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	Wicca - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Similarly, all Wiccans and most Witches are Pagans, but not all Pagans are Witches and Wiccans (It is worth noting that not all witches consider themselves to be pagan, and consider witchcraft to be purely a method and tradition of practicing magic, holding no religious value in itself).
		Many Gardnerian Wiccans do not claim to be dualist, but rather, may practice some form of polytheism, often with particular reference to the Celtic pantheons; they may also be animists, pantheists, or indeed any of the other ranges of possibilities.
		In usual rites the Wiccans assemble inside a magic circle, which is drawn out in a ritual manner followed by a cleansing and then blessing of the space.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wicca (3564 words)

	Wiccans In Pa
		Unfortunately, when the persecutions ended in the 18th century, the stereotype of Witches as devil worshippers remained for those who were uninformed of the true nature of the Craft.
		Church history is a history of persecution, but it has usually been applied against alien ethnic-religious groups such as Jews, or heretic sects such as the Waldenses and Albigenses.
		The Witch persecutions on healers was an attack on a value system, the same value system that modern Pagans are striving to renew.
	groups.msn.com /WiccansInPa/theburningtimes.msnw (1049 words)

	Witnessing to Wiccans - EffectiveEvangelism.com
		Those who persecuted both Pagans and true Christians were not really Christians themselves, but rather corrupt and evil men who took the opportunity of infiltrating the established Church for their own selfish gain.
		Many Pagans and Wiccans tend to look at the sins of the Church and use this as justification to turn away from following Jesus Christ.
		Although many Wiccans do steer away from putting curses on others, there are others who will become involved in the cursing of an enemy.
	www.christiananswers.net /evangelism/beliefs/wicca.html (2704 words)

	Religious Movements in the United States (Miller)
		Wiccans, or witches, are probably the best-known of the Neo-pagans, and the longstanding Christian opposition to witchery has fueled polemics against the modern practitioners.
		Despite such early religious persecution, freedom and toleration slowly but surely gained a foothold in the American colonies.
		Pagans, for their part, vehemently deny that there is anything evil in their religion, or that they have any connection to Satanism.
	religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu /essays/miller2003.htm (5149 words)

	The Great Persecution: Notes
		After the persecution he became a member of Constantine's court in Gaul, where he participated in the education of Constantine's son, Crispus, which was for naught since Constantine had Crispus executed in 326.
		If Eusebius' Palestinian Martyrs is representative, the periods of acute persecution were continued to the spring of 306 and the autumn and winter of 309/310, and even then many of the martyrdoms were provoked.
		Shortly after Eusebius completed this work, Maximinus recommenced persecution in Asia Minor, Egypt, and the East: when persecution ceased again with the defeat and death of Maximinus in 313, Eusebius decided to rewrite his Martyrs of Palestine and incorporate it into the already existing Ecclesiastical History.
	users.drew.edu /~ddoughty/christianorigins/persecutions/GreatPer.html (5149 words)

	Georgia Pagan Page with contacts
		The most-frequently stated objectives of most PSGs across the country are (1) to provide a forum where Pagan students can speak freely about their beliefs without fear of persecution and (2) to promote public awareness of Pagan religions on campus.
		Those who seek only basic training in Wicca and Paganism or those wishing to be dedicated to the Wiccan path will be welcome to join us for open classes, celebratory Sabbats and to participate in the Grove as their Pagan community for as long as they are in harmony with the Path of the Phoenix.
		Pagan Unity Resource Endeavor -- Merry Meet,Open to all who search for truth and knowledge.Wicca and Pagan paths.Information and resources available.Will answer all who call or wish to talk.Any path or life style will be welcome.
	www.tylwythteg.com /georgia.html (8631 words)

	OccultForums.com - Modern Accounts of Persecution
		I am doing some indepentent research into modern accounts of persecution and discrimination against Pagans/Witches/Wiccans/Heathens etc. and would like to hear any stories that any of you might have regarding this subject.
		I don't know if that's the type of persecution you're looking for but that's what happened one summer day in our school of 250.
		The only real persecution I've found is the vast ignorance people have.
	www.occultforums.com /showthread.php?t=11307 (1401 words)

	Article Detail - Sort ASC
		Surely the point is that a Wiccan specifically stated "Wiccans have suffered persecution for millennia and are still suffering" ([Web LINK]), which was not an accurate statement; the following letter stated that Wicca is a newer religion, and did not make any reference to legitimacy being conferred by age.
		I happen to disagree with her beliefs, as do many here, but she has enough respect for me to understand that my disagreement is not "hatred." I would hope that, as Wiccans and Pagans, we could extend that same respect to her.
		Furthermore, the debate of whether the religion is old or new is irrelevant to the core of the matter.
	www.witchvox.com /wren/wn_detaila.html?id=11098 (2796 words)

