WiccanWeb.caCanadian Wicca & Pagan community site offering daily updated news, resources, events and informationHappy Canada Day, eh- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Civic literacy lament CHCH News Published: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 Canadians from coast to coast marked our 141st birthday as Prime Minister Stephen Harper extolled his countrymen to celebrate what unites them and be proud of Canada's many hues, languages and histories. Unfortunately according to a new poll it appears Canadians know more about the history and politics of our neighbours to the south than they do about their own country. Case in point, while 75% of Canadians know that..http://www.wiccanweb.ca/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2044... Quarrying protest- (Found July 2, 2008 ) By Joanna Davis A FIGHT to save coastal land from quarrying united druids, morris men, councillors and families on a damp cliff-top. Members of pagan group the Dolmen Grove braved soggy conditions to see in the summer solstice at Portland Bill while staging a protest against stone extraction plans. The group asked non-pagans to join them in a bid to raise awareness about the threatened land. The ceremony saw drums banged, chants made and talks given by archaeologists about the significance of..http://www.wiccanweb.ca/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2043... Honouring His Goatness- (Found July 2, 2008 ) by Desmond F. Kelly In the town of Killorglin in County Kerry, the reins of power are handed to a wild billy goat once a year. It's an opportunity for the people to let out their inner beast -- and for tourists to party the night away. The crowning of a king has always been cause for celebration. In the small town of Killorglin in the south-west corner of Ireland, it still is -- with a hitch. The king in question is a goat. "King Puck" is one of the last regents of Ireland, though his reign...http://www.wiccanweb.ca/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2043... The naked judge in a courtroom drama- (Found July 2, 2008 ) The old woman was a principal witness in the celebrated case. She came to testify that another woman was a witch. She had all the documents to that effect. She was not merely mimicking Malik Kweku Baako. Like him she claimed she had solid proof. The bizarre case had drawn a multitude to the courthouse and the judge was clearly having a field-day as the centre of attraction. He felt extremely important on this occasion. A middle-aged woman stood calmly in the dock, accused of dispatching...http://www.wiccanweb.ca/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2043... The Magick Power of the Spoken Word- (Found July 2, 2008 ) by Whispering Woods coven Since most folks who identify themselves as pagan these days came from other belief systems, I have to wonder about the awareness of some of the basic aspects of magick. One of these basic aspects is the power of the spoken word. What, you may ask, in the spoken word carries power Well, think about it. When we do ritual we use the spoken word. When we do invocations and evocations we use the spoken word. When we cast magickal spells (energy work) we use the spoken..http://www.wiccanweb.ca/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2042... Experts see activity that spooks many- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Don Carter is a skeptic, so he is careful not to say that Milford is haunted. But the paranormal investigator devotes two chapters to the city in his new book "Connecticut's Seaside Ghosts" (Schiffer Publishing Co., $14.99) and said in a recent interview that he could have written much more on Milford. "The cemetery alone and the stories there are worth their own book," he said. Carter and a team from the New England Paranormal Video Research Group first came here in October 2006, to visit the.http://www.wiccanweb.ca/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2042... Myth and Magic Infuse Chilean Island- (Found July 2, 2008 ) by Julie McCarthy As a setting for supernatural spirits, witches and warlocks Chiloe lacks for nothing. The atmosphere on this tear-shaped island crackles like a fire on a storm-swept afternoon. A 20-minute ferry ride off of Chile's southwest coast, Chiloe was the last stronghold of the Spanish conquistadors in Chilean territory. The beliefs, superstitions and legends brought from colonial Spain mixed with those of the original indigenous inhabitants. A rich legacy of myth and magic infuses...http://www.wiccanweb.ca/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2042... Texas High Court Says Exorcism Claims Entangle Court in Religious Dispute- (Found July 2, 2008 ) In Pleasant Glade Assembly of God v. Schubert, (TX Sup. Ct., June 27, 2008), in a 6-3 decision, the Texas Supreme Court yesterday rejected a lower court's award of damages to young woman for false imprisonment and assault by the senior pastor, youth minister and several members of an Assembly of Gods Church. The lawsuit grew out of psychological injuries suffered by then 17-year old Laura Schubert from a "laying of hands" on her to exorcise demonic forces from her. The court held that deciding..http://www.wiccanweb.ca/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2042... Herbalist, a healing tradition of women- (Found July 2, 2008 ) By Susan Shelly Herbalist practices craft that was common among women of an earlier era. Like her ancestors, Susan Hess understands and respects the offerings of nature, and puts to use the flowers and herbs that trail over fence posts and spread across the gardens and fields of her idyllic farm. A therapeutic herbalist, Hess, 48, cuts and gathers yarrow, plantain, dandelion, violet, catnip, elder, mint, lemon balm and more from the South Coventry Township, Chester County, property. From their.http://www.wiccanweb.ca/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2042... Crow Divination- (Found July 2, 2008 ) It is possible to foretell coming events through careful attention to the cries and behaviour of crows. As we may see, the practice of divining from bird calls, properly called auspicy in the English language, appears to originate in China. Yet, as narrowly concerned with crows, it would seem the practice is an Indo-Tibetan invention with symbiotic relationship to Chinese methods. The tradition with which I am most familiar comes to Tibet from India. The first written record of which I am...http://www.wiccanweb.ca/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2042... |