Top stories of the week in Paganism and Shinto: UK: Pagan police join fight against far-right extremists Germany: ‘Nazi Druid’ accused of hoarding weapons to prepare for society’s collapse Japan: Shrine reuses prayer block for 1918 pandemic Read more below… *=Registration may be required. Pagan News UK: Pagan police join fight against far-right extremists The Times* Counterterrorism agencies are calling in pagan police officers to help tackle the growing number of far-right extremists who co-opt the religion’s iconography… Germany: ‘Nazi... Read more

Top stories of the week (and last week) in Paganism and Shinto: People across Japan visit shrines on New Year’s Witches curse US lawmaker for voting down Joe Biden’s spending bill UK: Self proclaimed ‘Arch Druid’ of Cornwall who built a stone circle in his garden has died Read more below… *=Registration may be required. Pagan News Witches curse US lawmaker for voting down Joe Biden’s spending bill Joe.co.uk A coven of witches in the US have cursed a senator... Read more

Top stories of the week in Paganism and Shinto: US: Gothic horror writer Anne Rice dies aged 80 UK: Scottish ‘witches’ to be posthumously pardoned after 300 years Spanish researchers discover possible location of legendary temple of Hercules Gaditanus Read more below… *=Registration may be required. Pagan News How to watch the Winter Solstice at Stonehenge 2021 Salisbury Journal English Heritage is inviting people to watch from home as the Winter Solstice sunrise is going to be livestreamed from Stonehenge... Read more

Top stories of the week in Paganism and Shinto: US: Witches nix ‘hex’ prompt in teacher equity guide Story of Stonehenge to be told in major British Museum exhibition Gilgamesh Dream Tablet: Iraq puts looted artefact on display Read more below… *=Registration may be required. Pagan News US: Witches and CRT critics alike nix ‘hex’ prompt in teacher equity guide Religion News Service Campbell Union High School District in San Jose, California, has come under fire for offering teachers an... Read more

Top stories of the week in Paganism and Shinto: Princess Aiko attends coming-of-age ceremonies Crown Prince of Japan says he decided his daughter shouldn’t have Shinto wedding UK: Stonehenge tunnel plan could be looked at again Read more below… *=Registration may be required. Pagan News UK: S Club 7 star Paul Cattermole launches new career as YouTube tarot card reader The Mirror S Club 7 legend Paul Cattermole is having a new roll of the dice and aiming to trade... Read more

Top stories of the week in Paganism and Shinto: Hundreds of offerings to ancient Egyptian goddess are found in 3500-year-old trash pile Japan’s first-ever Tarot Card Museum opens in Tokyo UK: Met Police to get training in spotting child abuse linked to ‘witchcraft’ beliefs Read more below… *=Registration may be required.   Pagan News Japan’s first-ever Tarot Card Museum opens in Tokyo Japan Today Run by Nichiyu, the first Japanese company to sell tarot cards in Japan, it’s the first-ever... Read more

Top stories of the week in Paganism and Shinto: Kirishima Jingu Shrine recommended as national treasure in Japan Russia: Silver plate adorned with winged gods found inside tomb of 4th century BC warrior Greek PM to appeal to British public for return of Parthenon marbles Read more below… *=Registration may be required. Pagan News US: Buckland  witchcraft museum opens exhibit featuring British artist Ray Robinson Clevescene The Buckland Museum of Witchcraft and Magick has just opened the first exhibition of... Read more

Top stories of the week in Paganism and Shinto: Lost Egyptian sun temple unearthed in one of the most important discoveries of the last 50 years UK: Pagans want support to end abuse of believers Shinto Shrine of Shusse Inari in America hosts autumn festival and children’s blessing Read more below… *=Registration may be required. Pagan News UK: Pagans want support to end abuse of believers The Times* Scotland’s pagans are facing a modern-day witch-hunt with devotees being subjected to... Read more

Top stories of the week in Paganism and Shinto: Russia: Chechnya arrests three for practising witchcraft in Halloween crackdown UK: Church apology on cards for witchcraft executions New York is No. 1 US city for witches Read more below… *=Registration may be required. Pagan News US: New Witch-owned publishing company focuses on underrepresented voices The Wild Hunt Both Devora and Burnett are writers and Witches and share a love of the esoteric, the mythological, and also of history. And they... Read more

Top stories of the week in Paganism and Shinto: Witches remember those lost to COVID-19 among the dead at Samhain UK: Witch and professor call for Halloween pardon for executed Lancashire witches UK: Schools ban Halloween celebrations due to religious objections Read more below… *=Registration may be required. Samhain and Halloween Coverage Witches remember those lost to COVID-19 among the dead at Samhain Religion News Service A solemn occasion with Celtic roots, Samhain takes place at a time when many... Read more