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Mary is a pretty five-year-old girl with big brown eyes and a father who kicked her out onto the streets in one of the most dangerous parts of the world. Her crime: the local priest had denounced her as a witch and blamed her "evil powers" for causing her mother's death. Children from Crarn accused of being witches and wizards, protesting outside the Governor's headquarters. Ostracised, vulnerable

Light Novels might not be as popular as manga in the U.S. but the manga companies keep trying to license them which is fine by me. The latest attempt is one of the more intriguing affairs. Del Rey has decided to try localizing Kodansha’s literary magazine Faust. This is a collection of short stories by famous [...]

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You are cordially invited to join the 2 Witches Blog celebration at 2witches.com, Nov. 1, 2008 The spell has been cast, the cauldron stirred, the potions brewed - 2 Witches Blog has officially moved to its new, permanent home. Stop over and celebrate the grand opening of the 2witches.com.  Be sure to check out our new FORUM, [...]

These Halloween safety tips too are from Real Living… why reinvent the wheel… “Here are some trick-or-treating tips for kids, parents and homeowners to ensure a safe and happy Halloween: Trick-or-Treaters: -Carry a flashlight -Stay on the sidewalk -Obey traffic signals -Wear shoes that fit regardless of the costume -Wear clothing with reflective marking or tape -Approach homes th

On Halloween, witches come true; Wild ghosts escape from dreams. Each monster dances in the park…. ~Nicholas Gordon

DOWNLOAD MOVIE Actors: McKinney Gil Jim Christian Jeff Bill Walker Wesley Rick Alba Jeff Ted Bentzen Paul Doyle Harrison Matthew S. Randy Nolte Chris Chet Blevins Jolian Goat Head Chester Ben Old Crone Directors: IMDB Rating: 8.70 out of 10 (7 votes) Plot Summary: Halloween weekend. A jilted groom. A hastily-organized canoe trip. A pristine river. A dee

The pastor whose prayer Sarah Palin says helped her to become governor of Alaska founded his ministry with a witch hunt against a Kenyan woman whom he accused of causing car accidents through demonic spells.At a speech at the Wasilla Assembly of God on June 8 this year, Palin described how Thomas Muthee had laid his hands on her when he visited the church as a guest preacher in late 2005, prior to

“Because lighting a candle isn’t enough.” I think we can all agree that this election is one of the most important in our country’s history.  I won’t go into details, and I won’t try to persuade any one who to vote for.   But I strongly urge each and every person (pagans, witches, and all others) to [...]

Luminary Of The Autumn Night Sky כ' אלול התשס"חBelz 22Mabon is the time of the year when day and night are equal, the forces of masculine expansion and feminine restriction are in balance, and the god and the goddess dance in harmonic hishtavut.My friend Eluned Bridhe writes of Mabon from the Norse tradition of witchcraft:Mabon was a time when the old Norse people believed one's fate for

Witches Night Out Friday October 17, 2008 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Cauldron and Spirits Served - Costume Awards (scary, funniest, unique and best) - So wear your favorite...

Laura Bush and Cindy McCain at the RNC 2008In case you do not know Laura is said to be the real life American Wife ,the book is causing a lot of controversy with the huge resemblance with Laura’s life. The novel is by Curtis Sittenfeld.Update : Sittenfeld admitts that she took Laura as a muse for her novelTechnorati Tags: Laura Bush,Cindy McCain,John McCain,G.W.Bush,America,Women,elections,Amer

Ahora si encontrado el episodio 05 con los sub, que lo disfruten.Strike Witches 05 sub esp

Les dejo el raw del episodio 09, mientras busco el 05 con los sub ^^Strike Witches 09 raw=.html

Nuevo episodio de esta serie en raw.Strike Witches 08 raw=.html

Episodio con mucho ecchi y ladronas de pantis xDStrike Witches 07 raw=.html

Con un poco de atraso les traigo este nuevo episodio ^^Strike Witches 06 raw=.html

Encontrado al fin el cuarto episodio con los sub, ahora solo falta encontrar el quinto xDStrike Witches 04 sub esp

This fan-made, stop motion animation video from Japan, has it all. Action, comedy, explosions,  and even a damsel in distress. The huge cast includes Gundam warriors, Busou Shinki, Strike Witches and others. All Busou Shinki action figures have a Multi Moveable System (MMS), which allows for easy manipulation and poseability. The body parts are also interchangeable with the parts of other

This series is such a tease, such a guilty pleasure. I’m watching the release by StrikeS, who claims it’s all uncensored, which I assume means they’re drawing from the DVD versions instead of the web-release or TV-release episodes. (But I’m confused because ep3 still had the “We like to thank our sponsors” screen.) [...]

