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News, updates, and official statements from the Pagan Federation.
Witches and Pagans turn to IT for a virtual Halloween 2020 In October 2020, in the midst of the Covid 19 pandemic, thousands of British Witches celebrated Halloween in new and different ways to their usual traditions. More accurately, they celebrated their sacred festival of Samhain, so named in an act of reclaiming roots more … Read more
It may be a little premature to cast an eye over what is continuing to be a difficult and uncertain year. The pandemic has irrevocably changed the face of human civilization, including how we practice either our faith or spiritual path. Physical meetings have moved mostly online to facilitate safe attendance at faith based meetings … Read more
The long awaited consultation paper from The Law Commission on weddings laws has been released today. Here we take a look at what their proposals are, what that means in practise for our community and how we can have our say in the final paper that will be presented to the government. Today, The Law … Read more
A few weeks ago, I was sad to be told about an occurrence at the Shrine on Cocidius at Yardhope in Northumberland, in which someone had buried an offering, presumed to be Pagan, before the effigy of the god. I am by nature an optimist who likes to think that there is good in most … Read more
As part of the Pagan Legacy Project, we spoke to some LGBTQIA+ Pagans about their shared and personal history as LGBTQIA+ Pagans in our community. Here’s our Podcast of that interview. Click Here for Anchor, Click Here for Apple Pod Casts, Click Here for Spotify other formats will become available
New PF President Sarah Kerr is interviewed by Rich Blackett our Publications & Media Officer for the first of an intended sequence of podcasts from the Pagan Federation. Available from – Anchor, Apple podcasts, Spotify, PocketCasts, RadioPublic, Overcast Announcement on our Facebook page
Officers from the Pagan Federation have written to The Sun and made a complaint to IPSO. We will make any response available to the community as soon as one is received.
The Pagan Federation is aware of the piece in today’s Sun newspaper about Beltane celebrations.
The piece perpetuates false and negative stereotypes which could lead to the inciting of religiously motivated discrimination against Pagans and their practices.
As we close the door on 2019 to open the door on 2020, we wanted to take a little time to reflect on the events that have happened and the potential effects of those events for the future. You will undoubtedly have noticed that there have been a lot of changes within the PF over … Read more
After Mike Stygal stepped down last month for personal reasons, Debi Gregory has taken over as Community Support Officer leading the Community Support team, and Sarah Kerr, our Treasurer and Children and Families Manager, joined Krys Holmes, North East District Manager, as our second Vice-President. Community support team: https://www.paganfed.org/community-support/ Community support website: https://www.pfcommunity.org.uk/ We would … Read more