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In Buddhism, Nirvana is the end of suffering, beyond time and space. Nirvana is the goal of all Buddhists.

The National Vanguard is a US-based anti-semitic, neo-Nazi, white supremacist and racist hate group headed by Kevin Alfred Strom.

Research resources on National Vanguard, a hate group.

New Thought is a philosophy that is more than a century old. The movement includes such groups as Divine Science, Unity, Religious Science (Science of Mind), and others.

Most neopagans affirm the existence of a pantheon of gods. Unlike the ancient gods, these gods are not in competition with each other but are archetypes of one god.

Almost all neopagans subscribe to a single creed: `Do as thou wilt, only harm none'. Anarchy is self-rule based on this creed.

Pagans also reject western views of sexuality. For them the body is sacred and pure. Public and ritual nakedness is affirmed by some, though probably not the majority. Tabloids and papers make much of the sexual perversion of witches, but pagans believe that society has a suspicious and dirty-- minded view of sex: it sensationalises and titillates. But sexuality is a part of life's cycle to be celebrated in an open and pure fashion. The intertwining of sex with religion lifts it above the perverse and shameful act that it has become in western society.

Paganism is now the fastest growing religion in the western world.

Wiccans use a variety of methods to produce these altered states: candle magic, dancing, drumming, chanting, daydreaming, meditation.

Some pagan groups use sexual magic or nudity in ritual, most do not. Gardnerian Wicca, a highly ritualistic British tradition, insists on practitioners being 'skyclad', weather permitting, but others are robed or in street clothes.