Por ahora les dejo el quinto episodio hasta que encuentre el cuarto con los sub.Strike Witches 05 Raw=.html?full=true#full

I’m fascinated by the later part of the 60’s where hippies liberally threw around the the phrase ‘age of aquarius’ without really understanding what the hell they were talking about.  Drug culture seeped into the suburbs and it didn’t take long for average people to smoke a little pot, burn some sage to cover the [...]

כ"ה תמוז התשס"חFaunus 27The Janesville, WI GazetteXtra reports today that in June a man had threatened to kill all the witches in town by detonating the town's watertower.Whitewater rumored to have witchesBy Ted SullivanJuly 28, 2008 - 11:21 a.mWhen a Whitewater man was arrested inside the city’s water tower in June, he said to the officer: “Do you believe in witches … I have to d

Cuarto episodio en raw, cargado de metidas de pata por parte de Miyafuji.Strike Witches 04 Raw

Y para continuar con esta serie el episodio tres, pero Raw por el momento.Strike Witches 03 Raw

Con casi cinco días de atraso, acá les traigo el episodio dos con los sub en español.Strike Witches 02 sub esp

Mas explosiones, mas acción, mas pantis ^^ un nuevo episodio de esta serie, por el momento con sub en ingles.Strike Witches 02 sub eng

Ahora si, por fin lo encontré con sub en español. Digan si les gusta la serie así la sigo o no subiendo.Strike Witches 01 sub esp

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INFORMAÇÃO DO FILME Título Original: Witches Night Gênero: Terror Tempo de Duração: 78 min Ano de Lançamento: 2007 INFORMAÇÃO DO ARQUIVO Qualidade: DVDRip Formato: Rmvb Áudio: Inglês Legenda: s/l Tamanho: 257 Mb Sinopse: Quatro amigos resolvem passar um final de semana acampando, em um lugar remoto. Tinha tudo para ser apenas um viagem divertida. Quando eles encontram lindas jovens

  2:10 This is our first attempt so please be gentle with us. The footage was taken with my 4 year old digital camera (I’ll be getting a new one soon) and was done after 10 PM at night long after we did the reading live. It took several takes to get the timing down [...]

Acaba de ser liberado el conjunto de trailers de otro estreno que está a nada en Japón, Strike Witches.

RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL: JEWISH WITCHES AND PROPHETESSES     JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL CLASS SHABBAT 6/14/08 HEBREW COLLEGE, NEWTON CENTRE, MA, USA   Shalom:   Since some of you may be on over drive with so much intense late night study due to holiday of Shavuot, I will try to keep my class this week short. This will act in concert in that this Shabbat'

The Witchdoctor From the Emerald Isle The Good WitchMr Finlay ScottOne Witchfinder GeneralThe Bad WarlockOne Involved in Scientology Black WitchcraftAlternative name " Queen of Cherry Pickers"Subalternative "Ex Member of the Chain Gang"Website visits For DS Exposed per day = 3Forensic Psychiatrist Report Outstanding[ The Ugly Witch] Witchdoctor Turns to Page 3 The Frog Spel

A fear of witches as the cause of local problems led a rampaging mob in west Kenya ona house by house search of women suspected of being witches. the mob of about 100 entred houses where they accused a woman of being a witch, tied her up, and then set them ablaze. Mwangi Nguny, head [...]

