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[First and foremost, a brief definition of the “occult.”]
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“This is in accordance with ritual and has the full consent of the participant.”
[ASND understands that we are seeing growth in participation in such rituals here in the U.S. too – especially among youth . Well, good thing , we say – especially since those rituals are so often misunderstood by bigoted, ignorant Christians . Most Christians don’t even realize that Christianity is just revised pagan philosophy and mythology anyway.]
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Speaking of Growth…
“As I strolled through the streets of Key West on a 24-hour getaway with my daughter, I noticed something that I had never witnessed in Key West before: occultism seems fully woven through the culture.”
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Out of the Shadows: Wicca Grows in Austin and Beyond
http://reportingtexas.com/out-of-the-shadows-witchcraft-expands-in-austin-and-beyond/
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Out of the Broom Closet: DC Witches in Their Own Words
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Sciency Liberals Actually Believe In Witchcraft & Other Occult
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Season of the Witch
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/03/opinion/witches-occult-comeback.html
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Witchcraft Goes Mainstream, by Brooks Alexander
http://www.apologeticsindex.org/2610-witchcraft-goes-mainstream-by-brooks-alexander
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Witchy fashion is 2017’s most exciting, subversive trend
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Many Millennials Are Rejecting Christianity and Turning to Witchcraft and Astrology
https://pjmedia.com/faith/many-millennials-rejecting-christianity-turning-witchcraft-astrology/
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More students, young Americans turn to paganism
https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/38436/
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Why millennials are ditching religion for witchcraft and astrology
[That article didn’t even mention this, however.]
‘Harry Potter’ podcasts liken fantasy books to Bible, Quran
‘The more time we give to the text the more blessings it has to give us’
http://mobile.wnd.com/2017/11/harry-potter-podcasts-liken-fantasy-books-to-bible-quran/
[ASND thinks it should have. The “Potter” generation — mostly millennials — corresponds exactly with the above-cited growth in occultism.]
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Surge in spiritism: Most Americans believe in paranormal
http://www.wnd.com/2017/10/surge-in-spiritism-most-americans-believe-in-paranormal/print/
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Wicked within: U.S. plunges toward ‘occultism and demons’
http://www.wnd.com/2017/07/wicked-within-u-s-plunges-toward-glorifying-occultism-and-demons/print/
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Rabbi warns of resurgence of black magic, witchcraft, fortune-telling
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Witchy fashion is 2017’s most exciting, subversive trend
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Transgender Makeup Artist Leads Thousands of Occultists in Monthly Hexes on Trump
https://pjmedia.com/faith/thousands-hipster-occultists-gather-every-month-put-hexes-trump/
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A witch-themed store opens in eastern Lawrence to serve a growing pagan population
http://www2.ljworld.com/weblogs/town_talk/2017/sep/27/a-witch-themed-store-opens-in-eastern-la/
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Speak No Evil: Witchcraft’s popularity on the rise in Hudson Valley
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UFO sightings are at an all-time high
https://www.indy100.com/article/ufo-sightings-extraterrestrials-aliens-space-america-x-files-7594936
[Wait, UFOs? What are UFOs doing on ASND’s “Occultism” page?]
[We thought you’d never ask. See the “Biblical Perspective on UFOs” section here. ]
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D.C. Insider Sally Quinn [wife of Washington Post Editor Ben Bradlee] Reveals She Put Hexes on People… and Two of Them Died!
https://pjmedia.com/faith/2017/09/06/spirit-cooking-and-washington-dcs-dark-underbelly-of-occultism/
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A walk on the dark side
A look at Sally Quinn’s pagan, occultic ‘religion’
https://world.wng.org/2017/11/a_walk_on_the_dark_side
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The Secular Response:
Debunking the Sixth Sense
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140114092142.htm
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Psychic flees as audience discover knocks to be man in attic
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Wales ‘psychic’ guilty of tricking young women into sex acts
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/06/23/wales-psychic-guilty-tricking-young-women-into-sex-acts/
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ESP evidence fails key test of repeatability
“We cannot see the future. That’s the conclusion from a meta-analysis of [2010] studies attempting to replicate astonishing findings on ‘precognition’ – which suggested that people’s behaviour is influenced by events that haven’t yet happened.”
