(RNS) — The Great Rite, a Wiccan ritual celebrating the creative union of the masculine and feminine, commonly occurs after a priest and a priestess call in the God and the Goddess, the Earth-based ...

Those who call Christmas trees, decked halls and kissing under the mistletoe pagan customs will get a nod of the head from Chris Jones. “They’re right,” laughs the 52-year-old Melbourne resident, who ...

(The Conversation) — Samhain will be particularly poignant this year for Wiccans who are members or veterans of the US military as they process the end of the 20-year war in Afghanistan. (The ...

More Americans are Wiccan, and will celebrate Samhain not Halloween Saturday. Oct. 30, 2009— -- Patti Wigington is a soccer mom. She is the vice president of her local PTA. And she's a witch.

Reporting from Portland, Ore. — Attending a rally for Bernie Sanders usually involves long lines and security screenings, but that wasn’t the case at an intimate, informal event Friday evening ...

Leigha LaFleur (center) leads a group of Bernie Sanders supporters in a Wiccan ritual meant to provide positive energy for the candidate ahead of Tuesday's Oregon primary. The half-dozen Portlanders ...