Pagans in the park

Annual event invites covens to celebrate and the public to get a better understanding of the culture
By JILL MOON

The 15th-annual St. Louis Pagan Picnic brings Pagan practitioners together for one of the oldest and largest free U.S. pagan events of its kind.

The picnic today and Sunday attracts approximately 3,000 people and covers 10 acres in the northeast corner of St. Louis’ Tower Grove Park.

“Pagans are really misunderstood in a lot of circles,” said Yarrow Coven’s Larry “El Bee” Brown, the planning chairman. “We started the picnic as private for us, but its grown and it’s good education and people get to know who we are and what we do. And it’s fun.”

In its broadest definition, paganism encompasses polytheistic religions dating back to ancient Greece and Rome, pre-dating Christianity. Generally, a pagan is a person who is not a Christian, Muslim or Jew. Formerly, it was sometimes applied to a non-Christian by Christians or a person who has no religion.
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For those living in the St. Louis area, there is still time to attend this activity as today, July 15, is the last day of this event.