Last night on Fox Channel 26, Houston, Texas, there was limited coverage of a divorce case that included a Wiccan mom. Wiccan Mom Fighting for Her Kids: MyFoxHOUSTON.com More info is available here. In general, the coverage is fairly neutral. The lead image for the video features a skull, of course. This should be interesting to follow.
Mar
15
Jan
9
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Wicca Acknowledged as Minority Religion in Spain
Daniel Expósito of the Spanish Bureau of the Pagan Newswire Collective reports the following important news: Madrid – Several months ago a news release was made public in which a group informed the Spanish Pagan community of the start of work towards legalization of the fourth registration of a Pagan Religious Acknowledgement [an Acknowledgment is a public statement of religious identity] in the country, and the first named Wicca. Following changes to the name, which is now Celtiberian Wicca Acknowledgement [...]
Jan
5
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Peter Dybing’s Where is Paganism Going Tour coming through Texas this coming week!
Peter Dybing is traveling the country hoping to ignite a national discussion about where Paganism is going. This year he is hoping to meet as many Pagans as possible, and this week he will be passing through our wonderful state for a couple of coffee nights: Austin: Sunday, January 8 San Antonio: Tuesday, January 10 Join Peter Dybing to share your insights, suggestions and ideas in the development of national Pagan efforts. At Pagan Spirit Gathering 2011, Peter Dybing was [...]
Jan
2
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Blackberry Circle to Lead Spring Ritual at Sherwood Forest Faire
Blackberry Circle is pleased to announce that we will lead a Spring Equinox Ritual at Sherwood Forest Faire on Friday, March 17th, 2012. The ritual will take place late in the evening in the Seven Sisters Stone Circle. Blackberry Circle is honored to have dedicated the Sisters and looks forward to leading ritual there once again. It is always an amazing evening! You can find out more about Sherwood Forest Faire by clicking this link.
Nov
19
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Arlington Conservation Council Hosts Lecture from Environment Texas’ Director Luke Metzger
This past Wednesday, the Arlington Conservation Council hosted a lecture by Director Luke Metzger from Environment Texas. In the lecture, which lasted about an hour at the Arlington Central Library, Metzger covered the impacts that the recent Texas legislative session had, and will have, on the environment throughout the state and in the region around the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Metzger specifically talked about issues regarding the Trinity River, fracking, the recent drought, and the 82nd legislative session. One of the [...]
Oct
12
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Pagan Friendly Leader, Meg Barnhouse
There’s a lot of excitement in Austin right now. The Reverend Meg Barnhouse has come to the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin as the new settled minister, and the Pagans want to know all about her. Rev. Barnhouse is a well-known Unitarian Universalist writer and songwriter, humorist, and speaker. After graduating from Duke University with a degree in Political Science and Psychology, Barnhouse trained at Princeton Theological Seminary. She was ordained in 1981 and, as a college chaplain, went on to teach world [...]
Sep
26
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“Beyond the Broomstick” by Morgana Sythove
Beyond the Broomstick by Morgana Sythove, originally published in German in 1982, is now available in Spanish under the title Más allá de la Escoba. It is published by publishing house Whyte Track and is now available in Europe, Bolivia, Panama and Chile, and can be acquired over the Internet through Amazon. A short description, in Spanish, follows: Más allá de la Escoba, traducido al español por Daniel Expósito, y publicado través de la editorial Whyte Tracks. Agrupa diferentes ensayos [...]
Sep
25
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CommuniTree Grows Community in Dallas
DALLAS, TX: The Bath House Cultural Center at White Rock Lake recently hosted Earth Rhythms and their latest event, CommuniTree. Spurred by the removal of two large elm trees near the Bath House earlier this year, Amy “Moonlady” Martin and the rest of the Earth Rhythms gang organized the event to “[l]earn about proper TREE care, emulate TREE energy and peruse local artisTREE.” The event was not exclusively, or even explicitly, Pagan, but the care-taking of trees and emphasis on [...]
Sep
20
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BlackBerry Circle to lead ritual for Houston Pagan Pride Day
BlackBerry Circle will be leading ritual for the Houston Pagan Pride Day for the second year in a row. The Houston Pagan Pride event will be on October 8 and will be held at Moon Tower Inn: 3004 Canal St Houston, Texas. You can find out more information at the Houston Pagan Pride Day Facebook page, located at: https://www.facebook.com/paganprideday. You can find out more information about BlackBerry Circle at their webpage, located at: http://blackberrycircle.org/ Written by: Meical abAwen, Lonestar Pagan [...]
Sep
13
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Pagans Participate in 9/11 Interfaith Service
When the Denton Faith Alliance decided to hold a Service of Remembrance and Hope to mark the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, they wanted to make it a true interfaith service. Though most of its members are Christian, they reached out to many different religious groups. The service Together in Faith included participants representing Catholicism, three mainline Protestant denominations, Latter Day Saints, Seventh Day Adventists, Judaism, Islam, Baha’i, Buddhism, Unitarian Universalism, and Paganism. Several others were invited but chose [...]
