Wiccan lottery winner to open real life Hogwarts wizard school
Wiccan ‘high priest’ Bunky Barlett who won $49 million dollars is planning to open a school for witches – a real life Hogwarts. Bunky who quit his day job, a bookkeeping service after winning the lottery.
I’m not really sure how you become a high priest in the Wiccan church – I’m pretty sure that it involves at a least dozen box tops and a self addressed stamp though.
He told the Associated Press that his school will teach not just about Wicca but also about multiple spiritual traditions, as well as offering training in practical skills like financial management.
Bartlett has already contributed to a Special Olympics event, to Mystickal Voyage, a New Age shop where he currently teaches, and to a Stonehenge preservation group in England.
The following video is from The Associated Press, broadcast on October 30, 2007.
Bartlett had not decided if he will accept his winnings as an annuity or choose the lump sum cash option. The jackpot could get larger once ticket sales are tallied, Roogow said, but the lump sum payment would be at least $48.7 million, or about $32 million after taxes.
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According to preliminary calculations, each ticket would be worth about $82 million if the prize were taken in 26 annual payments.
Bartlett said the money won’t change him, although he plans to invest in Mystickal Voyage. “I’m going to live my life like I have been,” he said.
The odds that any ticket would match all five numbers – 8, 18, 22, 40 and 44 – and the Mega Ball number – 11 – were one in 176 million.
Bartlett does look like he should be wearing comfortable shoes, voting democratic and running a bed and breakfast somewhere. His wife Denise swears he is a man so we will take him for is word though.
If having your kids be anywhere near this creepy looking guy doesn’t give you pause, the fact that he’s running a school for witches should rule out most responsible parents from attending his school. Although most school districts are overrun by illegal aliens whose parents don’t speak English will be oblivious to his hair brained Wicca subject matter and will confuse him for a kindly old woman so he should have a pretty full class.
They mythical and majestic Hogwarts School of Wizardry.
They newly opened Hogwart’s School of Magic, off I-17 two blocks from Costco. Your kids might be in for a real life dose of reality when real life doesn’t live up to fantasy. Oh well, welcome to the adult world – it will prepare them for marriage and all the impending disappointments to be experienced growing up.
On the plus side hell may or may not exist so your children’s eternal souls are only possibly damned.
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jerome aronson you’re an ignorant narrow minded ****. what you said about Elwood Bartlett is completly inappropriate a plebian like you has no right to judge anyone so go **** yourself.
Wow such language from a witch, now where do you get off saying that I can’t make fun of anyone? I will judge anyone I please with or without your permission, and there is nothing you or your merry little band of dungeons and dragons nerds can do about it.
The judges have spoken…
Now I know you are probably a very high level wizard in everquest or whatever lame wizard crap you are into so please don’t cast a spell on me or make a voodoo doll of me. Although that would be somewhat entertaining if you took pictures and shared them – so please do so.
I have not yet begun to be inappropriate!
VILLAGER #1: If… she… weighs… the same as a duck,… she’s made of wood.
BEDEVERE: And therefore?
VILLAGER #2: A witch!
Is it just me or does “Bunky” Barlett bear more than just a passing resemblance to Jabba the Hutt from Star Wars (nerd reference for the all the wizards in the house)…
(a) Both Have same diet
(b) Same person, used in film without cool makeup
(c) Evil wizardry turned his face like that – kinda like the star wars emperor dude
(d) Only distant relatives, same cousin on his mom’s side
(e) Separated at birth
You be the judge
UPDATE: Dane has decreed that we are no longer allowed to judge people anymore….
Well.
May I start by saying I am a Wiccan. Do you know this religion? Do you know the facts behind it? Do you know that Wiccans and Pagans alike are a more peaceful religion than any other? What about the fact that no real satanist has ever been more violent than the Catholic/Christian family? Witchcaft of anytype is not “evil.” Very few of us call ourselves “witches” and/or “wizards.” The phrase “Real-life hogwarts” did not imply flying on broom sticks (or anything else for that matter), saying words that are unreal, difficult to pronounce or spell, or anything of the sort. They imply that they are going to teach things that are out of public eye but require honest dedication. We know that there is something different in the world than a “God” that will punish us if we don’t stick to a straight line. Why would someone that loved you and created you want to punish you? Why is that people of any sort wish us to disappear? We wish many of you would disappear. Any real Wiccan does not harm people… Sorry about not making you a voodoo doll… However if you search google you can make your own… not that it will work but, I myself would enjoy the pictures as well. And as far as it goes to become a Wiccan priest(ess) no box tops included nor pre-stamped envelopes. I must take a moment here to apologize for ruining so many of your thoughts. You made yourself look like an ass by insulting something and people that you know nothing about. I must say I enjoyed the laugh. Thank-You.
Witch!
Father in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I repent of all involvement in voodoo, obeah, witchcraft, sorcery, divination, or conjuration that I or any of my family members have been involved in the past. Forgive me Lord when I have innocently or ignorantly gone to or carried someone else to a root worker. I command all spirits to be weakened and bound and I cast them out in the Name of Jesus. I cut off their power over me and my family line in the heavenlies and on the earth. I cast out every demon who has been summoned to curse us to come out of me now in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. I command all soul destroying demons to be bound and ask the Lord to restore my soul to its proper place in the Name of Jesus. I break the curses of candle burning to dead saints, rosary prayers and statute or idol worshipping of voodoo. In the Name of Jesus I break curses of the tongue coming against me from those who are bound by voodoo or witchcraft.
DEMONS TO CAST OUT: (This is not an all inclusive list.)
In the Name of Jesus I cast out
African, Haitian and Black Voodoo and Witchcraft; spirits of infirmity that has entered because of the effects of voodoo or witchcraft. I renounce and turn against all household gods and command these demons to come out of me and my family. I command all voodoo soul destroying demons to be bound in the name of Jesus and to come out. Spirits of death and false gifts by voodoo and witchcraft, I cast you out in Jesus’ Name. Demons of candle burning, rosary prayers and idol worship come out now in Jesus’ Name. I command all hidden demons to come out of me in the Name of Jesus
Please contact your local Christian police officer or Pastor if you witness anything listed below. We ask that you try your best to subdue any godless creatures engaged in such activities until professional help arrives. Members of the community are asked to keep 10 yards of Captain’s Rope, a case of duct tape and a loaded shotgun within running distance throughout the entire month October as we declare, “Open Season on Wicca.”
