News

Rise and fall of the “nones” and other religious landscape news

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TWH –The newest report on global trends in religion from the Pew Research Center, titled “The Changing Global Religious Landscape,” was released early last month. The data within that report suggests that the “rise of the nones” will be reversed by the disproportionately small number of children born to those who don’t identify with a religion, including atheists and agnostics. There are hints that the various Pagan and polytheist religions may increase in absolute number of adherents, but nevertheless result in a smaller percentage of world population. Overall, Muslim women currently have more children than those in any other category, which is a trend predicted to continue at least through 2060, at which time Islam is predicted to have more followers than any other religion on Earth. Data collected in 2010 led to the conclusion that people espousing no particular religious beliefs were more numerous than those of any religion, with the exception of Christianity and Islam.

Living

Home-schooling help for Pagan parents

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KINGSTON, Ontario –Any Pagan or polytheist who opts to home-school children quickly discovers that much of the support material available is explicitly Christian in character. That can make an already difficult task all the more challenging. This is the struggle that inspired Terri Wilson to step up Little Pagan Acorns, a site with materials Pagan parents can use in their home schools. Wilson, who describes herself as “an Earth-centered, Goddess-worshiping eclectic Pagan,” home-schools her own 12-year-old daughter, and has created materials that she  uses herself. She spoke with us about how she got her own home school started, and why she has chosen to develop materials for others.

Living

From seed to compost: a conversation with Paul Beyerl

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KIRKLAND, Wash. –Not all Pagans have the opportunity to live closely attuned to the cycles of nature. Paul Beyerl and his partner Gerry were able to realize that dream 24 years ago when they purchased the land which became the Hermit’s Grove, a botanical garden of just over an acre in size that’s now surrounded by upscale homes in this small city adjacent to Seattle. The Rowan Tree Church, where Beyerl teaches the tradition called Lothloriën, is also rooted to this land. Beyerl said, as a child, learning came a bit too easily for himl.

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Pagans march for the planet

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TWH –Last Saturday, Apr. 29, a second People’s Climate March was held in Washington, D.C., with related rallies and other events occurring around the world. The protest — a follow-up to the 2014 march in New York City — was announced in January, coinciding with both Earth Day weekend and President Donald Trump’s 100th day in office. The president has begun to roll back regulations that were put into place to slow climate change, which he has called a Chinese hoax. According to organizer estimates, 300,000 joined in nationwide, with 150,000 on the National Mall alone.

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Reboot of Buckland museum set for Apr. 29

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CLEVELAND, Ohio –More than half a century after Raymond Buckland first opened the doors to his Museum of Witchcraft and Magick, members of the public will be able to once again view artifacts from the collection. The new Buckland Gallery of Witchcraft & Magick is scheduled to open its doors in Ohio at the end of the month. The gallery’s collection was first accumulated on Long Island, spent time on display in New Hampshire, and fell into a legal dispute in New Orleans before reaching its new home in the midwest. Buckland, who spread knowledge of Gardnerian Wicca in the United States and has written many books on the subject, will be on hand to cut the ribbon to the new gallery. “This is a real milestone in the long history of the collection,” he said.