Wicca

Shakespeare's play, Macbeth, features a hybrid cast between the natural and the supernatural. The witches, who were present from the opening scene, give Macbeth three prophecies that spark his ambition and set into motion the key events of the tragedy. As the play progresses it uses the witches to express themes of fate and responsibility, and the consequences of ambition of people with power. Towards the end of the play it is more evident that the witches’ “black magic has contaminated the most…

In this course, as well as normal life, I base my values primarily on absolute personal freedom and secondarily on treating others as I would want to be treated. I was raised in an extraordinarily Christian family and consequently I possess a thorough knowledge of biblical text, church history, and the typical views of Southern Baptist. It is, however, my in-depth study of Christianity that has led me to conclusion that there is either no god or if there is a god it certainly is not worthy of…

Growing up as a Jew enmeshed in the conservative movement, I knew very little of actual practical Judaism; practical in the sense of what a Jew actually practices in daily and yearly observances, such as the Sabbath- otherwise known as Shabbat, praying three times a day- morning services, called Shacharit, afternoon services, Mincha, and night services, Maariv, as well as keeping kosher= not mixing milk and meat in anything and waiting one hour after eating dairy before eating meat, and six…

murdered due to other’s superstitions come to mind? Or does one think of what went through the people of Salem’s minds when they started the trials? According to an entry on witchcraft at Encyclopedia.com, “witchcraft” comes from the Saxon word wicca, which sometimes means “wise person” but more so from an Indo-European root, “weik”, which is the root for many words in various languages that relate to magic, religion or divination. Witchcraft is used to define a variety of happenings including…

Attics, we use them for storage. A great way to save space, and also one of the more "creeper" areas within our homes. So, this got me thinking, why do important scenes in horror movies take place within the attic? I mean, they are prevalent in in films that utilize them to house cursed objects, ghosts, spirits, demons, and ext. I studied this by picking 3 artifacts that use the attic well, review sources that analyze why or how the attic is used, how I did all this, and analyzing the scenes…

a social discrimination and symbolic also sees religion as a social interaction. When a person walks down the street wearing a cross around their neck, Christians see this individual as a fellow follower. If a person sees an individual practicing Wicca, they shun them. Why? For the reason that it’s not the socially accepted form of religion. Functionalists…

Satanic Panic The satanic cult scare of the early 1990s is comparable to the religious cult scare of the 1970s (Bromley, 1991). Just as the cult scare in the 1970s arose during a time of social conflict, the “satanic panic” was rooted in institutional crisis. The Anti-Satanism Movement and the media helped spark fear, crediting satanic worship to cemetery and church desecrations, animal mutilations and children sacrifices. They also blamed heavy metal rock music and fantasy games, such as…

The Peoples Temple is grounded in the idea of Christian Socialism, focusing on the ideas of diversity and equality among all people. Their complete distrust of the government and the idea that the racist, capitalist United States would take over and control all people became the main beliefs of the group, especially Jim Jones. This distrust would eventually culminate in the move to Guyana and the final act of “revolutionary suicide”, thus escaping from the forces that wished to destroy them…

Being guilty “beyond a reasonable doubt” is the highest standard of proof in any trial, especially in criminal trials where a defendant can be deprived of his or her liberties and even result in his or her death. This principle, however, is often forgotten with the presence of strong religious beliefs and rising emotions following violent crimes. Directors, Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky, in the documentary film Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996) takes an insider look…

Hex~ A hex is a form of positive protective magic that can positively manipulate or change the actions of myself, another person or their actions to help and benefit that person and to protect them from doing harm to themselves or others. The term originally came from Norway and Switzerland from German immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Dutch settled in Pennsylvania in the late 1700s to 1800s. The term came from their Old High German word for “Witch” or “hexe ”. These…