Pagan Tama
Top stories of the week in Paganism and Shinto:
- US: Pastor Greg Locke threatens to dox ‘witches’ that infiltrated wife’s Bible book club
- UK: Stonehenge exhibition aims to shed light on mysteries of monument
- Japan: Man arrested for writing ‘Amazon!’ on Shinto shrine
Read more below…
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Pagan News
The great cloutie debate: UK Pagans weigh in on the practice
The Wild Hunt
Visitors to sacred sites across the U.K., from the islands of Scotland to the sacred springs of Glastonbury, will be accustomed to seeing rags or ribbons (known as ‘clooties’ or ‘clouts’) tied to nearby trees, as a form of offering…
UK: Druidry – the hottest new wellness trend
The Times*
At Beaverbrook hotel in the Surrey Hills, Celtic healing rituals are not just for solstice, finds KatieGatens…
UK: Most mystical sites in Dorset that are connected to shamanic rituals
Dorset Live
Although many may picture Stonehenge when talking about shaman and pagan rituals and beliefs in the UK, Dorset has many of its own mystical sites…
Shinto news
Chiba man arrested for writing ‘Amazon!’ on Shinto shrine
Japan Today
On Dec 15, the normally tranquil precincts of Sakuragi Shrine in Noda City, Chiba Prefecture, were sullied by a mysterious vandal with a permanent black marker…
India: Speakers cite Japanese religion in call for greater religious harmony
Business Recorder
Speakers at an international seminar have said that the two major religions of Japan Shinto and Buddhism have been merged so as to establish religious tolerance, peace and harmony among the masses in the country…
Clearing snow from a national treasure: The five-story pagoda of Mount Haguro
Nippon.com
The five-story Pagoda on Mount Haguro in Yamagata Prefecture is an ancient national treasure. Part of the upkeep of this venerable wooden structure is the annual removal of snow from its shingled roofs, a major undertaking that this year took place on January 30…
The roof of Japan: exploring spirituality amid the mountains of Nagano and Toyama
National Geographic
Wild and untrammelled, the Japanese prefectures of Nagano and Toyama are home to some of the biggest peaks in the country. They are also spiritual places, where mountain worship flourishes, and ancient shrines pepper the slopes as one heads to the summit…
Tsukioka Kogyo: The man who dedicated his art to saving noh
The Japan Times
For three decades, from 1897 until his death in 1927, he produced the most comprehensive visual body of work dedicated to Japan’s oldest form of live theater…
Other News
UK: Stonehenge exhibition aims to shed light on mysteries of monument
BBC
A “once in a lifetime” exhibition which aims to uncover the secrets and explore the stories of Stonehenge has opened…
Builders find 2,000-year-old Roman cemetery in Gaza
Egypt Independent
A 2,000-year-old Roman cemetery containing at least 20 ornately decorated graves has been uncovered near the shoreline in the northern Gaza Strip, with the antiquities ministry calling it the most important local discovery of the past decade…
Germany: A 2,700-year-old figurine revives a weighty mystery
The New York Times*
A bronze statuette recovered from a river in Germany may have been part of an early Scandinavian weight system, some archaeologists believe…
Bolivian house with devil sculptures spooks highland city
Reuters*
A Bolivian miner has covered his house with sculptures of long-horned devils and other scary creatures, intended as a playful nod to the country’s colonial past but which has instead shocked some neighbors who fear a link to occult rituals…
‘Witch Hunts’ Past & Present
US: Pastor Greg Locke threatens to dox ‘witches’ that infiltrated wife’s Bible book club
The Independent
The Tennessee pastor known for burning so-called “witchcraft” books like Harry Potter and Twilight has threatened to expose six supposed “witches” in a new video that has gone viral…
India: Woman set ablaze on ‘witchcraft’ suspicions, dies
Hindustan Times
A woman was set ablaze and killed on ‘witchcraft suspicions’ allegedly on the orders of a village panchayat in Bihar’s Nawada district on Thursday evening, police said, adding that at least 20 people have been arrested in this connection…
India: Woman alleges ‘witchcraft’ against neighbour and his relatives in Bengaluru
Times Now News
A 49-year-old woman has accused her neighbour and his family members of resorting to ‘witchcraft’ and wreaking misfortune on her and her kin in Bengaluru’s Peenya…
Nigeria: Court sentences man to death by hanging for killing daughters over ‘witchcraft’
Premium Times
A State High Court in Akamkpa, Cross River State, has sentenced a man, Ayanime Udo, to death by hanging for killing his twin daughters on allegation of being ‘witches’…
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