Today marks the Vernal Equinox, when the sun crosses the Celestial equator, and enters the sign of Aries, signalling the beginning of Spring. The Spring Equinox is one of the most ancient and Holidays. In ancient times, it was a day of mourning for the consort of the Goddess, the Dying God.

It is known to Neopagans as Ostara, the feast day of the Goddess Easter, the Anglo-Saxon counterpart of the ancient Mesopotamian Goddess Ishtar. It is also the first day of the New Year in the Zoroastrian Calendar, No Ruz, or "New Day." Here's a bit of history on Mesopotamian New Year festivals.

The now-infamous Da Vinci Code trial is wrapping up today, with a verdict expected some time this afternoon. Interestingly, the book is at the center of a strange controversy- the suicide of a Hertfordshire monk is blamed on the faith-shattering ideas discussed in the book.

Professional liar-for-hire William Schnoebelen- the ex-Freemason, ex-Witch, Ex-Satanist, Ex-Voodoo-priest, and ex-Mormon who makes his living spreading nonsense about all five groups, is at it again. You can read his latest perversion of logic here. (My favorite hypocrisy: "Both Witches and Masons revere the powers of human reproduction" Funny, I haven't encountered Masons OR Wiccans trying to ban birth control...that would be Schnoebelen's crowd.)

An Indian mob has murdered five members of a family accused of witchcraft in India, decapitating an elderly man and four of his children near a police station in Guwahati.

This week's Jesus apparitions: clouds, fishbones. His mother, not to be outdone, also appears in a cloud, six different rocks (at bargain prices), a bottle cap, a wall, and a chunk of firewood.