Below is an excerpt from a US private that has kept his name and location withheld out of fear for his wife and family. The soldier considers himself a “quiet” Muslim and has not shared his beliefs with his fellows. The letter was originally sent to Mikey Weinstein of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation and addresses Bible verses on rifle scopes that demonstrates why the issue matters.
Jemma Hawkins, 29, of the UK has been diagnosed with bi-polar disorder. As part of the UK health system she has been receiving regular, sometimes daily visits from mental health care visitors to help her with her condition.
However, on one of the visits the health care visitor told her that she should remove her pagan religious items from plain view and put them away in the bedroom so as not to affect Jemma’s 10 year old son.
These are the Pagan, Wiccan and Earth-Centered spirituality festivals I have information about for the upcoming year (2010). If you are a festival coordinator and your festival is not listed here, please email me at ewvanderberg@mypersonalvisions.net to have your listing added.
In October this year a 77-year-old South African woman accused of witchcraft was burned to death in Needs Camp near East London. [1] Three other family members were forced to flee their own community for fear of being attacked as well.
We see pagan tradition through the prism of generations of modern religious thought. Through history and prehistory, the representations of the ancient gods and traditions followed by pagans have been marred by propaganda from other religious groups eager to rein in those they defined as `wild barbarians`.
Diwali is one of the biggest festival of Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains. The festival is celebrated for five continuous days, where the third days is celebrated as the main Diwali festival or ‘Festival of lights’.
She is called the Lady, the Great Goddess, the Beautiful One, but she is much more than all of these. She is Freya, the beautiful Goddess of the Norse who is the leader of the Valkyries and the Sage who inspires everyone in their creative endeavors. Freya is the sister of Frey, The God of Fertility and is sometimes confused with Odin’s (The Chief God of the Asgard) wife Frigga. Her own husband Od who disappeared is thought to be identical to Odin.
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6 September 2010, 5:08 pm: I favorited a YouTube video -- Axis of Awesome - 4 Four Chord Song (with song titles) http://youtu.be/5pidokakU4I?a
