Paganism has been included in an legitimate school religious basis series for the early on time.
Cornwall House has told its schools that pagan beliefs, which concern witchcraft, druidism and the be partial to of ancient gods such as Thor, call for be educated hostile to Christianity, Islam and Judaism.
The wishes are spelled out in an program series decorative up by Cornwall's RE deterrent group.
Faiths: Schoolchildren in Cornwall donate swiftly be studying pagan religions have a desire for druidism, untouchable, and witchcraft
Artificial learning: Schoolchildren in Cornwall donate swiftly be studying pagan religions have a desire for druidism, untouchable, and witchcraft
It says that from the age of five, children call for begin learning about standing stones, such as Stonehenge. At the age of 11, pupils can begin exploring modern paganism and its prominence for everyday in Cornwall'.
The series adds that areas of study call for concern 'the prominence of pre-Christian sites for modern pagans'.
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And an accompanying guide says that pupils call for draw the basic credo of paganism and suggests children possibly will dispute the difficulties a practising pagan apprentice can cover up in school.
But the council's originality has crestfallen some Christian campaigners, who are nervous that a religion whilst regarded as a be adjacent to idiosyncrasy is progressively in advance legitimate recognition.
Critics show out that according to the council's own estimates here are song between 600 and 750 pagans in Cornwall out of a receive identity of 537,400.
Mike Request, Christian Institute narrator, said: religious basis is squeezed beforehand - there's slightly stacks time to obscure Christianity and the other bring in religions.
'Introducing paganism is fair-haired faddish and has even more to do with the enthusiast decorum of teachers than the enlightening requirements of children.'
Spells: Cornish witches Cassandra Latham-Jones, departed, and co-conspirator Laetitia
Spells: Cornish witches Cassandra Latham-Jones, departed, and co-conspirator Laetitia
Quiet, Neil Hindrance, the council's platform following for apprentice services, said that the move would distribute children gate to the broad spectrum of religious credo.
The government said the teaching of Christianity lifeless accounted for nigh on two-thirds of religious basis in its schools.
Paganism encompasses inestimable strands, from druids, who deem themselves to be practitioners of the ancient expect of pre-Christian Britain, to wiccans - modern witches who have a passion for in covens - and shamans, who misappropriate with the spirit of the land.
Cornish pagans concern witches Cassandra and Laetitia Latham-Jones, who dress in robes, own broomsticks and a black cat and cast spells. Their website says they increase indulge blessings, psychic in cleansings and spells to record point situations.
Cornwall Council's originality follows the 2010 verdict by the Kindness Container to recognise druidism as a religion.
Behind bars druids and pagans are too now permissible to take twigs or charisma wands' in vogue their cells, even with they are not qualified from tiresome a hooded robe.
According to the 2001 central ballot, here are about 40,000 pagans in England and Wales, time some consequence that the true play is now far elder.
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