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 Today's News: The Moon: Gods, Myths And Legends Author: Rick Stroud Source: The Times (UK) Title: THE MOON: GODS, MYTHS AND LEGENDS We see the moon as a Goddess, a great mother a benign presence floating in the sky. But, moon goddesses have not always been nice to know, and sometimes the lunar deity was male. 5000 years ago in Ur in Mesopotamia they worshiped the moon god Sin. The very name of Allah, may stem from the moon god Hubal. In Germany, the sun is feminine and the moon male - Frau Sonne and Herr Mond. Many Sanskrit names for the moon are male, including Kandra, Soma, and Vidhu. Here are eight moon gods and goddesses, they are all fierce and they are all proud. Cross them at your peril. | |
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Today's News: Giant Naked Goddess To Be Carved Into Hillside Author: The Telegraph Source: The Telegraph (UK) Title: GIANT NAKED GODDESS TO BE CARVED INTO HILLSIDE A 400-yard naked "Green Goddess" is to be carved into the Northumberland landscape, under a new plan revealed by a mining company. Dubbed the "Goddess of the North", Northumberlandia will be made from two million tonnes of earth dug out from an open cast mine in Cramlington, and tower 112ft into the northern sky. The Goddess, designed by artist Charles Jencks, will recline over the Shotton open-cast mine and form the centre piece of a new public park at the site. | |
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Today's News: Courts Face New Challenge In Faith Healing Cases Author: AP Source: MSNBC Title: COURTS FACE NEW CHALLENGE IN FAITH HEALING CASES Most U.S. states have child abuse laws allowing some religious exemptions for parents who shun medicine for their sick children, but a few recent cases highlight thorny legal issues for parents following less-recognized faiths. Existing laws have gradually accounted for more well-known and established faiths, such as Pentecostalism, Christian Science and Jehovah's Witnesses. But recent cases in the news have judges and child care advocates dealing with parents who claim adherence to lesser-known faiths, such as the Minnesota family following an Internet-based group's American Indian beliefs, and an independent church in the western state of Oregon that has been investigated in the past for the deaths of members' sick children. | |
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Today's News: Murder Trial: Dagger Blade Was 14.5cm Long Author: Court Reporter Source: Isle of Man Today Title: MURDER TRIAL: DAGGER BLADE WAS 14.5CM LONG The knife which killed Billy Rogers was a Pagan ceremonial dagger with a 14.5cm blade, a murder trial has heard. Arizona Devine Watterson denies the murder of Mr Rogers. She admits she stabbed him, but says it was a tragic accident as a result of horseplay. Prosecutor Stuart Kneale described Miss Watterson as a 'cold and calculating' woman whose account of Mr Rogers' death 'expanded and changed as time went on'. The knife was bought from Stardust, a shop selling Pagan and Wiccan (white witchcraft) artefacts and gifts in Windsor Road, Douglas, for about Ł15. | |
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Today's News: Local Alternative Health And Occult Practitioners Author: Claire Polermo Source: Ventura County Reporter Title: LOCAL ALTERNATIVE HEALTH AND OCCULT PRACTITIONERS The Tarot Shoppe is hidden at the back of a shadowy corridor off Main Street in Ventura. New Age books and incense may not appeal to everyone, but the store’s location seems ideal for allowing occult enthusiasts to browse in peace. Yet, since it opened in 2003, owner Scott Feldman had been receiving an average of 20 to 30 phone calls per week from religious groups opposed to his business. “They say things like, ‘You’re going to hell,’ and make other threats, nothing violent,” Feldman said. “What’s more frustrating is the fact that I haven’t been making enough money to restock the store.” It’s unsurprising that economic decline hits particularly hard for occult businesses, which often struggle to stay open, even in better times. | |
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Today's News: Afterbirth For Dinner Author: Joel Stein Source: Time Title: AFTERBIRTH FOR DINNER There is so much you can't know about your spouse when you get married, like that one day she will want to eat her placenta. But there are two things you don't argue about with a pregnant woman: what she eats and that being full of life indeed looks sexy. So when Cassandra told me that for $275, a woman would come to our house, cook Cassandra's placenta, freeze-dry it and turn it into capsules to help ward off postpartum depression and increase milk supply, I said, "$275 is a bargain compared with the $20,000 I'll have to spend to tear out our kitchen immediately afterward." Most mammals, Cassandra explained, eat their placentas, to which I countered that most dogs eat their poop. I stopped arguing there, figuring that like many of Cassandra's hippie ideas — the compost bin, rubbing lemon on her underarms instead of deodorant — she'd give up on this in a few weeks. | |
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Today's News: Author Wrote The Handbook On Being Goth Author: Laura Casey Source: Contra Costa Times Title: AUTHOR WROTE THE HANDBOOK ON BEING GOTH Seattle-based author Jillian Venters's new book, "Gothic Charm School" (Harper, $13.99), is the ultimate handbook to being, and understanding, the Gothic subculture. A Goth since age 6 when she told her grandparents she wanted to be a witch from the "Wizard of Oz" but wear only black, Venters answered a few of our questions about the Gothic subculture. Q: How does someone come out Goth to their parents? A: If people are really lucky, their parents just kind of figure it out. My parents had no doubt how I was going to turn out after seeing me read vampire novels and deciding that I wanted to be a witch or a vampire. For other kids who are trying to come out to their parents, they should just sit them down and say, "Hey, this is the subculture I am interested in." Ask Mom and Dad if they've got questions. Frequently if you just talk to parents and say, "These are the things I like and what questions can I answer for you?" parents tend to be OK with it. | |
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