	Major Religions Ranked by Size
		There were 768,400 Neo-pagans (largest subset were Wiccans) in the U.S. in the year 2000, according to the Wiccan/Pagan Poll, conducted by the Covenant of the Goddess (CoG) beginning in late July, 1999.
		Wiccan groups have traditionally been secretive and often their numbers can only be estimated based on magazine circulations, attendance at conferences, etc. The counts of many ethnic-based faith groups such as tribal religions are generally based on the size of associated ethnic groups.
		Independent surveys and government-based figures are not indicative of the higher estimates provided by Neo-Pagan and Wiccan organizations, but there may be a variety of reasons for this.
	www.adherents.com /Religions_By_Adherents.html (11821 words)

	Persecution
		Wiccans do not fear death infact pagans have been know to willingly give up their lives for the good of the community.
		Wiccans as a whole have a saying "Never agian the burning times".
		Do you fear that you will be persecuted (i.e., burned at the stake) by society one day?
	www.holysmoke.org /w000/232.htm (98 words)

	Pagans Versus Persecution
		The grisly and horrific details are known to all and they serve as a constant warning of the extremes of persecution and fervor.
		And, yet, still religious persecution, discrimination, and intolerance is an everyday occurrance across the globe.
		From small town preachers that scold their flock about the evils of other faiths to thriving capitals wherein the city officials and those that work for them do all within their power to make it harder for persons of different religious beliefs to practice, it's seen every single day.
	www.geocities.com /paganistic1 (250 words)

	Tacitus and Nero's Persecution of Christians
		This passage is often cited by Christian scholars as an early witness by a Roman historian to the presence of the Christian movement, as evidence for the existence of a historical Jesus, and as evidence for persecution of Christians by the Romans.
		Paul Keresztes, "Rome and the Christian Church, I. From Nero to Sereri," ANRW 2.23.1, 247-315; L. Canfield, The Early Persecutions of the Christians (New York, 1913); H. Fuchs, "Tacitus über die Christen," VC 4 (1950), 65-93; E.T. Klette, Die Christenkatastrophe unter Nero nach ihrem Quellen inbes nach Tac.
		The reference to Christianity as a "pernicious superstition" characterized by "hatred for all humankind" could easily be verisimilitude, reflecting what Christian apologists later attributed to pagans and what someone thought Tacitus also might have said.
	www.users.drew.edu /~ddoughty/christianorigins/persecutions/tacitus.html (1497 words)

	pagans blogs
		He also brought up the past persecution of Atheists, Pagans and others of different spirituality and that most Pagans are afraid of that sort of thing happening again.
		The chances that there would be a Christian uprising against the Pagans and Atheists of the nation are very slim...seriously.
		It has happened in the past, granted, and those people were so afraid of the unknown that they were willing to go to extremes to make themselves feel safe.
	www.mindsay.com /tags/pagans (1440 words)

	CRI Journal - CRJ0064A
		Although their practices and beliefs diverge significantly at points, many of these individuals and groups proudly identify themselves as pagans or neopagans.
		Among them can be found a diverse group of people who style themselves as witches or wiccans: followers of the "Old Religion" of the great Mother Goddess and her male consort, the Horned God.
		Many of today's witches want to remove their traditional cloaks of secrecy, dispel the confusion that surrounds their religion, and address the hostility and suspicion they perceive as directed toward themselves and their craft.
	www.iclnet.org /pub/resources/text/cri/cri-jrnl/web/crj0064a.html (5224 words)

	IIDB - Questions about Paganism and Wicca?
		I know some Wiccans like to talk about the witch trials of earlier centuries as persecution of Wiccans but I tend to think most of these victims were not Wiccans but just Christians unlucky enough to run afoul of religion gone mad.
		A Wiccan will work as a solitary, and may choose a tradition within which to operate, or may be part of a coven, which in turn is usually afilliated to one of the Traditions-for example, Gardnerian, Alexandrian, Georgian, Feri, Celtic.
		In fact spells are a minor part of the Craft, which is a religion, and some Wiccans don’t cast spells at all.
	www.iidb.org /vbb/archive/index.php/t-90897 (13848 words)

