Learning Resources
ABOUT CIRCLE: articles and other materials.
- About Circle Sanctuary's History
- Quest for Pagan Religious Freedom: LLL Reports
- Sample Articles from CIRCLE Magazine
ABOUT PAGANISM AND WICCA: reference material and rituals
- About Nature Spirituality, Paganism, & Wiccan Ways
- Planning Pagan Weddings & Handfastings
- Guide to Celebrating the Seasons
CIRCLE LIBRARY: Circle maintains a reference library at its headquarters. Its collection includes books, periodicals, recordings, videotapes, and academic papers pertaining to the Wiccan religion, contemporary Paganism, and Nature religions. The library is presently closed to visits by researchers because the building is currently undergoing renovation. Donations of books, periodicals, and other materials are still being accepted. If you have materials you wish to donate, please email us at the Circle office.
CIRCLE MAGAZINE: is our quarterly journal of Nature, Spirit, and Magic. Published since 1978, it continues to be one of the most widely read Pagan periodicals and is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It contains articles, rituals, photos, news, reviews, illustrations, contacts, & more. Some of its regular features include the Readers' Forum, Sacred Sites, Herbcraft, Rites of Passage, Scholars Speak, Ritual Tools, Family Focus, Celebrate the Seasons, and Leaders Skills. CLICK HERE for more information.
STUDY CIRCLES: Several groups meet monthly at Circle Sanctuary Nature Preserve in Wisconsin for learning and ritual.
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES: a variety of workshops and classes happen throughout the year at festivals and other occasions. More than one hundred workshops, rituals, and meetings happen each year during the weeklong international Pagan Spirit Gathering.
LEADERSHIP TRAINING:- Circle Ministers Training Program: Studies for ordination as legally recognized clergy through Circle Sanctuary.
- PSG Leadership Institute: Workshops and intensives by a variety of Pagan elders open to Pagan ministers/clergy and leaders of many paths and groups.
RESEARCH: Circle sponsors and assists with a variety of Pagan studies research projects, papers, and presentations by faculty, students, and scholars at universities and other instutitions in the US and other countries.
PAGAN ACADEMIC NETWORK: Association of students, faculty, and researchers who are Pagan and/or who are studying Paganism. The annual meeting of this network happens during the Pagan Spirit Gathering. In addition, some members present workshops and facilitate discussion sessions on their areas of academic interest and expertise during the gathering.