Police say locals accused women and men of ‘bewitching’ their childrenMay 22, MSNBCNAIROBI, Kenya - A group of up to 300 young men have burned to death 11 people suspected of being witches and wizards in western Kenya — in some cases slitting their victims' throats or clubbing them to death before burning their bodies, officials said.The gang moved from home to home through two villages, ide

BBC NEWS | Africa | ‘Witches’ burnt to death in Kenya — Good to see somebody is keeping up with traditions from the 1600’s. Eleven elderly people accused of being witches have been burned to death by a mob in the west of Kenya, police say. The BBC’s Muliro Telewa in the region says the gang [...]

I see ads about the TV anime coming soon in my magazines.  The characters listed on the official website (middle red button on the left column) look extraordinarily tasty — Perrine H. Clostermann being my initial favorite for megane + ojou-sama and potential for tsundere, and Francesca Lucchini in second place for twintail. And Wikipedia [...]

Artefact recalls witches' shadowA chilling reminder of our superstitious past has been unearthed from a rural farmhouse.By Greig WatsonThe "witch bottle" was discovered buried in old foundations in the Lincolnshire village of Navenby. Containing bent pins, human hair and perhaps urine, the bottles were supposed to protect a household against evil spells. Dated to about 1830, it is ev

In art ← Previous revision Revision as of 20:25, 29 April 2008 Line 48: Line 48: [[Henry Fuseli]] would later create one of the more famous portrayals of the Three Witches in 1783, entitled ''The Weird Sisters or The Three Witches''. In it, the witches are lined up and dramatically pointing at something all at once, their faces in profile. This painting was parodied by James Gillray in 1791 in ''Wierd Sisters; Ministers of Darkness; Minions of the Moon''. Three figures are lined up with their faces in profile in a way similar to Fuseli's painting. However, the three figures are recognizable as [[Lord Dundas]] (the [[home secretary]] at the time), [[William Pitt]] (prime minister), and [[Lord Thurlow]] ([[Lord Chancellor]

Yep.  They were all here at the Romantic Times Booklover’s Convention.  You could see them sipping drinks, waiting at the elevators or smoking outside.    I did not don any costumes.  I guess being Lisa Jackson is challenging enough and I spent the day at the amazing autographing where I signed dozens of books, met new readers [...]

Leelanau Cellars markets this unique spiced wine as Witches’ Brew around Halloween, but let me assure you that it is a great wine to have on hand throughout the winter. This wine has two labels, the Halloween one (Witches Brew) and the label for the rest of the year, simply named Leelanau Cellars Spiced Wine. Leelanau [...]

I thought I'd share a fun recipe with you today I found somewhere on the net a few years ago: A Witches Cauldron of Chili! It's still nippy outside in my area and cold in other parts of world... if you like chili then try this one out! :D A Witches Cauldron of Chili1 1/4 Pounds ground goblin gizzards (ground beef 15%fat) *Vegans and Vegetarians leave out the ground goblin gizzards1 Medium eye of Cyclops (onion)1 15 Oz. Can soft shelled beetles (kidney beans)1 28 Oz. Can blood of bat (V-8 juice)1/8 Teaspoon pureed wasp (prepared mustard)1/4 Teaspoon common dried weed (oregano)1 Dash Redtailed hawk toenails (crushed redpepper)2 Teaspoons ground sumac blossom (chili powder)1 Teaspoon hemlock (honey or sugar)1/2 Cup fresh grubs (sliced celery)1 Tablespoon eye of Newt (pearled barley)1 Tablesp

Punjabiyan di shaan vakhri as they say ! Chandigarh's Prabhjot was voted out , but she came back strong in the given opportunity and knocked out Anmol Singh of the competition. Prabhjyot was looking sexy in her "Witches are sexy" t-shirt and i was pretty sure that there were a lot of people who would like to see the tv caps of this roadies episode.Some Pics of Prabhjot Virk

  This was one of Miss Angst’s favorite meals back before her angsty days when I was a stay-at-home mom of a preschooler and an infant.  She was an incredibly picky eater and I was generally desperate for her to eat something, anything, that would provide nutritional value. I came up with this idea in a moment [...]

