Paganism
UK: first Gareth Knight Conference takes place in Glastonbury
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UK occultists and scholars gathered at the end of March to celebrate the life and work of Gareth Knight.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Pagan Community Notes: Supreme Court rules in favor of LGBT discrimination protection, Summer Solstice online celebrations, and more!
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In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: Supreme Court rules in favor of LGBT discrimination protection, Summer Solstice online celebrations, Juneteenth social media exodus, and more!
Aberdeen
UK: goddesses and standing stones in Scotland – but are they genuine?
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Liz Williams describes the “Ballachulish Goddess”, also known as the Goddess of the Straits, and a stone circle in Aberdeen – modern creations hearkening back to Stone Age originals.
Living
Glastonbury – “Pagan Central”
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GLASTONBURY, England — How did a little market town with a population of 8,000 become, what is considered to be, the Pagan center of England? Glastonbury’s fame is twofold. Firstly, it’s known as the Pagan equivalent of Mecca, somewhat popular with not only British Pagan visitors, but also with members from esoteric communities from all over the world. The town regularly sees groups of Spanish and Mexican Witches, Druids from New Zealand and Italy, Heathens from Germany and Russia, and all manner of Pagans from the States and Canada. So how did this come about?
News
Glastonbury hosts Dion Fortune seminar
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GLASTONBURY, England — The annual Dion Fortune Seminar was held September 23 in Glastonbury and was attended by approximately 80 people. The popular seminar has been held in the town for nearly ten years, partly in memorial to Dion Fortune herself. Violet Firth, as Fortune was called at birth, first came to Glastonbury in 1919, living in both Somerset and in London from then onward. As one of the 20th century’s most renowned occultists, Fortune is regarded as being partly responsible for the emergence of Glastonbury as a focus for contemporary neo-Paganism, and visitors still seek out her grave in the town’s cemetery. To this day, Fortune’s work is analyzed by researchers attending the seminar and finds an audience among younger members of the neo-Pagan and occult communities.