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By Jennifer Emick, About.com Guide to Alternative Religions since 2002

Exorcism (Mary Rose), Baha'u'llah, Witch Fears in Africa

Monday November 14, 2005

A very interesting account of the Exorcism of Mary Rose. This is not so much about the movie as the actual event and related stories of exorcism gone wrong.

Yesterday's celebrations of Baha'i Faith founder Baha'u'llah was covered pretty thinly, but an event in Delaware brought some attention (pictures, too)

Efforts to supplement the meager diets of African children has hit a snag...suspicion of witchcraft. Parents are reportedly reluctant to allow their children to attend public feedings for fear they will be enchanted by witches.

The New Yorker's Adam Gopnik examines the American evangelical's misplaced (and increasingly obsessive) affection for CS Lewis: Prisoner of Narnia

Nifty: The Mithraeum of Saarbrücken

Funny: On the Effectiveness of Aluminium Foil Helmets: An Empirical Study

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