Jennifer's Alternative Religions Blog March 2005 Archive

Feast of Luna, Interesting Times, Sacred Space
According to the Roman Calendar, March 31st is the feast day of Luna, Goddess of the moon (known to the Greeks as Selene). You can see some images of ... Read More

Thursday March 31, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

Scotland's Earth Goddess, Jerry Springer
Here's an interesting story: a mining company wants to dig a coal pit, but doing so would create an eyesore in the community. Their solution is to hire an ... Read More

Tuesday March 29, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

Psychologist sued for Witchcraft Lessons, Madonna offends again, Templar Fishiness
The Psychologist who was earlier accused of handing out lessons in witchcraft instead of therapy is being sued by another former patient for the same offense. Even after her ... Read More

Tuesday March 29, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

Vatican's Da Vinci Woes, Satanic Panic in Russia, Polygamist Forced to Choose
Seems the Vatican was more rattled by the Da Vinci Code phenomenon than they let on- enough, even, to make it the subject of an Easter Sermon. Officials ... Read More

Saturday March 26, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

Easter Stuff
Back by popular demand:Ostara's Hare: the Pagan origins of Easter The Dying God: Pagan resurrected Saviors. ...and on the third day... There's also the "Guess ... Read More

Thursday March 24, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

Backwards masking, Satanism in France, Imax and the Creationists
One of the weirder aspects of the 'Satanic Panic' of the eighties was the weird obsession with 'backwards masking,' where excited evangelicals would insist that satanic messages were cleverly encoded ... Read More

Wednesday March 23, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

Religious Freedom in Prisons, Gnostic Prada,
The Supreme Court is going to take up the case on religious freedom in prisons- specifically, the claims of Wiccans, Pagans, and others to have religious worship paraphanalia (including crystals, ... Read More

Monday March 21, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

Ostara, No Ruz, Mesopotamian New Year
Today is the Vernal Equinox, when the sun crosses the Celestial equator, and enters the sign of Aries. The Spring Equinox is one of the most ancient and Holidays. ... Read More

Sunday March 20, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

Sheela's Day, Fundamentalist Hypocrisy
Happy Sheela's day, everybody. (If you want to see more pictures of Sheela and similar characters, check out "Satan in the Groin," which covers a whole range of ... Read More

Friday March 18, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

St. Patrick, Shamrocks
I should probably mention St. Patrick today, but I'd just end up annoyed, so I won't. For the record, folks, the shamrock is a pre-Christian symbol. It was ... Read More

Thursday March 17, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

Scottish Wizards, Atlantis, Icke
Someone sifting through an online archive of the Scotsman found an old story about an influential family of Scottish wizards. Atlantis has been re-discovered for about the ten-thousandth time... ... Read More

Wednesday March 16, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

Church hits back on Da Vinci Code, Mary Magdalen, Hate Crime
The Catholic Church has apparently finally decided to comment on the Da Vinci Code...the verdict? "It's Lies, lies!"I'm so shocked.The Metahistory site has a great essay exploring the impact ... Read More

Wednesday March 16, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

Religious Dicrimination, Gnosis of Philip K. Dick
Rastafarians are understandably upset about a textbook that portrays a Rastafarian man snatching a purse. Worse, the image is even captioned "Rasta committing crime." Yikes.While we're still on ... Read More

Tuesday March 15, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

Reader Question, Prophet's CUT, Greed
Reader Daniel asks:I have a necklace that I really like. I bought it from an artist in Argentina/ Buenos Aires. At the end of the necklace there’s a symbol on ... Read More

Saturday March 12, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

Shinto ban on women, A Scanner Darkly, Wiccans not Tax Exempt
It's taken Japan a long time to decide whether gender equity is worth offending the Mountain Goddess. An old Shinto tradition that prevented women from entering mines is finally ... Read More

Friday March 11, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

Gnostic Witches, Christian Test
Found a great musing on Jordan Stratford's Gnostic Blog. Jordan relates Wicca's historic Thelemic ties and asks "Are Witches Gnostic? " (What is Gnosticism? )Someone pointed this out to ... Read More

Thursday March 10, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

Reader Question, Cult Quibbles
Reader Koen writes: I am desperately seeking for the meaning of Björk's tattoo, see picture. This image is a Norse "bind-rune." A bind rune is a runic charm or magical ... Read More

Wednesday March 9, 2005 | permalink | comments (1)

New Stuff, Scattered Thoughts, Hindu Spidey
Various and Sundry: If you're looking for "Constantine's Tattoo," you can find it in the Symbol Dictionary. A note: If you're going to borrow the picture or quote from ... Read More

Monday March 7, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

Ebay Miracle Breakfast, The Missing Jesus Freak
I'm sure you're all familiar with the various bizarre Ebay auctions that pop up from time to time, but I just can't imagine who is going to buy a banana ... Read More

Thursday March 3, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

Sufism in Saudi Arabia, Neopagan Abuse Rituals, Dr. Seuss and Kabbalah
Here's a frightening look at what it means to be a member of a minority sect in Saudi Arabia. Even as Crown Prince Abdullah attends the funeral service of ... Read More

Thursday March 3, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

Black Madonnas, Rapture Letter
If you haven't read the very insightful Jay Weidner, check out: The Return of the Black Madonna. A related article: Christianity's Lost Goddess: Mary Magdalene. (You can check ... Read More

Wednesday March 2, 2005 | permalink | comments (3)

"Illuminati Plots," Jack Parsons, Great Falls loses its appeal, Matronalia
Henry Makow states in his column "Throughout modern history Illuminati bankers have used "sexual liberation" to subvert society and establish their subtle tyranny. " He's then surprised when ... Read More

Tuesday March 1, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)