Monday 8 February 2016

News: Chinese New Year, Imbolc, Witches, Book, Film


"Happy Chinese New Year 2016! Everything you need to know about the Year of the Monkey" - a long look at the traditions, folklore and events connected to Chinese New Year at the Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/12144891/chinese-new-year-2016-year-of-the-monkey.html

"Belief Matters … or Not? Imbolc: Where Faiths Converge and Merge!" - a look at springtime religious festival throughout history at today at KaleidoScot: http://www.kaleidoscot.com/belief-matters-or-not-imbolc-where-faiths-converge-and-merge-6537

"The Witch of Kings Cross: Lucy Cavendish on Sydney’s most notorious pagan" some details from a new book called Witches And Wizardsat news.com'au: http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/the-witch-of-kings-cross-lucy-cavendish-on-sydneys-most-notorious-pagan/news-story/346f3f7bc13399310b0f71abb5abc28f

"The Witch is 'a Puritan's nightmare' in new featurette" - story about a new movie at Entertainment: http://www.ew.com/article/2016/02/06/the-witch-horror-movie-featurette

"The Satanic Temple to Support and Tour ‘The Witch’" - story at Bloody Disgusting: http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3378675/the-satanic-temple-to-support-and-tour-the-witch/

The picture at the top shows The three wise monkeys over the Tōshō-gū shrine in Nikkō, Japan by David Monniaux from Wikipedia shared under creative commons


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