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Coming to the Center Hosts Manny Tejeda y Moreno Aug 30, 2025

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Our guest on August 30 is Manny Tejeda y Morena (click to register for Zoom link)

Manny was born in Cuba and raised in the American South. He currently resides in Miami, Florida and Nemi, Italy. He is a Witch now following eclectic tradition and was raised as a child of Oyá. He currently serves as the National First Officer of the Covenant of the Goddess and is also the editor-in-chief of The Wild Hunt.
His PhD is in organization behavior and statistics, and his academic research has been on leadership, research methods, spirituality, and Witchcraft. His most recent academic publications explore the role of ecospiritualty in the workplace and markets and his presentations have been on the psychospiritual benefits of pilgrimages and green spaces.
The Wild Hunt is a daily online news journal that covers Paganisms, Witchcraft, Heathenry, polytheism, and related religious and cultural movements from around the world. Founded in 2004, it has become the leading source for original journalism, commentary, and community reporting within the broader Pagan spiritual communities.

Coming to the Center is your chance to listen and learn, as well as ask questions of contemporary figures in the community. Each semester Executive Director, Holli Emore, hosts a live interview with thought leaders, scholars, & experts in Pagan spirituality. Each 60-minute session will be held on Zoom; a good internet connection and the latest version of Zoom is recommended.

Free and open to all, you don’t have to be a student to participate, but you may want to become one after attending!

Cherry Hill Seminary and United Theological Seminary in Historic Collaboration

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Columbia, S.C. — Cherry Hill Seminary announces that in an historic step toward interfaith education and mutual understanding, two theological institutions from different spiritual traditions—United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities and Cherry Hill Seminary—are partnering to offer selected joint courses beginning this fall. 

This collaboration bridges theological divides by inviting students to explore spiritual practices and the rich diversity of sacred traditions in the Pagan faith. “Understanding the Ritual Experience” will be taught virtually by Dr. Robert Patrick who is an adjunct faculty member at both institutions. 

Cherry Hill Seminary academic dean Dr. Margo Wolfe states, “When this opportunity presented itself, students from both schools were enthusiastic about the possibility of working together. At a time when division is too often the norm, such a collaboration affirms the sacred in pluralism. Our students will gain both practical skills and a deeper understanding of spiritual diversity. We hope this is just the beginning of more possible partnerships.” 

Students from both schools will have the opportunity to register for these graduate level courses. (CHS students may now register for the course here.)

Cherry Hill Seminary serves Pagan and Nature-based communities by providing transformative education and empowering students to advance academically and lead spiritually. For more information contact CHS@cherryhillseminary.org, or 1-803-862-9088.

Wise Words

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Holli Emore Executive Director

Courage for this Time

By now nearly all of us will know, or know of, someone who has lost their job because of policies and directives coming out of Washington, DC. To paraphrase the old meme, if you are not disturbed, you are not paying attention. Our patron ancestor, Hypatia of Alexandria, lived in similarly chaotic times, through political…Continue reading→

A Threshold of Change

Now, more than ever before, Paganism and the many forms of earth-centered spirituality have become the threshold over which increasing numbers step, seeking what is both within and without, both healing and celebration, profane and divine. Some see the growth of Paganism as hope for the earth, itself.  Many look to the eclectic and diverse…Continue reading→

Parting Words: Candace Kant, Ph.D.

From Our Outgoing Academic Dean: Dear Students, Faculty, Staff and Board Leadership, I have genuinely enjoyed serving as Academic Dean for the past three years and have been honored to be able to work with the dedicated, committed, talented, and enthusiastic students, faculty, and administration of Cherry Hill Seminary. In my three years as Academic…Continue reading→

The Burden of Liberty

Fireworks, footlongs, baseball and the beach are the usual order of the day on the U.S. Independence Day holiday. Our philharmonic here in S.C. will accompany lakeside festivities with the usual 1812 Overture, complete with cannon fire. And many will contemplate the years they served in uniform, or supported someone who did. Being in the…Continue reading→

Deep In My Heart I Do Believe

This week I watched a fantastic documentary film called Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance. The inspiration of Shared Legacies was in jarring contrast to the Washington riot we’ve been seeing replayed over and over on television. It’s hard to place the lives lost in the DC melee beside civil rights martyrs. Still,…Continue reading→

Pagans in Pandemic Spring 2020

We asked you to share what’s happening in your world as we go through the pandemic together. Thanks to everyone who responded! Read here Aidan Solar in Canada; Lucia Morena Vela in Spain; Laurel Holmstrom-Keyes in California; Julie Olson, CMC, in Arizona; Katherine Bayne in Virginia; David Oringderff in Missouri; Strobus White in Massachusetts; Maggie Beaumont…Continue reading→

A Calling to Pagans

Tomorrow many Christians will celebrate a feast of fire which they call Pentecost. Some of you may remember the story, and it feels as if fire is raining down on all our heads today, around our country, just as it did on the early apostles of the Pentecost story. I asked my friend, a Lutheran…Continue reading→

Remembering September 11

Ten years ago… Cherry Hill Seminary was a fledgling online presence, no less pained by the violence of September 11, 2011, than our sisters and brothers in the Christian, Jewish, Muslim, non-religious, and other religious communities across the country, around the world. Ten years later, our faculty and students reflect on the meaning they draw…Continue reading→

CHS Announcements

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Robin Douglas & Sasha Chaitow

Dr. Robin Douglas is a historian and writer based in London. writing on the history of minority religious traditions and their relationship with the hegemonic majority. He is particularly interested in the history of revived paganism and the history of esoteric and occult movements. Dr Sasha Chaitow is an independent scholar of Greek cultural history…Continue reading→

Nominations for Professor of the Year

Nominations Open for 2025 Professor of the Year: Let them know they matter

Which professor has inspired you this year with their teaching style, topical knowledge or spiritual insights? Honor them with a nomination for the Wendy Griffin Professor of the Year Award. Sponsored by Votaries Alumni Circle, this prestigious award is presented annually to one deserving faculty member who has demonstrated teaching excellence in  the classroom and a commitment…Continue reading→