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The 2014 Pew Research Center's Religious Landscapes Survey included a subset of the New Age Spiritual Movement called "Pagan or Wiccan," reflecting that 3/4 of individuals identifying as New Age also identified as Pagan or Wiccan and placing Wiccans and Pagans at 0.3% of the total U.S. population or approximately 956,000 people of just over ...
Modern paganism, also known as "contemporary" or "neopagan", encompasses a wide range of religious groups and individuals. These may include old occult groups, those that follow a New Age approach, those that try to reconstruct old ethnic religions , and followers of the pagan religion or Wicca .
Atlanta Heathen Hof, a temple of the group Vör Forn Siðr, is being built 10 miles outside Atlanta, Georgia in the United States. Its projected completion date is 2022. [41] The plans for a Native Ukrainian National Faith religious building in the village of Zmiinets outside Lutsk in Ukraine were approved by the local authorities on 7 June ...
Since its creation in 1974, Circle Sanctuary has provided support to neopagans in several ways, chiefly as a networking resource. For many years, Circle was the only national networking resource available to most neopagans, especially those who were not located in major cities with large pagan or neopagan populations (such as New York City, Chicago, and San Francisco).
Wiccan organisations are groups formed by Wiccans, particularly in North America. While in Europe Wicca is most often organised into independent covens , in the United States some covens choose to combine to form a Wiccan church or other organisation.
Wiccan schools in the United States (2 P) Pages in category "Modern pagan organizations based in the United States" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total.
In Wicca and other similar forms of modern pagan witchcraft, such as Stregheria and Feri, a coven is a gathering or community of witches, like an affinity group, engagement group, or small covenant group. It is composed of a group of practitioners who gather together for rituals such as Drawing Down the Moon, or celebrating the Sabbats. [2]
For some pagan groups, ethnicity is central to their religion, and some restrict membership to a single ethnic group. [49] Some critics have described this approach as a form of racism. [49] Other pagan groups allow people of any ethnicity, on the view that the gods and goddesses of a particular region can call anyone to their form of worship. [50]