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Title: Death Days
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She's by far the most famous witch in the Bible.
So, the king is in a bind.
He has prohibited all forms of divination on pain of death, but now he needs someone to divine for him. The kingdom next door is about to invade, his long-time counselor is dead, and he needs advice.
“Find me a witch (ba'alat 'ov),” he tells his servants.
“There's one at Endor ('Eyn Dor, 'Spring [of] Dor*'),” they tell him.
So he disguises himself and goes to see her.
“Raise someone for me,” he tells her.
“What, are you trying to trap me?” she replies, cannily. “You know the king has forbidden such things.”
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I remember asking *why* all these various arts were forbidden in Sunday school, and why if we believed in religious tolerance/free -
I love it Steve. I guess that Maurice from Bewitched and Nicky Holroyd from Bell, Book and Candle were powerful media role models -
I once read an article in which the author tried to identify the different types of magic in the ancient near east. It has been a -
Very well said. I love your sense of humor. That being said: I enjoy learning where the name of the witch Endora came from. I had
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Thanks, Aunt Vyv. The trendy, jet-setting witches of Bewitched were indeed a revelation. And, one could say, a prediction. A dear
It comes up time and again, and I'm not sure I understand it – Ghost Hunting. I have a love/hate relationship with the practices seeking out the spirits of the afterlife. While I think it can be quite helpful, healing and even practical to have some skills in this area, I see people get caught up to a level that distracts them from their own spiritual evolution.
What I”m specifically talking about are Witches, Magicians, Shamanic Practitioners, Pagans, you name it, going ghost hunting for fun. People without a magickal background, who are looking for “proof” that consciousness can exist after death, I understand their fascination, but I don't understand those in the magickal community who do it.
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I have to wholeheartedly agree. I have heard people taunt and jeer at these entities in the hopes that it will draw them out. I
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Thanks! I think most things people encounter are cast offs and shells when they think they have a trapped soul, and lot of it is j -
Good piece. I agree that if you really are dealing with the dead, they are not for entertainment. But there may be "cast-offs" and
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Thanks. Sure, feel free to hit me up for it. Just give me enough time as things are crazy busy and I don't want to miss a deadline
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Brilliant. I'm planning a "Psychic Arts" issue of Witches&Pagans for 2014 and now I know who to go to for authoritative, down-to-e
