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			<title><![CDATA[ The Sons of God: Aliens or Deites? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p>I have spent a great deal of time researching the Christian bible and most recently I began to look into the ancient biblical languages and it seems that
our modern translations of the bible have missed a major concept of God that was seemingly understood not only by the ancient Hebrews, but perhaps all of the
ancient Mesopotamian cultures. What makes this find so important is that it brings most of the obscure passages of Scripture into better light and it redefines
our present... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Codex Sinaiticus: Does old mean reliable? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I was reading in the news yesterday that on July 24th of this year, the Codex Sinaiticus will be released on the Internet and is being praised as the most
authentic and the most historic of the Christian bible dating to 350 A.D.. Now a &quot;codex&quot; is simply a &quot;book&quot; derived from the Latin word
meaning tree bark (earlier writings were scribed onto papyrus scrolls) and  &quot;Sinaiticus&quot;  refers to the location it was found being the monastery at
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			<title><![CDATA[ Are Paranormal Beliefs Similar to Religious Beliefs? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p style="color: rgb(0, 204, 0);"><font size="5">Is there a real connection between religion and belief in the paranormal? Some, particularly adherents of
various religious faiths, will often argue that the two very different types of beliefs. Those who stand outside of religion, however, will notice some very
important similarities which bear closer consideration.</font></p>

<p style="color: rgb(0, 204, 0);"><font size="5">Certainly there is no exact correspondence between religious and... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Mysterious Pits May Be Signs of Modern Witchcraft ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <h1>Mysterious Pits May Be Signs of Modern Witchcraft</h1>

<p><strong>Tuesday , March 11, 2008</strong></p>

<h4>By Simon de Bruxelles</h4>

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<p>Evidence of pagan rituals involving swans and other birds in the Cornish countryside in the 17th century has been uncovered by archaeologists.</p>

<p>Since 2003, 35 pits at the site in a valley near Truro in Cornwall have been excavated containing swan pelts, dead magpies, unhatched eggs, quartz pebbles,
human hair, fingernails and part... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Demons 'possess' Ugandan kids ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p>Kampala - More than 100 students in a western Ugandan school become possessed by demonic spirits, Uganda&#39;s state-run newspaper reported on Tuesday.</p>

<p>The New Vision said that authorities at Sir Tito Winyi Primary School in the western district Hoima described the &quot;hysterical&quot; students as
suffering from a demonic attack.</p>

