Wicca
Modern syncretic pagan religion based on white magic
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Wild Hunt
Lucy Holland published 'Song of the Huntress', a historical fantasy novel featuring a gender-swapped version of King Herla leading the Wild Hunt.
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| 2022 |
Religious discrimination against modern pagans
The Adelaide University Occult Club's reaffiliation was rejected during a closed (in camera) decision, with the registration denial based on a complaint that the club might potentially summon Satan.
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| 2021 |
Wild Hunt
German folk band Versengold releases the song 'Die wilde Jagt' as the first single from their 2022 album Was kost die Welt.
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| 2021 |
Religious discrimination against modern pagans
The Adelaide University Occult Club encountered difficulties in obtaining funding and campus access due to delays in reaffiliation from the student union YouX. The club, along with other clubs, signed an open letter to the clubs committee, and an online petition supporting their cause collected 571 signatures.
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| July 29 2021 |
Religious debates over the Harry Potter series
Vladimir R. Legoyda, chair of the Synodal Department for Relations with Society and the Media of the Moscow Patriarchate, publicly stated it was wrong to denounce J.K. Rowling's books as demonic, noting Christian meanings in the series.
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| 2020 |
Wild Hunt
Jim Butcher published 'Battle Ground', the final Dresden Files novel featuring the Wild Hunt.
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| October 28 2020 | The Craft: Legacy was released in the United States through video on demand by Sony Pictures Releasing, simultaneously having a theatrical release in select international markets. |
| 2019 |
Religious discrimination against modern pagans
Pauline Hoffmann sued St. Bonaventure University, alleging she was forced to resign as dean due to her religion.
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| 2019 |
Religious discrimination against modern pagans
A man was arrested for attempting to stab a woman to death, claiming she was a witch.
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| 2019 |
Religious debates over the Harry Potter series
Harry Potter books ranked ninth on the list of most challenged books in US schools.
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| August 2019 |
Religious debates over the Harry Potter series
Dan Reehil, a pastor at St Edward parish school in Nashville, Tennessee, banned Harry Potter books from the school library after consulting with exorcists in the US and Rome, claiming the books' spells could conjure evil spirits.
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| April 1 2019 |
Religious debates over the Harry Potter series
Priests from northern Polish cities of Koszalin and Gdańsk publicly burned copies of Harry Potter books, Twilight books, a book about Rajneesh, and African tribal masks. They justified the book burning by quoting biblical passages from Acts of the Apostles and Deuteronomy that condemn magic and idolatry.
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| 2018 | A Pew Research Center study estimated the number of Wiccans in the United States to be at least 1.5 million. |
| 2017 |
Wild Hunt
Larry Correa published 'Siege' in the Monster Hunter International series, featuring the Wild Hunt as a fey phenomenon.
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| 2017 |
Modern paganism and LGBTQ people
The Seattle Temple initiated a reformation within the Fellowship of the Phoenix to expand the tradition's scope, making it open to all queer/LGBTQIA+ adults, which was subsequently accepted by the entire group.
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| 2016 |
Wild Hunt
Cassandra Clare began The Dark Artifices series, continuing the Wild Hunt storyline.
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| 2015 |
Modern paganism and LGBTQ people
Pew Research Center conducted a survey finding that 11% of lesbian, gay, and bisexual respondents identified with non-Christian faiths, nearly double the LGBTQ prevalence in the general population.
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| 2015 |
Modern paganism and LGBTQ people
A survey reveals that more heathens subscribe to universalist ideas than ethnicity-based ideologies, indicating a potential shift in traditional heathen perspectives.
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| 2014 |
Modern paganism and LGBTQ people
James R. Lewis and Inga Bårdsen Tøllefsen published a follow-up analysis of the 'Pagan Census Revisited', examining orientation prevalence differences between genders across multiple countries.
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| 2014 | The Pew Research Center estimated that 0.3% of the US population (~950,000 people) identified as Wiccan or pagan, based on a sample size of 35,000. |
| 2013 |
Wild Hunt
Swedish black metal band Watain releases an album titled The Wild Hunt.
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| 2012 |
Wild Hunt
Jim Butcher published 'Cold Days', continuing the Wild Hunt narrative in the Dresden Files.
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| 2012 |
Modern paganism and LGBTQ people
The Amazon Priestess Tribe retired from Z Budapest's Dianic tradition. The CAYA Coven began hosting inclusive rituals and ordaining Priests (men) and Priestxs (non-binary). PantheaCon implemented a policy mandating concurrent inclusive rituals for any exclusive ones.
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| 2012 |
Modern paganism and LGBTQ people
Helen A. Berger published her analysis of the 'Pagan Census Revisited', noting that while the majority of Neo-Pagans (66.1%) were heterosexual, there remained a 'healthy minority' who were queer.
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| 2011 |
Wild Hunt
Fred Vargas published 'The Ghost Riders of Ordebec', featuring the Wild Hunt.
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| 2011 |
Modern paganism and LGBTQ people
The PantheaCon incident occurred, where two Dianic covens (Amazon Priestess Tribe and Come-As-You-Are Coven) held rituals allegedly excluding or removing trans women, sparking significant controversy in the US pagan community.
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| 2011 | UK census provided a more detailed religious breakdown, reporting 56,620 people identifying as pagans, 11,766 as Wiccans, and 1,276 describing their religion as 'Witchcraft'. |
| 2010 |
Wild Hunt
Swedish folk musician The Tallest Man on Earth releases an album titled The Wild Hunt.
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| 2010 |
Religious debates over the Harry Potter series
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops named Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 as one of the best movies of the year.
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