1. A Gathering of Pale-Skinned Obese People in Baggy Clothes with Multiple Tattoos and/or Facial Piercings: In addition, a solitary or lonely looking overweight individual who meets the above description should also raise immediate concern!
2. Renaissance Festivals: These fairs or “festivals” are slyly marketed to mainstream sinners, but our Occult experts have found that they are nothing more than Wiccan recruitment centers.
3. Overweight People Climbing Trees: Wiccans practice tree climbing in our region due to the fact that we hold nightly hunting parties where the only way a Wiccan can escape the Lord’s wrath is by climbing a tree (which we usually light on fire anyway).
4. Skateboarding with Baggy Pants and Loose Sneakers: Skateboarding is a gateway sin which cunning Wiccan Den Mothers of the Night use to introduce their children to the Occult.
5. Motorcycle Gangs: It is common knowledge that gangs like, “The Hell’s Angels,” have been getting paid top dollar since the early 1970’s to kidnap attractive young ladies who are sold as sex-slaves to Wiccan High Priests.
6. Liberal Political Propaganda Stickers on Automobiles: Liberals like to claim “tolerance,” so that even Wiccans are welcomed by the succor of their twisted politics. The truth is, Jesus is not tolerant. And True Christians™ shouldn’t be either! Jesus is going to burn people in Hell if they don’t believe in Him. If He was tolerant, He’d let everyone into Heaven, which of course – is NOT the case!
7. A Person or Persons Owning an Unusual Number of Felines: Witches never change. They love cats. But did you know that modern Wiccans cook cats with garlic and drink them in a stew? They also sacrifice cats and other animals with padded feet to their Dark Master, Satan. Be on the lookout for folks with too many cats!
8. Role Playing Video Games Like World of Warcraft: Our Christian children have been sharing Jesus with sinners in the World of Warcraft for the last few years! The shocking statistics are that over 75% of people who play role playing video games are Wiccans! Help Jesus save a soul before they get in the game!
9. Overzealousness in Regard to Halloween: The Devil’s Birthday is October 31st, and Wiccans prepare for the celebration throughout the entire month of October. They live to server their master, Lucifer, but will lie through their teeth about it, saying they don’t even believe in Satan and that he has nothing to do with Wicca. Don’t believe a word of this nonsense! As our Creation Scientists are fond of saying, “One doesn’t have to believe that human blood is red, to see that it is so!
10. Defecating or Urinating in Public – Especially Near a House of Christian Worship: Wiccans are sneaky, but we’ve caught up with them! We know how they mark their territory during the month of October. Two years ago in Alabama, a coven of enormously overweight Wiccans managed to poop out a giant pentagram over two square miles in just three days! The church they marked in the center of the Devil’s star was smacked down by Satan and went up in flames on Halloween night! Don’t let this happen in your community! Report these people to the authorities!
http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news1007/zerowiccans.html
And now I feel so mature as I sit and read this blasphemy. I love how narrow minded creatures like you are over something that they fear. Bask in your righteous lies… Err, light of jesus chrisp…Christ. Sorry, bad typing problems. Anyway, Fear honesty and difference and remain hidden to the ways of the world. Where is you wonderful Lord when the world is being bombed and shot? Where is he when people are dying of plaques of rampant disease? Where is this almighty creator of sorts when the human race suffers? And, who the hell (pardon the expression), are you to persecute those who think for themselves or, unlike you in a general sense, think at all? I love and enjoy life without the fear of a hellish afterlife that your religion promises you should you slip out of line? In a closing arguement… I am not as childish as you, I think for myself, and I enjoy myself and the people around me… Even the ones as stupid as you.
E-mail me! I’d love to hear your lies spilling from your mouth. I love to get a laugh everday!
P.S. I enjoyed you posts! Especially that one with the ten reasons to hunt wiccans… Nice.
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Might I first just say that I am not a Wiccan, I am a Catholic. So I should say that I believe everything that this Jerome dude is saying. I should say that, but I can’t because I don’t believe that he is right in any way, shape, or form. Catholics have been some of the most destructive people on the planet. One rarely ever hears anyhting derogetory about the Wiccan religion. And if you, Jerome, are a true Catholic, you would know not to persecute people for what they believe in. You can try to change them, but it does not in any way mean that they will or have to change. You have to leave it at that and leave it alone. One of the rights we have in America is freedom of religion. If you don’t like that than move. Do you believe in the saying WWJD (What Would Jesus Do)? I doubt he would be this cruel to a person for what they believe in. In the Middle Ages, random people were burned just because they had a birthmark that looked funny and were accused of being witches. Do you know who burned these “witches”? Catholics, Jerome. Who asked for your opinion on the Wiccan religion anyways? Have you had any experience with it? I think not.
Catholic? Isn’t that just a Jew that forgot to listen to Jesus Christ when he asked for not having organized religion? Oh wait, before you tell me about how Jesus was all about being Christian or Catholic, remember that he was a Jew and asked his pack of 12 to go and speak about his teachings. He destroyed the Jewish temple and got crucified by the romans for blasphemy, so Jesus might not be the fully happy religious follower.
As for WWJD, I have posted a couple articles about WWJB (first here and secondly here.)
Now onto the Wiccans. As a general set of people, they are not any worse than Muslims, Scientologists, Satanists, etc…
I’m always into reading books (or at least looking at the pictures) and noticed that there was a book about Satanism and Witchcraft which seems like an odd pairing, at first.
As for the people that burned witches from the colonies in the early 1600s’, those weren’t Wiccans. No theology can be found about Wiccans prior to the 1920’s. Gerald Gardner who was worried about the religion disappearing wrote a couple books in the 1950’s. The books helped to form the basis of Wicca’s growth from the 1960’s.
As for the Salem trials, there was a court of people with varying religions. Nice that you have to bring up the witch trials, I enjoy not being the only ignorant one in a conversation. Why not mention the German concentration camps? I’m sure that Wiccans didn’t sweat much over that instance. How many Wiccans were put to death in the concentration camps? Amazingly, the same number were killed in the concentration camps as the witch trials. Zero.