<p>&quot;The situation is bad. About 100 pupils are totally mad. They are chasing everybody including teachers and fellow pupils, throwing stones,... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Video- Mayan Calendar Explained ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7479499978592433198&amp;q=mayan+calendar+explained&amp;total=36&amp;start=0&amp;num=10&amp;so=0&amp;type=search&amp;plindex=3">video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7479499978592433198&amp;q=mayan+calendar+explained&amp;total=36&amp;start=0&amp;num=10&amp;so=0&amp;type=search&amp;plindex=3</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><div class='signature'><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/aquaclay/Graphics/sig.gif"></div> ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Religion and Paranormal Research ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The AZ Chapter recently got a new team member who went to theology school. I could not be happier because I love being able to go to him and ask him all about things I don't know about when it comes to the religious ideals when it comes to ghosts and our clients. Some times you tread very lightly when you are working with a homeowner because of their religious views. <br><br>How important do you think it is to have someone so well versed on religion on a paranormal team? Do you think it gives... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ First Dec. 25 Xmas Tied to Pagan Shrine ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ By ARIEL DAVID |  Associated Press Writer<br>    2:25 PM EST, December 22, 2007<br><br><br>    ROME - The church where the tradition of celebrating Christmas on Dec. 25 may have begun was built near a pagan shrine as part of an effort to spread Christianity, a leading Italian scholar says.<br><br>Italian archaeologists last month unveiled an underground grotto that they believe ancient Romans revered as the place where a wolf nursed Rome's legendary founder Romulus and his twin brother... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Can I get a scholarship? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/baltimore_county/bal-te.md.co.bunky05nov05,0,4114188.story?coll=bal_tab01_layout">www.baltimoresun.com/news...b01_layout</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><div class='signature'><div style="text-align:center"><img src="http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t94/csquatrito/sbwsiggyzx1-1.jpg" style="border:0;"></div></div> ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ problem ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Hello everyone, <br>I am new to this forum. I read few threads here and I think its great.<br>I am looking for advice here, especially if someone who does witchcraft here. (not wiccans or pagans), just witches.<br>I am very confused, the person I love, might leave me soon. He tought me so many wonderful things that i thought are not ever possible or exist and I love him with all my heart.<br>It is a long distance relationship and I am soon about to come to that place where he lives, but that... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 05:45:23 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Cats - Superstition and Folklore ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.xmission.com/~emailbox/folklore.htm#witches">www.xmission.com/~emailbox/folklore.htm#witches</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br>Be sure to go down to where it says &quot;Cats and Witches&quot;, I find this particularly interesting because it tells partly of how black cats got the reputation of being bad luck!<br><br>Enjoy!<div class='signature'><div style="text-align:center"><img src="http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/tennchic/SOWELx.gif"... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:00:11 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Runes ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ February 23, 2007<br>An Alphabet Of Enlightenment<br>Runes <br>Many millennia ago in northern Europe, ancient peoples sought a means to understand their roles in the world at large. They created runes-an alphabet of symbols that served both as a functional writing system and as a unique system of divination. Though the symbols themselves were little more than varying combinations of straight lines carved on natural mediums such as wood, stone, or bone, these individuals devised a method of... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Pagans Honor Zeus at Ancient Athens Temple ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ January 22, 2007Zeus, king of the ancient Greek gods, was not known for being a patient deity. But on a cosmic scale maybe 1,600 years isn't a very long time to wait between temple ceremonies. <br><br>Yesterday believers gathered near the ruins of the Temple of Olympian Zeus in the heart of Athens, Greece, to honor Zeus's marriage to the goddess Herathe first such ceremony known to be performed at the site since the Romans outlawed the religion in A.D. 394. <br><br>Surrounded by a curious... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Razor Sharp ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Greetings...<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :ahh --><img src=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/Azeztulite/Emoticons/ICPIRemoticon2.gif ALT=":ahh"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br>I once had a dream that 5 guys whom I grew-up with surrounded and attacked me. Each of the four grabbed an arm and a leg each, while the fifth pulled a large knife out and waved it at me. As I screamed in fear and exitement; begging him not to cut me...he did anyway.<br>I woke-up during the night and quickly went... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:44:24 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Video-Malleus Malleficarum ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.history.com/media.do?action=clip&amp;id=wc_malleus_broadband" target="top">www.history.com/media.do?action=clip&amp;id=wc_malleus_broadband</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><div class='signature'><img src="http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e226/upstatescgirl/DawnsBirthdaySiggy.gif" style="border:0;"></div> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2007 22:15:25 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Exorcism: Psychiatry meets faith ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Christy I wasn't sure where to put this so move it to the apporiate area. DAWN<br><br><br><br>Exorcism: Psychiatry meets faith<br>From: <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.bakersfield.com/102/story/88641.html">www.bakersfield.com/102/story/88641.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>Dec 9, 2006 <br><br>Alone in her bedroom, the black-dressed woman thumbed through her binder of spells and contemplated her next victim. The baritone voice of Satan rumbled in her mind, enticing... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:28:44 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Calls to pardon 'UK's last witch' ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Calls to pardon 'UK's last witch' <br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/6212880.stm" target="top">news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/6212880.stm</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><div class='signature'><img src="http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e226/upstatescgirl/DawnsBirthdaySiggy.gif" style="border:0;"></div> ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Roman Ritual Of Excorsism and Questions? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Hello all!<br><br>I hope I am posting this to the right board. <br><br>Just a few questions, since I am no expert and would really value all of your opinions and observations as well as real world experience. <br><br>What is the difference between a human spirit and non-human spirit? Having never had a supernatural experience myself, I also wondered if anyone has ever been hurt by a ghost/spirit etc. Now I will say that I have been to places that Felt spiritual, and have been drawn to many of... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Haitians in voodoo-tinged celebration of the dead ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Haitians in voodoo-tinged celebration of the dead<br><br>Thu Nov 2, 2006 6:42pm ET<br>By Joseph Guyler Delva<br><br>PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) - Haitians poured into cemeteries and danced in the streets on Thursday as their strife-torn Caribbean nation wrapped up its annual two-day celebration of the dead.<br><br>Driven by voodoo and the widespread belief that the dead have supernatural powers, the festival is ingrained in Haiti's turbulent history.<br><br>This year the celebrations... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Pagan dance honors roots of Halloween ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Pagan dance honors roots of Halloween<br>Matthai Chakko Kuruvila, Chronicle Religion Writer<br><br>Tuesday, October 31, 2006<br><br>Altars to the dead lined the basketball court at Kezar Pavilion: One was a shrine to pets, another memorialized fetuses that didn't come to term, and a third, with photographs of the first thousand U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq, mourned the war dead. <br><br>They set the stage for a ceremony where a thousand witches, druids and pagans prepared to meet the dead. It... ]]></description>

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