Practicing Pagans find freedom, variety in faith

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They don't sit around casting spells, they aren't all "witches" and they don't worship the devil -they don't even believe in one. They're Pagans, and they're all around ASU.

Paganism is the country's 10th largest religion, according to a 2005 Adherents.com survey that the U.S. Census cites for religious information, with about 1 million Pagans living in the United States.

Eighty-six of them are members of the ASU Pagan and Associates Network, said PAAN adviser Sheila Brushes

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"I liked the fact that it was very open and nonjudgmental," said Byrnes, an English junior. "We have the freedom to believe what we want and to practice what we want without anyone telling us we're wrong."

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