Pagan Education and Dialogue Network
Pagan Education and Dialogue Network
Pagan EdNet is a nonprofit, volunteer-led network. We give the public plain and accurate information about contemporary Paganism, we help people who are treated unfairly because of their religion, and we build working relationships with neighbors of every faith.
Since 2001 our volunteers have worked toward a simple goal: that Pagans can live, work, study, and worship as openly and as safely as anyone else.
Program One
Misunderstanding is the root of most of the problems Pagans face. We answer it with clear, sourced, plain-language information.
Program Two
Religious freedom belongs to minority faiths as fully as to large ones. We help people understand their rights and use them.
Program Three
Neighbors who know one another are slower to fear one another. We prepare Pagans to take a seat at the interfaith table.
Contemporary Paganism is a family of religions and spiritual paths that honor the sacredness of the natural world. It includes Wicca, Druidry, Heathenry, and many other traditions. Pagans are your coworkers, classmates, nurses, soldiers, and neighbors. Most are quiet about their religion, often because they have learned to expect misunderstanding.
Pagan EdNet exists to replace that misunderstanding with knowledge. We do not promote one tradition over another and we do not seek converts. We speak with teachers, employers, reporters, chaplains, and public officials so that they have accurate information when they need it. When a Pagan is treated unfairly, we help that person find a calm and lawful way forward.
If you are new to the subject, begin with What Is Paganism? If you need help with a specific problem, read What to Do If You Face Discrimination. If you represent a school, a workplace, a newsroom, a hospital, or a congregation, our audience guides were written for you.
Our materials are written for the people who most often ask us questions. Choose the description that fits you.
Each October brings a wave of stories that treat a living religion as a costume. We describe what went wrong this season, what went right, and how newsrooms can do better.
Continue reading: Statement on Sensationalized Seasonal Coverage of Witchcraft
The fifth annual edition lists the eight festivals of the Wheel of the Year along with other widely observed Pagan holy days, with notes on what observance usually involves.
Continue reading: 2027 Holiday Accommodation Calendar Now Available
What began at the autumn equinox of 2001 as three volunteers and a two-page fact sheet is now a national network. We look back, give thanks, and set out priorities for the years ahead.
Many Pagans observe eight seasonal festivals known together as the Wheel of the Year.
We hold that accurate information is the best answer to fear, that equal treatment under the law belongs to everyone, and that neighbors who talk with one another are hard to turn against one another.
From the Pagan EdNet statement of purpose, adopted in 2002