… There are more ‘witches’ than ever, and they can attend Witch … fewer people identifying with Christianity and with religion in general. However, it appears there are … lot more pointy hats or bubbling caldrons. Wicca was one of a few “new religious …
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Monthly Archives: March 2009
Occult hit: Witches bucking religion trend
March 30, 2009 – 2:51 am
… WICCA | Leader teaching classes here tries to … And according to the most recent American Religious Identification Survey, released earlier this month, there … Ed Hubbard teaches a class on the Wiccan religion at the Occult Bookstore. While most …
Ireland out in the cold over Britain’s monarchy debate
March 29, 2009 – 9:51 pm
… of Kent, was received into the Catholic Church in 2001, and was obliged to renounce … Animist, an Athiest or a worshipper of Wicca, the Witch-Goddess, Roman Catholics alone are still … hierarchy. Be that as it may, this religious matter is a constitutional question which does …
States Consider Drug Tests For Welfare Recipients
March 29, 2009 – 8:28 pm
Want government assistance? Just say no to drugs.
Lawmakers in at least eight states want recipients of food stamps, unemployment benefits or welfare to submit to random drug testing.
The effort comes as more Americans turn to these safety nets to ride out the recession. Poverty and civil liberties advocates fear the strategy could backfire, discouraging some people from seeking financial ai
Germanys Stone Age Cannibalism
March 29, 2009 – 8:28 pm
The German city of Speyer, in Rheinland-Palatinate, well known for its Romanesque cathedral, also boasts some much more macabre relics. A collection of skulls, shin bones and vertebrae might not seem unusual in an archaeology museum, but these particular remains are special. They all show signs of having been cut, scraped or broken, indicating that their owners were cannibalised.
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Earth Hour 2009: A Billion To Go Dark Saturday
March 29, 2009 – 8:28 pm
tarting in New Zealand’s remote Chatham Islands, thousands of cities, towns, and landmarks around the world will start to go dark for Earth Hour on Saturday evening.
Up to a billion people worldwide are expected to participate in this global voluntary blackout by switching off their lights from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. local time.
The movement, sponsored by the conservation nonprofit WWF, is d
Earth Hour Symbolizes The Renunciation Of Industrial Civilization
March 29, 2009 – 8:28 pm
On Saturday, March 28, cities around the world will turn off their lights to observe Earth Hour. Iconic landmarks from the Sydney Opera House to Manhattans skyscrapers will be darkened to encourage reduced energy use and signal a commitment to fighting climate change.
While a one-hour blackout will admittedly have little effect on carbon emissions, what matters, organizers say, is the event
Spacetime May Have Fractal Properties On A Quantum Scale
March 29, 2009 – 8:28 pm
Usually, we think of spacetime as being four-dimensional, with three dimensions of space and one dimension of time. However, this Euclidean perspective is just one of many possible multi-dimensional varieties of spacetime. For instance, string theory predicts the existence of extra dimensions - six, seven, even 20 or more. As physicists often explain, its impossible to visualize these extra dimen
WM3: Damien Echols Appeals To Ark. Supreme Court
March 29, 2009 – 8:28 pm
A man sentenced to death over the 1993 slayings of three West Memphis boys has filed an appeal to the Arkansas Supreme Court.
The appeal filed Thursday on behalf of death-row inmate Damien Echols remains under seal before the state’s highest court. A copy of the filing obtained by The Associated Press shows lawyers are asking justices to consider DNA evidence, as well as claims of juror miscond
Psychics Are Given State Funding
March 29, 2009 – 8:28 pm
A decision to give taxpayers’ money to a help a couple set up a business as psychic mediums has been criticised.
Paul and Deborah Rees, from Bridgend, claim they have been given £4,500 from Want2Work, which aims to help people on benefits get back to work.
The Department of Work and Pensions, which runs the scheme with the Welsh Assembly Government, said the money had come from “different ar
