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4/24/2009
8:17:04 am EDT
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Witches, Magic And Spells: Wiccan Religion Fact And Fiction
Author: Adrianna Hopkins Source: WHAS11 (KY)
Title: WITCHES, MAGIC AND SPELLS: WICCAN RELIGION FACT AND FICTION
“Things are not quite what they seem.”
Forget what you’ve seen on TV.
“Can we ride brooms? No. We can’t ride brooms.”
Walk into Linda Tipton’s store “Moonstruck” and amid the altars, the candles, the herbs and the statues.
Linda Tipton said, “Paganism is real hard to explain. It doesn’t mean ungodly. It doesn’t mean that you don’t believe in any god. Most pagans believe in more than one god.”
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| Can't We Speak The Truth? | Apr 27th. at 11:14:29 am EDT
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Sickle (Mt. Jackson, Virginia) - Email Me
I would rather see this article be accurate and honest as opposed to being palatable to the general masses. There were a number of inaccuracies attributed to the Witch concerning Wicca which, should they be discovered by cowans, could potentially appear to be a means of hiding the truth about Wicca. Magick as prayer? Nay, although it does allow for the cowans to posssibly say to themselves, "They're not so different after all." Still, I'd rather it be said as it is instead of what's easiest to say.
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| Must've Been A Hot Issue... | Apr 26th. at 5:15:44 pm EDT
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R. T. Hummingbird ( (when I'm home) Jenks, Oklahoma) - Email Me
The news website has taken down the comments section on this article. A shame, because I wanted to see what everyone was saying about this story. I'd like to see something similar to this in Tulsa, OK.
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| ... | Apr 25th. at 8:18:39 am EDT
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anne369 (Amarillo, Texas) - Email Me
I always read the comment section of articles. I have noticed a promising trend. The amount of deragatory comments is declining. At times it is about 50%. Lately it has been much less than that. Acceptance and Tolerance are slow coming, but they are coming.
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| ) O ( I Liked It ) O ( | Apr 24th. at 5:02:29 pm EDT
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The Changeling (The Shire, Indiana) - Email Me
I was actually very pleased with this segment. I watched it this morning while I was getting ready for school and I must say that I was quite impressed. They portrayed Wicca the way that it should have been portrayed. They portrayed it as a beautiful, natural thing. It's true that they did not get everything completely correct, but they got the point across. They did not bash or insult in any way, so I saw nothing wrong with it at all. :) Personally, I found it very refreshing to see them welcome the topic with an open mind.
There will always be people who will never understand or accept us, but we cannot let them stand in our way of being proud of who we are and what we believe in. I'm glad that they aired the story, and I hope that it gives people a better understanding of what being Wiccan truly means.
(Although, their puns were annoying. Lol.)
Blessed Be. ) O (
The Changeling.
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| Its A Sad Day | Apr 24th. at 2:27:27 pm EDT
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Rev Snow Wolf (Louisville, Kentucky) - Email Me - Web
I know this may sound bad but I wish WHAS11 had not run this story at all. Go and look at the comment section of this news story on their website. It is becoming a giant hate war between Christians and Pagans, this is not something that we needed. As being a local of Louisville Kentucky and living very near her shop I can only wonder what backlash this will bring to our local community. I work with both "The Pagan Picnic in the Park" and "Pagan Pride Day" and I pray to my Lord Lugh that there will not be some sort of increase in protesters this year. I am not saying we have had a very big issue with this in the last few years but I am hoping it will stay that way.
Blessed Be,
Snow Wolf
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| Yes, Let Us Not Judge, | Apr 24th. at 1:44:56 pm EDT
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Ahr-Ohn (Bridgeport, Connecticut) - Email Me
Lest we court Embarrassment.
If we judge, we have a clue, as to where we can grow wiser, but to speak that judgement, is to clue others in.
Puff Piece on a local magic shop, and it's a time when people would want Something, ordained to bring them Magic.
What is Paganism? In Gospel of St. Thomas, Jesus is given to say, "If there are three gods, they are gods, but if there are two gods, or one, I'm with'em." Thus, the worship of Jesus is a paganism legitimate, under his teaching, but neither the Lord and Lady, nor the Penultimate, that he himself would choose to worship. (Gasp!!!) Jesus sanctified Heresy? Well, let's be cautious, in judging those who'd judge Heresy. From the Wu Wei, comes the T'aiChi; all else is the sort of Paganism that a Christian might minister to.
Beltain is being celebrated over several days? I'm trying to have a birthday party in the midst of that, and the wild confusion of those who'd miss my birthday to celebrate it, is really rather traditional.
Arawn Graalrd
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| Magic Vs Prayer | Apr 24th. at 11:04:49 am EDT
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Lady-hearted Mojo (Irving, Texas) - Email Me
“There are spells and the best way to think about spells is they’re like prayers. They’re like petitions to the god and goddess.
I'm always amazed by the number of people, from novices to clergy, that really don't get the difference between prayer and spellwork. No, a prayer is not the same thing as a spell, although, it's great PR to tell the world this. A prayer, by correct definition, is a petition to a higher being to intercede on the petitioner's behalf with the understanding that the petition may or may not be granted. Prayers, of course, can also include thanks-giving or just taking the time to talk with Deity. Magic, by correct defintion, is proactive. It is taking matters into one's own hands to bring about a desired a changed. Magic doesn't include the invocation of Deities and when it does it's no longer magic, but prayer regardless of what tools are used in conjunction with the prayer. This is one of the ways the some magicians of the Middle Ages and Rennaisance were able to keep themselves out of the torture chamber...the inclusion of Divine Names in their work made it prayer, not magic.
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| Not Bad Really | Apr 24th. at 10:52:25 am EDT
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RowanHawk (Scottsburg, Indiana) - Email Me
This is one of my local stations and the program was originally titled "Witches and Warlocks". After I seen the promos using that title for the story I emailed the station and asked them not to use the word Warlock and explained that the words meaning was basically "distrustfull one". I also explained that a male Witch was simply referred to as a Witch. I was quite suprised to find that they dropped the warlock part. I thought they handled the subject rather well with the possible exception of the dark lighting that I suppose was intended to give an eery look! Oh well I guess we can't expect too much!
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