With Halloween upon us, a look at the most recent census figures shows there are a surprising number of folks who identify as witches, Pagans and even Satanists in Lancaster.
A total of 35 people from the Lancaster district selected Wicca as their religion in Census 2021. The religion developed in England during the first half of the 20th century with its name deriving from the Old English 'wicca' and 'wicce', the masculine and feminine term for witch. The number of people identifying as wiccan is down from 48 in the 2011 census. Across England and Wales, over 12,800 people opted for Wicca as their religion – a slight jump from 11,800 in 2011.
Halloween, which has roots in paganism, originated from the Celtic celebration of Samhain that marked the end of summer and the beginning of the winter. Celts believed the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred on this night. Celtic priests would build bonfires, where the people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deities.
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