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Could it be? Perhaps. There is a lot going on in my life right now after the move into my new home. One of which is enjoying 2 months off of school for my move but having to deal with possible health problems in my family. Never-the-less, the health scare has been dealt with and I will be returning to school in less than a month so I can finish my degree in network and computer securities by December.

Another thing I have been looking into lately is professional writing. I have been writing small articles for Associated Content and Constant Content for some time now. I enjoy writing, and yes blogging, but I also enjoy being paid. Sometimes there is not enough time in my day to write something for my blog. I do enjoy writing for my blog though, especially since I give information to people that are looking for truth. But sometimes money is the key factor.

I am currently looking into a paid guide position through About.com. I am keeping my fingers crossed that it will work out and I will join their team of knowledgeable guides. I would love to be a guide for Paganism/Wicca, where I could continue to spread the “good” word but on a much bigger scale, and of course get paid in return for my hard work.

So that leaves me with the question of continuing to blog whether I get the position with About or not. I guess it will all come down to whether I have enough time to continue to do something that is basically free of charge. A new home and children can change your view on whether you can continue to do something for free or if you should go with the writing jobs that actually pay. Like I said though, it’s still all up in the air and I am going to sit down and do some “sole searching” on the matter. Until then, blessed be.

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My Return

April 3rd 2007 19:25

I will be flying back on my broom before you can twitch your nose.

I have been moving into my first house over the past week and a half, but I will post a new blog on Friday April 6th....Saturday April 7th at the latest. Well, with fingers crossed anyway. It has been a job in itself to move in and fight with the ISP here about getting service established.

There has been plenty going on in the wold of religious news lately, so check back over the weekend for my comments on the latest idiotic behavior in the religious world.

Blessed Be

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One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

January 16th 2007 14:39

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The Portales News Tribune in New Mexico printed a story about a woman that was jailed and charged her for killing her 6-year old son on January 4th of this year. Her name is Teresa Gillman and she is 24 –years old and supposedly told the police that “the devil was in my son”. Gillman also has an 8-year old daughter that told the police that the morning her brother was killed, her mother had encircled his body with salt. The police also stated that they found writing that would resemble something used in a “ritualistic type ceremony”.

So how does religion play into this story? Well, hold onto your broomsticks because here it comes: The police took a warrant to the Portales public library to obtain some books on “witchcraft” that Gillman had checked out. They said they were trying to find materials that resembled the writings they had found in her home with her dead son. Apparently they don’t seem to think that the woman’s confession of “the devil” being in her son would point to oddities of Christianity. Instead they found “writings” and a salt circle, coupled with the books from the library, and so now they are pointing a finger at Paganism. I think the woman checked out the books about Paganism at the library and used them as references, because she thinks that it is related to Satanism. So she is a God-fearing Christian and seemed to think her son had “the devil” inside….what would she do? Ah yes, go to the library to do a little research.

Why do I think this is what happened and not an “abuse” of Paganism? Because the medical investigator stated that the boy died because of a blunt force to the head and possibly drowning. It sounds to me like she was trying to “purify” her son from “the devil” via water (baptism) and then salt….which salt is not only used by Pagans to purify...Christians use this as well. But never-the-less, they are pointing fingers at Paganism, or at least the news article is making it seem this way.

Here are the books they confiscated from the local library: “The Magic Power of White Witchcraft” by Gavin and Yvonne Frost; “Making the Gods Work for You: The Astrological Language of the Psyche,” by Caroline Casey; and “The Witch’s Book of Magical Ritual: Use the Forces of Wicca to Direct Your Psychic Powers,” by Gavin Frost.

In a one sentence statement following the list of books, the paper also said “Police also collected a book about Scientology.” They did not state what the book title was nor did they say anything about why she would possibly have a book on Scientology and all of those books on Paganism. I think the newspaper is a little biased, imagine my surprise.

