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Mysterious Pits May Be Signs of Modern Witchcraft

Mysterious Pits May Be Signs of Modern Witchcraft

Evidence of pagan rituals involving swans and other birds in the Cornish countryside in the 17th century has been uncovered by archaeologists.

Since 2003, 35 pits at the site in a valley near Truro in Cornwall have been excavated containing swan pelts, dead magpies, unhatched eggs, quartz pebbles, human hair, fingernails and part of an iron cauldron.

The finds have been dated to the 1640s, a period of turmoil in England when Cromwellian Puritans destroyed any links to pre-Christian pagan England. It was also a period when witchcraft attracted the death sentence.

Jacqui Wood, leading the excavations, has not traced any written or anecdotal evidence of the rituals, which would have involved a significant number of people over a long period. There are no records of similar practices anywhere else in the world.

Wood, an archaeologist who has advised on the discovery in 1991 of Europe’s oldest human mummy, the “Iceman”, in an Alpine glacier, has been digging at the site at Saveock Water for the past eight years.

Saveock Water was, in the 17th century, a community of five houses whose occupants worked at a nearby mill.

Human occupation of the site dates to prehistoric times but some of the activity uncovered was more recent. A stone-lined spring that may have been a “holy well” was full of offerings from the 17th century, including 125 strips of cloth from dresses, cherry stones and nail clippings.

There was evidence that the well had been filled and the site destroyed to hide what went on there.

Each of the feather pits, which are about 40 cm square by 17 cm deep (15 by 6in), have been carefully lined with the intact pelt of one swan and contain other bird remains.

The pits where the contents were intact also contained a leaf parcel holding stones that experts have traced to Swanpool beach, 15 miles away, an area famed for its swan population.

“Killing a swan would have been incredibly risky at this time because they are the property of the Crown,” said Wood.

There was a particularly macabre discovery in one of the feather pits: fifty-seven unhatched eggs ranging in size from a bantam to a duck. They were flanked by the bodies of two magpies, birds that have long been the subject of superstition in Cornish folklore.

The organic remains survived because they were preserved in the water-logged ground. Although the shells of the eggs had dissolved, the membrane remained, revealing chicks shortly before they were due to hatch.

“A lot of the paganism of the Celts was wiped out by the Romans, but not in Cornwall,” said Wood. “Swan feathers had a connection with fertility. It’s possible these offerings were being left. Then, if there was a conception, nine months later the person would return to empty the pit.”

Wood will deliver a paper on the feather pits at the World Archaeology Conference in Dublin in June.

“Often when secret rituals are abandoned people will talk about ‘things that were done in my grandmother’s day’ but there has been no whisper of this,” Wood speculated. “It really makes me wonder whether that is because it is still going on.”

Burnt, hanged and drowned

— The pits were created in the 17th century when the law stated “thou shalt not suffer a witch to live”

— Thousands of women, the vast majority innocent, were burnt, hanged or drowned

— The first Witchcraft Act was passed in 1541

— In the mid-16th century, when it was believed that the plague was the work of sorcery, persecution of witches reached a frenzy

— The death penalty for witchcraft ended in 1735

— Last week the Scottish Parliament was asked to approve a pardon for the 4,000 people killed

— The last person to be convicted was Jane Rebecca Yorke, a medium who was fined five pounds in 1944 for claiming to be able to contact dead servicemen

Lisa Simpson: The World’s Most Famous Wiccan

Lisa Simpson: The World’s Most Famous Wiccan

Author: Zan Fraser
Posted: January 3rd. 2010
Original Article Posted at http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=usny&c=words&id=13713

I am convinced that a major milestone in the progression of Wicca into the public consciousness was achieved on Nov 29, 2009, when The Simpsons aired “Rednecks and Broomsticks” (Season 21, Episode 7) , in which Lisa Simpson “came into” her Wicca-hood.

The Simpsons’ place as a unique representation of American culture, brilliantly refracted through a particularly demented form of parody, is too well known to require establishment. It has been therefore all the more intriguing to discern hints and whiffs of Wicca drifting throughout the show in later years.

As so much of the The Simpsons’ humor derives from the non-sequitur, I find that I am unable to recall from which episode exactly the following exchange derives, but as an example: Bart and Lisa are having a fight, wrestling with each other on the floor. Marge tells them to stop. Bart protests that, “Lisa put a speeeell on meeee” (waggling his hands to indicate sorcery) . Lisa goes, “It’s called Wicca and it’s empowering!” Bart goes, “It’s a Hollywood fad!” Lisa goes, “That’s Kabbalah, you idiot!” And they go back to wrestling.

