2000-09-15 04:00:00 PDT SF-- It had to be a collaborative effort, and as it happened, three women, in different corners of the Bay Area, had been working on it. The task at hand: a handbook on how ...

As Forbes reported, "In pagan times, eggs were part of the Bacchic or Dinoysian mysteries, possibly a symbol of the underworld; they could be used to cast spells and, conversely, to offer protection." ...

Women play a prominent role in the modern Pagan movement, and Goddess worship features in most Pagan ceremonies. Pagan theology Paganism is not based on doctrine or liturgy.

Maureen Fleming has been doing “Black Madonna” pieces and programs for some years now, in salute to the Virgin Mary and to pagan goddesses ranging back to the Stone Age. “B. Madonna” (2013 ...