The word occult comes from the Latin occultus (clandestine, hidden, secret), referring to "knowledge of the hidden"
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Spell of rain fails to dampen Witches gathering"
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15 June 2024
A coven of more than 100 witches celebrated "dark magic and ancient wonder" at a mystical gathering in York on Friday - despite being a bit cursed with the weather.
Staged by the Hocus Pocus Tiny Hotel, all kinds of magical thinkers and believers enjoyed sage burning, blessings, fortune telling and a whole cauldron of mystical activities, including live music and "tantalising elixirs" to drink.
One of the hotel owners, Camelia Andrei, called it a "celebration of modern witchcraft".
It is the second annual Witches Coven at the themed hotel and some of the proceeds will go towards helping the homeless in York.
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This group is named after "Complete illustrated Book of the Psychic Sciences" a book by Walter B. Gibson 1966.A fun and interesting read.
Walter Brown Gibson (September 12, 1897 – December 6, 1985) was an American writer and professional magician, best known for his work on the pulp fiction character The Shadow. Wikipedia
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‘If you want to call me a witch … that’s fine’
Actress Suranne Jones
She has always loved mysticism, shamanism and crystals – but until now, she’s kept it a secret. Her new documentary brings it all out into the open
When Suranne Jones’s husband first suggested they make a documentary about witch trials she felt uncomfortable. “What are people going to think?” she worried. After all, it would involve revealing her longstanding interest in “alternative medicines, shamanism and crystal work”. She grew up near Pendle, Lancashire, where the UK’s most famous witch trials took place, and where they would “all talk about the trials. My Auntie Jean especially.” Nonetheless, she’s rarely spoken publicly about her interest in witches. “Because it’s still taboo.” She meets modern witches who embrace the figure of the witch as an outsider and truth teller. She even participates in ritualistic ceremonies. “The idea was to try to marry up my fascination with the witch trials and the modern witch because they aren’t the same thing,” she says. “Except what I learned is, they are.” www.theguardian.com
Liz Williams is a professional writer and, with her partner, runs a witchcraft supply store She has written for the Guardian and other publications on Pagan themes, and is a member of various Pagan organisations, including the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. Liz Williams lives in Glastonbury, England, and is a science fiction writer. Four of her novels have been shortlisted for the Philip K Dick Award and several have also appeared on the New York Times 'Best of Year' listings. Banner of Souls was shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award in 2006
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From Shalonabena
Parliament’s website has a short section on witchcraft history as it relates to various topics under Living Heritage. A Parliament blog was also included on more details of laws and types of witchcraft and magic described.
Recently there have been more efforts by witch groups to call attention to atrocities committed against those accused in history.
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"The ancient city of York is known for its links to spiritualism and magic, with many wizardly shops located on The Shambles. According to research from Huddersfield University, there was a higher propensity of witches in Yorkshire in the 1600s than any other region"
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Knaresborough attraction Mother Shipton's Cave - the legendary birthplace of England's most famous prophetess - provided some water from its famous well.Though York was hit by a spell of rain, witches were out in force. Organisers said the event was a real 'celebration of modern witchcraft.Ms Andrei added: "Last year was the first event, and an overwhelming response spurred us to go all out for The Witches Coven 2024. It’s a celebration of the diversity of our community and the power of coming together to embrace our shared love of all things weird and wonderful."
"The New Forest coven were an alleged group of pagan witches who met around the area of the New Forest in southern England during the early 20th century. According to his own claims, in September 1939, a British occultist named Gerald Gardner was initiated into the coven and subsequently used its beliefs and practices as a basis from which he formed the tradition of Gardnerian Wicca. Gardner described some of his experiences with the coven in his published books Witchcraft Today (1954) and The Meaning of Witchcraft (1959) although on the whole revealed little about it, saying he was respecting the privacy of its members. Meanwhile, another occultist, Louis Wilkinson, corroborated Gardner's claims by revealing in an interview with the writer Francis X. King that he too had encountered the coven and expanded on some of the information that Gardner had provided about them.[1] According to Gardner, the faith they followed was the Witch-Cult, a supposed pagan religion that had survived in secret after the Christianization of Europe. This was in keeping with the now-discredited theories of Margaret Murray and her supporters" .en.m.wikipedia.org/…
The Coven of the Sacred Path is a Wiccan Coven lineaged in the Alexandrian tradition. We are currently open to seekers interested in training &....
"It is not possible, in process metaphysics, to conceive divine activity as a "supernatural" intervention into the "natural" order of events. Process theists usually regard the distinction between the supernatural and the natural as a by-product of the doctrine of creation ex nihilo. In process thought, there is no such thing as a realm of the natural in contrast to that which is supernatural"
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