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		<title>The Magic of Wicca Jewelry</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lots of Pagans and Wicca followers find comfort and peacefulness in wearing certain jewelry pieces as amulets and protective talismans. By its nature, Wicca jewelry is magical. Everything that goes into the making of Wicca jewelry brings its own energy into it. I’m talking about the metals, the gem stones, the colors of the stones and symbols.


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<li><a href='http://www.waywardwiccan.com/2010/04/how-to-set-up-a-beltane-altar/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: How To Set Up A Beltane Altar'>How To Set Up A Beltane Altar</a></li>
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		<title>Jack O&#8217;Lanterns: The Story of Jack</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 17:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Wayward Wiccan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of Halloween’s most popular symbols is without any doubt: the Jack O’Lantern. Carving pumpkins is a well known ritual of the Samhain season, loved by both children and adults. The Jack O’Lantern is created with a candle and a beautifully carved pumpkin. You put the candle or, for safety, a battery powered tealight into the pumpkin, and then you light it off to illuminate the carved out design. For some people, the more elaborated the carved design, the better. I prefer the classic smiley face version.


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		<title>Samhain Celebration</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Wayward Wiccan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While most people know Samhain as Halloween, for Wicca followers and Pagans this is the time to honor and celebrate the ancestors. It is also the perfect time to contact the spirit world, since the veil between our world and the next is at its thinnest.


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		<title>Ancient Temple to Mithras Discovered in France</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2010 17:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Wayward Wiccan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just at the end of last month, archeologists have discovered a third-century sanctuary dedicated to the Indo-Iranian god Mithras near Angers, France. The discovery  consists of a small, rectangular chapel, in which it is believed that worshippers celebrated the god and offered him sacrifices.  The “tauroctony”, a typical bas-relief of the god Mithras wearing his Phrygian cap shows and slaughtering a bull, is also present in the sanctuary. 


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<li><a href='http://www.waywardwiccan.com/2010/08/stonehenge-twin-discovered/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Stonehenge Twin Discovered'>Stonehenge Twin Discovered</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.waywardwiccan.com/2010/08/freyja-goddess-of-fertility-and-abundance/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Freyja: Goddess of Fertility and Abundance'>Freyja: Goddess of Fertility and Abundance</a></li>
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		<title>Greek Manuscripts Available Online</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 17:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Wayward Wiccan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very important announcement! One of the world’s greatest research libraries, the British Library has digitized 284 Greek manuscripts and made them available online. But that is not the only good news; thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation ‘s grant, all the information is free.


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<li><a href='http://www.waywardwiccan.com/2010/09/the-secret-sounds-of-stonehenge/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The Secret Sounds of Stonehenge'>The Secret Sounds of Stonehenge</a></li>
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		<title>Most Americans Have Little Religious Knowledge</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Wayward Wiccan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pew Forum on Religion &#038; Public Life created a 32-question quiz and tested the religious knowledge of over 3,400 Americans by telephone. According to the survey  most Americans have little to no knowledge about religion. More precisely, although the United States is one of the most religious developed countries in the world, “most Americans scored 50 percent or less on a quiz measuring knowledge of the Bible, world religions and what the Constitution says about religion in public life”.


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		<title>Woman Finds Witchcraft Paraphernalia at the Havan Cemetery</title>
		<link>http://www.waywardwiccan.com/2010/09/woman-finds-witchcraft-paraphernalia-at-the-havan-cemetery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Wayward Wiccan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A woman recently found what she calls “witchcraft objects”  at the Havana Cemetery, and since she was completely scared of what she saw she immediately called Action 4 News to come at the scene.


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		<title>Apples, the Symbol of the Divine</title>
		<link>http://www.waywardwiccan.com/2010/09/apples-the-symbol-of-the-divine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 20:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apples are associated with immortality and also considered food for the death. They are also associated with the harvest, which makes them perfect for celebrating Mabon. Wicca followers and Pagans often honor the Roman goddess Pomona and hold the Apple Harvest rite.


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		<title>Regulation for Psychics</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 20:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting the first week of September, all fortune tellers and psychics in Warren, Mich. must be fingerprinted and pay an annual fee  of $150 plus $10 for a police background check, to be allowed to practice their crafts. Warren city-council member Keith Sadowski declared: "We had no mechanism of enforcement to protect people against unsavory characters. We want to be sure there is some recourse in case we do get somebody who is not legitimate." These new strict rules will apply to clairvoyants, palmists, fortune readers and other psychics.


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		<title>How to Set up your Mabon Altar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Wayward Wiccan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As previously mentioned, Mabon is the perfect time to celebrate the second part of the harvest. It is also the time when the amount of day is equal to the amount of night. Here are some tips and ideas on how to set up your Mabon altar.


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