Saturday 30 May 2015

News: Wicca, Gerald Gardner, Witchcraft, Persecution

"Pagans gather for elaborate Wiccan funeral of celebrated Cornish wizard" - interesting story earlier this week at The Mirror website, although I realise I am sharing it too late for people to attend the funeral, which has already taken place. You can read the story here: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/pagans-gather-elaborate-wiccan-funeral-5773404

You can also read about the funeral at the Telegraph, in a story entitled "Eron the Wizard given magical send-off in spectacular pagan ceremony": http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/11635926/Wizard-given-magical-send-off-in-spectacular-pagan-ceremony.html

"Gerald Gardner Defends Wicca Against False Opinions In Interview" - Reprint of a news story from 1962 on the World Religion News website: http://www.worldreligionnews.com/religion-news/gerald-gardner-defends-wicca-against-false-opinions-in-interview

"Catholic cardinal: Irish people are ‘worse than Pagans’ for passing same-sex marriage" - Story at Pink News: https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/05/28/catholic-cardinal-irish-people-are-worse-than-pagans-for-passing-same-sex-marriage/

"Witch hunting to be subject of new Assamese film" - Story at Business Standard: http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/witch-hunting-to-be-subject-of-new-assamese-film-115052901000_1.html

"Accused witch killed with an ax" - Story at examiner.com: http://www.examiner.com/article/accused-witch-killed-with-an-axdeat

"Mum and daughter's 'suicide bid' after spooky Ouija board session ends with them burning down their own home" - Story at the Mirror website: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mum-daughters-suicide-bid-after-5787759

"Satanic Ritual Abuse In The 1980s : A Modern-Day Witch Hunt" - Story at Houston Press: http://www.houstonpress.com/news/satanic-ritual-abuse-in-the-1980s-a-modern-day-witch-hunt-7462167

"'Charlie Charlie' game poses real danger - Vatican exorcist warns against summoning demons" - Story from a Catholic perspective at the website Church: http://www.christiantoday.com/article/summoning.the.demons.playing.charlie.charlie.game.poses.real.danger.warns.vatican.exorcist/54831.htm

"Spiritualism, the occult and the beginnings of abstraction" - Details of an Australian art exhibition at Arts: http://www.abc.net.au/arts/stories/s4240096.htm?site=melbourne

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