(SOUNDBITE) (French) PRESIDENT OF NORD FANTASTIQUE ASSOCIATION AND HOBBYIST OF MYSTIC PLACES, BERTRAND BOSIO, SAYING: "Here we're in front of a ritual tree, where people ask for healing. It's a tree ...

These rituals rooted in the pagan origins of Halloween invite us to reflect on the past, connect with spirits, celebrate loved ones, and plan how we will enrich our lives moving forward.

(RNS) — The Great Rite, a Wiccan ritual celebrating the creative union of the masculine and feminine, commonly occurs after a priest and a priestess call in the God and the Goddess, the Earth-based ...

A Nov. 19 Facebook video (direct link, archive link) shows a woman in glasses and a shawl performing an equinox-related ritual in the forest. "Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services Dr.

HASNON, France (Reuters) - It is a ritual steeped in pagan mystery, updated for the coronavirus age. Sick people in northern France occasionally leave garments in healing trees or "arbres à loques" in ...

Should religious folks celebrate Halloween? In answering this question I have a duty to my readers and a duty to my grandchildren, Zeke and Daisy. Spoiler alert: Zeke and Daisy are going to win. First ...

Archaeologists in Central Europe recently uncovered an ancient grave – reopened not by modern looters, but by medieval Poles over 1,000 years ago. The excavation took place at the Nowy Chorów cemetery ...