Midsommar, or Midsummer, is the opening of the traditional summer holiday season, during which Swedes abandon the cities for five weeks in nature, enabled by 25 days of legally mandated paid leave.

STONEHENGE has become synonymous with the summer solstice, attracting thousands of people to watch the sun rise over the stones each year. While pagan traditions and rituals performed at the site are ...

The sun makes a brief appearance through clouds as druids, pagans and revelers gather in the center of Stonehenge, hoping to see the sun rise, as they take part in a winter solstice ceremony at the ...

Paganism was recently declared an official religion in England. July 18, 2011— -- Sgt. Simon Wood of New Forest, England, is a mild-mannered, respected police officer, a military veteran who has ...

Russia's dwindling population of Mari pagans have been captured in a series of striking photos. The snow-streaked images depicting the community's witchcraft rituals and everyday life were taken by ...

A druidic “women’s eucharist” and a “divorce rite,” both posted on the Episcopal Church’s official Web site, have outraged Episcopal conservatives. The “eucharist,” subtitled “A Celebration of the ...

From outrageous costumes to trick or treat: the unexpected ancient roots of Halloween's most popular – and most esoteric – traditions. With its goblins, goosebumps and rituals – from bobbing for ...

PRISON bosses are advertising for a £6,200 a year Pagan Chaplain to perform rituals for Wiccans and Druids. HMP Ashfield in Gloucestershire needs a part-time priest to lead Rites of Passage and ...

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 ...