Jennifer's Alternative Religions Blog September 2003 Archive

New at Alternative religions: Adinkra Symbols In the Forum: "With all this talk of gods and Gods ... Read More

Tuesday September 30, 2003 | permalink | comments (0)

Hoodoo- An American magical tradition
Interest in African rooted spiritual traditions such as Voodoo, Santeria, and Palo is growing steadily in the US, but few are aware that Hoodoo, a unique fusion of American folk ... Read More

Friday September 26, 2003 | permalink | comments (0)

Keep your faith, lose your job?
Muslims in post-Sept. 11 America may be the most frequent target for unfair treatment, but they aren’t alone. Christians, Jews, Sikhs, Hindus and others all experience religious discrimination in the ... Read More

Sunday September 21, 2003 | permalink | comments (0)

Blaming Crowley?
I had to post this oddity...an editorial blaming, of all people, Aleister Crowley for the Catholic Church's pedophilia problem.Aleister Crowley's legacy

Thursday September 18, 2003 | permalink | comments (0)

India's Parsi population on verge of extinction
BOMBAY: Khorshed Driver is 72, single and lives with her 96-year-old mother in Bombay. That's not at all unusual for India's tiny and dwindling Parsi community, or Zoroastrians, who fled ... Read More

Wednesday September 17, 2003 | permalink | comments (1)

Druid arrested at tree hearing
A man dressed as an Arch Druid has been arrested at a court hearing in Nottinghamshire. The County Court in Mansfield was dealing with an application for a housing ... Read More

Wednesday September 17, 2003 | permalink | comments (0)

Speak of the Devil
Mingling cheerfully in the DoubleTree Hotel's nondescript lobby one recent Saturday evening, the few dozen attendees of the SMART seminar in Windsor Locks could have been mistaken for any name-tagged ... Read More

Wednesday September 17, 2003 | permalink | comments (0)

Praying for peace
Heads turned and eyes widened on a recent postcard-perfect day last week on the corner of Fifth Street and Paterson Plank Road. Traffic came to a standstill at the sight ... Read More

Wednesday September 17, 2003 | permalink | comments (0)

The Affair of the Poisons
By the time the Chambre Ardente finally disbanded, 34 poisoners and practitioners of the occult had been executed, two had died under torture, a marshal of France had been put ... Read More

Wednesday September 17, 2003 | permalink | comments (0)

Sikh sues Delta Airlines
A Sikh businessman has filed a lawsuit against an American airline alleging racial profiling, intimidation and harassment during a domestic flight last November. The suit, believed to be the first legal ... Read More

Wednesday September 17, 2003 | permalink | comments (0)

Hollywood Diva Jennifer Lopez's Santeria religion is getting a lot of media attention lately...it has been described by reporters as "a form of Voodoo," a "quasi religion," "weird," and worse. ... Read More

Sunday September 14, 2003 | permalink | comments (0)

"Need people of alt religion for Grad project"
Forum member Siijin asks: Hi, I need some people who are not shy and would let me interview of film for my grad project. I'm in Venango county and I'll go ... Read More

Sunday September 14, 2003 | permalink | comments (0)

Court rules in favor of Ayahuasca
DENVER — A New Mexico church was handed a small victory Thursday when a federal appeals court ruled its use of hallucinogenic tea was likely to be protected under freedom ... Read More

Wednesday September 10, 2003 | permalink | comments (0)

Hail to the Goddess on top of Windy Knowe
TWO Druids, a band of musicians and a fervent congregation of pagans succeeded in invoking the spirit of a 3000-year-old Goddess — twice — on top of Windy Knowe, a ... Read More

Friday September 5, 2003 | permalink | comments (0)

In the forum
Crowley: Genius or Malefactor? Are Monkeys religious? (you might be surprised) Are witches born or made? Virgin Mary...someone to worship? Post your own topic

Wednesday September 3, 2003 | permalink | comments (0)

Portrait of a peaceful religion
Bahai originated with a holy man known as The Bab in 19th Century Iran, and his most devoted follower, Baha u llah. Bahais believe that people of all religions worship one ... Read More

Wednesday September 3, 2003 | permalink | comments (0)

Mandeans affected by Iraq war
The Mandeans, or Sabeans as they are known in Iraq, are still awaiting news of 73 others, all of who disappeared during the 40 years Saddam's Baath Party was in ... Read More

Wednesday September 3, 2003 | permalink | comments (0)

Could this be the son of God?
The man sitting opposite me is known variously as Vissarion, the Teacher, and Jesus of Siberia, and is indeed a dead ringer for the iconic images of Christ - beard ... Read More

Monday September 1, 2003 | permalink | comments (0)