Stupid religious talk, where are the chest squishies?
this nigga is fat
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I am wiccan and how do you enroll in this school?
iam a believer i do believe in wizardry i want to become 1
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ADOUT YOU HUYS AND YOUR SCHOOL IF YOU COULD EMAIL AT jdoglizno@yahoo.com.!
i want to know more thank adout the schools.
I think it is a great idea,because i think if children wan’t 2 go to this school than it should be the children’s desicion not the parents desicion.
pandora, I can see from your spelling and grammar that you were either homeschooled by hippies or your parents were never informed that the educational system is there to help everyone (even if they are following a cult).
Maybe it should be the desicion of the entire coven to decide what should happen with other people’s children. Like the
Salem witch trialsgood ole days, when people were allowed to decide thing among the masses instead of going to court to prove that your aunt is actually just insane and not capable of magical powers.I am Wiccan, Not a Witch but Wiccan. I believe in The male and Female in all things, reincarnation, nirvana, Magick, and Natures beauty. I was raised United Methodist, My father is a youth minister. We have spoken any times about the similarities between our two paths, and if you took the time to open your eyes and see the truth instead of what you think you’ll see you would find we are not that different at all. And by the way I am a High priestess and I did not have to send in any box tops. All that is required is 3 years and 3 days of intense study, leadership, and worship. your post offended me greatly but I am a firm supporter in the first amendment, So write on. I hope you will find the piece within your self that is so obviously lacking, Blessed Be To you and yours. You will be in my prayers to the moter and Lord.
hey to all you people that think wicca is evil look at yourself for a minute.
all the wars we have been in we have started and who was the evil people who started them not wiccans but your faithfull christians and catholics.
so to all who discriminate against wiccans again look at yourself if you need more understanding you can e-mail me at Psyco242003@yahoo.com
and for all who is picking on bunky he is a nice person with a big heart unlike you animals i got your side bunky
Regarding “witches”…this is an offensive term used for women of power. Women of power have been historically subdued by threatened males (and females) who are afraid of certain healing arts they do not understand. Jesus himself was a healer and used oils and herbs and spittle and dirt to heal the sick. The organic materia medica lists numerous herbs and plants and certain types of clay with healing properties. Your own great great grandmother was likely eased through childbirth by such herbs as raspberry leaf, cohosh and so many others. What do you think women did before the invention of an epidural? There are scientific studies proving the effectiveness of herbs. Did you know Digitalis , a heart medication, was originally derived from the beautiful foxglove plant? There are very serious scientific studies ongoing researching the effectiveness of herb and plant derived medicines to treat numerous maladies, even cancer. Your ignorance and fear is evident …but fear not. The first precept of any Wiccan is to harm none! This means to live in a brotherly/ sisterly attidude regarding not only our fellow humans but to all of Gods’ creation. Calling a Wiccan priestess a “witch” is equivalent to any racial, ethnic or intolerant religious slurr. Go to a quiet woodland setting and be at peace. there you will hear the voice of nature and your true self will speak and you will know what our foremothers knew and instead of agressively condemming those inspired by the works of God (or Goddess), peace will awaken in your soul and you will be blessed with a new tolerance. This I advise.
AlL of us are protected in the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights to practice any creed we find meritorious. Are you trying to undo the rights conferred upon us all by underming these rights for a select (and harmless) few? In so doing your own rights are threatened. Marjorum
I love this post. Both sides are totally fanatical. First let me provide the definition of a fanatic. A fanatic is a person who can’t change their mind and won’t change the subject. Wiccan people are clueless as to their own creed. Words can harm people and Wiccans most of all should know this. Not everyone is mature enough to be called a name and just understand the name caller is unintelligent. Profanity is a sign of lack of intellect as the users vocabulary is not in-depth enough to find a suitable word to use. These explanations are typical of both sides, neither one having a true definition of their own convictions but rather honing their ability to slander the other. The fact remains as this, Christianity is a choice. God has forced no man or woman to believe in Jesus Christ as their Saviour. The covenant of the new testament is love your neighbor as you would love yourself. This is what gives many educated Christians the ability to have a CONVERSATION with ANY PERSON Christian or not. As well we should note Jesus was not a pacifist and anyone who claims different is not a scholar of the bible. MANY wars have been fought throughout the history of Christianity. However lets not loose site as to why these wars were fought. Most were fought in the Old Testament, before Jesus was even conceived, these were for the most part the Jews.
Now for the Wicca. No person is forced to join the Wiccan. It is a choice. If your desire is to go that way than so be it. It very true that there has been no bad press about the Wiccan people and yes they have started no wars but are like Christianity, controversial. Perhaps Wiccan practitioners are slack in their conversational delivery due to their being no real unity in their belief structure. Wiccan views of divinity coalesce around a Goddess and a God, thereby being generally dualistic, with the Goddess given primacy in Dianic Wicca. Some Wiccans are polytheists, believing in many different deities taken from various different ‘pagan’ pantheons, while others would believe that ‘all the Goddesses are one Goddess, and all the Gods one God’. Some see divinity as having a real, external existence; others see the Goddesses and Gods as archetypes or thought forms.
As for Catholics, I will refrain from being a bad Christian and passing judgment on them, that is up to GOD!!!!
I only know one thing for sure, we will all find our place in death. That will be the final grade for our existence on earth. And, if our lives truly flash before our eyes, than I surely do not want negative, profain, deceite, and arogance to be all I see.
i think its a wonderfull idea!!
blessed be! =)
“live and let live” – would that be Wiccan / Christian / common sense / or else? I feel comfortable with it
Michael,
Dunno if I have been struck by the muse, may lightning strike me dead, perhaps it was the pan-galactic gargle blaster I had just now, or perhaps it was just good ol’ google which led me here … over all the excitement of taking close-up shots of insects looking like Sigourney Weaver and drawing a goddess which I’m having tattooed above the ivy wreath on my upper thigh leading to my spine, perhaps it’s just a mid-life crisis after all – here’s a honest to goodness Austrian “I’ll be back”.
