[rikkir]

I have to agree. This is not wiccan, any more than those kids in W. Memphis were Satanists.
While I don’t agree with wiccan beliefs, it is not evil, and has nothing to do with satanism.
Santaria...maybe, and could be loosely considered a cousin to wicca, but in my opinion is closer to VooDoo.
This sounds more like retaliation dressed up to look like something else.

[odds]

I’m not into wiccan, paganism, etc. either. Only that the moon has played a significant part in ancient and to-date calendars, hence rituals (ceremonies or religious observations).

Hebrew calendar is lunisolar, same as Chinese & Hindu ones. The mentioned grps have ‘rituals’ according to their lunar phases/months.

Gregorian calendar, which is a civil calendar we now use, was based on reform of Julian calendar.

My other point was that there is no clear correlation between moon phases, behaviour and crime; some studies say there is a change of behaviour and an increase in crime rate, others say there isn’t. Seems to be a few variables involved in those studies that may well convolute matters.

[MD Expat in PA]

This is not wiccan, any more than those kids in W. Memphis were Satanists.

The McMartin Preschool case also comes to mind.