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26
Nov
2009
You Just Can’t Get Good Help Any More: Medieval Edition

3 hours ago by Keyser

Keyser’s reminiscences about his recent daemonological interviews puts him in mind of a bit of magical folklore that always makes him laugh. Here’s an excerpt of testimony from a deposition given against a witch in the fifteenth century: …tempore quo ipse erat in eius famulatu repetitis vicibus misi ...

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Witchcraft and human kind

4 hours ago by Lenox Mhlanga

A FEW years ago a self-confessed wizard rocked up at a police station in rural Zaka, Masvingo Province, and told bewildered officers that he was tired of witchcraft and that he had come to surrender his ‘instruments.’ Unconvinced, the cops asked if he could stage a live demonstration of his capabili ...

New Zimbabwe Blog - newzimbabwe.com/blog · 5 references

25
Nov
2009
Love Spells and Self Esteem

7 hours ago by Frank

One of the most common questions that I hear is something along the lines of, “Is there a way / spell that will make someone want to be with me / love me?” Well, the short answer is, “No – there is not.” One of the core precepts of the Wiccan faith is to harm no other. If you are weaving spells or i ...

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Dispatches: Return to Africa’s Witch Children

10 hours ago by doctore0

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A year ago, Dispatches told the story of how children in Africa’s Niger Delta were being denounced by Christian pastors as witches and wizards, and then killed, tortured or abandoned by their own families. Following the introduction of the Child Rights legislation and an increase in financial suppor ...

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Saudis Urged to Reverse Death Sentence on ‘Witchcraft'

12 hours ago by PersianCowboy

A human-rights organization says the Saudi authorities are arbitrarily executing people for witchcraft. Saudi Arabia is being urged by Human Rights Watch to stop meting out the death penalty for alleged witchcraft. Human Rights Watch (HRW) is calling on Riyadh to cease applying capital punishment, t ...

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Saudis' zero-tolerance approach to fake psychics

14 hours ago by The Heresiarch

Witchcraft in Saudi Arabia is back in the news again. Human Rights Watch has taken up the cause of Ali Sabit, who is described as a Lebanese television personality (albeit on a satellite channel so obscure I was unable to find out any details about it) who has apparently been sentenced to death in S ...

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Lyra’s Oxford

14 hours ago by parisgirl

Lyra’s Oxford ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Read by a Full Cast Set a few years after The Amber Spyglass ends Lyra, a few years older but pretty much the same girl, still lives at Oxford College. One night she and her daemon, Pantalaimon, are suddenly disturbed by a bird daemon, who has been separated from his witch. The ...

parisgirl - parisgirl9.wordpress.com · 1 reference

What’s wrong with a bit of religious belief enforced by the state?

16 hours ago by tildeb

Ali Sibat is not even a Saudi national. The Lebanese citizen was only visiting Saudi Arabia on pilgrimage when he was arrested in Medina last year. A court in the city condemned him as a witch on November 9. “Saudi courts are sanctioning a literal witch hunt by the religious police,” said Sarah Leah ...

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Man Sentenced To Death For Witchcraft

21 hours ago by The Skeptic Blacksheep

Ali Sibat, a Lebanese citizen, has been arrested in Saudi Arabia and sentenced to death. The charge? Witchcraft. He was arrested while on pilgrimage in Medina. Sibat is a regular on Lebanese television, he gives people advice about life and makes predictions about the future. Apparently, Sibat is no ...

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Beginning Again

1 day ago by dsknight

It has been an interesting few months in the areas of self-transformation, and I must say by “interesting” I mean goodness gracious! I am no longer running BBT. Magazine editing, apparently, is not my forte. But, I thank Lucien for the opportunity to branch out and find out exactly what I DON’T want ...

Tome of the Deadly Shade ... - dsknight.com

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