From morris dancers in mirror shades to green activists getting in
touch with their spiritual side, paganism is going mainstream. Cole
Moreton reports on a new national faith..

Look out, here come the pagans. It's late May in central London and
a man dressed as a tree, a witch in a velvet robe and a woman
pretending to be a raven with a long black beak are dancing through the
streets of Holborn, with several hundred others, moving to the rhythm
of a dozen loud drums. They could wake the god of thunder with their
noise but it's OK, the people at the back with the broadswords and
shields are followers of Thor. This is a parade to celebrate pagan
pride, and it would be wise not to get in the way.

"We are moving
into a new time," says the leader, brandishing a huge set of antlers.
"We are becoming more accepted. Paganism is reasserting itself."  MORE>>>>>>>>>>

From morris dancers in mirror shades to green activists getting in
touch with their spiritual side, paganism is going mainstream. Cole
Moreton reports on a new national faith..

Look out, here come the pagans. It's late May in central London and
a man dressed as a tree, a witch in a velvet robe and a woman
pretending to be a raven with a long black beak are dancing through the
streets of Holborn, with several hundred others, moving to the rhythm
of a dozen loud drums. They could wake the god of thunder with their
noise but it's OK, the people at the back with the broadswords and
shields are followers of Thor. This is a parade to celebrate pagan
pride, and it would be wise not to get in the way.

"We are moving
into a new time," says the leader, brandishing a huge set of antlers.
"We are becoming more accepted. Paganism is reasserting itself."  MORE>>>>>>>>>>