I can’t find a better way to put it – you have a way with words (crossed out as they are) … I’ve been running around in circles and haven’t found a way out (yet), it’s 01:53 my side of the globe and I’ve been having a hell of a time, I must say
Barbara, I would be curious and interested to see your tattoo drawing when you have it completed.
It’s a plain “Goddess of the waxing Moon”, and since I wasn’t brave enough for a tribal 20 years ago when they were really trendy, I’m catching up on that since I really like the metamorphosis symbolism of butterflies, too.
And yes, all of those are my own drawings.
to all christians who think you are so much better than everybody else,we pagans and wiccans predate your religion by thousands of years you brainless idiots. go and look up some actual facts rather then looking in some bible of lies. its fact that we predate you, and on the matter of the bible, the pslams were not ment for the bible and they were written about a goddess and you just changed them. i feel sorry for jesus, because he was a crazy man, just like joan of arc. and how is it exactly, that when our brains evolved all that walking on water and all that nonsense stoped. all you christian’s need a reality check, thats for sure.
Everybody, I have sat here and read through all of these comments and am baffled. I was raised catholic in a catholic school for 9 years and so on. I am wiccan now. I have lived both sides and we r all forgetting, in the wiccan tradititions we r to be tolerant and mindful of other religions. and its True that catholics like to demean other religions and claim themselves as the one true religion. But y a feud between us? Wicca is a peaceful religion, y argue? Let the ignorant remain as they want and when they decide to learn on their own they will realize that hurting people just isn’t the “christian” thing to do. Blessed be.
Hi there,
I’ve been popping into this thread every now and again since I found it … sometimes I really need to bite my tounge – although I see myself as Pagan, I cannot really relate to the many unqualified shouters who … well, you know, there’s not a lot of “love & light & blessings & harmony” going when you read some of the posts. Just for interest’s sake: during the last 10 years in which I have been conciously reading about this subject matter, I also ran across the “official” statements of the Vatican: here’s a snippet from
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/interelg/documents/rc_pc_interelg_doc_20030203_new-age_en.html
I found it very interesting reading and in no way offensive to my belief, although it differs very much at times. I had a catholic Baptism as a baby, but my parents never followed that up – when I was grown-up, I chose which way was right for me.
PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR CULTURE
PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE
A Christian reflection on the “New Age”
FOREWORD
The present study is concerned with the complex phenomenon of “New Age” which is influencing many aspects of contemporary culture.
The study is a provisional report. It is the fruit of the common reflection of the Working Group on New Religious Movements, composed of staff members of different dicasteries of the Holy See: the Pontifical Councils for Culture and for Interreligious Dialogue (which are the principal redactors for this project), the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
These reflections are offered primarily to those engaged in pastoral work so that they might be able to explain how the New Age movement differs from the Christian faith. This study invites readers to take account of the way that New Age religiosity addresses the spiritual hunger of contemporary men and women. It should be recognized that the attraction that New Age religiosity has for some Christians may be due in part to the lack of serious attention in their own communities for themes which are actually part of the Catholic synthesis such as the importance of man’ spiritual dimension and its integration with the whole of life, the search for life’s meaning, the link between human beings and the rest of creation, the desire for personal and social transformation, and the rejection of a rationalistic and materialistic view of humanity.
The present publication calls attention to the need to know and understand New Age as a cultural current, as well as the need for Catholics to have an understanding of authentic Catholic doctrine and spirituality in order to properly assess New Age themes. The first two chapters present New Age as a multifaceted cultural tendency, proposing an analysis of the basic foundations of the thought conveyed in this context. From Chapter Three onwards some indications are offered for an investigation of New Age in comparison with the Christian message. Some suggestions of a pastoral nature are also made.
Those who wish to go deeper into the study of New Age will find useful references in the appendices. It is hoped that this work will in fact provide a stimulus for further studies adapted to different cultural contexts. Its purpose is also to encourage discernment by those who are looking for sound reference points for a life of greater fulness. It is indeed our conviction that through many of our contemporaries who are searching, we can discover a true thirst for God. As Pope John Paul II said to a group of bishops from the United States: “Pastors must honestly ask whether they have paid sufficient attention to the thirst of the human heart for the true ‘living water’ which only Christ our Redeemer can give (cf. Jn 4:7-13)”. Like him, we want to rely “on the perennial freshness of the Gospel message and its capacity to transform and renew those who accept it” (AAS 86/4, 330).
1. WHAT SORT OF REFLECTION?
The following reflections are meant as a guide for Catholics involved in preaching the Gospel and teaching the faith at any level within the Church. This document does not aim at providing a set of complete answers to the many questions raised by the New Age or other contemporary signs of the perennial human search for happiness, meaning and salvation. It is an invitation to understand the New Age and to engage in a genuine dialogue with those who are influenced by New Age thought. The document guides those involved in pastoral work in their understanding and response to New Age spirituality, both illustrating the points where this spirituality contrasts with the Catholic faith and refuting the positions espoused by New Age thinkers in opposition to Christian faith. What is indeed required of Christians is, first and foremost, a solid grounding in their faith. On this sound base, they can build a life which responds positively to the invitation in the first letter of Saint Peter: “always have your answer ready for people who ask you the reason for the hope that you all have. But give it with courtesy and respect and a clear conscience” (1 P 3, 15 f.).
1.1. Why now?
The beginning of the Third Millennium comes not only two thousand years after the birth of Christ, but also at a time when astrologers believe that the Age of Pisces – known to them as the Christian age – is drawing to a close. These reflections are about the New Age, which takes its name from the imminent astrological Age of Aquarius. The New Age is one of many explanations of the significance of this moment in history which are bombarding contemporary (particularly western) culture, and it is hard to see clearly what is and what is not consistent with the Christian message. So this seems to be the right moment to offer a Christian assessment of New Age thinking and the New Age movement as a whole.
It has been said, quite correctly, that many people hover between certainty and uncertainty these days, particularly in questions relating to their identity.(1) Some say that the Christian religion is patriarchal and authoritarian, that political institutions are unable to improve the world, and that formal (allopathic) medicine simply fails to heal people effectively. The fact that what were once central elements in society are now perceived as untrustworthy or lacking in genuine authority has created a climate where people look inwards, into themselves, for meaning and strength. There is also a search for alternative institutions, which people hope will respond to their deepest needs. The unstructured or chaotic life of alternative communities of the 1970s has given way to a search for discipline and structures, which are clearly key elements in the immensely popular “mystical” movements. New Age is attractive mainly because so much of what it offers meets hungers often left unsatisfied by the established institutions.
