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Dan Halloran

The Arrest of Dan Halloran

By on April 2, 2013 in General Blog

I was asked today if PaganCentric was going to report on the arrest of New York City Councilman Dan Halloran, or if, it was suggested, we might “look the other way” because he’s Pagan. Actually, I wasn’t going to write anything about Dan Halloran initially. It had nothing to do with him being Pagan. It [...]

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A TRCS volunteer holds the hand of an albino toddler at a picnic organised by the TRCS at the government-run school for the disabled in Kabanga

U.N. Condemns Surge of Witchcraft Attacks

By on March 20, 2013 in General Blog

U.N. human rights officials have condemned a recent surge of violence against Albinos in Tanzania in connection with “witchcraft beliefs and practices”. Albinos, who are people born with a congenital disorder caused by the absence of pigment in the skin, have traditionally suffered great hardships in Africa, where they are both feared and revered because some [...]

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Druids by The Mish

The Annual St. Patrick’s Day Rumble

By on March 17, 2013 in Claire's Blog

Every year around this time the PaganCentric web site enjoys (or suffers from, depending upon your perspective) a temporary notoriety around Saint Patrick’s Day. I posted an article back in 2009 about my personal beliefs concerning the holiday, Saint Patrick and getting drunk in general, mostly because one of my early students asked me to [...]

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Is There A God?

By on March 12, 2013 in General Blog

We’ve all asked the question at one point or another. Is there a God? You can take the word “God” and rephrase it as you like. God. Goddess. Gods or gods. Assign a name in its place. Yahweh. Krishna. Great Father. G. Jumpin’ Jehoshaphat. Whatever you want, and whichever makes you feel more comfortable. But [...]

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Angela - An Accused Witch

It’s 2013, And They’re Still Burning Witches

By on February 25, 2013 in Witch Hunts

One of many such stories. The photograph accompanying this article was taken in 2013. Or 2012 at the earliest. This is not ancient history. What follows are excerpts from an article at The Global Mail about Papua New Guinea, where belief in black magic persists and women are blamed, accused of sorcery and branded as [...]

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Back in the Saddle

Back In The Saddle

By on February 18, 2013 in General Blog

We’re back in the saddle and riding high again. Well, we’re getting ready to, anyway. As is usually the case, the moment we began to prepare for a revamp of the web site and a generally re-purposing of all things PaganCentric, our beloved web server started showing signs of early dementia. Before long it was [...]

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Blessed Imbolc!

By on February 2, 2013 in Featured

Here we are at another Imbolc, watching the world as it begins to be renewed. It is now the holiday of Imbolc and at this time many turn to thoughts of the Maiden Goddess, Brid. It is a time to celebrate the increasing light, the return of the precious sun. Let us each take a [...]

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Yule Log

About That Yule Log

By on December 23, 2012 in Claire's Blog

From December 23, 2009. “I forget sometimes that my traditions are not the same as everyone else’s. In recent correspondence with a friend about secular traditions and Yule spirit (in regard to how I celebrate the holidays), I explained my family’s peculiar tradition regarding the Yule log. I thought I would share it here.” “The [...]

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Should Pagans Celebrate Halloween?

By on October 31, 2012 in General Blog

“Is it anti-Pagan to celebrate Halloween? How do Halloween and Samhain relate, if at all, to one another? I grew up loving Halloween, but it now seems disrespectful to me to go out collecting candy while I’m supposed to be honoring the spirits of my dead ancestors.” There is no contradiction between Halloween and Samhain, [...]

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Lying for the Lord (And The Lady)

By on October 17, 2012 in General Blog

The conversation started off innocently enough. Somewhere among the good-natured wrangling over political partisan issues and religion, I was asked an unexpected question. “So where Pagans stand on that whole ‘Lying for the Lord’ thing the Mormons believe in?” my friend asked me. I didn’t understand the question at first. It was probably the first [...]

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