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2012/09/esp-evidence-fails-key-test-of.html
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Psychic fails to foresee €210,500 tax bill
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2012/1212/1224327773119.html
[ASND presumes she was just caught napping.]
[For several years.]
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The Religious Connection:
Decline in belief in God masks rise in superstition
http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/decline_in_belief_in_god_masks_rise_in_superstition
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At a former funeral home in a town inextricably linked to witchcraft, secular Jew Malcolm Jarry opens a new heaquarters for his Satanic Temple, a controversial movement with up to 50,000 members worldwide
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Mayan apocalypse: panic spreads as December 21 nears
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Nearly four in 10 U.S. residents blame weather on “end times”
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Top 10 Doomsday predictions that didn’t come true
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Hypnotism:
“It seems to have done the trick.“
http://web.orange.co.uk/article/quirkies/Hypnotist_warms_up_workers
[ASND wonders what Mr. Kerwin will say when they’re all found dead from hypothermia , which none of them will even notice . ]
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“One student at Collège du Sacré-Coeur was reportedly left hypnotized for five hours until Maxime Nadeau, the young hypnotist, called his mentor to the school for an emergency intervention.“
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“Henry Guasch, 19, of Mountain View, said that after crossing the coals while chanting his mantra of ‘Cool moss,’ he felt powerful.”
http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_21125630/san-jose-21-people-treated-burns-after-firewalk
[Why is it some people doubt Tony Robbins’ obvious gifts ?]
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“… devotees are urged to celebrate the Sun God with ‘unabashed sexuality and promiscuity’.”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1336181/Pagan-prisoners-given-time-worship-Sun-God.html
[ We saw a couple weeks ago that these kinds of religious ceremonies were increasing world-wide. I say again, praise the goddess ! ]
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“… she retreats into [her mom cave]… lights candles or burns incense, listens to meditation music [and] somtimes she talks to her mom, whose ashes she keeps in the room.”
[Wow, necromancy . That’s a cool trick . Sounds like good work when you can get it .]
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“Some people are more open to spirits than others. Often some family members can see a pet who has passed on, while others cannot.”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2043261/Animals-afterlife-The-dead-pets-touch-owners.html
[ Amen to that.]
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Correlation w/ (or Causation by?) Liberalism:
The rise of Satanism in America:
How members of The Satanic Temple focus on liberal activism, religious pluralism and social diversity
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Is Today’s Far Left ‘Possessed’?
https://stream.org/is-todays-left-possessed/
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Satanic Temple Founder Says Over Half of Members Could Be LGBTQ
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Modern witchcraft combines feminism, self-help, and wellness.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/these-modern-witches-want-to-cast-a-spell-on-you
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Lana Del Rey confirms attempt to use witchcraft against Donald Trump
http://www.nme.com/news/music/lana-del-rey-used-hex-on-donald-trump-2113859
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Witchcraft: The latest in political lobbying?
Hexing elected officials appears to be trendy new tool
http://mobile.wnd.com/2017/07/witchcraft-the-latest-in-political-lobbying/
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WikiLeaks: John Podesta Invited to Bizarre Occult Ritual, ‘Spirit Cooking’
https://pjmedia.com/trending/2016/11/04/wikileaks-john-podesta-invited-to-bizarre-occult-ritual/
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Nancy Pelosi ‘Swears’ Spirit of Susan B. Anthony Spoke to Her in White House
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/pelosi-swears-spirit-susan-b-anthony-spoke-her-white-house
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Cornish ‘white witches’ guilty of ritual sex abuse on girls
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“Labeled a dangerous cult by some, it has been reported that Visarion and his followers believe in [extra-terrestrial] aliens, think suicide is A-OK, and believe that the end of the World is immanent. There are rules here that I was warned about: no cussing, no tobacco, no alcohol, no meat…”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2Cv5hZfOmk
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Christianity & The Occult:
The World of the Occult
http://www.probe.org/site/c.fdKEIMNsEoG/b.4217647/k.5B0C/The_World_of_the_Occult.htm
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The Occult Connection
http://www.probe.org/site/c.fdKEIMNsEoG/b.4217659/
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THE OCCULT—What does the Bible say about it?
http://www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/edn-occult.html
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The Occult: The Authority of the Believer Over the Powers of Darkness
http://joshmcdowellmedia.org/FreeBooks/The%20Occult.pdf
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Another Slow News Day 