While much of New Age is a reaction to contemporary culture, there are many ways in which it is that culture’s child. The Renaissance and the Reformation have shaped the modern western individual, who is not weighed down by external burdens like merely extrinsic authority and tradition; people feel the need to “belong” to institutions less and less (and yet loneliness is very much a scourge of modern life), and are not inclined to rank “official” judgements above their own. With this cult of humanity, religion is internalised in a way which prepares the ground for a celebration of the sacredness of the self. This is why New Age shares many of the values espoused by enterprise culture and the “prosperity Gospel” (of which more will be said later: section 2.4), and also by the consumer culture, whose influence is clear from the rapidly-growing numbers of people who claim that it is possible to blend Christianity and New Age, by taking what strikes them as the best of both.(2) It is worth remembering that deviations within Christianity have also gone beyond traditional theism in accepting a unilateral turn to self, and this would encourage such a blending of approaches. The important thing to note is that God is reduced in certain New Age practices so as furthering the advancement of the individual.
New Age appeals to people imbued with the values of modern culture. Freedom, authenticity, self-reliance and the like are all held to be sacred. It appeals to those who have problems with patriarchy. It “does not demand any more faith or belief than going to the cinema”,(3) and yet it claims to satisfy people’s spiritual appetites. But here is a central question: just what is meant by spirituality in a New Age context? The answer is the key to unlocking some of the differences between the Christian tradition and much of what can be called New Age. Some versions of New Age harness the powers of nature and seek to communicate with another world to discover the fate of individuals, to help individuals tune in to the right frequency to make the most of themselves and their circumstances. In most cases, it is completely fatalistic. Christianity, on the other hand, is an invitation to look outwards and beyond, to the “new Advent”
of the God who calls us to live the dialogue of love.(4)
1.2. Communications
The technological revolution in communications over the last few years has brought about a completely new situation. The ease and speed with which people can now communicate is one of the reasons why New Age has come to the attention of people of all ages and backgrounds, and many who follow Christ are not sure what it is all about. The Internet, in particular, has become enormously influential, especially with younger people, who find it a congenial and fascinating way of acquiring information. But it is a volatile vehicle of misinformation on so many aspects of religion: not all that is labelled “Christian” or “Catholic” can be trusted to reflect the teachings of the Catholic Church and, at the same time, there is a remarkable expansion of New Age sources ranging from the serious to the ridiculous. People need, and have a right to, reliable information on the differences between Christianity and New Age.
1.3. Cultural background
When one examines many New Age traditions, it soon becomes clear that there is, in fact, little in the New Age that is new. The name seems to have gained currency through Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry, at the time of the French and American Revolutions, but the reality it denotes is a contemporary variant of Western esotericism. This dates back to Gnostic groups which grew up in the early days of Christianity, and gained momentum at the time of the Reformation in Europe. It has grown in parallel with scientific world-views, and acquired a rational justification through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It has involved a progressive rejection of a personal God and a focus on other entities which would often figure as intermediaries between God and humanity in traditional Christianity, with more and more original adaptations of these or additional ones. A powerful trend in modern Western culture which has given space to New Age ideas is the general acceptance of Darwinist evolutionary theory; this, alongside a focus on hidden spiritual powers or forces in nature, has been the backbone of much of what is now recognised as New Age theory.
Basically, New Age has found a remarkable level of acceptance because the world-view on which it was based was already widely accepted. The ground was well prepared by the growth and spread of relativism, along with an antipathy or indifference towards the Christian faith.
Furthermore, there has been a lively discussion about whether and in what sense New Age can be described as a postmodern phenomenon. The existence and fervor of New Age thinking and practice bear witness to the unquenchable longing of the human spirit for transcendence and religious meaning, which is not only a contemporary cultural phenomenon, but was evident in the ancient world, both Christian and pagan.
1.4. The New Age and Catholic Faith
Even if it can be admitted that New Age religiosity in some way responds to the legitimate spiritual longing of human nature, it must be acknowledged that its attempts to do so run counter to Christian revelation. In Western culture in particular, the appeal of “alternative” approaches to spirituality is very strong. On the one hand, new forms of psychological affirmation of the individual have be
come very popular among Catholics, even in retreat-houses, seminaries and institutes of formation for religious. At the same time there is increasing nostalgia and curiosity for the wisdom and ritual of long ago, which is one of the reasons for the remarkable growth in the popularity of esotericism and gnosticism. Many people are particularly attracted to what is known – correctly or otherwise – as “Celtic” spirituality,(5) or to the religions of ancient peoples. Books and courses on spirituality and ancient or Eastern religions are a booming business, and they are frequently labelled “New Age” for commercial purposes. But the links with those religions are not always clear. In fact, they are often denied.
An adequate Christian discernment of New Age thought and practice cannot fail to recognize that, like second and third century gnosticism, it represents something of a compendium of positions that the Church has identified as heterodox. John Paul II warns with regard to the “return of ancient gnostic ideas under the guise of the so-called New Age: We cannot delude ourselves that this will lead toward a renewal of religion. It is only a new way of practising gnosticism – that attitude of the spirit that, in the name of a profound knowledge of God, results in distorting His Word and replacing it with purely human words. Gnosticism never completely abandoned the realm of Christianity. Instead, it has always existed side by side with Christianity, sometimes taking the shape of a philosophical movement, but more often assuming the characteristics of a religion or a para-religion in distinct, if not declared, conflict with all that is essentially Christian”.(6) An example of this can be seen in the enneagram, the nine-type tool for character analysis, which when used as a means of spiritual growth introduces an ambiguity in the doctrine and the life of the Christian faith.
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and so forth
Sat Nam,
Barbara
God of heaven dose not agree with casting judgment until you take the beam out of your own eye.Who really is using negative words in this website? {The bible clearly states love your neighbor . Who is your neighbor, everyone including the Wiccan.} White magic is a faith based concept of action combined with faith.What would happen if the Wiccan turned water into wine? Most would say ….the devil…. the devil did it. The exact statement others made about Jesus Christ. In the book of Revelations after everything is said and done God has a tree in Israel that the leaves are used to heal people with illnesses all around the earth. This also is a similar practiced in wicca. The use of herbs and bark for healing.
