Jacqui Winn has been a witch for 25 years and lives in Glastonbury. She is decorating her broomstick in preparation for Samhain, the Celtic New Year. The broomstick, known as a bessom, is decorated with autumnal colours to reflect the time of year. The
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Monthly Archives: October 2009
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October 30, 2009 – 3:23 am
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Wiccan, Not Wicked
October 29, 2009 – 2:42 pm
Deborah Snavely cackled wildly when asked if she had a flying broom. For Snavely, a British traditional Wiccan priestess for 13 years, witchcraft is no matter of Hollywood hocus-pocus its a reality.
Any system of divination is simply a means of accessing a part of our awareness that doesnt work with the logical brain, Snavely said, arguing that witchcraft is no more ridiculous than any ot
The Witches And Witchcraft In Wells And Arundel
October 29, 2009 – 9:42 am
Wells minister Rev. George Burroughs was hanged as a witch during the Salem delirium of 1692. A century later, widow Elizabeth Smith of Arundel was accused of witchcraft at the York County Court of Common Pleas and Sessions in Biddeford.
Rev. Burroughs was probably a hothead and a show-off who liked to impress his neighbors with feats of amazing strength. According to testimony at his trial he
Obama Signs Hate Crimes Bill Into Law
October 29, 2009 – 8:26 am
President Obama on Wednesday signed a law that makes it a federal crime to assault an individual because of his or her sexual orientation or gender identity.
The expanded federal hate crimes law, hailed by supporters as the first major federal gay rights legislation, was added to a $680 billion defense authorization bill that Obama signed at a packed White House ceremony.
The hate crimes mea
Witchcraft Merchants In Tampa: It’s All Good
October 29, 2009 – 8:26 am
On a rainy day in August, Kelley Sattley sat in the atrium of her apartment complex, waiting for the rain to stop so she could get to her car. She felt depressed and anxious about a pending divorce. An old woman she had never seen before sat down next to her and told her everything would be okay.
The woman said she was a psychic witch, and she told Sattley to go to a shop in Tampa called Magick
Dangerous liaisons: Why we find vampires sexy
October 29, 2009 – 6:50 am
Fry, professor emeritus at Northwest Missouri State University and author of “Cinema of the Occult: New Age Satanism, Wicca and Spiritualism in Film.” “He’s like Byron, or, say, James Dean.” Young women and tween girls, Fry argued, love the
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Ask The Bird Folks: Whats So Scary About Owls?
October 29, 2009 – 4:29 am
Dear Bird Folks,
We were putting up our Halloween decorations today and as I was hanging up a cardboard cutout of an owl, it made me wonder what owls have to do with Halloween. Ghosts and witches make sense, but why owls?
Erica, Quincy, MA
Oh boo, Erica,
Don’t take this the wrong way, but I hate getting questions that require me to look stuff up. Off the top of my head I can tell you what
A Wiccan Halloween
October 29, 2009 – 4:29 am
The Fly-by-Night store is not your typical gift shop. The proprietor, Psyche North Torok, is a Wiccan high priestess and she has been providing Clintonville with magical resources since 1995.
For sale is a double-edged blade required for cutting a pentagram into the air. Using different herbs and a variety of scented incense offered at the shop, you can cast a spell to bring more love, happines
