1.   Lapp shamans used to eat the mushroom during the midwinter pagan ceremonies of Annual Renewal.

2.   Legend has it that the tree grows where cannibalistic Karankawas held pagan ceremonies, devouring their enemies.

3.   The faith is filled with pagan ceremonies adapted to glorify Christ and proclaim the Gospel.

4.   They refused to sell their wares for use in pagan ceremonies, and when they confessed their Christian faith they were tortured and killed.

5.   They said that Native American members of Christian congregations felt that the medicine men had witched the school by conducting what they called pagan ceremonies.