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...intersection of Mass. Ave. and Linnaean St. near the Quad, is a gold mine for anyone searching for the true meaning of Hallowe'en. The owner, Sherry Gamble, and most of her staff are practioners in the art and religion of Wicca, commonly known to most people as witchcraft...
...History of Witchcraft...
...current world of witchcraft that Floyd and Vinnie describe, is a far cry from the historical facts of the trade. Let's start with some history. The ancient pagans of Ireland and England--not pagans as in the cannibals of Borneo, but simply non-Christians who worshipped nature--threw big parties every year on the day of Samhain, or "Summer's End." These were the first Hallowe'ens, according to The Origin of Festivals and Feasts by Jean Harrowven...
...home -- and, not incidentally, thereby make her give up the backyard Mecca of Magi, camels, owls and other mystical sculptures she has built from cement, rusting wire, ground-up glass bottles and found objects. Her house is a shrine to her, an eyesore to neighbors, a mark of witchcraft to children and an affront both personal and theological to the pastor and his church...
...remain at the mission are suspicious of both but fear deportation if they speak out. The bishop, annoyed by criticism of his paternal rule, declares, "They accused me because I was civilizing the Indians . . . I never imposed anything, but in the schools they learned things and saw that witchcraft was wrong." Nonetheless, younger priests like Father Alfonso Casasnovas admit that the church is overcoming past errors by working to "rediscover values" of the old culture...