	Witchcraft and Abortion
		To those who doubt this, I highly encourage you to read the words of Wiccans and pagans themselves who promote this demonic practice before responding to me.
		There are a small segment of Wiccans who practice abortion as a form of child sacrifice to their false gods.
		The Wiccan religion needs no further condemnation than the fact that it denies the God of the Bible.
	www.forerunner.com /champion/X0038.html (351 words)

	BBC - Religion & Ethics - Introduction to Paganism
		The Pagan Federation of Great Britain have no precise figures but estimate that the number of Pagans in the British Isles is between 50,000 and 200,000 (2002).
		Due to persecution and misrepresentation it is necessary to define what Pagans are not as well as what they are.
		Whilst there are significant differences between these strands of Paganism, most Pagans share an ecological vision and involvement that comes from the Pagan belief in the organic vitality and spirituality of the natural world.
	www.bbc.co.uk /religion/religions/paganism/intro.shtml (195 words)

	Recommended Reading List
		Useful sections on privacy/disclosure include "Pagans and the Law," "Pagans and the Politics of Persecution," "Military Pagans," and "Pagan Students." Extensive resource list including organizations, tapes, electronic contacts, books, magazines, and other publications.
		The Alyson Almanac compiled by the staff of Alyson Publications.
		Excellent introduction to many Pagan systems; has interviews with a variety of leaders, priests and priestesses, artists and writers, organizers, and key members of the Pagan community.
	www.pangaia.com /gaian_reading_list.htm (1869 words)

	Ask A Witch Community
		But it ussually works like this...pagans often express their deities as an extension or expression of humanity and nature (when I say nature, I mean the universe at large)...to sum it up...christians see god as fact and pagans see god as metaphor.
		People who do this are Christian in name only, and as likely to face persecution should Christians ever have full control of government.
		In contrast, it's been my experience that most pagans I've met when explaining their deity or deities recognized that they're dealing with a symbology for something else...whether it's a need to believe in something as opposed to nothing or a symbol(s) for something that does indeed exist is moot for this rant.
	groups.msn.com /askawitchcommunity/philisophicalramblings.msnw (1869 words)

	Impearls
		Lindsay, D.D., LL.D. In his treatment of Christianity he believed that he shewed impartiality and refrained from persecution, and, if due allowance be made for his private hatred of those whom he contemptuously called Galilaeans, it is possible to believe that he was sincere in his professions.
		Lindsay, D.D., LL.D. Constantius was childless — the punishment of the gods whose temples he had despoiled, said the pagans; a retribution for the slaughter of his kinsmen, his own conscience sometimes whispered.
		We cannot ascertain the proportion of Christians to pagans at the close of the second decade of the fourth century, but it may be assumed that, when their organisation is taken into account, they were able to control public opinion in the most populous and important provinces of the Empire.
	impearls.blogspot.com /2003_06_01_impearls_archive.html (1869 words)

	Untitled Document
		As Telesco explains, "By the very definition of our beliefs, this is a tradition that grows and changes with the individual and with the social climate." Pagans also disagree about the best way to reach the goal of freedom from persecution and discrimination.
		Holly J. Lebowitz In the news, at public worship ceremonies, and in the publishing and entertainment industries, pagans and Wiccans are garnering increasing attention.
		Said Darla Kaye Wynne, assistant national director for Witches Against Religious Discrimination (WARD), "We want to be recognized as equal with other religions." But there are those in the movement, Ward said, who feel that publicly asserting a national presence will only invite further discrimination.
	www.redqueen.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /seizing%20the%20day.htm (1869 words)

	Witch-hunt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This new term was intended to refer to the persecution of women by patriarchy to include both the European Witchhunts as well as the "entire patriarchal rule." The use of the "Burning Times" to refer to the Witchhunts by Neo-Pagans occurred when Starhawk subsequently introduced the term into her book, "The Spiral Dance" in 1979.
		It had been proposed that the witch-hunt developed in Europe after the Cathars and the Templar Knights were exterminated and the Inquisition had to turn to persecution of witches to remain active.
		In addition, all witches who did not attend the meal to be identified would be called to account later on by their master, who had risen from the dead, and who would force the witches by means of drums to go to the graveyard, where they would die.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Witchhunt (2456 words)

	Pope Marcellinus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the beginning of the 5th century Petilianus, the Donatist bishop of Constantine, affirmed that Marcellinus and his priests had given up the holy books to the pagans during the persecution and offered incense to false gods.
		The Liber Pontificalis, basing itself on the Acts of St Marcellinus, the text of which is lost, relates that during Diocletian’s persecution Marcellinus was called upon to sacrifice, and offered incense to idols, but that, repenting shortly afterwards, he confessed the faith of Christ and suffered martyrdom with several companions.
		Marcellinus' pontificate began at a time when Diocletian was emperor of Rome, but had not yet started to persecute the Christians.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pope_Marcellinus (2456 words)

