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Pagan priest wins right to wear horns on state-issued ID

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MILLINOCKET, Me —  A Priest of Pan has won the right to wear his religious headgear, a pair of horns, in his state-issued identification photo. After initially being told he could not wear his horns in the photo, Phelan MoonSong says he kept pressing for the same accommodation other religions receive. Yesterday, his new ID finally arrived. It all started in June, when MoonSong decided his birth name longer fit him and legally changed it. With the new name came a need for a new identification card.

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Is Susan B. Anthony receiving modern cultus?

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Women waited in line for hours to leave an offering at a sacred burial place. While some women were local, many had traveled great distances just to be here on this special day. The women came to give thanks, to strengthen hope for the future, and to honor a spiritual ancestress. They were not directed to do so by any religious authority. They just started coming, every year, on the same date.

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Minnesota metaphysical boutiques targeted with harassment

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WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minn. — Pagan-owned businesses face all the usual challenges of any small business: overhead costs, long hours by the owner, and maintaining a customer base. Yet they also face the additional challenge of being different than the mainstream, which can result in either an exchange of ideas and mutual respect with customers, or in confrontation. The Minnesota-based Enchanted Boutique often enjoys the former, but more recently experienced the latter. The Enchanted Boutique is a metaphysical store that has as much product and services about angels and the paranormal as it does items specifically for Pagans and Witches.

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The Wild Hunt 2016 Winter Solstice Gift Guide

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Looking for the perfect Solstice gift for your favorite Pagan, Heathen, or Polytheist? The Wild Hunt’s annual 2016 Winter Solstice Gift Guide with expert advice, reviews, and recommendations can help as you plan your shopping list over this coming season.*
For the Bookworm
Pagans may not be People of the Book, but we are people who own books – lots and lots of books. Yet what book to buy? Here is some help from a few industry experts. Taylor Ellwood is co-owner of Immanion Press. He’s also a holistic business coach, magician, and author.

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Maginnis alleges Witches advise US senior leadership

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WASHINGTON D.C. — In late September, Televangelist Jim Bakker hosted Robert Maginnis, a retired Army lieutenant colonel and Family Research Council senior fellow, on his show. They started off discussing how Maginnis felt about President Obama’s nomination of a Muslim-American attorney to be a federal judge. While Bakker saw the nomination as an attack on Christianity and an example of persecution against Christians, Maginnis went a bit further in his answer. He alleged there is a secret cabal of Witches advising the senior leadership of the United States. Maginnis says:
I know that there’s demonic forces in that city.