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Wedding Rites for Gay Witches

 
 
 
Del Martin (seated) and Phylis Lyon
 
 
Finally, after 55 years and lobbying for their right to be legally hitched, Del Martin, 87 and Phyllis Lyon, 83, tasted victory. They made history as the first same sex couple to get legally married in San Francisco on June 17, 2008. In Los Angeles County, another […]

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25Jun2008 | Black Cat | 0 comments | Continued
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When Witches Pray, To Whom Do they Pray?

 

The Green Man is the God of the forests
 
It’s interesting to find out to whom do witches pray to when they want something. When asked, they tell you they pray to a female and male god, and nature spirits or deities representing the sky, sea, and the underworld – […]

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25Jun2008 | Black Cat | 0 comments | Continued
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My Best Friend is a Witch!

Sure, she was not a witch when we were kids. She started looking like one when mid-life caught up with her - she had long uncombed hair, black kohl outlined her almond eyes, and she had a stash of books all about witchcraft. She once inveigled me to join her coven of […]

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25Jun2008 | Black Cat | 1 comment | Continued
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Witches vs. Witch Smellers

The mysterious and the unknown continue to terrify and fascinate man– witchcraft tops the list. The cruel witch hunts in Africa and India - where the belief in witchcraft is so widespread prove this. Suspected witches are burned, forced to eat excreta, hacked to death or banished from their homes never to […]

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25Jun2008 | Black Cat | 0 comments | Continued
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Is There a Link Between Satanism and Witchcraft?

 
 
Let’s get it straight. The word Satanism is used in different contexts, the worship of Satan or the practice of the magic arts; witchcraft is the use of supernatural or magical powers. The link is in the practice of magic or the use of supernatural powers, which […]

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25May2008 | Black Cat | 0 comments | Continued
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Africa, In The Grip of Witchcraft

The horrendous news about the killing of 11 people on the mere suspicion of practicing witchcraft is made more galling because 10 of them were between the ages of 70 to 90. The brutal killing of eight women and three men […]

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25May2008 | Black Cat | 2 comments | Continued
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The Witch in Every Woman

Believe it or not, there’s a witch lurking inside every woman and woe to anybody who stands in the way. But what eactly turns on the witch in us? Here is a partial list - infidelities of spouses and lovers, illicit love, jealousy, envy, […]

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25May2008 | Black Cat | 1 comment | Continued
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Witches Through the Centuries

Hi, I’m back! I’ve missed this wicked little niche but I busied myself doing some witch hunting. I don’t pretend to be a scholar about witchcraft and its allied arts but my interest can be traced to the witch stories of childhoods past and the actual encounters with the supernatural.
There will always […]

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24May2008 | Black Cat | 1 comment | Continued
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Murder in the Name of Witchcraft

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Black magic paraphernalia found on Rancho Sta. Elena
 
To appease the spirits, witches offer animal sacrifices and pour the blood on the earth or on sacred vessels. The more copious the blood, the more appeased the spirit. In severe cases and extreme rituals that need the full satisfaction of the spirit, human sacrifices […]

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11Apr2008 | Black Cat | 0 comments | Continued
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Magical Needs and Witches Brew

 

A Sonora stall of curative herbs
Visit any small town market and you’ll be swept off your feet by the plethora of goods from dried wood shavings to charms and spells. So who is afraid of […]

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11Apr2008 | Black Cat | 0 comments | Continued
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