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It’s one of the world’s smallest faiths, but given that it appeared in Britain two millennia ago, the recognition of Druidry as a religion by the UK government arrives a bit late. But it’s not too little: the Druids have never demanded recognition but were legally obliged to ask for it. The Charity Commission accepted that Druidry’s pagan worship of natural spirits has the same cachet—along with tax reprieves and other secular goodies—as the rituals of organised religion. Although reports suggest no more than 10,000 practicing Druids in the UK, their fey, picturesque presence at sites like Stonehenge has given them an exposure that is disproportionate to their diminutive numbers. Now for the equally deprived Satanists.
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