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		<title>A Blessed Spring Equinox</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is the vernal (spring) equinox*. It is the astronomical beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. Wiccans, Heathens, and various modern Pagans celebrate this day as Ostara, Lady Day, or simply the spring equinox (autumnal equinox for our Australian friends). Several current secular Easter traditions including the Easter Bunny, and dying/decorating eggs are considered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quick Note: Amnesty Intervenes in Ali Hussain Sibat Case</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As Lebanese citizen, and former television host, Ali Hussain Sibat gets closer to seeing his death sentence for &#8220;sorcery&#8221; in Saudi Arabia carried out, human rights group Amnesty International joins the chorus of voices calling for King Abdullah to grant him clemency and save his life.
&#8220;Amnesty International has called on the King of Saudi Arabia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking a Holiday in New Jersey and other Pagan News of Note</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Top Story: Last month I reported that the New Jersey State Board of Education was planning to add the eight Wiccan/Pagan “Wheel of the Year” holidays to its “official” list. Now, Kris Bradley reports that the NJ BoE met yesterday and approved the new calendar, which included the Pagan holidays.
&#8220;This morning, the New Jersey Board [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/03/taking-a-holiday-in-new-jersey-and-other-pagan-news-of-note.html</link>
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		<title>About St. Patrick and the Serpents</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is St. Patrick&#8217;s Day, a yearly holiday celebrating Ireland&#8217;s favorite patron saint. While it&#8217;s a big event in Ireland (and used to be a very solemn occasion), in America it&#8217;s a green-dyed bacchanal where everyone is &#8220;Irish for a day&#8221; (let&#8217;s not even start on the horridly stupid &#8220;unofficial&#8221; St. Patrick&#8217;s Day celebrations on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quick Notes: Witch Hunters, Anti-Pagans, and Getting Religion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Turning the Witch-Hunter into a Hero: Summit Entertainment, the company the brought you the &#8220;Twilight&#8221; movie adaptations, is branching out from vampires into the world of witchcraft. But we won&#8217;t be seeing sexy heroic witches, or even gothy bad-girl witches like in &#8220;The Craft&#8221;, instead the protagonist will be the witch-hunter.
&#8220;Summit made a pre-emptive mid-six [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Theology After Google and other Pagan News of Note</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Top Story: The Los Angeles Times covers a three-day conference about the future of American Christianity at the Claremont School of Theology. Entitled &#8220;Theology After Google&#8221;, the main focus was on how Christian churches need to change with the times, but there was plenty of food for thought for non-Christians interested in the future of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/03/theology-after-google-and-other-pagan-news-of-note.html</link>
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		<title>Quick Note: Pantheism Not Paganism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Utah Standard-Examiner talks to author Sharman Apt Russell on the event of her visit for the Weber Pathways’ Seventh Annual Author Dinner Event. Russell, well known for her science and nature books, branched out in 2008 with &#8220;Standing in the Light: My Life as a Pantheist&#8221;, which explored the history of pantheism, and her [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/03/quick-note-pantheism-not-paganism.html</link>
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		<title>Quick Notes: Dale Halferty, Dan Halloran, and Watkins Books</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No Wiccan Altars for Halferty: A few quick notes for you this Saturday, starting with an update on the Iowa industrial arts teacher, Dale Halferty, who was temporarily suspended for prohibiting a student from building a Wiccan altar in shop class. It seems that Halferty, who was supposed to return to work on Monday, isn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/03/quick-notes-dale-halferty-dan-halloran-and-watkins-books.html</link>
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		<title>Quick Note: The Illegal Snail-Drinking Ritual</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I like to think I&#8217;m a rather tolerant guy when it comes to religious freedom. I have no trouble with religions that practice humane animal sacrifice, I could care less what consenting adults want to get up to in the privacy of their own homes, and I tend to range from permissive to supportive on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildhunt.org/blog/2010/03/quick-note-the-illegal-snail-drinking-ritual.html</link>
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		<title>Finding the American Mystics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Tribeca Film Festival, one of the most prominent independent film festivals in the world, has announced the twelve entries in their World Documentary Feature Competition for 2010, one of which prominently features modern Pagans. That film is &#8220;American Mystic&#8221;, directed and co-produced by Alex Mar of Empire 8 Productions.



&#8220;Set against a vivid backdrop of [...]]]></description>
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