There are many other examples: a sight gag outside of Springfield Park advertising “Witches’ Coven meeting tomorrow.” Homer telling Ned, his neighbor and enemy (in the episode where Homer believes that he has discovered the date of the Rapture, when Ned wants to join Homer’s “pre-Rapture party”) : “Noooo Ned- weeee’re- Gaaaay- Wiiitches- for abortion!” And Homer whips the drapes shut. Never mind the Halloween episode “Easy-Bake Coven, ” which skewers the Salem Witch-trials while telling the story of the “first caramel-cod.”

In fact, some of us Simpsons fans have been making predictions for a few years now that the show is gearing up to a story-line involving Lisa embracing Wicca- which prediction came true at the end of this past November. Whilst hiding in the woods playing a game of hide-and-seek with the slow-witted children of slack-jawed yokel Cletus, Lisa comes across the initially alarming sight of three robed figures chanting in the woods beneath a full moon, boiling herbs in a cauldron. The mysterious ritualists pull back their hoods to reveal that they are all three girls like Lisa and introduce themselves: “We’re Wiccans!”

Effectively the seventh episode of the twenty-first season of the The Simpsons officially introduces Wicca into the Springfield universe (causing me to wonder if someone did not plan that, as there seems an awfully lot of permutations of the magical numbers 3 and 7 going on in that air-date) .

While Wicca has appeared in other shows, notably the fantasies Charmed and Buffy the Vampire-Slayer (a short-lived show called Three Moons Over Milford also featured a teen-aged girl who was a Wiccan) , there has never been a more famous “personality” than Lisa Simpson to embrace Wicca, on a show of the scope and cultural significance of The Simpsons (a peculiarly Simpsons-like irony is that we are talking about a cartoon character, voiced brilliantly by actress Yeardley Smith, as if she were a real celebrity) .

In the twenty-one years of the show’s broadcasting, Lisa has arguably undergone the most personality development of any of the characters. From starting the series as a brainy, but depressed and alienated little girl (an early episode has her telling Bart, “Having never received any words of encouragement myself, I can only imagine what they are supposed to sound like, but here goes”) , Lisa has embraced the artistic expression of jazz, a potent sense of feminist identity, a passionate commitment to the environment and vegetarianism, and a spiritual awakening into Buddhism.

Whereas Homer and Bart (for instance) remain remarkably unfazed by twenty-one years of doings and mishaps, Lisa’s storylines frequently find her challenged by a new understanding or realization, which she must then adopt into her worldview- in other words, despite being a cartoon figure, she has “grown” as a character in the course of what is currently America’s longest running television series.

All the more fascinating that “Rednecks and Broomsticks” not only introduces Lisa to Wicca, the second half of the show has her initiated in a circle of candles in the woods (with atmospheric music playing on an I-Pod and utilizing the traditional exchange “How do you enter the Circle? With perfect Love and perfect Trust”) ; the show concludes with a radiant Lisa experiencing the joy of spiritual rebirth so familiar to many who journey the Pagan pathways. (The show also ends with the apparent promise of future conflict with Ned Flanders, the Simpsons’ very-Christian next-door neighbor. We discover that Ned keeps an emergency “Witchcraft Advisory” on his speed-dial and frets that, “Buddhism has led directly to Witchcraft- ooh and she’s teleconferencing with the Devil using that computer from Hell!”)

This refers to one of the episode’s best sight gags: Lisa’s looking up “Wicca-pedia, ” the “Wiccan homepage, ” on the Internet.

Bart: “Is that a Pentagram I see? Lisa! You’ve gone over to the dark side!”

Lisa corrects him and affirms for the second time her interest in learning more about Wicca. (She has already told the Wiccan girls whom she has met that she is interested in Wicca, asking them, “Are you a minority group as defined by Ivy League admissions?” When informed, “We worship Nature, ” Lisa responds joyfully, “I worship Nature!” Lisa’s fierce and established devotion to the cause of environmentalism is apparently what helps “seal the Wiccan deal” for her, as she has discovered a spiritual path that- even more so than Buddhism- specifically treats as sacred the natural world of Mother Gaia.)

