Monday 16 April 2018

News: Wicker Man, Witchcraft, Witch Hunts, Satanism

Here is a round-up of recent news stories about paganism, witchcraft, witch hunts, satanism, books, films and comics: 

"A massive wickerman is being built to celebrate the Beltain pagan festival at Buster Ancient Farm" - story at Petersfield Post: http://www.petersfieldpost.co.uk/article.cfm?id=115938&headline=A%20massive%20wickerman%20is%20being%20built%20to%20celebrate%20the%20Beltain%20pagan%20festival%20at%20Buster%20Ancient%20Farm&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2018

"Are witches and their descendants offended when politicians use the term 'witch hunt'?" - story at PhillyVoice.com: http://www.phillyvoice.com/are-witches-and-their-descendants-offended-when-politicians-use-term-witch-hunt/

"The 'good witch' who wrote Japanese classic Kiki's Delivery Service" - story at BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-43615481

"My Feminist Tarot Reading by SF's Wandering Witch" - story at thebolditalic: https://thebolditalic.com/my-feminist-tarot-reading-by-sfs-wandering-witch-9d1d6287a738

"Alzheimer's: 'They thought my mother was a witch and wanted to burn her'" - story at Health24: https://www.health24.com/Medical/Dementia/Alzheimers/alzheimers-they-thought-my-mother-was-a-witch-and-wanted-to-burn-her-20180413

"The Wiccans and Witches of Wes, Part 3" - story at The Wesleyan Argus: http://wesleyanargus.com/2018/04/13/the-wiccans-and-witches-of-wes-part-3/

"‘Satanism became my life’ - Meet the devil worshipper turned 'hipster' vicar" - story at BBC Three http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/fd1bf610-2212-46e3-82b0-d2c7d78f0abd

"BLACK MAGICK vs Real Belief Systems" - story at ComicsVerse: https://comicsverse.com/black-magick-vs-real-belief-systems/

"Movie Review – Pyewacket (2017)" - review at Flickering Myth: https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2018/04/movie-review-pyewacket-2017/

The photo at the top is a picture of a wicker man under construction at Butser Ancient Farm in 2013. It is copyright Alex Stanton.

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