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Pagan & Shinto News: ‘Witch’ Used ‘Wicca Book of Spells’ And Shotgun to Set Fire to Cars at Dealership

Pagan & Shinto News: ‘Witch’ Used ‘Wicca Book of Spells’ And Shotgun to Set Fire to Cars at Dealership

Last updated on: August 14, 2022 at 7:08 pm by Megan Manson

Pagan & Shinto News: ‘Witch’ Used ‘Wicca Book of Spells’ And Shotgun to Set Fire to Cars at Dealership 2022-08-14T19:08:45+00:00 Megan Manson

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US: ‘Witch’ used ‘Wicca Book of Spells’ and shotgun to set fire to cars at dealership
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US: ‘Witch’ used ‘Wicca Book of Spells’ and shotgun to set fire to cars at dealership

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A woman has been arrested after police say they caught her using a spell book and shotgun to set fire to cars at a used dealership…

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417 people have signed an online petition to remove the artwork “with immediate effect”, with one person referring to it as “an offence to God”…

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On Saturday, July 16th 2022, the Witch’s Fest event held in Astor Place, New York City (NYC), was invaded by a group of evangelical Christians who clearly believed that their religion was the only one which should be followed…

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Japan faith-based tourism market to grow at 10.5% through 2032 amid rising interest in spirituality among tourists
Newstrail
Tourism in Japan has increased, with more people visiting both well-known and lesser-known areas. This has heightened interest in numerous areas of Japanese culture, tradition, and society…

Gigantic geyser erupts from Shinto shrine’s forest on the night before its summer festival
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Japanese minister Nishimura visits Yasukuni Shrine
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Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura visited a controversial war shrine on Aug. 13, Kyodo News reported, in a move that could potentially sour relations with China and South Korea…

Japan’s consumer affairs agency to probe ‘spiritual marketing’
NHK World
Japan’s new minister in charge of consumer affairs, Kono Taro, has instructed his agency to set up a panel to investigate the marketing practices of groups involved in so-called spiritual sales…

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From ancient times, horses, especially white horses, were highly revered in Japan, and it was believed that sometimes kami arrived on horseback…

Japan’s Obon festival: how family commemoration and ancestral worship shapes daily life
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Hong Kong: 2 women sentenced to 120 hours of community service for sacrificing rabbits and rats for witchcraft
Coconuts
Two Hong Kong women who engaged a tertiary level student to perform witchcraft with the sacrifice of small live animals such as rabbits and rats were sentenced to 120 hours of community service on Friday, according to local media reports…

Australia: Ancient Parthenon brought to life as ‘Temple of Boom’
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Former ancient temple on Greece’s Athenian Acropolis, the Parthenon, will be brought to life once again this summer in the National Galley of Victoria courtyard in an epic, evocative reimagining…

Nigeria: Why we are worshiping Osun — foreign devotees
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In this novel, witchcraft makes women powerful, and vulnerable
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In “The Women Could Fly,” women are uniquely capable of magic, which leads the government to strictly monitor and regulate them…

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