Paganism
Pandemic impact on “witch-hunts”
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TWH looks at how illness and pandemics affect some “witch hunt” behavior.
Paganism
Pagan Community Notes: National Guard boots two Asatru guardsmen with ties to white supremacy, another religious exception for service members, and more!
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In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, U.S. National Guard removes two members for ties to white supremacy, and in a separate decision grants a religious exemption for beard, and a Hathor pendant found in Greek archaeological dig.
News
UN will focus on witchcraft-related violence for first time
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TWH – The Times of India reports that “Shanti Devi, a resident of Thethai Andag village, was [killed Tuesday night] on suspicion of practising witchcraft.” 11 assailants reportedly beat her to death and later set her body on fire “to wipe out all evidences connecting them with the crime.” Kalinga TV offers a similar report. “In yet another superstition-related crime, a man hacked his aunt to death suspecting her to be practicing sorcery before dumping her body on the banks of a river in Thakursahi village.” The Ghana Web reports that a 63-year-old man has recently come forward to claim that his blindness was caused by his own mother selling his soul so that she could possess witchcraft abilities.
News
Women, witchcraft and the struggle against abuse
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TWH – In the U.S., March is national Women’s History Month, and Sunday was International Women’s Day. Around the world, individuals and organizations celebrated the role and influence of women in society. Pagans and Heathens were among them. There is much to celebrate. In many places, women have come a “long way baby” from the Victorian days of limited opportunity and arranged marriages.
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Nepal Readies First-Ever Witchcraft Act to Protect Women
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Nearly daily there are news reports on abuses inflicted on people who have been accused of witchcraft. Just today the Zambia Daily Mail reported that a man was killed and another beaten over such accusations. These horrifying cases occur all over the world with a concentration in the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa, India and Nepal. In most of these attacks, the victims are not Pagans or Witches in a western sense and are not likely practicing any form of witchcraft. The accusations are simply used as weapon against the unwanted who are more often than not women.