The show’s depiction of Wiccans is no cheekier than their portrayal of anyone or anything else. As was the case with Buffy the Vampire-Slayer and Three Moons Over Milford, the Springfield Wiccans are adolescent girls. A stroke of Simpsons-brilliance cast Neve Campbell as the lead-Wiccan; Ms. Campbell is of course famous for being one of the Witch-girls in the cult-teen-Witch flick The Craft.

Tattoos and Goth eyeliner indicate characters with an edgy sort of vibe, while the self-identification of one of the girls as “Gwendolyn NightShadow” pokes gentle fun at the practice of Wiccan “Names.” So too does the somewhat self-conscious style of the girls’ “Wiccan-speak”: “Come, Sisters of the Elements- let us depart this place in a manner most Wiccan!” (This means, “Text your mom to come pick us up.”)

The Simpsons, of course, exist to satirize everybody; even so, the “Intro to Wicca” episode depicts Wicca fairly. When Lisa meets the Wiccan Coven, they are gathered in a snowy wood on a luminous night, explaining to Lisa that they are conducting an Esbat, which they describe as “an ancient ritual celebrating the full moon.”

Lilith is apparently their patron-Goddess (perhaps the Lilith Fair music festivals had something to do with this) . Lisa discovers them chanting to their Deity, “Dark is She, but brilliant! Black are Her wings- black on black!” Later (in the hysterical aftermath during which it is believed that the Wiccans’ magic has cursed the citizens of Springfield- Simpsons episodes can be difficult to explain) the girls again appeal to their Divinity: “Goddess Lilith who knows our hearts are pure- Oh Queen of Magic, show our persecutors that they are blind!”

The show references the old “dunking stool, ” a barbaric device used to determine a Witch’s “guilt” by immersing her underwater; there is also a mention of Miller’s play The Crucible. This portion of the episode is meant (I believe) to remind of the Persecution Times; the Wiccan girls are saved from dunking, however, when Lisa comes running up at the last minute: “Don’t dip those Wiccans!” (She has figured out that the town’s blindness was caused by the dumping of moonshine into the water-supply during the moonshine competition- the episode is called “Rednecks and Broomsticks, ” remember.)

Another great line comes during Lisa’s woodlands initiation into Wicca. Just as they are about to pour grape juice into a chalice (cause they’re kids, right?) , Police Chief Wiggum jumps out to arrest them: “Do NOT sanctify that Witch!”

What follows is Springfield’s “first Witch trial in twelve years”; anti-Witch protestors demonstrate outside the courthouse with placards that read: “Brooms are for sweeping”; “Now Burn the Coven” (read downwards, this forms “NBC”) ; and “Bewitched was a terrible movie!” (Homer also has a super “Homer line” in the show, albeit one without connection to Wicca: “Ohhhh- why do my actions have to have consequences?”)

Despite the typically hysterical Springfield over-reaction to the introduction of Wiccans into the Springfield community, the show ends on a charming note, as Lisa skates gracefully on a frozen lake (the show has taken place during winter) . While Donovan’s 1966 psychedelic hit Season of the Witch plays, she carves out a perfect circle in the ice.

The conclusion seems to hint at a wonderful new future opening for Lisa as she is increasingly guided by the precepts and Deities of Wicca. She says as much herself when she observes of the Wiccan girls (who have begun to call her “Sister Lisa”) : “They believe in friendship and respecting the earth- and they made me feel cool- cool! Me- Lisa Simpson!”

Lisa’s loneliness and alienated detachment have been storyline-staples and the source of characteristic humor since the program’s beginning. A significant new phase is opened in the development of Lisa’s personality with the realization that- in Wiccans- she has found kindred spirits.

Blessed be, Lisa Simpson.

ABOUT… Zan Fraser Location: New York City, New York Website: http://www.witchvox.com/books/dt_bk.html?id=1553

Send the troops love this holiday season!

Today I was in the store and over heard a converstation that went to this effect

Hey Ed how you doing today, Merry Christmas and what have you…

Well it would be a lot better if Steve’s son hadn’t just committed suicide. You see he was deployed in Afghanistan and he was having a real time of it, and had asked several times if he could come home, but they wouldn’t send him. He had even tried going A Wall, and that didn’t help….Steve and Sheri are really torn up about it, and the whole family is just in a slump. Steve said that Sheri is so depressed that she hasn’t eaten anything in 3 days….

