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The Internet is an interesting place to learn about something, especially religion. With all that is available it should be a great source of information. Many times it isn’t. There are diamonds in the rough, though; authors, bloggers, sites and forums that truly provide a rich learning experience for new and old Pagans alike.<\/p>\n

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Like many new Pagans in the Internet era, I started my research online. I used the same search terms as probably any other looking into this for the first time – “Wicca”, “Pagan”, “Witch”, “Druid”, etc. And again, like many others, I found plenty of places – from “Wicca 101” and Celtic Reconstructionist sites to blogs and news forums. Nearly all of them seemed to claim to have the “right” information even when it conflicted with others.<\/p>\n

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Even in those cases there were commonalities between them. Wiccan sites may have had different things to say about some areas, such as the “true age” of Wicca and it’s roots, but shared commonalities in other areas, like honoring the Sabbats. I was quickly reminded how personal this path is for so many of us and how we make it our own.<\/p>\n

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Going through these sites I started to focus on what they had in common while acknowledging the differences, wading through places to find information that spoke to me. This took time and patience. \u00a0Eventually I found some like Pagan Pages that I not only learn from but enjoy following and occasionally contribute to. \u00a0For example:<\/p>\n

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