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They jockey for upward mobility in the five degrees of church membership, which closely resemble those in witchcraft covens: apprentice, warlock (or witch), wizard (or enchantress), sorcerer (or sorceress) and magus?the degree that La Vey holds. The ruling Council of Nine, which La Vey heads, makes appointments to various ranks on the basis not only of the candidate's proficiency in Satanist doctrine but also his "dining preferences," the "style of decor" in his home, and the "make, year and condition" of his automobile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Occult: A Substitute Faith | 6/19/1972 | See Source »

...Irish attitude to sex goes back a long way. Vivian Mercier, in his indispensable book The Irish Comic Tradition, talks of ubiquitous stone carvings depicting a creature called the Sheela-na-gig, half-whore and half-crone, with enormous sexual parts and withered breasts. This would be the same enchantress of ancient legend who, having seduced her victim, turns successively into scalding water, a beast that eats the poor man's head and a dwarf that fastens his hair to the floor and makes him bald. The Irish have been suspicious of marriage ever since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: OBSERVATIONS UPON THE IRISH | 6/20/1969 | See Source »

...away with new enthusiasm for his assignment. Hoffman he found a "natural," Farrow a "supernatural." Cinema Reporter Jay Cocks, who spent a good deal more time with Mia, agrees. After at least a dozen interviews, on set and off, he is sure that she is "something of a medieval enchantress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Feb. 7, 1969 | 2/7/1969 | See Source »

...Python & Enchantress. Price's story tells of a rambling, weekend hunt for a rabid dog that has bolted into the pinewoods, for the dog's dimwitted, devoted master, Milo's brother, who has bolted too, and for an 18-ft., 280-lb. python named Death that has escaped from the county fairgrounds and is the slithering, ravenous reason for their flight. Milo himself would rather pursue his affair, begun two days before, with the 16-year-old daughter of the python's proprietress, but family fealty prevails over private pleasure. With the town's aging...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Echoing Epics | 4/1/1966 | See Source »

Eight years ago, Seattle was so proud of Bobo that everyone from schoolchildren to tycoons chipped in to raise $4,000 to buy him a suitable bride. They settled for a dainty (350 lbs.), nubile (aged 11) enchantress, whose main aim in life is to reproduce. Bobo will hardly look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Zoo: Fifi: Si! Bobo? No! | 8/14/1964 | See Source »

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