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Circle Sanctuary is a non-profit organization and legally recognized Neo-Pagan Church〔(Adherents.com website ) accessed 30 May 2007〕 based in southwestern Wisconsin, US. Circle is the publisher of Circle Magazine, which has approximately 15,000 subscribers.〔Berger, Helen A. ''A Community of Witches: Contemporary Neo-Paganism and Witchcraft in the United States'' (1999). Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, p.110.〕 It aims to encourage community celebrations, spiritual healing, research, networking and education. Circle was founded in 1974 by Selena Fox, and sponsors gatherings and encourages nature conservation, nature meditations and workshops at a range of locations, with the primary site being a site near Mount Horeb, Wisconsin set in forested hills.〔Hopman, Ellen Evert & Bond, Lawrence. ''Circle Sanctuary, People of the Earth: The New Pagans Speak Out''. (1996). Rochester, Vermont: Destiny Books, 236-244. ISBN 0-89281-559-0〕 Circle Sanctuary's land is fully owned by Circle Sanctuary Inc., a 501(c)3 non-profit. The organization has been prominent in the campaign to permit the pentacle to be displayed on the gravestones of Wiccan members of U.S. forces, and Selena Fox was one of the plaintiffs in the successful action to obtain this permission.〔(Wiccans symbols allowed on grave markers in government cemeteries ) International Herald Tribune (April 23, 2007) Accessed 30 May 2007.〕 Nine of the gravestones are displayed at the Sanctuary's cemetery at Barneveld, Wisconsin, about west of Madison.〔(Veterans' Ridge at Circle Cemetery ) Accessed 16 January 2015.〕 == Overview == Since its creation in 1974, Circle Sanctuary has provided support to Neopagans in several ways, chiefly as a networking resource. For many years, Circle was the only national networking resource available to most Neopagans, especially those who were not located in major cities with large Pagan or Neopagan populations (such as New York City, Chicago, Illinois, and San Francisco, California). Circle Network News, originally a newspaper-like quarterly and now a quarterly magazine, provided a method for Pagans in less populated areas to find others of like mind. Networking support remains one of Circle's core functions. Circle sponsors many gatherings, the best-known of which is the Pagan Spirit Gathering, held annually at Litha (Midsummer). Other major festivals on Circle Sanctuary land include Beltane (near May 1), Green Spirit (Lughnasadh, around August 1) and Samhain (around October 31). Additional smaller gatherings, classes and celebrations are held year-round. Circle has 26 active ministers who perform community support and passage rite work throughout the United States.〔(Circle Sanctuary Public Ministers' Roster )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Circle Sanctuary」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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