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The district court for the Eastern District of Virginia decided in Dettmer's favor, although on appeal the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that, while Wicca was a religion, he was not being discriminated against. This case marked the first legal recognition of Wicca as a religion. In Cutter v.
The Red Ribbon Project of the Traditional Religions Foundation monitors persecution, harassment of Rodnovers, and conflicts. It publishes an annual report on the number of sanctuaries destroyed, negative statements, etc. [153] [154] The conflict in eastern Ukraine has caused different reactions among Ukrainian Rodnovers.
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 ...
Various forms of Wicca have since evolved or been adapted from Gardner's British Traditional Wicca or Gardnerian Wicca, such as Alexandrian Wicca. Other forms loosely based on Gardner's teachings are Faery Wicca , Kemetic Wicca , Judeo-paganism or jewitchery, and Dianic Wicca or feminist Wicca, which emphasizes the divine feminine, often ...
This made the Church of Wicca the only federally recognized Wiccan church to have its status as a religion upheld in a federal appeals court. [4] Within the American Wiccan and wider modern pagan community, the Frosts have been at the center of various disputes, particularly surrounding issues such as homosexuality and theology. [10]
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Huebsch and Walker objected publicly on the basis of her religion to the chaplain's hiring, [2] saying: "Witch's hiring raises both personal and political concerns. Not only does she practice a different religion than most of the inmates – she practices a religion that actually offends people of many other faiths, including Christians, Muslims and Jews."
The Occult Book: A Chronological Journey from Alchemy to Wicca. Sterling. 2017. ISBN 978-1-4549-2577-4. The Conspiracy Book: A Chronological Journey through Secret Societies and Hidden Histories. Sterling. 2019. ISBN 978-1-4549-3004-4. A Magical Education: Talks on Magic and Occultism. Aeon Books. 2019. ISBN 978-1-912807-02-4.