Travel and Job Security: 50,000 Reasons to Be a Pagan

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Do a little dance, make a little cackle, get down tonight.

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Apparently, Paganism is where it’s at these days. According to a recent Examiner.com piece, the amount of Pagans is doubling about every 18 months in the US, Canada, and Europe.

So naturally, this increase eventually showed itself in travel.

A record 35,000 attended the Solstice celebration at Stonehenge this summer, eco-retreats are doubling as neo-pagan travel, and there are Fairy/Fairie/Faerie festivals flying in and landing all over the world, from Maryland to Perth.

But beyond travel, the best of all has to be the job possibilities. Or possibility. BBC News ran a piece on the latest Job Centre opening that will bring in £50,000 a year for the right candidate.

Yep, they have a ‘witch’ vacancy. You must be willing to live in a cave at tourist site Wookey Hole, can’t be allergic to cats, and must be able to cackle. Teaching a bit of witchcraft to the people coming through is also a part of the deal.

Hmm, for that kind of money in this economy, I think my cat would dig the darkness and the people-watching. And I’ve certainly been known to let out a good cackle here and there.

What do you think about the upswing in Paganism? Share your thoughts below.


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About the Author

Christine Garvin

Christine Garvin is a certified Nutrition Educator and holds a MA in Holistic Health Education. She is co-editor of Brave New Traveler and founder/editor of Living Holistically...with a sense of humor. When she is not out traveling the world, she is busy writing, doing yoga, and performing hip-hop and bhangra. She also likes to pretend living in her hippie town of Fairfax, CA is like being on vacation.

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  • Luke replied on July 8, 2009

    Wow, my whole life course has been altered by learning this….

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  • Carlo replied on July 8, 2009

    Haha…”Do a little dance, make a little cackle, get down tonight.” You’re funny.

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  • Hal replied on July 9, 2009

    I saw these headlines on the Guardian site and had no idea what they were talking about. Thanks for enlightening me!

    I wonder if the cave gets wi-fi…

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  • Ekaterina replied on July 12, 2009

    ha-ha, very funny!

    If living conditions were slightly better (a luxury magical castle, for instance?), I would appy for the job!

    incredible, how everything is this society turns into commodity!

    http://robbiewilliamsandme.blogspot.com

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  • Sara replied on July 12, 2009

    “According to a recent Examiner.com piece, the amount of Pagans is doubling about every 18 months in the US, Canada, and Europe. ”

    Since when did Examiner.com become a reliable source for news or statistics?

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