By Holli Emore
“Look at the joy in the faces of those in the spiral dance circle!”
This was the comment by someone viewing photos of a recent South Carolina interfaith event, A Gathering of Faiths. Saturday, November 5th dawned bright, sunny, breezy and cold, but the wind did not deter the 200 or so folks from ten religions setting up their tents in the large country field surrounding Clayton Memorial Unitarian Universalist Church. A leader from each religion took part in an opening ceremony, lighting a flame of unity and peace. As the Pagan representative, I proudly rang out this passage, modified from A Pagan Ritual Prayer Book. Continue reading »
Scott Mohnkern, a faculty and staff member of 
In November I attended the American Academy of Religion’s annual meeting. There were a several sections for Pagan study; however, I did not attend any of them. Each Pagan study section was interesting and worthy of attention. So, why did I not attend any Pagan study sections? My area of study is philosophy within a Pagan context. I chose instead to attend many sections on philosophy, ethics, and humanism.
A few years ago, a friend told me about 