Christ calms the storm, in wiccan religion it is also done.
Christ say’s depart from me you workers of iniquity I never knew you. These very words describe most Christians today.
Wiccan’s volunteer their time for the community and give large sums of money to help the less fortunate.Most Christians consider going to church a chore so volunteering is out of the question. The common question on the Christians mind is –do you act like me?—-Christians come to this conclusion. If they don’t then there must be a problem. The funny thing is most Christians do not even know the bible.How can a christian do anything right if they aren’t willing to learn first.Every one wants some title before they know what it’s about.Learn God’s will in Jesus Christ not mans.
seriously creating a hogwarts school its so awesome, it is one of my fantasies i love harry potter world and everything about it I actually did thougth there should be something like that.
but well the reality is like harry potter world is never going to happen so i think i should just keep it like a fantasy because i really dont want to get involved in esoteric stuff but i think that ‘hogwarts school ‘ thing is one of the best idea someone could come up with.
anyway i want to know everything about this school it may change my mind and also know what they do and how its working im really intersted in this
First off I would like to say that I am offended by this article. Secondly I would like to say that the name that I use here is my Wiccan name. That’s right I am a witch, or wizard as some would like. Now while reading this article I was angered at the box-tops comment, frankly I find that people who cannot accept another persons personal beliefs are the “damned”. It is not for us to decide and to judge. It is for the creators to decide. I may not be a devout Wiccan or follow it closely but I have my own beliefs which caused me to be offended by such ignorant comments about my religion. Just because someone doesn’t subscribe to ‘your’ chosen beliefs doesn’t make them any different. I’m a witch, so what??? Does that mean that I can’t believe in an afterlife??? No, I believe in an afterlife, and I believe that there are two parts to that afterlife. One is much more pleasant than the other but there you have it. Does it mean that I don’t believe in this God character that has been shoved down my throat for the past 20 years of my life??? Yes, I do not believe in God. Burn me at the stake?!?!?! How cruel can people be??? Seriously, I am a human being just like you. I feel pain, and I have feelings. According to the old-day beliefs, fire cleansed the soul. To me, if you burned me according to your beliefs I would go to Heaven, well did anyone ever think that being burned at the stake made the people push further into themselves and cause them to believe in their religion more??? I’m not going to bore you people anymore with my side of things, but I just thought that I would inform the ignorant people about my beliefs as a Wiccan.
Dear Wiccan Nightshade,
I would like to first thank you for taking the time to comment here on Retard Zone, it is always appreciated when people (or witches) take the time to write.
It seems that you are calling people ignorant and stating that you have no belief in God, yet you believe in an “afterlife”. I would like to believe that you are in a state of higher knowledge or intellect, but you seem to be retarded regarding your own selection of beliefs. Wiccan’s believe in The Summerland, not “afterlife”. It is best described as a dimension other than the current (metaphysical) plane of existence. Don’t you know about your own
religioncult?If you were burned, you wouldn’t go to “Heaven” if you were a Wiccan. You would simply hope to have achieved some greater form of enlightenment, allowing you to transcend or some other mumbo-jumbo crap.
Get on your broom and fly around my neighborhood or cast a spell on my dog making it meow and I’ll start believing more, but don’t come to the house of Retard and think that you have the knowledge to call others ignorant when it’s obvious that you are less knowledgeable about your own beliefs than a Retarded stranger.
Michael Morningblinds
BEDEVERE: Tell me. What do you do with witches?
CROWD: Burn! Burn them up! Burn!…
BEDEVERE: And what do you burn apart from witches?
VILLAGER #2: Wood!
BEDEVERE: So, why do witches burn?
[pause]
VILLAGER #3: B–… ’cause they’re made of… wood?
BEDEVERE: So, how do we tell whether she is made of wood?
VILLAGER #1:Build a bridge out of her.
BEDEVERE: Ah, but can you not also make bridges out of stone?
BEDEVERE: Does wood sink in water?
VILLAGER #2: No, it floats! It floats!
VILLAGER #1:Throw her into the pond!
CROWD: The pond! Throw her into the pond!
BEDEVERE: What also floats in water?
ARTHUR: A duck!
BEDEVERE: Exactly. So, logically…
VILLAGER #1: If… she… weighs… the same as a duck,… she’s made of wood.
BEDEVERE: And therefore?
CROWD:A witch! A witch!…
VILLAGER #4: Here is a duck. Use this duck.
[quack quack quack]
BEDEVERE: Very good. We shall use my largest scales.
CROWD: Ohh! Ohh! Burn the witch! Burn the witch! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Ahh! Ahh…
So, if pagan religions are so peaceful, why do pagans in nordic countries advocate the burning of churches and slaughter of christians?
I know there are ****s in every religion,
but why is it out of the few wiccans I know, most of them would beat the hell out of you and leave you on the ground if you pissed them off?
An individual may be a peaceful member of a religion.
A congregation at a religious center may be peaceful.
That does not mean everyone in a religion is a peaceable, tolerant person.
I’m sorry, but if you’re all so peaceful, why must you spout hate herein?
Maybe you should look at yourselves, and see what you’re saying.
I’m sorry, but I cannot find anyone who spouts such venomous nonsense and garbage as I read in these comments as peaceable or tolerant.
Good day.
Thanks for taking our side
momGizmo.Blessings to all,
I have been a Wiccan since 1975, and I have yet to encounter the hatefulness and rudeness from real life people that I have seen here on this site. I enter-act with Christians, Pagans, Atheists, Jehovah Witness, Catholics, Jewish people, all the time, and they all know that I am a Wiccan/Witch.
I find it hard to believe that there are still people out there who are still living in the dark ages who speak about things they have no true knowledge of.
For those of you who ‘hate’ us and wish us harm of any kind because you believe that your religion says to do so, your religion also says ‘Judge not, lest you be judged’. I have no problem with anyone or their religious beliefs and affiliations because that is why we all have ‘free will’ and a Constitution of Rights–the first Amendment being (in part) ‘Freedom of Religion’.
