Some Pa. shops close doors to Pagan festival

In the rolling hills of deeply religious rural Pennsylvania sits Stoudtburg Village, a tiny hamlet modeled on a German town. On weekends, tourists come here to visit shops on the ground floors of closely set three-story houses painted bright colors on pedestrian-only streets.

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Widows Seek Wiccan Symbol on Headstones

The Star of David is OK, as are more than a dozen variations of the Christian cross. Even the atomic whirl used by atheists gets the thumbs-up from the federal government.

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A goth robber held up a bank but then gave away all the money he had stolen. Frater Osiris Xnoubis was dressed from head to foot in black leather when he carried out the bizarre robbery.

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Take note readers. Another important event this month as Goddess Advocates, Pagans, and those who embrace the ideals of the Sacred Feminine are making themselves visible and leading the way toward promoting better understanding and a more sustainable world. Check it out!

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The Yuletide holidays aren't the exclusive property of Christians, reminds Rel Davis, Founder of the National Keep Christ Out of Xmas Committee.

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In NJ, one judge escapes corruption charges for excusing his own $42.00 parking ticket after a two-year investigation. Other judges weren't so lucky.

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Witches, druids and followers of the Norse gods in police forces throughout the country have persuaded the Home Office to let them set up a support group.

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NY Mets to consider T-ball after Ryan Church misses 3rd base. It was the the 11th inning when Pagan hit what in all rights should have been a triple, but "running over" the base and heading to home, didn't actually qualify as "touching". Dodgers end the game 3-2 ... ouch!

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The fact that Wikipedia lets anybody edit just isn't enough for some people. Some demand their own Wiki, damn it!

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We Christians often hear calls to "separate yourselves from the world': but as Sarah Yeomans points out in Biblical Archaeology Review, even early Christian art was very much like pagan art.

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A North Carolina mother who reported for Army duty with her two young children is meeting with her commanders to find out what happens next.

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CONCORD, NC - Stay at home mom Lisa Pagan and her children are inseparable. She's also a 7 year Army veteran assigned to a transportation unit.

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A rare mummified child from the early period of Egyptian history was discovered buried with a bright green amulet stone once believed to hold magical powers, according to a new study.

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Crowds jostle to photograph Angkor Wat at sunrise, but at Bagan, it's possible to be completely alone at almost any time of day -- especially outside the peak November-to-February season of dry, cool weather.

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Origins of Groundhog Day Date Much Earlier Than Movie

Groundhog Day was not always some obscure, minor holiday until resurrected by the film that starred Bill Murray. Groundhog Day and its Old World parents Imbolc, Candlemas and St. Brigid's Day traditionally fell around February 2.

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Every Day Is A Holiday

As the years go by, I'm finding more and more that my "Christmas spirit" has diminished. While I do appreciate the nostalgia of decorations, music, and presents when I was a child and a good part of my adulthood, those things were mere trappings.

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An article covering Lewis' mythological syncretism in the Narnia books, the similar syncretism involved in Christmas, and what parts of Christmas' history may be false.

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Holiday Special: The Pagan Roots of Christmas, 2008 Edition

The Holiday the World Celebrates Each Year on the 25th of December Is Actually Tens of Thousands of Years Older Than Christianity Itself -- So Why Does There Continue To Be So Much Controversy Over This Day? (Posted 5:00 a.m. Monday, December 22, 2008)

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I'm not alone. In Britain, stage productions of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" are a holiday staple, for good reason.

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For most of the Free World, Christmas is a holiday season celebrated more for its shopping, overeating and gift giving than the actual religious significance it once contained.

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A Pagan who claims she was unfairly dismissed after a South African Air Force (SAAF) official told her he didn't want to "unleash" her on troops at the Air Force Base in Ysterplaat, will face her former employers in the Bellville Equality Court on Thursday.

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'It was the early hours and I'd been to a ceremony at Stonehenge. Normally, I'd change out of my robes before coming home, but it was cold, so I didn't bother. The milkman took one terrified look at me and scuttled off to his milkfloat as fast as his legs could carry him.

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However lovely a new house is, sometimes it doesn't feel quite like home. But when a wealthy pagan couple felt something was missing in their upmarket suburban estate, they soon fixed the problem by installing their very own stone circle.

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An open letter to all the Hebrew Bible devotees

Unless you are of Jewish decent, why believe in a purportedly holy book the sole scope of which is to glorify an oriental tribe?

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What do the Pagans and Wiccans think about Gay Marriage?

I'm gay and follow Pagan and Wiccan spiritual practices. I firmly believe in and support Gay Marriage in America. I am curious what other Pagans and Wiccans think about Gay Marriage?

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