There are a lot of ways you can support our Armed Forces overseas this Christmas Season. Taking a few minutes out of your holidays to thank our servicemen in some small way really makes a difference. Sending Christmas Cards, care packages, long distance prepaid phone cards, or donations to the USO and other support organizations can mean a lot when you’re sitting 3,000 miles from home in a foreign country.

Due to the nature of the locations and for the safety of our troops, it’s best to go through a legitimate and authorized organization. Many communities have local National Guard and Reserve Units that you can contact to offer your help and contributions. You can also volunteer time, donate money and items, or even just send a Christmas Card.

I know some companies that have adopted military units and have ongoing programs to support the men and women in many ways. Offering help to families who’s primary bread winner is serving his country can be another way you can help out. Helping out at your local VA Hospital or helping soldiers who have recently returned to civilian life is great too.

Small gestures can mean a lot to our troops. Just to know that someone appreciates their efforts and would like to thank them for their service can have a big impact. Letters, cards, and gifts from home can cheer up any soldier’s day. This is especially true during the holidays.

A good way to find local military units is to go to the National Guard website at http://www.ng.mil and go to the Resources page and click on the national map. That will give you the local websites of the National Guard and any support groups information. Another easy way is to contact your local recruiting office for any of the services. They can direct you to local and national groups that support our troops.

If you belong to a club, civic group, or other organization a great way to celebrate the holidays is to participate in some way to show your support. Sending CDs or DVDs with Christmas music, a care package with Christmas cookies and treats, have everyone buy a Christmas card and get friends and neighbors to sign it. Donate a toy to charity in the name of your favorite soldier and send them a post card about it.

Whenever I travel I make it a point to stop and thank servicemen I see in airports. I’ve seen so many people offer their thanks and support, a small gesture, but I can tell by the looks on the recipients that it helps. So this holiday season, whenever you travel, make an extra effort to stop and acknowledge any soldier and wish them well.

After all, the holidays should be all about spreading good will and making someone’s day just a little better. And who better than one of our own soldiers, serving his duty for our country. Many of our troops will be in harms way and far from home this holiday season and anything we can do to show our appreciation is a very good thing.

Surviving Christmas Alone

Not being with the people you love during the holidays is difficult, and I am sorry you will not be with your family this year. The holidays are about good will and cheer, yet they do bring on a swirl of emotions about the previous year, and being away from family doesn’t help. No matter what age you are, there’s nothing wrong with wanting to bring back the magic of being a kid at Christmas. Being an adult means many things, but it doesn’t mean you have to have a stiff upper-lip when it comes to a holiday away from family. One way to counteract this and rekindle your Christmas spirit is by spending time with those people who are less fortunate.

There are countless opportunities to volunteer and be with other people on Christmas. Just Google “volunteer on Christmas Day” brings up a variety of ways to be of service. The siteVolunteerMatch.org offers opportunities within your zip code. You can also call your local hospital and inquire about ways to spread Holiday cheer to sick children or patients who have to spend the holidays in a hospital bed.

Giving your time to someone who will really cherish it is the best gift of all. Isn’t that what Christmas is about anyway? And after you spend some time being of service, it will be wonderful to call your family and share with them how you transformed being alone at Christmas to bringing a little Christmas into some needy hearts. Moreover, you will really see that giving is the ultimate form of receiving.

Also, don’t be bashful about telling your friends you are homesick and not able to be with your family! I can recall a few times I found out a friend was alone for the holidays and my first reaction was always, “Why didn’t you tell me? You could have spent Christmas with my family.” People are usually very open with invitations this time of year. Not only is it in the spirit of Christmas, but most people love the idea of having a friend as a “buffer” at family gatherings!

It really is easy to start spinning in your mind that you are alone when not in the usual company of family and friends at home for the holidays. It’s important to remember that while you may not physically be there, you are far from being alone. Call your family and friends (maybe they would split investing in an affordable webcams so you can Skype each other), get out to volunteer, and see if there are friends in your city to spend time with. Especially with the economic crunch we are in, you may be surprised by the number of people you know in the same boat.

Most importantly, don’t let the image of what a holiday “should” be dictate your feelings. This time of year is filled with movies and advertisements that oversell this time of year promote false expectations. Focus on what this season is really about: love and gratitude – not presents and parties. You can still fill yourself with the same feelings of love, friendship, and compassion that are at the core of the holiday season if you just look.