It does not matter to me what a person thinks of me personally, because I was not put on this earth to please everyone…and that same goes for eveyone else, as well. A person’s right to follow the religion of their choice is just that–their choice–and should not be anyone else’s concern. Ours is to live and let live, and to effect change in our own lives, and not the lives of others.
Wicca and the practice of Witchcraft is not ‘evil’–the true evilness of the Craft comes from the heart and actions of the PERSON who follows it. If the person in question is using or intends to use the knowledge of Wicca/Witchcraft to do harm to others, then it is evil…however, if the person in question has good intentions, and works to use his/her knowledge of the Craft to do good things out of the kindness of their hearts, then no, it is not evil.
Just as the Christian religion has rules, so too does Wicca. The Christian religion’s ‘Golden Rule’ is “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”. Meaning, treat people the way you WANT to be treated. It is the same way in Wicca and Paganism. We (Wiccans/Witches/Pagans) also have two main laws– #1) ‘Ever mind the Law of Three, that whatever you send out comes back on you’, and #2) ‘And if it harms no one, do whatever you will’.
No religion is good, or evil. It is from the person him/her self where the good or evil comes from. Even Christians can be evil, in their ways of thinking and through their actions and reactions.
Look deep inside yourself and ask yourself how many ‘bad’ things have I done to people? Why did I do those things to hurt those people if it is what my religion forbids?
As long as the heart, the intentions, and the actions/reactions of the person are pure and good and positive, so shall their religious affiliations.
Everyone have a blessed week and be safe.
any one who writes bad about wicca is just afraid of us and we should not be mad at the closed minded people they will not go far and wont see the light but thats why we have many lives so in there next life they will have another chance so dont fall to there state of mind and dont be mad or hurt know that you are all ways acepted by more people then thay are. me myself i was apart of there church but never acepted and i was rejected thats why i turned to wicca and right away i was acepted. all wiccans should be kind even to the people who say they are eniemes of us they are just not open even in there religon there god says to love everyone even there eniemes but they dont so they betray there god. so dont be them love all even if they dont love you.
one last thing when you write bad about people it only happens to you the rules of life is you make things happen for you and only you so when you post pics and bad ones you only hurt yourself keep that in mind in a few year that will be you bleesed be and for you people who want to write about my spelling i was thought by a christen school so how good are you really!!!!
Wow, first of all. The internet has changed over the years and now instead of the www(world wide web) of information, it is the www of mass verbal bashing. I swear some people are ignorant soley because they have a closed mind and do not research what they preach. Let me make something clear; War is started by 3 major things in my personal opinion: Power, Greed and above all RELIGION. Am i right? Enough said.
hello everyone, im from the states! and i just wanna put my 2 cents worth in. and first off i just wanna say if you’ve got a weak heart and are a baptist u might not wanna read this. this is a non baptist alert. secondly i just spelled secondly wrong. i think but who cares. thirdly i dont kno if thirdlys a word. and fouthly i kno im pushing it with fourthly but fithy i think i spelled fithly wrong and sixthly these comments are opinions so heres mine. i have no religion but i love god. the one from the holy bible. thats my number one in life. im not grown and dont kno all there is to kno bout him but i kno enough for now. anyways so that means i kno a little something bout religions. and i just wanna comment on a few of ya’lls comments. big ups to anyone who wasnt talkin **** about the guy who won the lotto i didnt read em all so i dont kno if there was anyone not talkin about him. and i gotta say to all the wiccains dont let these people talking about your religion get to you. cause if its what u honestly believe inside then big ups to ya. just be yourself and do what feels right to you and stand by what u believe, and i mean honestly what U believe not what u was raised to believe, find out for yourself if that is u or not. cause i come from a christain family and i was brought up to be christain but from personal expirance (i kno i spelled it wrong) i believe christains are hip-o-crits. and i kno all of them prob arent. but im from a small town and theres not many churchs so im not going to sit in a room full of people that kno ther’re living a lie and im not going to sit in that room and act fake and act like im not about to write this comment totally ****tin’ on Landoverbaptist and jerome aronson and im not going to act fake and act like im not gonna smoke a cigarette as soon as i get out of church and get in my car and act like im not gonna go break the law by criminal tresspassing at my favorite skate spot so i can ride my skateboard or make love to my girlfriend who im not married to and turn around the next day and possibly make love to her bestfriend or her mom.so i dont have a religion as i said. maybe ill find one one day but only if its what i believe in. but that dont make me any better or worse than anyone reading this. and if you think ur less then me you not im no better than u and if you think u are better than me because of what ive said so far then **** you and your most definalty gonna hate what else ive got to say so with that being said.. the two i wanna talk about is Landoverbaptist and jerome aronson. starting with Landoverbaptist. **** you and your stupid ass. u think ur so high and mighty but u aint s****. and im not gonna argue over the internet so dont bother commenting back on this cause ill never be here again to read it. and people like u make me sick. exactly why i dont go to church u ****et, church people aint supose to judge and u aint no one to judge so shut the **** up alreadly. and i kno yall are think im not in no place to judge but i havent wasted my life commenting on this time and time again posting my religion all over this ****. Not talkin bout the wiccians. cause yall own this subject and no offence to yall by saying wiccians. i mean no disrespect to yall. but u baptist ass little bitch i hope u go to heaven, but i hope god hands u over to satan first so he can **** u in ur ass for a couple hours. and not all of u just the one in question. and if all baptist think like u think **** all yall. and if u find that over offensive good. heres my personal phone number for all baptist to contact me who think like u. its 1-800-**** u-and ur religion. and that **** u wrote about skateboarding is dumb. i skateboard by the way and the first thing i wouldd do if i ever seen that schoo it the third picture from the top (including the one of the white guy) is i’d skate the four stair set of steps and mini hand rail out front. but stop hatin on the guy cause he’s got his money right and you dont. and if he wants to do something that he believes is positive and thinks is gonna lead children down a positive path for better livin then hats off to him, what have u done? besides wasted ur time here talkin **** and keeping me up after i worked 12 hours at my fast food job. and the only reason for wasting my time is cause someones gotta defend this guy cause obviously he’s too rich to give two ****s what yall think bout what he’s doing. but other than that thats pretty much all i gotta say bout Landoverbaptist other than get a life and stop waisting you time worrying bout someone else, especially someone out there doing something. and **** your religion just cause that feels great saying..
