"The Witches of Zugarramurdi" has been a well-known myth in all of Northern Spain and Southern France. It is celebrated every year since the 1600's on the 15th of August. There is a feast and a full celebration of the original witch-hunt thattook place on August 15th, 1610.The myth speaks of 12 witches and a warlock that were burned at the stake.It was believed there was a cave that was home to these witches, and they would dance and cast spells upon the people of Zugarramurdi.
It is commonly told as children's story throughout the region, as famous there as the story of "Little Red Riding Hood" is to us.
The modern
celebration is called "The Feast of theCaves", in which (in tribute to
the stake burning), a Lamb (Zikiro) is quartered, and is set near an
open-pit fire, being occasionally turned (as a rotisserie).
It traditionally is placed in front, so as not to drip it's fat into the flame, and cause smoke to alter the flavour.
Necromancy has had a long and very disparate
history between cultures and generations. The definition seems to slide in
every way at once thus seemingly muddling its clarity. Many cultures and
societies and sub-cultures have adopted the term "necromancy" as the title of
their practice, which is not necessarily wrong, but it has caused confusion
for the etymologically-minded who tend to be quick to point a finger at things
which do not fit the strict definition of ...Forgotten WICCAN Satanic roots?
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Greywolf
Druidry
5000 - 800 BCE: In the popular
imagination, links have always been made between Druids and megalithic monuments
such as the Avebury henge in Wiltshire and the Rollright Stones in Oxfordshire.
This was also the accepted academic orthodoxy until the 1930's, when it was
decided that Celtic civilisation did not reach Britain until 500 BCE, that
Druids were a purely Celtic priesthood, and that they could not, therefore, have
had any connection with megalithic st...Defining witchcraft
Anthony North: The French court of the Sun King, Louis XIV, was a flamboyant, extravagant place. But underneath the facade was a cauldron of hatred, deceit and social climbing. And underpinning the more unsavoury factors of the court was a conspiracy of murder and supposed witchcraft. After the suspicious deaths of several of the French nobility, Louis ordered the Commissioner of Police, Nicholas de la Reynie, to investigate. Opening the Chambre Ardente, or Burning Court (a black draped room wit...'Witches' face fine in Tajikistan
The lower house of parliament in Tajikistan has endorsed a bill to try to tackle what it describes as fortune-telling and witchcraft. Those found engaging in superstitious activities could be fined $200 (£98). Belief in the occult is widespread in many former Soviet societies. The Tajik authorities say those claiming occult powersare charlatans. The bill still needs the upper house of parliament and the president to approve it, but this is considered a formality. Earlier this year President Emom...US town escapes 666 phone prefix
A town in the US state of Louisiana is to be allowed to change its telephone prefix so that residents can avoid a number many associate with the Devil. Christians in Reeves have been unhappy since the early 1960s about being given the prefix, 666 - traditionally known as the Biblical "number of the beast". For the next three months, households will be able to change the first three digits of their phone numbers to 749. Mayor Scott Walker said CenturyTel"s decision was "divine intervention". Howe...At witch school, spelling has new meaning
When witch school came to town, Mayor Terry Prillaman stopped in to welcome the owners, as he does whenever a new business opens. "If you don"t like them, don"t patronize them," he says. "It"s like a tattoo parlor: You don"t have to go in." Youth pastor Andy Thomas, though, believes the arrival of witches in this town of 1,200 created a "spiritual battle" pitting "the forces of darkness against the forces of light." Rosella Ray, who runs the Village Art & Culture Center, a shop near the school, ...Judge rules in favour of Harry Potter
The adventures of boy wizard Harry Potter can stay in Gwinnett County school libraries, despite a mother's objections, a judge ruled Tuesday. Laura Mallory, who argued the popular fiction series is an attempt to indoctrinate children in witchcraft, said she still wants the best-selling books removed and may take her case to federal court."I maybe need a whole new case from the ground up," Mallory said. The woman, who said two of her four children attend public schools in thecounty,...Campaigners bid to clear the 'witch'
When the battleship Barham was torpedoed by the Germans in November 1941, with the loss of over 800 lives, the Admiralty delayed announcing the news to maintain morale. But the secrecy was ended within a few days when medium Helen Duncan told a couple during a seance that their son, a sailor on the ship, had appeared from the spirit world to tell them it had sunk. In one of the most bizarre acts of the Second World War, Mrs Duncan was accused of leaking military secrets - and became the last wom...Dawn of the witch
Anthony north: We"ve all heard of the witch, but do witches have a real existence? Yes, they have existed since the dawn of history, and most likely for millenia before. In the Bible, Saul, afraid of the might of the Philistine army, took himself off to be counsellefd by the Witch of Endor. In Classical literature we have Homer’s Circe who bewitched men and turned them into swine. Ovid tells us of the Strigae; erotic beings who flew through the air to carry out their murderous deeds. But with su...
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A Brief History of the Methods of Necromancy
Forgotten WICCAN Satanic roots?
History of the Druids
Defining witchcraft
'Witches' face fine in Tajikistan
US town escapes 666 phone prefix
Judge rules in favour of Harry Potter
Campaigners bid to clear the 'witch'
