Jennifer's Alternative Religions Blog July 2005 Archive

Bad Week for Bigotry
A few more items for this week's festival of intolerance: The burning of an elderly South African couple labeled sorcerors by hysterical neighbors, one of many in a tremendous surge ... Read More

Saturday July 30, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

Confused Police, Witch Doctor Sued
Looks like the NYPD need some sensitivity training, or at least some practice at identifying religious dress: a group of five Sikh sightseers were handcuffed after a bus driver decided ... Read More

Friday July 29, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

Bizarre Tales, Two Sides of the Kabbalah Coin
Here's an odd little story: A man believing his "mentor" was psychically attacking him with the aid of the ghost of Aleister Crowley walked seven miles in a miner's ... Read More

Wednesday July 27, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

Scientology
...gives you a rash. (Seriously, this is what the tabloids would have you believe. I guess it was a slow "making up the news" day.) Feast of Sleipnir, Sothis ... Read More

Tuesday July 26, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

Jain & Cathar, Da Vinci Denial, More Witchcraft Stupidity
In what was referred to as the "ultimate purification rite," a Jain ascetic in India has intentionally starved herself to death. I find the parallels between this practice and ... Read More

Sunday July 24, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

Church Battles "Da Vinci Code," Scientology Silliness
The Catholic Church is now apparently so worried about the effects of the "Da Vinci Code" that they're putting together their own attack site in an attempt to counteract the ... Read More

Friday July 22, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

WM3 WORLDWIDE AWARENESS DAY
Anyone who’s seen Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky’s brutal, haunting documentaries Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills and Paradise Lost 2: Revelations has likely never forgotten them. ... Read More

Thursday July 21, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

Witches Celebrating, Katie's "Mind Control"
Looks like Witches in Australia will be partying tomorrow, as anti-witchcraft laws are repealed. Oh, look- some more feigned 'concern' over the mental well being of the poor dumb ... Read More

Thursday July 21, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

Here's a good way for Katherine Harris to blow taxpayer money: on kabbalah water-for trees. The water is ordinary tap water, "blessed" by a Kabbalah Center guru, ... Read More

Wednesday July 20, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

It's for Your Own Protection!
An Indian government will soon pass a law supposedly intended to protect women from witchcraft accusations. How does it work? Easy- it makes witchcraft a jailable offense with ... Read More

Tuesday July 19, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

Harry Potter hysteria season has officially begun. Looks like the kabbalah center's attracted some negative vibes. Here's a news item that read like the intro to an old ... Read More

Sunday July 17, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

New Images
There are new additions to the Celtic Knots Gallery, the Faces of Death Gallery, and the Masonic Images section.

Saturday July 16, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

In case you're wondering where I've been: Props to Andre at Wicked (Berkeley) Here's a silly story that's been picking up steam: a Wiccan spell is getting ... Read More

Thursday July 14, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

Witch Hunts Happen Here
Apparently in some parts of the country, a coffee habit means you're a witch. Today is the birthday of John Dee, Queen Elizabeth's 007 and the Grandfather of ... Read More

Wednesday July 13, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

New Symbols, Texts
There are new entries in the library and the Symbol Glossary. Science News has an interesting article on Sleep paralysis: Night of the CrusherParrot groks "zero?" Heavy.Two women ... Read More

Tuesday July 12, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

The Trouble With Conspiratorial Thinking
Apparently, some of us are very powerful Satanic Freemasons who rule the world. Well, damn, I must have missed a memo. Looking beyond the patent absurdity of this ... Read More

Saturday July 9, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

Convictions in Witch Persecution Case, Historical Treasures at Risk in Mecca
Sentences have been handed down in the case of the young girl tortured as a "witch," both of the aunts will serve ten years apeice in prison, and deservedly so. ... Read More

Friday July 8, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

Friday July 8, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

It gets Weirder Every Day
I can't help but want to cheer on the Falun Gong...their recent television stunt- jamming state approved television for nearly fifteen minutes- was an unbelievbably bold bit of culture ... Read More

Wednesday July 6, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

Eww!
I don't think I'll be getting much sleep tonight. Wonder how this would look on a two-ton granite slab?

Wednesday July 6, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

Entrances to Hell
Despite the ooky sounding name, this is a really nifty site, with images of mysterious doorways, bottomless pits, and other otherworldly portals. (Via OI)

Monday July 4, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

The Press and Slanted Language
[Warning: opinions ahead] I'm feeling a bit annoyed with the press this week over their use of loaded language by the press when discussing Scientology. While I've obviously got ... Read More

Sunday July 3, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

Textual Comparisons
"I am the daughter of Fortitude, and ravished every hour from my youth. For behold I am Understanding and science dwelleth in me; and the heavens oppress me. They cover ... Read More

Sunday July 3, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

OTO Australia Court Victory
The OTO in Australia has had its first court victory: The Australian O.T.O. has now achieved its first victory against some of the people who have made the baseless allegations that we are ... Read More

Saturday July 2, 2005 | permalink | comments (3)

"I'm not a Satanist (Not that there's anything wrong with that...)"
Here we go again...and at the risk of offending, this attitude stinks. This "I'm not a Satanist" whine is just incredibly hypocritical- is it really necessary to grasp at ... Read More

Friday July 1, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

Newton's Notes, Cat's Eye View
Some of Isaac Newton's long lost alchemical notes have been rediscovered by a simple housecleaning. Are we headed for a real-life Matrix? Little publicized experiments invade cat's brains ... Read More

Friday July 1, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)

The Watchers
"It happened after the sons of men had multiplied in those days, that ... Read More

Friday July 1, 2005 | permalink | comments (0)