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08/25/2018

The Many Faces of Women Who Identify As Witches | The New Yorker

My first encounter with the figure of a witch in popular culture—apart from those in kids’ movies like Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty” and M-G-M’s “The Wizard of Oz,” or in books like Tomie dePaola’s “Strega Nona” and Roald Dahl’s “The Witches”—was in a campy scene from Oliv...

08/25/2018

Trump ‘witchcraft’ prayer: AL pastor warns of ‘deep state’ | Miami Herald

08/25/2018

“Don't pray while naked, you're seducing God, it’s witchcraft” - Filla - Pulse

The evangelist, farmer and Benue State official identified as Ben Dzwa believe God stands the risk of being seduced when he sees nakedness, and may be compelled to answer their prayers by virtue of that influence. Source: “Don’t pray while naked, you’re seducing God, it’s witchcraft” – F...

08/25/2018

Pagan event aims to demystify the faith while also blessing modes of transportation | Local News | thesouthern.com

CARBONDALE — Sunday will provide a unique opportunity in an effort to both contribute to the greater good and to tear down stereotypes as the Southern Illinois Pagan Alliance is hosting a Bless Your Ride event at Giant City State Park. “We’re not running around in black robes and hats and turn...

08/25/2018

Vic serial killer wins tarot card fight - 9News - Victoria’s worst serial killer who uses tarot cards “as a contemplative doorway” and “spiritual tool” in prison has won a Supreme Court bid to have four cards featuring bare-breasted women returned to him.
Paul Steven Haigh, 60, was jailed for life in Barwon Prison...

Victoria’s worst serial killer who uses tarot cards “as a contemplative doorway” and “spiritual tool” in prison has won a Supreme Court bid to have four cards featuring bare-breasted women returned to him. Paul Steven Haigh, 60, was jailed for life in Barwon Prison over the murders of six ...

08/25/2018

7 Day of the Dead Festivals from around the World - DCODE | Discovery

Honouring the spirits of our ancestors is a practice ingrained in many of the world’s cultures. Celebrations or commemorations for the dead are as widespread as they are ancient, and they form part of a societal coping mechanism for dealing with an unpleasant but unavoidable consequence of life .....

11/28/2017

New post ('Makes me feel great': University of Alberta's first Wiccan chaplain is proud to serve | Metro Edmonton) has been published on The Pagan Library

Every Wednesday afternoon, Samuel Wagar sets up a table on the main floor of the University of Alberta’s Student Union Building, spreads out a brightly coloured cloth and a deck of tarot cards and waits for students to stop by for some spiritual guidance. The school’s first (and only) Wiccan chaplai...

11/28/2017

New post (From Saxon Sirens to Sacred Orchards: The Modern Traditions and Pagan Origins of Wassailing) has been published on The Pagan Library

Every January, in parts of rural England, people still gather to celebrate Wassailing, a tradition with distinctly Pagan origins intended to bless the coming year’s apple crops and protect orchards from evil spirits. It’s an intriguing part of the ongoing connection between the present day and folkl...

11/28/2017

New post (Passing of the last Kadazan skull-keeper | Daily Express Newspaper Online) has been published on The Pagan Library

A significant part of Kadazan history ended a fortnight ago on Nov. 13 with the passing of Anthony Jomikik Lojuta at age 94. … What is less known was that Jomikik, as he was popularly known, was the last remaining physical link to the Kadazan community’s head-hunting past. Not that he was a head-hun...

11/24/2017

New post (Take Santa, Christian Christmas and add pagan ritual) has been published on The Pagan Library

Dr Tim Blakemore, a former senior law lecturer at the University of Northampton, finds some magic in the air and water of modern-day France where he now lives There are some mysterious goings-on in France. In an article in July’s Connexion it was reported that the number of exorcisms in France has t...

11/24/2017

New post (There's a Quincunx for Sir Thomas Browne at the RCP) has been published on The Pagan Library

That modernist block by Regents Park that houses the medical professionals of the Royal College of Physicians has been given over to alchemy, astrology and witchcraft. It’s an exhibition, not a new branch of the NHS, and this “cabinet of rarities” is a collection of objects collected by physician, p...

11/24/2017

New post (Scottish Water defends use of witchcraft to find pipes and leaks) has been published on The Pagan Library

SCOTTISH water has defended its use of witchcraft to detect pipes underground. The public-owned utilities company has admitted that some of its water operatives use rods and divination to establish the “presence of water and pipes”. Known as water witching in the United States, but more commonly ref...