http://altreligion.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com Alternative Religions GuideSite. http://z.about.com/f/lg/s10.gif http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2008-05-07T11:31:45Z hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://altreligion.about.com/b/2008/05/07/sillisest-witch-hunt-ever.htm I think that claim can be made without reservation after a middle school teacher in (Seriously, where else?) Florida is accused of "wizardry" and relieved of his job after performing... http://altreligion.about.com/b/2008/05/07/sillisest-witch-hunt-ever.htm 2008-05-07T15:03:17Z http://altreligion.about.com/b/2008/05/07/will-the-fire-go-out-2.htm Zoroastrianism is the world's oldest revealed religion. A profound influence on Judaism, Islam, and Christianity, it was the first to teach a monotheistic faith of one God of light, Ahura... http://altreligion.about.com/b/2008/05/07/will-the-fire-go-out-2.htm 2008-05-07T11:31:45Z http://altreligion.about.com/b/2008/04/30/may-day-walpurgis.htm The first of May has been a holiday the world over for millenia. Beginning sunset tonight, Zoroastrians celebrate the beginning of Ghambar Maidyozarem, a feast for the creation... http://altreligion.about.com/b/2008/04/30/may-day-walpurgis.htm 2008-04-30T22:45:56Z http://altreligion.about.com/b/2008/04/25/friday-links-blame-the-witches.htm Let's see if you can follow the bizarre logic used to link an animal mutilation in rural England to witchcraft. A local stag was found mutilated and headless, a... http://altreligion.about.com/b/2008/04/25/friday-links-blame-the-witches.htm 2008-04-25T12:41:26Z http://altreligion.about.com/b/2008/04/22/satanic-hysteria-fashionable-in-rome.htm This is a hoot- a Catholic priest who claims that Rome is home to over 600,000 Satanists, a claim that's been made many times in the last few years, as... http://altreligion.about.com/b/2008/04/22/satanic-hysteria-fashionable-in-rome.htm 2008-04-22T20:18:48Z http://altreligion.about.com/b/2008/04/21/jason-beghe-scientology-interview.htm Despite the teaser having been yanked unceremoniously from Youtube last week, the interview with celebrity Scientology defector Jason Beghe has appeared in its entirety, and it's very interesting stuff. ... http://altreligion.about.com/b/2008/04/21/jason-beghe-scientology-interview.htm 2008-04-21T22:03:00Z http://altreligion.about.com/b/2008/04/18/going-wild-amish-style.htm Amish children attend schoolWilliam Thomas Cain/Getty Images I grew up in the Northeast, and when I was young, I spent a lot of... http://altreligion.about.com/b/2008/04/18/going-wild-amish-style.htm 2008-04-18T14:09:59Z http://altreligion.about.com/b/2008/04/17/when-they-part-they-say-the-force-be-with-you.htm I'm not sure how I missed this, but while poking about in the dark corners of Laura Mallory's anti-Harry Potter crusade site, I found this amusingly ignorant gem of a... http://altreligion.about.com/b/2008/04/17/when-they-part-they-say-the-force-be-with-you.htm 2008-04-17T13:55:37Z http://altreligion.about.com/b/2008/04/16/the-dark-side-of-don-juan.htm Over the last twenty years, I've watched numerous friends and acquaintances drift in and out of infatuation with the work of supposed anthropologist and would-be sorceror Carlos Castaneda, whose best-selling... http://altreligion.about.com/b/2008/04/16/the-dark-side-of-don-juan.htm 2008-04-16T21:32:39Z http://altreligion.about.com/b/2008/04/15/celebrity-scientologists-public-defection.htm Actor Jason Beghe was one of a long list of celebrity Scientologists, even appearing in advertisements promoting the Church. After reaching the so-called "higher levels," Jason is disillusioned. ... http://altreligion.about.com/b/2008/04/15/celebrity-scientologists-public-defection.htm 2008-04-15T13:34:35Z