The brilliant district attorney stated that he thinks the child abuse to her other 3 children and the death of her son has something to do with what is in the books. Oddly enough, I have never read a book on Paganism and found where they say you should abuse your children or hit them in the head and drown them to rid them of the devil. And these people are paid to uphold the law?! I’m glad I don’t live around this area or even in this state. I’ll have to add New Mexico to the list of states I refuse to live in, based on utter ignorance and stupidity. I know that I do not know exactly what took place with this case nor do I know this woman, but they should at least be a little more open-minded as to why she did it. They shouldn’t use Pagan books as a scapegoat, but unfortunately this is how it is going for now. Why don’t they point fingers at Scientology? I doubt this horrible even was the fault of Scientology either, but then again….look at Tom Cruise.

No, but seriously…in another story that was linked to this one, it has been stated that Gilman had been arrested for drug paraphernalia that you would use with methamphetamines and marijuana. Apparently the house was cluttered with dirty clothes and trash, as well as no gas service even though the house was equipped for natural gas. There was only 1 mattress in the house, which the children apparently shared in order to stay warm since they only had 2 space heaters to help ward off the cold. To top things off, there was no working toilet and the only water they had running in the house was from a hose that went to the kitchen sink from the washer.

So these children had very poor living conditions and their mother was apparently a drug addict that spent all of her money on drugs instead of necessities such as heat and working fixtures, but let’s point the finger at books on Paganism. Yep, that seems rational. I have an idea! Why don’t they start pointing the finger at this woman’s family, that had apparently just spoken to her the night before she killed her son! Her own mother had just talked to her and her father made comments that “he had never SEEN his daughter take drugs but heard her talk about it and noticed that she had lost weight in the past few years.” Because her own family apparently wanted to “look the other way”, they allowed her to abuse her other children and then murder the little boy because of “Satan”? All I can say is WTF???

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Pat Robertson Strikes Again

January 12th 2007 15:16

Pat's Latest Picture

Do you consider yourself religious? Is your faith strong? If you answered no to one or both questions, then according to Pat Robertson, you shouldn’t have children. Here we go again on yet another one of crazy Pat’s rants. He apparently made comments recently about the constant decline of the population in Germany. He stated that the decline in population is because it is a supposed fact that it is “only those with strong religious faith who have children.” Here is his actual statement on the situation:

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Jesus was Here, Sydney Australia.

January 9th 2007 02:28

The New Jesus Magick Eye Puzzle

Apparently all of you in Australia are very very blessed. It seems that Jesus has paid a visit to the railway station in Sydney by leaving His image on a wall. Located beneath platform 2 of Waverton station, the image of Jesus has become quite the talk at the water cooler. How was the image even found in the first place? Apparently a commuter spotted it on a city bound train

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Pope Benedict XVI Prays to Allah

January 2nd 2007 18:47

The Pope has lost his marbles.

In the world of crazies, craziness, and people that have unfortunately “hit their heads”…we can now ad Pope Benedict XVI to the list. For some reason this story didn’t get much publicity in the states, and I definitely see why. Reuters reported on December 1st that the Pope had visited a mosque in Turkey, which was at the end of November, and ended up turning toward Mecca and “praying like a Muslim”. If I were a Catholic, I would be deeply offended by this gesture. He was trying to obviously settle the waves he had caused earlier in the year over the quotations of the Byzantine emperor about Islamic violence. However, did he actually need to bow to another God just to bring peace

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Adopt a Nun

December 27th 2006 19:15

Maybe they need better advertising!

Yes, you read correctly. You can actually pay money to adopt your very own nun. The way it works is you pay them money and they return service to you by praying for you. Sounds kind of silly? Well at least I’m not the only one to think so. But there are people that are doing it, believe it or not. One woman was shown saying that it’s great to have someone on your side with a direct link to God. Are these people for real? Since when do you have to pay someone, especially a nun, to pray for you? And correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t God supposed to hear all prayers….and not in any given order? By having this, they are making it seem like the rest of the people on the planet that pray have to wait in line behind the so called holy people such as priests and nuns

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