Comments on: Update: SIGIR’s Wiccan Scandal http://wildhunt.org/blog/2008/07/update-sigirs-wiccan-scandal.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:05:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rob Taylor http://wildhunt.org/blog/2008/07/update-sigirs-wiccan-scandal.html/comment-page-1#comment-2011 Rob Taylor Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:51:00 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2008/07/update-sigirs-wiccan-scandal-2.html#comment-2011 Little late on this but Witchcraft charges are made routinely in Muslim countries so the accuser may have been influenced by that. Also a lot of people who run into a Witch (Brujeria, Satanist or otherwise) will later describe them as a Wiccan because of Wicca's public image and the fact TV shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer used the terms Witch/Wiccan interchangably.<br/><br/>Also I've been threatened with curses by Wiccans (oh sorry I mean Banishings, "prayers" etc), so though I never bought into this story, it's not out of the realm of possibility Little late on this but Witchcraft charges are made routinely in Muslim countries so the accuser may have been influenced by that. Also a lot of people who run into a Witch (Brujeria, Satanist or otherwise) will later describe them as a Wiccan because of Wicca’s public image and the fact TV shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer used the terms Witch/Wiccan interchangably.

Also I’ve been threatened with curses by Wiccans (oh sorry I mean Banishings, “prayers” etc), so though I never bought into this story, it’s not out of the realm of possibility

]]> By: Bill Baar http://wildhunt.org/blog/2008/07/update-sigirs-wiccan-scandal.html/comment-page-1#comment-2003 Bill Baar Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:53:00 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2008/07/update-sigirs-wiccan-scandal-2.html#comment-2003 I was in the Green Zone last March and April. There were notices for Wiccan services in the Chaplains office in the embassy as well as on the card the gave me when I deployed on services available to me. I was in the Green Zone last March and April. There were notices for Wiccan services in the Chaplains office in the embassy as well as on the card the gave me when I deployed on services available to me.

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