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Mother, community search for answers in death of two girls killed in ritual

In the basement, officers find candles, Larry's ritual knife, stained with DNA from one of the girls, a symbol of Baphomet, representing Satan and believed to have occult power, bells and an amulet...

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Researcher presents thesis on tiny pagan movement in Israel

Like many other soldiers who took part in the Gaza operation, Omer, 20, occasionally took a few moments to pray, but he did not pray to the Lord of Israel.Omer considers himself pagan, and has sworn...

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Some Pennsylvania shops close doors to Pagan festival

ADAMSTOWN, Pa. — 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...

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Pagan altar found at Israel construction site

Israel on Thursday announced the discovery of a 2,000-year-old pagan altar at the site where plans for a new hospital wing have come under fire from ultra-Orthodox Jews who fear bones found there may...

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Summer solstice celebrations at Stonehenge hit by funding blow

Summer solstice revellers are disappointed that UK’s coalition government will cut funding to a new Stonehenge visitor centre. The outcry was led by Arthur Pendragon, a druid who believes he is an...

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A priest at Pendle Witch Camp

You can learn a lot from pagans, Mark Townsend suggests: "I'm actually a priest of the Church of England – but with a difference. Though I'm still in "holy orders", I now work full time as a magician,...

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Archaeologists find wooden Stonehenge

Archaeologists say they have discovered a monument similar to Stonehenge near the ancient British stone circle, dubbing it the most exciting find at the site for 50 years. The structure is said to be...

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Longtime Paganism Leader And Lecturer Isaac Bonewits Dies

Phillip Emmons Isaac Bonewits, one of the country's leading elders in contemporary Paganism, died on Thursday. Bonewits was an expert on ancient and modern Druidism as well as an author, lecturer and...

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Court allows ‘warlock’ to break curfew on full moon nights to perform Wicca...

A male witch who was put under an overnight curfew for carrying a knife he claimed was for religious purposes will be allowed to break the curfew on nights when there is a full moon, a court in England...

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Don Rimer, controversial ‘expert’ on occult crimes, passes away

During the mid-eighties Don Rimer managed to establish himself as an internationally known authority on 'Ritual Crime and the Occult.' Unfortunately, his work contributed to the 'Satanic Panic'...

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Cult leader Lia Eden wants UFO to pick up her followers

Cult leader Lia Eden claims that a UFO piloted by the archangel Gabriel wants to pick up her followers. She has therefore requested that Indonesia's President and Jakarata's Governor grant the UFO...

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Polygamous FLDS cult erects wall around meetinghouse

The insular Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) is building a "fortress-type" wall around its meeting house in Colorado City, Arizona. Observers believe the wall is being...

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Anti-gay bakery owners must pay $135.000 to lesbian couple

The Christian owners of a bakery in Oregon have been ordered to pay $135.000 to a lesbian couple they refused to bake a wedding cake for. Aaron and Melissa Klein said their refusal to bake for the...

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International Cultic Studies Association: Upcoming Events

The International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA) is a global network of people concerned about psychological manipulation and abuse in cultic or high-demand groups, alternative movements, and other...

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Brazilian Evangelicals set up a ‘sin free’ alternative to Facebook

The people behind Facegloria -- said to be a sin-free alternative to Facebook -- want to take on Facebook, Twitter, and the world. Aimed initially at Brazil's booming 'Evangelical' movement, the...

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Religion News, Wednesday July 15, 2015

Scientology quacks urged veto of Texas mental health bill. Watch how dozens of Yazidi women and children escape from the clutches of ISIS barbarians. Why a Wheaton chaplaincy staffer quit the...

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Escaping Polygamy — and Scientology

'Sister Wives' sugarcoats polygamy. 'Escaping Polygamy' shows what the lifestyle is really like. Come to think of it, that's also what Alex Gibney did in his Emmy-nominated documentary, "Going Clear,'...

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Are you old enough to remember Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh?

In 1981 Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh spent $5.75 million on a remote piece of property in Oregon and invested millions more to build Rajneeshpuram as a spiritual retreat for thousands of his red-frocked...

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Nobody joins a cult, but it is easy to get radicalized

Today: stories about the Palmarian Catholic Church, how easily people get radicalised, and what IS jihadists have in mind for Europe’s cities. Also: tongue-in-cheek, How do Operating Thetans get in...

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Does the UK’s anti-radicalisation program alienate Muslims?

Today's edition includes stories about a radicalisation prevention program that may backfire. A protest against Whole Foods over its link to Marc Gafni. Iglesia ni Cristo, a powerful cult of...

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