Massey University in New Zealand has introduced a new extramural class called Magic and Witchcraft to "show how magic and witchcraft illustrate the beliefs, values, structures, and social tensions within particular societies". Naturally, it has made the news.
"Spells, magical curses and voodoo dolls are all part of a new paper being offered at Massey University. Magic and Witchcraft, is a 100-level extramural paper offered this semester at the university's school...
"Oberon had a meeting yesterday (Thurs Aug 14) with his doctor, Stephen Denigris, to discuss the results of the biopsy they did on the golfball-sized tumor (lesion) they discovered during his recent colonoscopy. He says it is indeed cancerous,...
Chas Clifton and Floralia report that Frederick Adams, co-founder of the Pagan tradition of Feraferia, passed away on August 9th. Adams, in addition to co-founding Feraferia, was also instrumental in organizing one of the first attempts at a pan-Pagan/occult organization, the Council of Themis.
"Feraferia emerged from a utopian California subculture of simple living, minimal clothing, and "natural" foods that predated the better-known 1960s counterculture by at least thirty years...