Witches In the News, of Course!
Wednesday October 29, 2008
Well, bless my pointy black hat, it's nice to see an article in mainstream media that realizes you can't lump all Pagans into the Wiccan category. There's a well-written bit over at the Peninsula Gateway out of Washington state, which talks about the "fall and rise" of the witch in contemporary society. Beginning with an overview of the Salem witch trials, and thankfull omitting any mention of "teh Burning Tymez", author Susan Schell leads readers up to the present day, introducing Wiccans and non-Wiccans as part of that umbrella group we call "Paganism."
Meanwhile, because it's October, there's a billion and one articles out there right now about Samhain, the normal witches next door, and Pagan shop owners. Oh, and there's also a helpful warning for Christians about what to do if they encounter one of us "vegetarian, sandal-wearing, bearded weirdoes."
Meanwhile, because it's October, there's a billion and one articles out there right now about Samhain, the normal witches next door, and Pagan shop owners. Oh, and there's also a helpful warning for Christians about what to do if they encounter one of us "vegetarian, sandal-wearing, bearded weirdoes."
Comments
Longnecker has his bee in a bonnet about a lot of things; Tarot cards, crystal healing, astrology, “ecology spirituality” [anyone with a green interest, the] and “radical feminist theology” [and any form of feminism, I suspect]. Still, his advice should hearten us, as he urges his followers to confront us with holy powers by “skipping meals on Fridays,, praying a few extra Rosaries, and invoking the holy angels — especially St. Michael”
That’s going to lead to a lot of hungry Catholics, too tied up doing their rosaries to bother us, and just plain confuse Michael since some witches I believe [too Christian for personal tastes] call on the Archangels to guard their circles!
“The early Christians understood quite clearly that the pagan gods and goddesses were demons. They understood that the pagan rites were sacrifices made to demons, and that through the pagan initiation rites devotees gave themselves to the demons and that as a result, the pagan worshippers were usually demon-possessed.”
Is this Longnecker person for real? If it wasn’t so absolutely absurd I would be seriously offended
For the love of all that is Holy, how do people really twist themselves up like this? he talks about ‘true believers’ being led astray or drawn off the path. They think we are like they are, organizing events to teach others to draw in the unwary or broken. I’ve had to search for every pagan I’ve known. They did not come in hunt of me.
“One of the symptoms of occult involvement is a kind of spiritual, moral and intellectual blindness.”
Sounds like a lot of supposed Christians that preach at me!
They lived in a kind of hippie commune, and their leader — a lecherous man in his 50s — frequented all the bars and pubs.
Sure sounds like most parish rectories to me. Poor silly, frightened man… his church is shrinking, fellow priest’s are not coming, women and gay folk are demanding some of his power. Well, Fr. Longnecker, “the Goddess is alive and magick is afoot!”
My goodness that ‘christian’ article is JUST SO FUNNY.
I am relaying that to all of my friends, and it has been bookmarked under ‘absolutely hilarious but also rather stupid.’ :B
I took the time to send the site owners an e-mail on what i thought of the article. it is completely respectful but i tell them how wrong they are for just deciding theses things about us with no research to prove it and i set a few things straight. Hopefully they will, in the future, be more mindful of the rubbish they post, but probably not seeing how christians are proned to self absorbancy and a severe “holier than thou” mentality.