What is more fun then having witchy things to add your blog? - well these two little goodies are so adorable and are appealing for pagans, witches and cat lovers too. I discovered the lovely, magical Black Cat Poppi guarding Terrah’s Dawn the other day and was delighted to discover that is was possible to adopt my [...]

《女巫（Witches）》是一款“下一代”第三人称战斗游戏。进入游戏，你将会发现正身处于充满了中古风格的黑暗时代之中，不得不为了生存而与成群丑陋不堪的怪物战斗。这些邪恶的生物不单单占据了这片土地，还在其上建立了自己的领地，并实行奴役了朴实的人民。 目睹着周围荒废的景象，你要控制的Gwen，是一位强壮并性感的女战士，一直都在顽强抵抗着自己的邪恶意志，同时率领了一批人对抗他那邪恶的力量。总而言之，这款游戏中的团队合作精神是相当重要的：所有的模型、关卡、场景均是以团队战斗为基点进行设计，不管是与电脑合作，还是通过网络与其他玩家并肩战斗亦是如此。 开

Parece que poco a poco uno de los proyectos más ambiciosos de Revistronic va dando sus pasos hasta su salida al mercado. Con el nombre de “Witches“, nos encontramos con un juego de acción y aventura en tercera persona en mundo ambientado en el medievo repleto de terribles criaturas. Bajo estas premisas, deberemos guiar a [...]

This is not our art, but the art of a talented artist Jamie Robertson. Mama Kelly has been reading Jamie's online comic Clan of the Cats for almost as long as her youngest child, Princess Nibbles, has been alive and never grows tired of it. It blends the supernatural, the occult, elements of true Wicca, and everyday life issues into a comic that can be sweet, tragic, captivating, and always entertaining. Since Jamie was kind enough to allow us to borrow this strip last year we have done so again.  If you have never read it, give it a try …. it is on hiatus until the new year but you can start at the beginning by clicking here. Blessings Mama Kelly & Lady Rose

A genuine small-town America town, Olean, in upstate New York, an overwhelmingly Christian town, is forced to bow to political correctness and remove a creche from the municipal building when a wiccan takes offense. The wiccan decided that, with the winter solstice at hand, the time was ripe to install a pentacle next to the creche.

Book Reviews I’ve been a busy little bee writing book reviews.  Again, my choices are centered on children’s books.  Anyway, for your reading pleasure: Fly With Poetry: An ABC of Poetry by Avis Harley Buy it on Amazon.com The Winter Solstice by Ellen Jackson Buy it on Amazon.com SpongeBob Special Delivery by Steven Banks Buy it on Amazon.com The Gingerbread Man by Catherine McCafferty Buy it on Amazon.com Strawberry Shortcake’s Filly Friends by Megan E. Bryant Buy it on Amazon.com Happy Reading! Blessings! Mama Kelly

The Civil Rights Act protects everyone, except maybe circus people. Next to race, creed, color, gender, and whatever else is PC these days, does the Act need to include Halloween characters? What are witches in a small town to do? A story for those not wary of slippery slopes from the Chicago Tribune: ROSSVILLE, Ill.--Things were already going downhill in this small farming community when the witches arrived.Area factories had shut down. So had the local high school. A suspicious fire had gutted much of the downtown. The use of methamphetamine was destroying families.So when a group of Wiccans from out of town moved into a storefront this summer and erected a sign advertising "Witch School," it was only a matter of time before alarm bells sounded and tempers started to boil in this village of 1,200, about 125 miles south of Chicago near the Indiana border. Sounds like a spooky story, complete with 'alarm bells' and boiling tempers. The culprits? A reporter's favorite boogie-man-cum

OHH NOOO!!There are witches in my mailbox.What am I to do?I found them there this morning,doing things they shouldn't do!!How the witches got there,I haven't got a clue.But they won't be there much longerbecause I'm sending them toYOU!!!!!!You've been Witch Kissed!Before the warts begin to spread,pass the kisses on instead!Santa recommends: Santa’s Elf’s Club, Santa Mail, Santa’s Wish Tree, Write to Santa, Everyday Should Be Christmas, Santa's Link Love, Santa’s Community Blog, Book Project, Your Wisdom of Total Happiness, Zubli Zainordin, Hall of Fame, NoDirectOn (not:NoDirection), Marketing•Review, OgenDicht/EyesClosed, The Blog Elf, PurpleFrogCat Blog, PurpleFrogCat StumbleUpon, Polliwog's Pond, Carnival of Good Stuff, Polliwog's Stumbles, April Decheine 2006, I could write a book, April Decheine Wife and Mother, Santa's Magical Golden Cat, Comedy Plus, Perkahwinan, Usahawan Maya, Catatan Sekilas,

