Word: witchcraft
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...ended up doing one of the Harvard break dancing group on campus,” Arshad said. “It was probably the best paper I’ve written in my life.”Another popular class taught by Mitchell is entitled “Witchcraft and Charm Magic.”“There is now an Idiot’s Guide to Wicca and Witchcraft,” Mitchell said. “That’s how you know it’s come of age in pop culture.”MYTHIC...
...most of them male, awaiting the start of a movie that would open my eyes to an unfamiliar art form.“Nuns! Now!” yelled an impatient audience member from the balcony, and the series host ended his lengthy introduction and began this film of witchcraft, torture, and rampant sexual urges in 17th-century England. In lieu of a plot summary, which would—trust me—be absolutely pointless, allow me to mention some choice moments from the film that emphasize its key aspects.The dialogue, dubbed in English from its original French, included...
...Assembly of God Church, the Pentecostal church that Palin attended for most of her life. In the scene captured on video, Palin stands at the front of the sanctuary while a visiting African pastor prays that God will help her gubernatorial campaign and protect her "from every form of witchcraft." Later in the same service, the pastor complains that "Israelites" held too many prominent positions in business, a comment that has further alienated Jewish voters...
...that Palin's most consistent religious home has been the Pentecostal church of her youth. Though her family left the Wasilla Assembly of God in 2002, just before she launched her campaign for lieutenant governor, Palin has continued to return. The now famous prayer to protect her from witchcraft took place during a visit in 2005, three years after Palin's official departure. She returned again as recently as June 2008, making reference to that earlier service and crediting the African pastor's prayer with leading her to gubernatorial victory. And when she works from the state capital, Palin attends...
...Other writers have tackled everything from vigilatism and muti killings (where a victim is killed for body parts to be used in witchcraft) to abalone smuggling and the murder of street children. In Nicol's latest novel, Payback, the protagonists are former gun-runners from the liberation struggle days. The new crime fiction captures the frustrations, fears and also optimism of a changing society, offering readers highly complex characters on both sides of the law. In South Africa, so long cast in black and white, capturing the shades of gray is the new challenge...