launch of some guidelines on the elimination of harmful practices related to accusations of ‘witchcraft and ritual attacks’…
India: How ‘witchcraft’ is seen among Adivasis and how women are branded and hunted as ‘witches’
Outlook India
Usually, it all begins with some pre-existing animosity between neighbours or closely residing relatives. From here, the process of social construction of witch is triggered…
I am a witch and that’s okay
Outlook India
An independent woman —a misfit— pens a personal essay defending women’s choice to be witches and their right to not be persecuted for it…
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