so now as far as Jerome Aronson, **** u too cause your just a cold hearted ****, your just as sorry as Landoverbaptist’s sorry ass. why wood u put a picture of this guy with java the hut? thats just mean, i dont think its funny, and if anyone else thinks its funny its not cause its just mean and this guys way of gettin attention. well u got it u sorry piece of ****. and thats pretty much all i got to say about u cause i forgot what else u was sayin cause i cant get over how ****in ****gety Landoverbaptist is. and to all the people talkin **** about witchcraft and harry potter **** u too. cause i read harry potter in grammer school and it has nothing to do with satan, yall are bitchs and ****ets too, because u obviously dont kno what your talkin bout. and to the children reading this all i want to say is dont listen to stupid people like these guys if u love harry potter there isnt anything wrong with it. i love harry potter and i skateboard and have tons of friends and females chasin me. hell my bed sheets are harry potter atleast once a month and my girl loves it. and shes beautiful, one of the most beautiful girls ive ever seen i dont kno what the hell she sees in me. its gotta be some kind of magic. or maybe god just blesses people who are not mean like Landoverbaptist and dumbass ole’ jerome aronson over here. and to anyone else who actually took time to read this, thanks. and anyone who was offended by this, thanks glad i could spark a nerve. and back to the children eat your breakfest cause its the most important meal of the day. and cool kids go to bed before eleven. no lie, even cooler kids go to bed before ten. respect your folks and family above all. and kids its never okay to say **** any religion so dont. and its really not nice to say ****et or have sex unless your married, and dont start smoking cigarettes cause it gives u cancer, rotts ur lungs and makes it hard to breath its not cool. and back to Landoverbaptist and jerome aronson, **** yall. and as far as this site, **** it too and yall better post this. and retardzone is a perfect name for u stupid asses. and children u should all love and cherish the mentally ill. especially the ones like stupid ass Landoverbaptist and jerome aronson. they are gods gift to this world. they are not here to poke fun at.and its not cool to make fun of anyone at all especially retards. its not nice to say retards and your should never make fun of someone because the way they look. or poor people. or silly people like baptist. cause just like everyone else, baptist cant help it. so peace.
and before i go i have GOT to say something to Barbra.
i love art and i loooooove your tattoo. its so beautiful!
i hope your not baptist and if u are i hope ur not offended.
but i wish i could draw my own tattoo. but yours is gorgeous.
love your birthmark too.
hello everyone,
i have been reading through all these comments, and i must say there is so much support for your own religion, if it be wiccan, christian or catholic. I was baptised and was given a christian name, but recently i’ve chossen the path of the wiccan, i may only be a foundling in this religion, but its my choice, it comes from a choice made by my heart. which is how a religion i think should be choosen.
I am slightly dissapointed with mainly the first few comments, i dont see why we have to hate each other so much, we should all just accept that everyone is different, everyone is unique and various in opinions. I think we should get over the prejudices we have for each other, leave the past in the past and head towards a better future, no one knows who is right anyway, once you die you find out the truth of everything, what exists and what doesn’t. If it so happens that the christians are right and god does exist then surely if you’ve all explained it right, by all means wouldn’t God forgive everyone? if god asked you why you didnt follow him the simple answer would be “because i followed my heart and did what was best for it”. as for me i believe in the reincarnation, the soul returning to life so that it may learn all there is that the Gods wish us too.
Two of those lessons that must be learnt I think are forgivness and understanding of others. As wiccans we should be patient and loving to those who dont understand and fear that which they dont know, and if your christian (i’m sorry i must confess i’m not sure if many Catholic laws are different) doesnt the bible say “to love thy neighbour” it doesnt matter what happened in the past, what counts is our future, how we spend it, and who we soend it with, we can hate those around us but it will not get us anywhere, nor will it make anyone the happier.
May you all find the path your heart has created for you. Midnight xx
You need to stop spewing this hatred and propaganda, it is not funny! Most Christians treat religion like it’s a language. We don’t say the Polish are wrong just because they call their cats “Kot” when I would say my cat. There is no wrong religion, they’re just different. Well not all Christians are like this but some. I mean, the ones I know are very decent, understanding and tolerant people. I wish this hatred would stop soon, it’s not needed in this world.
i dont know who you are but be nice you may not agree with the wiccan faith but you dont have to be mean about and did you mother not teach you if you cant say any thing nice dont say any thing at all.
ROFL!!!!! Please tell me nobody took lil ole jerome seriously? This lil fellow wouldn’t last in a face to face meeting with me or any seasoned Witch lol!
He is very entertaining to say the least and I’m quite sure gets a little chuckle with his friends who more than likely worship the same blood thirsty god of Abraham. All he has done is add more proof to the lies and intolerence perpetuated by the christians as a group!!! Thank you for showig us wwjd because now I am even happier I am no part of your blood thirsty, hypocritical, murderous lying pantheon of misguided mythology. Blessed be lil jerome and Merry Part! May the Goddess watch over you and bless you and your family!!
Sincerely,
Matt Kennedy
High Priest
Coven of the Red Moon
P.S. By the way its 13 box tops duh!! lol
The bashing of Wicca and Pagan religions on the internet alone has caused alot of us to be shunned from alot of things. Here where I live I am shunned from alot of my friends because their parents believe I will turn them into a “devil worshipping slut” like they so claim me!
this is stupid just let people beileve what they want its there choice in the end they will see {when they are being judged by whom ever they worship} either way its wrong to judge ah …..oh yea ….judge and ye shall be judged dosnt anyone remember that or is it that knowone wants to follow it …..i know how it is to be judged i am a self taught wiccan and live with a christian i get judged everyday all day im not allowed to have anything containing to what i beileve in the house or yard i hate it but i respect the one i live with and even though im being judged im not going to judge because im not going to stoop that low
Laugh at this guy all you want, it just show how narrow-minded you are. He won a huge lottery and will never have to work again, so he’s obviously better at manipulating reality than you are. It sounds like he’s trying to do something meaningful with his winnings, which is to be commended. What could be more fun than being an eccentric millionaire?