On 5 June 2007 in the House of Commons, it was asked if the Secretary of State for the Home Department would set up a nationwide 999 text message service for deaf people who cannot telephone the emergency services. The reply was that an emergency text relay service is already available to give the deaf and hard of hearing access to the emergency services. (Yeah - landlocked and slow Typetalk! - also only useful if you can get an operator available!) In addition a working group, including representatives from the emergency services and the mobile operators, has been set up by the 999 Liaison Committee to see whether an SMS emergency number service can be provided. It’s about time and I hope they won’t take too long. I was walking my dog in the park yesterday and this woman of about 20 (I use this term very loosely) was sitting on a park bench. She said she doesn’t like dogs. Fine, not my problem, I walked on. Next thing I knew, she had kicked seven bells out of Smudg

It seems like throughout the centuries, some people have been spontaneously developing special abilities, and have been persecuted for it. Geniuses were declared insane and their ideas were laughed at. Witches were put on trial and burned, drowned, hanged, thrown off cliffs, or banished. Could humanity be further along, evolutionarily speaking? Is it our own fault that we're not?When someone can do something that someone else can't, that person should help others learn to progress. Instead, often history tells us that the opposite happens. The majority eliminates an advanced individual. In shows like, "Smallville," characters like Lex Luthor know better. Lex seeks to harness the power that separates normal people from godlike supermen. Lex already has the technology at his disposal (Kryptonite weaponry could easily be achieved on his part) to eliminate Kryptonian residents from Smallville. Instead, he seeks to learn and understand. Maybe he's a witch!

I think I've mentioned I'm taking two classes this semester. I know to those of you who take a full load every semester with a bazillion credit hours will snicker and roll your eyes while calling me a big ole baby, but these two classes are kicking my ass! I don't mind the reading and I don't mind sitting in on lectures. Actually, I love sitting in on the lectures because I find them both

Brush pen on bristol board. i don't do enough real media, so i thought that i should work on that.

I think witches, ghosts, and goblins aren't so spooky to us anymore because they've been co-opted and commercialized by the enormous Halloween industry, but these are my thoughts, not Warhol's...

It is not every day that one reads a book written by a witch and, in fact, The Witches of Dixie, by Laura Stamps, is a first for me (as far as I know, of course). Being only vaguely familiar with the concepts of Wicca and aware of the somewhat controversial range of opinion regarding the religion and those who practice it, I began the book hoping to learn what the life of a modern day witch is

On October 12, Disney Channel will be hosting a night of premieres, specifically featuring witches and wizards. The night will start at 8:30pm with the premiere of 'Wizards of Waverly Place' and will continue at 9pm with the premiere of the DCOM, 'Twitches Too.'

El juego de Revistronic, bajo el título provisional de “Project WITCHES” será editado por Schanz International Consultants tras el acuerdo anunciado ayer mismo por Schanz. Project WITCHES es un juego de acción y aventura en tercera persona para PC, PS3 y XBox 360, cuyo mayor aliciente recaerá en el modo cooperativo, puesto que todo el modelado y diseño de niveles se ha enfocado para este estilo de juego. En palabras de Gerhard Schanz, de Schanz International Consultants, “hemos seguido tanto el progreso de WITCHES como del motor de Revistronic y estamos satisfechos de renovar nuestro acuerdo para un título que empieza a ser embrujador!“. Según Daniel Parente, Managing Director de Revistronic, “WITCHES es un proyecto muy ambicioso, y creemos que esta nueva colaboración con Schanz International Consultants hará que sea un gran éxito“. Project WITCHES podrá verse en el próximo Games Convention de Leipzig, donde Schanz International Consulta

