Ministry of Magic

Wicca is the second-fastest-growing religion in the United States with the first being Islam. When we here Wicca we usually think of straight up black magic but there is much more to Wicca then magic. Wicca means “wise ones” or “to bend or shape”. Wicca is a predominantly Western movement whose followers practice witchcraft and nature worship. The people involved in Wicca see themselves as a religion of pre-Christian traditions of Northern and Western Europe. The origins of the ancient Wicca…

Russian Witchcraft Witchcraft has a place in every culture in some way or another, however in Russia it is utilized in multiple ways. Witchcraft in Russia has been around for a long time and consists of spells, rituals, and witch trials. The belief of witchcraft has been around since the seventeenth century when there was a witch hysteria that was the start of the witch trials in Russia and the rest of Europe. Witchcraft is still around now with the use of everyday spells and the rituals such…

Salem in the late 1600s was tortured by witch hunts, with neighbors turning on each other to save themselves from death. Ruled by a theocracy, the Salem community was thoroughly examined to see who was a witch, with reasons ranging from reading a book to murmuring under their breath to not attending church. Nobody was safe, and with everyone lying to protect themselves, the court took drastic measures and sentenced people to hang. John Proctor and Abigail Williams are most directly to blame for…

Deflating at the lecture, the healer didn’t know what to say, “I…I'm…I'm sorry. I may have overstepped my bounds. It's just that…well, in 1917, a witch in my family suffered over a series of months before Mors Tactus est Scriptor Capturam was finally found to be the culprit. By the time it was figured, it was too late and she died less than a month later. My family has been told this story and is the reason so many of us have specialized in potions in the area of healing. We are told from a…

is an ancient imagination that is in play in the minds of people who were raised and have lived through the indoctrination of non-existent magic into their heads, giving them the impression that things can be achieved through supernatural means. The Oxford South African Pocket Dictionary, 2006. 3rd edition, wrongly defines witchcraft as the practice of magic especially the use of spells and the calling up of evil spirits. I don’t understand why they present a fiction as a fact, because they…

In the year 1693 in Salem, Massachusetts, nearly 200 people were put on trial for witchcraft and wizardry without any evidence at all. Of those, twenty were executed by barbaric methods including being crushed with stone, drowning, and being dropped from a ceiling until their shoulders were dislocated. The trials were fueled by the hysteria of witchcraft in the 17th century and made citizens oblivious to the fact of what could actually be going on with these people. Similarly, in Harper Lee’s…

other than the Gospels recorded information about Jesus, His life and His ministry. This curiosity lead them to finding three main outside sources, Pagan sources, Jewish sources, and second- and third-century sources, that scholars have scrutinized to see if they contain information about Jesus that is not portrayed in the Gospels. Unfortunately, none of these outside sources provide much detail about Jesus and his ministry, however, some of them do mention Jesus. For example, one Pagan source…

to get involved in ministry. These individuals are primed and ready to do ministry. They are the disciples that are prepared to go, teach, and baptize within the church,…

The book of Mark was written by John Mark around 50 – 60 AD. John Mark was a missionary who worked and traveled with Peter and recorded his recollections of the life and work of Jesus. The principal theme of Mark is the story and ministry of Jesus Christ. Mark records Jesus as the Messiah, the Son of God, and the suffering servant who was sent to serve as liberation and restoration for God’s creation. Mark wrote a detailed description of who Jesus was, the miracles he did, the sermons and…

The book of Mark gives a similar however different view of Jesus as a person than the book of Matthew. This book does not talk about the childhood of Jesus. It talks about his life as a leader up to his crucifixion and resurrection. The book talks about different ways Jesus was perceived. He was perceived as a great leader as well as a teacher and leader by his disciples. Later in the book it talks about how they felt about him being the leader. They did not really question his leadership…