I should have caught this one myself as Otsego is only in my back yard and even closer to where I was raised. However, has the Goddess wills “The Wild Hunt” Blog caught it and did an nice but unsettling write up of life in Michigan. Please click here for the full story. Bookmark It [...]
The South African Pagan Rights Alliance would like to request you to support an annual 30 day advocacy campaign against witch-hunts in Africa from 29 March to 27 April 2010.
The purpose of this group is to bring awareness of the issue to the general Canadian public, to discuss issues surrounding the repeal of CC s.365, and to encourage individuals and groups to write to The Honourable Robert Douglas Nicholson (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada) and The Honourable Dominic Leblanc (Critic For Justice of the Liberal Party of Canada).
The words witch and witchcraft are used predominantly as an accusation throughout Africa, either to describe a number of clearly defined traditional religious practices that do not self-define as witchcraft, as well as a number of variable urban legends perpetuated by religious leaders, churches and traditional healers, or to identify women, children and men who are not actual Witches.
Below is an excerpt from a US private that has kept his name and location withheld out of fear for his wife and family. The soldier considers himself a “quiet” Muslim and has not shared his beliefs with his fellows. The letter was originally sent to Mikey Weinstein of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation and addresses Bible verses on rifle scopes that demonstrates why the issue matters.
In October 2009 the following statement on Witchcraft in Africa was presented by the International Humanist and Ethical Union to the United Nations Human Rights Council.
In October this year a 77-year-old South African woman accused of witchcraft was burned to death in Needs Camp near East London. [1] Three other family members were forced to flee their own community for fear of being attacked as well.
A post that I thought is worth sharing again. Also there are several interesting articles noted as links.
I recently ran across a posting on another blog, sorry forgot the name, in which a person asked a question something like this: Is it ok to go onto someone elses property and take some plant items for use in spell work without first seeking permission from the land owner? This question had me thinking [...]
Arizona joins Oklahoma in trying to pass a “student religious expression” law similar to the one recently passed by Texas. “On Wednesday, the Arizona House Education Committee narrowly approved, and sent on to the full House of Representatives, HB 2713, a bill that would prohibit public schools from discriminating against students on the basis of [...]
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6 September 2010, 5:08 pm: I favorited a YouTube video -- Axis of Awesome - 4 Four Chord Song (with song titles) http://youtu.be/5pidokakU4I?a
