Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Pagan Tama

Home
Pagan
Religion News
Pagan & Shinto News: Pietas builds new temple to Apollo in Italy

Pagan & Shinto News: Pietas builds new temple to Apollo in Italy

Last updated on: October 16, 2022 at 11:43 am by Megan Manson

Pagan & Shinto News: Pietas builds new temple to Apollo in Italy 2022-10-16T11:43:56+00:00 Megan Manson

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Top stories of the week in Paganism and Shinto:

Pietas builds a new temple to Apollo in Italy
The Wicker Man: the pagan horror film will have the right to its series
US: Activists call for exoneration of Connecticut victims of witch trials

Pagan News

Pietas builds a new temple to Apollo in Italy

The Wild Hunt
A new temple to Apollo was built in the city of Taranto, Italy, last month by the Italian Religio Romana organization, Pietas – Comunità Gentile…

The Wicker Man: the pagan horror film will have the right to its series
Saxon
A new version of the horror classic The Wicker Man is about to see the light of day, and as a series produced by Andy Serkis…

UK: Mysterious ‘screaming’ figure found on Dartmoor may be witchcraft
Devon Live
A mysterious small clay figure found at the edge of a stream on Dartmoor has baffled history fans and caused a stir online as people try to work out what it is…

US: Actress Vanessa Hudgens explores witchcraft in ‘Dead Hot’
AsAm News
Vanessa Hudgens will be going on a spiritual witchcraft journey with her best friend, singer and producer GG Magree, in an unscripted documentary called “Dead Hot: Season of the Witch.”…

Real witches on whether ‘Hocus Pocus’ offends: ‘disappointing at best’
Newsweek
Newsweek reached out to several witches and witchcraft experts to learn what they thought of the film franchise…

Ireland: Reports of being “fairy led” from Pagans
The Wild Hunt
An Irish woman has reported her experience of becoming ‘fairy led’ in the Irish press recently…

Are witches real? Of course! Witch historian and modern practitioners share history, types.
USA Today
Here’s a breakdown on the history of witchcraft and an answer to the age-old question, “Are witches real?”…

How witchcraft became a multi-billion dollar industry
Big Think
You can buy over 400,000 products tagged “witch” on Etsy, from candles to spell bottles to pentagram necklaces…

US: Want to be a full-time witch this spooky season? There’s a growing West Michigan group for that.
M Live
Initially created in August 2021 so friends could discuss “witchy things,” the Facebook group called “Witches of West Michigan” now has nearly 2,500 members…

The astrology of Halloween 2022 is both mystical & intense
Bustle
It’s spooky season, and a lot of intensity is happening in the cosmos…

US: Misconceptions of the non-mainstream
The Post
Alternative religions, expressions of spirituality understood by OU students, Athens residents…

‘She Will’ explores witchcraft as a way of empowerment
Collider
The movie echoes a feminist perspective of the witch-hunting movement…

Shinto News

Takayama Autumn Festival held for 1st time in 3 years
The Japan News
The Takayama Autumn Festival, registered as a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage, was held in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, on Sunday and Monday for the first time in three years…

Crying sumo contest for babies returns to Shinto shrine
NHK World
A crying sumo contest for babies has returned to a shrine in central Japan after a more than two-year break because of the pandemic…

Northern Mariana Islands: Katori shrine group returns after over 2 years
Saipan Tribune
Representatives of the Katori Jingu shrine in Japan visited the Saipan Mayor’s Office last Oct. 3 in their first visit to Saipan since travel restrictions were put in place due to the outbreak of COVID-19…

Japanese minister visits war-linked Yasukuni shrine before festival
Kyodo News
Yasutoshi Nishimura, economy, trade and industry minister, visited the war-linked Yasukuni shrine on Friday ahead of its autumn festival next week, sources close to him said…

UK: Set in stone – Jomon Japan
The Past
As a new exhibition opens at the Stonehenge visitor centre, curator and archaeologist Susan Greaney explores the incredible artistry and ingenuity of people living during Japan’s Jomon period and the parallels to their contemporaries in Britain and Ireland…

Cashless payments
Mimusubi
The (belated) spread of cashless payments in Japan is an issue for jinja, both for practical reasons, and because the physical offerings have religious significance…

Other News

Archaeologists may have found temple of Poseidon in Greek Samicum
The Jerusalem Post
Ancient texts describe a temple dedicated to the Samian Poseidon located near the ancient city of Samicum…

Turkey: Archaeologists discover 1,800-year-old military Medusa medal
The Jerusalem Post
Medusa means guardian in Ancient Greek and her likeness was depicted on shields and weapons in ancient times…

Massive “rare” ancient Roman mosaic, “rich in details,” unearthed in Syria
CBS
Dr. Humam Saad, the associate director of excavation and archaeological research at the directorate, said among the scenes the mosaic shows is a rare portrayal of Ancient Amazon warriors in Roman mythology…

UK: Elgin Marbles – New body aims to return sculptures to Greece
BBC
A former Conservative culture minister will chair a new body aiming to return the so-called Elgin Marbles to Greece…

New Zealand: Hinemoa Elder on the power of the Māori moon goddess
Stuff
Dr Hinemoa Elder, author of the top-selling New Zealand non-fiction title of 2021 Aroha, wants to help you connect with the energies of Hina, the Māori moon goddess…

‘Witch hunts’ past and present

US: Activists call for exoneration of Connecticut victims of witch trials
News12 Long Island
Activists and descendants of those accused and convicted of ‘witchcraft’ in Connecticut are calling for witch trial victims to be publicly exonerated nearly four centuries later…

Belgium: Ghent developing curriculum on ‘witch’ persecution
The Mayor
Last week, authorities in Ghent, Belgium, started work on developing a curriculum for secondary schools that raises more awareness about ‘witch’ persecution…

Nigeria: Nigerian advocacy group urges protection for old woman brutalised, dehumanised by mob for alleged ‘witchcraft’
Sahara Reporters
A group fighting to end witch-hunting and witch persecution in Nigeria, the Advocacy for Alleged Witches (AfAW), has decried the viral video of an elderly woman confessing to have killed people and causing illnesses in her community…

Malawi: Govt urged to honor Police officers who save lives of ‘witchcraft’ suspects
Malawi24
The Advocacy for Alleged Witches (AfAW) has urged the government of Malawi to honor Assistant Superintendent Arnold Mwalwimba and two other officers in Karonga for successfully intervening and preventing the murder of a person accused of ‘practicing witchcraft’…

Scaring the patriarchy: the literary legacy of the witch
The Bubble
As Halloween draws near, images of witches and broomsticks enter our minds again, symbols of fear and fascination. But the representation of witches cannot be reduced to a costume – they have been written about for centuries, typically as an ugly and unruly threat, a vision of what a woman should not be…

Religion News

Uncategorized

Previous Post

October 9, 2022

Pagan & Shinto News: Police investigating after fire destroys Pagan goddess sculpture in Ireland

Next Post

October 24, 2022 Pagan & Shinto News: Christian Fundamentalists Organise Protests As Samhain Approaches

Browse Our Archives

Select a Category Art, Craft & Expression Musings & Miscellaneous Nature & Science News & Reviews Ritual & Festivals Secularism, Politics & Human Rights Shinto & Japanese Religion Uncategorized

Select a Month August 2023 July 2023 June 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023 December 2022 November 2022 October 2022 September 2022 August 2022 July 2022 June 2022 May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022 December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016

TAKE THE

Religious Wisdom Quiz

Who betrayed David to Absalom, offering counsel that was not followed?

Select your answer to see how you score.

Joab Ahithophel Abiathar Zadok