ACLU going to far

The ACLU sent a letter dated Nov. 11 asking the city to “end the unlawful endorsement of religion,” claiming that the city paid for animals used in a Nativity scene. The letter accused the city of violating the First Amendment.

In the letter, the ACLU claimed the city paid $200 for animals used in a Nativity scene co-sponsored by Grace Church of the Nazarene.
Piper confirmed the city spent the money two years ago — not last year as the letter claims — the exhibit’s first year at “Christmas on the Cumberland.” The scene will be on display from 6 to 9 p.m. Dec. 11 and 12 this year at McGregor Park pavilion.

New life in place of a fallen friend

Well the Wensday before Thanksgiving my cat Draco passed away. He wasn’t really my cat but more of my nieces cat that she had since her first day of Kindergarten, and shes in the 3rd grade now.

Well after having taken his remains to the humane society we found our new little kitten “Bella” and she being a kitten is anything but sweet! She is very active and destructive and into everything.
She is becoming more of my cat than my niece as she wants nothing to do with her really, and that is fine as I have been kinda lonely and wanting something to smother with love lol.

So here is a picture of my “not a lot a bit a kitty, just a little bit a kitty” that’s what I say to her all the time.

Mr. Overon and Bella 12/5/2009

Good Soup

Here is what I made tonight, the turkey can be subbed with any type of meat, pork roast, ham, and especially chicken.

Now you can add chicken stock/broth to it or you can boil up what ever meat your going to use and use the whole thing of water that you boiled the meat up in. Now if your using already cooked meat like left over chicken or turkey, I would suggest adding some canned broth to the crockpot and just cooking it up in there.

Reoccuring themes

This post is for my Keen callers, but really for anyone now that I think about it. Over the past few weeks I have noticed a trend with the readings that I have been giving, and many of them have been about love and relationships, however, others have been about what life is throwing at you.

Right now things across the board are just wacked, and energies are out of alignment. Really things will look up in the new year, the time period that you should be looking for these changes is between the mid of January to the mid of February.
I promise you that you are not the only one going at this alone, there are others out there and many of you, if I were to sit you down in the same room together would be amazed with how much you all are alike with your problems and situations.

I need to stress one thing to my single readers/callers dont force or rush a relationship, its not going to be worth it. I know you are tired of being alone and dont want to spend the holidays by yourself, but right now is not a time to be forming relationships, because they wont last very long.
The time for that is coming. Please just hang in there a while longer. I also know that some of you have experienced loss over the last few months (September to Now) and its hard to deal with, but remember that God never deals us out more than what we can handle.  YOU are strong, smart, and capable of accomplishing much.

I will remind you of my theory of people and how they relate to us and trees.

You have your leaves, these are the people who come in and out of your life. Sometimes they are good, sometimes they are bad, but always they teach us a lesson. Dont hold on to these people because they will never be able to stay.

You have your branches, these are the people who are in your life that you think you can lean on and count on for support. But much like  a tree branch, sometimes they look strong but you get far enough out on it and it will break. Dont bother trying to look to these people as a method of support, because you will always fall.

You then have your roots, these are the people in your life that give you foundation and stability. They are the ones who hold you up, show you where to go, and where you have come from. No matter how many leaves or branches your tree has, as long as you have one or two good strong roots you will never be alone. Dont try to make a leaf a branch, nor a branch a root, you will be doing yourself a unjustice.
Sure its gonna hurt like hell when a branch or a leaf leaves your life, especially if you’ve connected with them or have had a romance with. Learn your lessons from them, take the good with the bad, and move on. A lot of times we have to kiss a million frogs before we find out price/princess.

The point im trying to make with this post is not to dispare, dont allow negative thoughts to creep into your head, dont let depression darken your doorstep. The energy you send out is what is drawn to you. If you are thinking negative all the time, then you are only going to draw that in. Try to always see the light at the end of the tunnel, always look at the glass as half full.

Connect or reconnect with your higher power, and turn your problems over to them, and if all else fails remember you always have someone to talk to by calling me at 1-800-275-5336 *03732137

Love and Light

Mr. Overon!

my christmas tree

This is my humble little christmas tree, with its unique little ornaments and each with its own story to tell. From the 5 little clay patriotic Uncle Sam ornaments to the Frog Price. Some stories priceless, others tragic.

I know that it is kinda early to put it up, but when it brings such beauty and joy into the house, why not right? Being Pagan people ask me all the time, why do you have a christmas tree. Well Christmas is actually a Pagan holiday known as Solstice.