"A 500-page reform proposal would upgrade the 1918 Code, revised in 1958. Adulterers and practitioners of black magic would get up to five years in prison. ... Currently, the Code lacks provisions against witchcraft or black magic but under its revised version, those found guilty of using black magic would face up to five years in jail or up to 300 million rupiah (US$ 30,000) in fines. Out of respect for tribal traditions and customs, "white", i.e. good magic would remain legal."
"“The witch is the ultimate bad girl,” said Carly Cushnie of the design team Cushnie et Ochs, who riffed on the Salem witch trials in the fall collection she unveiled last month. “You want to be her.” ... It’s a concept, all right. Witchcraft and its moody expressions — long weedy hair, peaked hats and pointy boots — have attained a strange cachet of late. ... “The witch is a strong character,” Ms. Rayne said, “encompassing what it is to be a woman: powerful and sometimes terrifying.""
Laura Perry
Watermelon is one of the few garden crops that I don't get tired of, even when everyone has too many and is giving them away. Other fruits and veg, we...
Anthony Gresham
While stupid shit was going down in Charlottesville down the road here in Richmond we had a Jazz festival and a Filipino food festival. I went to the...
Mariah Sheehy
Oh! You're the EcoSophia guy! Your blog is very interesting, kinda thought you'd disappeared from the Internet, but we all have our ups & downs. Welco...
Laura Perry
I live in the American South, and we've always done our own twist on Lammas. Early August is indeed harvest season here, but not for grain. Instead, w...
Aryós Héngwis
"Biblical theologian Walter Wink has done a wonderful job of unpacking the language of “powers and principalities” which we find in the scriptures, an...
Aryós Héngwis
"Biblical theologian Walter Wink has done a wonderful job of unpacking the language of “powers and principalities” which we find in the scriptures, an...
