Some inmates have identified themselves as Wiccan going back more than two decades, said Sam Wagar, a 55-year-old priest who founded the Congregationalist Wiccan Association of B.C.

Setting up a Wiccan worship space in the chapel could potentially involve displaying the pentacle — a star inside a circle that is the faith's main symbol — the herb sage and candles, Ms ...

Wicca takes from various pre-Christian religions of Europe, along with ecological awareness and a dash of feminism. Wagar started as the Wiccan chaplain at the U of A in 2014, working with both ...

The Wiccan rituals include a pentagram (a satanic symbol) and an altar. An altar is not just another name for a table but a surface used to offer a sacrifice in the praise and worship of the one ...

Some inmates have identified themselves as Wiccan going back more than two decades, said Sam Wagar, a 55-year-old priest who founded the Congregationalist Wiccan Association of B.C.

Wiccans at Fort Bragg worship together and alone, depending on the season. “For most Wiccans, even when they are part of groups, it’s still a personal faith,” Ahrens said.

Wiccan chaplaincy would average 16.66 hours. Even before the Corrections contract was killed, Wagar took issue with any potential public backlash for Wicca’s inclusion in prison.

Pat Stawski, a Wiccan priestess in Campbell River, B.C., says she's disappointed and says Wiccan prisoners have the same rights to spiritual guidance as other inmates.

“Wicca is a modern attempt to revive ancient Celtic, pagan religions, which involve earth worship,” said the Rev. Bill Au, pastor of Sts. Phillip and James Catholic Church in Baltimore.