A country of parties and festivals, this is how i call the land of Romagna. Every day you have a choice between 3 or 4 beach parties or you can explore the hinterland to find out some country festival. Yesterday we read the advertising flyer of a local festival called “The Night of the witches”, in San Giovanni in Marignano, a little medieval town just 3 km. far from here. So we took our inseparable hotel bikes and we payed a visit to this event. We arrived at 9 p.m and we noticed a holy crowd darkening all the visible horizon. What a terrible sensation to walk like a herring in the oil… Anyway we step ahead, diving bravely this sea of meat. The streets around were barely illuminated by a few lamps and the atmosphere was dark and creepy. In every street was flying above us the dummy of a witch, illuminated in red or blue or green, really scaring stuff. I could hear from distance strings playing an obsessive melody. Suddenly i saw a sign with the history of this Fe

Witches’ Brooms (Halloween Cookies) 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 cup butter or margarine — softened 2 tablespoons water 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/8 teaspoon salt 10 pretzel rods (about 8 1/2 inches long) — cut crosswise in half 2 teaspoons shortening 2/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips 1/3 cup butterscotch-flavored chips Preparation: Heat oven to 350º. Beat brown sugar, butter, water and vanilla in medium bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour and salt. Shape dough into twenty 1 1/4-inch balls. Place pretzel rod halves on ungreased cookie sheet. Press ball of dough onto cut end of each pretzel rod. Press dough with fork to resemble bristles of broom. Bake about 12 minutes or until set but not brown. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. Cover cook

It is entitled Book Reviews for Pagan Families and my goal is to highlight and review the books I have read (or am reading).  Some will be Pagan texts (relating to magic, spells, witchcraft, as well as the religion of Wicca), some will be fiction, and some will be kids books.  Not every book reviewed will be Pagan oriented but as even my fiction reading tends toward the speculative, odds are most of it will be at least “Pagan friendly”.  So far 2 reviews are up and my hope is to have a new review appear every 2 or 3 days.  The blog itself will host a photo of the book, a link to amazon, a brief overview, and a link to the full review over at my Epinions site where I have been writing reviews on and off for 7 years. As I work on developing this new blog, you will find that the book reviews that now litter our siderbar will be moved over to this new site. I hope you enjoy the end result!! Blessings Mama Kelly

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My hubby has told me lots of stories about witches and I just posted some stories about Mexican ghosts, I'm thinking about gathering Mexican witch stories too. Anway, this struck my attention.I heard about this story about four years after it all went down (happened in the late 90's) but the point is that Mexico is filled with witches, said both white magic and black magic. Here are a few excerpts from an article written by Joel Simon which can be read in its entirity here.Excerpt #1"Zetina fingers the double eagle claw she wears around her neck, leans back in her kitchen chair and announces that she is the most misunderstood witch in Mexico."No joke! Aren't we all. I don't know a single witch that's not.Excerpt #2"The authorities are convinced that Francisca Zetina Chavez has more to tell them about the body recently found on the property of Raul Salinas, brother of Carlos Salinas, former president of Mexico. Zetina was the spiritual advisor to Raul Salinas. They met regularly, s

I am a witch and i practice witchcraft which is natural magic. Magic works for a witch the same way the law of attraction works, except that we employ elements and objects into our spells. The purpose of this is so that these objects lend there energy to what our minds put into motion. Well, anyway, here is the article.

Witches, warlocks and haunted hijinks are just routine as Halloweentown nears its 1000th Anniversary. This year Marnie Piper and lil’ bro Dylan return as students at the prestigious Witch University. Marnie's cauldron of trouble immediately starts bubbling over. Not only must she deal with the pranks of three wicked witch classmates - the Sinister sisters- but someone is plootting to use Marnie's magic to take control of Halloweentown forever. This DVD contains a bonus cast interview featurette and will be released on August 28th, 2007.