	Pope Marcellinus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the beginning of the 5th century Petilianus, the Donatist bishop of Constantine, affirmed that Marcellinus and his priests had given up the holy books to the pagans during the persecution and offered incense to false gods.
		The Liber Pontificalis, basing itself on the Acts of St Marcellinus, the text of which is lost, relates that during Diocletian’s persecution Marcellinus was called upon to sacrifice, and offered incense to idols, but that, repenting shortly afterwards, he confessed the faith of Christ and suffered martyrdom with several companions.
		Saint Marcellinus, Pope, according to the Liberian Catalogue, became bishop of Rome on June 30, 296; his predecessor was Pope Caius.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pope_Marcellinus (2456 words)

	Pope Marcellinus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the beginning of the 5th century Petilianus, the Donatist bishop of Constantine, affirmed that Marcellinus and his priests had given up the holy books to the pagans during the persecution and offered incense to false gods.
		The Liber Pontificalis, basing itself on the Acts of St Marcellinus, the text of which is lost, relates that during Diocletian’s persecution Marcellinus was called upon to sacrifice, and offered incense to idols, but that, repenting shortly afterwards, he confessed the faith of Christ and suffered martyrdom with several companions.
		Saint Marcellinus, Pope, according to the Liberian Catalogue, became bishop of Rome on June 30, 296; his predecessor was Pope Caius.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pope_Marcellinus (397 words)

	Pope Marcellinus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the beginning of the 5th century Petilianus, the Donatist bishop of Constantine, affirmed that Marcellinus and his priests had given up the holy books to the pagans during the persecution and offered incense to false gods.
		The Liber Pontificalis, basing itself on the Acts of St Marcellinus, the text of which is lost, relates that during Diocletian’s persecution Marcellinus was called upon to sacrifice, and offered incense to idols, but that, repenting shortly afterwards, he confessed the faith of Christ and suffered martyrdom with several companions.
		Marcellinus' pontificate began at a time when Diocletian was emperor of Rome, but had not yet started to persecute the Christians.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pope_Marcellinus (397 words)

	Witchcraft
		The study of witchcraft and witchcraft persecution is part of the study of women's history, especially the history of social and sexual violence against women.
		The transition from these early vague ideas of witchcraft to a fully-formed image of the diabolical witch deserves study in the history of marginality because it illustrates the rhetoric of persecution that had come into existence by the end of the medieval period.
		A History of Witchcraft: Sorcerers, Heretics, and Pagans.
	www2.kenyon.edu /Projects/Margin/witch.htm (576 words)

	The Elusive Early Modern Witch: Misappropriation and Distortion in the 20th Century
		Second-wave feminists also used the Murray thesis as proof that the witch trials were aimed at persecuting those practicing an old pagan religion but they added their own twist by emphasizing the gender of those accused and then placing full blame for the persecution on the male patriarchal authorities.
		On the one hand, second-wave American feminists and modern pagans appropriated the figure of the witch and the concept of witchcraft to fulfill their own agendas, creating aspects of these that were not present in the historical evidence.
		Feminists and pagans alike appropriated this history for their own and in doing so, effectively distorted the way in which the public would view it forever.
	www.the-contact-network.com /wessell/elusive.html (576 words)

	News! - M. Macha NightMare
		For a current -- and shocking -- persecution of "outsiders," one of which we Witches and Pagans and other minorities should be sensitive to and aware of, see this site dedicated to justice for the West Memphis Three.
		February 27, 2001 An informal group of Pagans has written a letter to Dubya, et al.
		Witches, a book of fine art black-and-white photographs by Peter Hughes, with an introduction by Macha, foreword by Starhawk, and poetic commentary by Denise Sallee, is currently seeking a publisher.
	www.machanightmare.com /news.html (576 words)

	Septimus Severus
		The progress of Christians alarmed the pagans and this hatred took on a new virulence, Severus was the first to publish a decree dealing with the problem of persecution.
		Septimus Severus was the Roman Emperor from 198-211 and the author of the fifth persecution.
		Severus, having been recovered from a severe fit of sickness by a Christian, became a great favorer of the Christians in general; but the prejudice and fury of the ignorant multitude prevailing, obsolete laws were put in execution against the Christians.
	latter-rain.com /eccles/severus.htm (269 words)

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