Pagans and the Environment

PAGANS AND THE ENVIRONMENT: Witchcraft is the new religion for the new world. Sparked by the feminist movement and environmental concern of the 1970s, witchcraft is the largest growing religion in the world. One belief that unites all followers of witchcraft is that the Earth is sacred and all life is interconnected. The natural world is the embodiment of divinity, imminent as well as transcendent (COG). Rituals follow the natural rhythms and cycles of the …

…Witchcraft is not only a religion, it is also a social movement trying to change society. The popularity of the Goddess religion is perhaps a conscious attempt of the people of Earth to reshape our culture (Starhawk p. 22-23). Our society has been shaped in the past by economic forces such as media and political forces such as war. People are embracing this and getting involved. This is a new religion for the new world.