10 Things Everyone Should Know About Witches (with a touch of humor tossed in) Reprinted on tsard. 1) Witches don’t ride brooms 2) Most witches don’t have warts on their noses 3) Witches are every where 4) Witches are NOT Satanists (a Satanist takes elements from Christianity and pagan traditions and warps them into something else. Satan is a Christian myth, so it is not something associated with witches) 5) Witches in general are respectful and accepting of all spiritual paths and other religions. 6) Witches respect nature 7) Most witches own a cauldron - the bigger the better (it makes a great Halloween decoration). 8 ) Some witches may own a black cat, but it’s not required to be a member 9) Some witches have tattoos, but most do not. 10) Witches are magical, witty, unique, totally awesome, spiritual beings enjoying the pleasures of a physical life (just like everyone else on the planet no matter what path, religion, or no religion). Bright blessings to all, Lady Rose, co

In my previous post I talked briefly about the maypoles that are the centre feature of many village greens in this part of the world. It doesn't take much scratching of the Czech modern veneer to find the ancient and pagan beneath. Maypoles may have become a thing of the past in England or at least a quaint custom with school children dancing rather tweely, but here in the Czech Republic the tradition is alive and strong. Today I took the train from Prague to Cesky Krumlov and it gave me a good vantage point to spot the maypoles in the villages and towns along the route. It is clearly a matter of pride to erect (and protect) the largest maypole, created from a very tall and straight fir. The maypole stays at the centre of the village for the year's length until the new replaces it, by then of course the brightly coloured ribbons at the poles tip have faded at best or been whipped away by a winter wind, but with the dawn of the new summer a new maypole springs erect.On the last night

י"ג באייר תשס"זA new spin to an old story. Esther 4:13-14 on modern day witch hunts. It is a Jewish issue.Then Esther bade them to return answer unto Mordechai: 'Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the witches.For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then will relief and deliverance arise to the witches from another place, but thou and thy father's house will perish; and who knoweth whether thou art not come to royal estate for such a time as this?'Technorati tags: psychics discrimination injustice intolerance philadelphia crusaders witch hunt purim

ז' באייר תשס"זAn observation in follow up to my previous post, Local Churches Rallied Against Witch School - what is striking about the entire matter is just how shamelessly the opposition to Witch School drives witches out of town. Reading statements reported in the Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette, where the statements are no doubt the tip of an iceberg, it is clear that the Witch School opposition itself has no significant opposition to check its active discriminatory bias against witches and by extension, against those it deems religiously unworthy by a particular Christian definition to exist or flourish within the community. As one resident, Kendra Smiley (author, speaker and member of the East Lynn United Methodist Church) puts it so bluntly:"It's not the kind of influence we want in our community."Clearly, not only does the community not want witches in its community, it also feels clearly no shame in telling us that.None of this is new to me as a resident of this rura

Witches At WarCampaign aimed at striking down prohibition on pentacle on military tombstones.By Devon HaynieColumbia News Service, NEW YORK (Mar 3, 2007)"Before every dangerous mission in Iraq, Captain Richard A. Briggs Jr. stood on the hatch of his vehicle, drew a pentacle in the sky with his finger and recited the Wiccan Warrior Prayer for protection.It was a quick, effortless ritual, but one that Briggs was thankful for in the spring of 2003 when his unarmoured cargo truck turned a corner on an Iraqi road and rolled right into machine gun fire.Briggs, who recently returned from Iraq, is one of thousands of Wiccans involved in a nationwide campaign aimed at forcing the Veterans Administration's National Cemetery Administration to allow the Wiccan pentacle, a five-pointed star enclosed in a circle, to be engraved on military headstones. There are roughly 1,800 Wiccans currently serving in the military, and the Wiccan community has been petitioning for pentacle approval for more than

Right-wing nutjob Neal Boortz claims that teachers unions are “much more dangerous than al Qaeda.” This is encouraging because, typically, teachers have been on my side in most matters, and I’d like to band together with the educators to find Boortz and kick his ass. Just me and a bunch of science teachers with books and fossils. And maybe some of those stick-and-ball atomic models and we could use atoms that spell something funny, like, I don’t know… BeOTcH (beryllium, oxygen, technetium, helium — I need a scientist like Aaron Gabow to tell me how to make that sound like an actual compound, feasible or not). (more…)