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Pentigram Is this the symbol of evil?
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Well the Earth is only about 6000 years old anyhow
mate........
Uh....try about four
point five billion years on that one. Carbon
dating has proven this. Science is not exactly certain the exact
age of the planet, but 4.5 billion years is moderately close figure.
As for the chap
calling himself a "Warlock"...I will presume he's a Witch and is not in
tune with proper terminology. A warlock is not a male Witch. A Male
witch is a Witch. The term "Warlock" was coined by the Catholic
Religion in the middle ages. They hired people to infiltrate Witch
Covens and spy on them. These spies were Warlocks. As for him buying
stones in"head shops" it is said that there is healing power in
stones. I find this a little difficult to believe, however,
Lodestones...natural magnets do have the ability to ease up arthritis
suffering. The Chinese have been using magnetic therapy for a long
time and have found out that in some cases it works.
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Yeah the RC Church has a penchant for burning people at the stake
wether it be the Jews in the spanish Inquisition or Protestant
"Heretics" throughout Europe such as the St Bartholomew massacres in
France, 1641 massacres in Ireland or numerous other burnings at the
stake in places like England under Catholic monarchies. Indeed this is
bonfire night / guy fawkes night in England (remember, Remember, the
firth of november. gunpowder, treason and plot........) where they set
bonfires and burn effigies of guys Fawkes and/or the Pope.
From the Lewes
Bonfire Council
http://www.lewesbonfirecouncil.org.uk/
But what is the Lewes
tradition all about? Several things are remembered, all of which were
originally undeniably sectarian:
the burning of 17 Protestant martyrs in Lewes High Street from
1555 to 1557, under the reign of Mary Tudor;
the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, when conspirators led by Robert Catesby
planned to blow up King James I as he opened Parliament, the plot being
foiled by the discovery of Guy Fawkes about to ignite the barrels of
gunpowder in the cellars of the Houses of Parliament;
the landing of William of Orange (William III, half of William and
Mary) on 5th November 1688 to restore a Protestant monarchy.
These days sectarianism plays scarcely any part in the festivities.
What is chiefly celebrated is a pride in freedom and independence,
stemming from an innate dislike of being dictated to by outsiders - be
they foreign powers, or any who attempt unfairly to exert their
authority or influence. It is not for nothing that the unofficial motto
of Sussex (of which Lewes
is the County Town) is "We won't be druv!" The major act of remembrance
nowadays is that for the dead of the two World Wars, each Society in
turn laying a wreath at the War Memorial. Although some societies in
particular pay homage to the old traditions, with effigies of Pope Paul
V (Camillo Borghese, Pope at the time of the Gunpowder Plot) and Guy
Fawkes exploding in a blaze of fireworks, Bonfire is certainly no
longer a Protestant festival, and Roman Catholics and people of all
beliefs participate freely in the celebrations.
The Carnival held on the Fifth of
November,
Is a sight if once seen you will ever remember,
Such rousers and squibs,
Such torches and fire,
Gigantic processions, fantastic attire.
Nor would we forget how it once was the scene,
Of the burning of Martyrs when Mary was Queen,
The truth which led them to die at the stake,
May the people of Lewes
never forsake.
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