All Posts Tagged With: "witches"

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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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28Sep2008 | Black Cat | 0 comments | Continued
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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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25Sep2008 | Black Cat | 0 comments | 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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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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Where are the Witches, the Real Ones?

 
 
 
 
It behooves imagination that at this time in history there are still witches, but where are they? If you are imagining crones with long pointed hats, or toothless hags brewing potions, you’re out of synch with the times.

Want to find where the witches are? Just follow the path people take when […]

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11Apr2008 | Black Cat | 1 comment | Continued