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UK mediums foresee trouble ahead
A change in the law could mean mediums, psychics and healers face prosecution if they cannot justify their claims. Spiritualists are delivering a mass petition to Downing Street and complaining that a genuine religion is being discriminated against.
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17th Century pagan remnants turn up in Cornwall
Evidence of pagan rituals involving swans and other birds in the Cornish countryside in the 17th century has been uncovered by archaeologists.
Since 2003, 35 pits at the site in a valley near Truro have been excavated containing swan pelts, dead magpies, unhatched eggs, quartz pebbles, human hair, fingernails and part of an iron cauldron.
The finds [...]
Climate change to bring more witchhunts?
There is evidence that European witch-burnings in past centuries may also have resulted from climate variations and the resulting crop failures, economic distress and search for scapegoats. Emily Oster, a University of Chicago economist, tracked witchcraft trials and weather in Western Europe between 1520 and 1770 and found a close correlation: colder weather led to [...]
Druid grave found?
Writing in this month’s British Archaeology magazine, the team of excavators from Colchester Archaeological Trust say: “It is hard to avoid the conclusion that he belonged to the stratum of late Iron Age society that comprised druids, diviners and healers. It is conceivable that this grave was the final resting place of a British druid.”
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Christians try to reclaim Harry Potter
Richard Albanes, author of “Harry Potter, Narnia, and the Lord of the Rings: What You Need to Know About Fantasy Books and Movies,” says:
“There is this crossover where the Wiccans know it, the occultists know, the practitioners of all these things know it, and they are using that curiosity that kids have for all of [...]
Modern Witch magazine launches
Modern Witch is a quarterly magazine for the Wiccan, Witch and Pagan. Expect topics on green technologies, mind-body-spirit, life and family, great crafts, poems, music, and stories.
Special features include interviews from one Wiccan, Witch or Pagan merchant or published writer or artist and short science fiction or fantasy stories.
Irish priests sign huge record deal
Life imitating art… This is actually a real story, not an episode of Father Ted.
Jehovah transfusion deemed lawful
A hospital acted lawfully in sedating and giving blood to a woman who refused the treatment after a haemorrhage, the Irish Republic’s High Court has ruled.
The woman, a Jehovah’s Witness, did not want the transfusion for religious reasons after giving birth at Dublin’s Women’s Hospital last September.
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Jason Beghe talks about leaving Scientology
Since Mark Bunker’s YouTube account has been suspended (allegedly due to pressure from the Church of Scientology), he’s now posted his extensive interview with Hollywood TV actor and former Scientologist Jason Beghe on Vimeo.
Exorcism case begins in NZ
Nine members of the extended family of 22-year-old Janet Moses appeared in Lower Hutt District Court today jointly charged with her manslaughter during an apparent exorcism ceremony in New Zealand.
Name suppression was continued for the accused, aged between 42 and 57, and they were bailed to reappear on May 27 for a pre-depositions hearing.
Ms Moses [...]
