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Storytelling and Spirituality: Reclaiming a Folk Tradition
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Dr. Natalie Emmons invites readers to consider the role of storytelling and oral tradition to modern Pagan traditions.
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Dr. Natalie Emmons invites readers to consider the role of storytelling and oral tradition to modern Pagan traditions.
The Pew Research Center’s 2025 report charts a global shift in religion in Christianity’s decline in some nations, the rise of the religiously unaffiliated rise, and a statistical nod to Wiccans, folk religions, and other minority spiritual traditions.
Dr. Leo Igwe powerfully distinguishes between myth and modernity, affirming that today’s witches are nature-based spiritual practitioners—not agents of harm—and calls for an end to superstition-fueled violence across African communities.
Donald Trump has picked Casey Means as his nominee for surgeon general. But Means, whose alternative approaches have mentioned practices like ancestor shrines and full moon rituals, has drawn a firestorm of criticism from Trump’s Christian base.
The idea of initiation into Witchcraft has always fascinated me. Stories and images abound of arcane rites performed in the cloak of darkness lit only by candles flickering in the night – a death of the old life, and a birth of a new one.