Posted on 09/21/2005 5:40:01 AM PDT by OESY
Wiccans encircle an altar of fruit and bread as day turns to night in Central Park. The lush strains of a nearby performance of Puccini's "Turandot" blend with the prayers of an ancient Celtic harvest festival.
Wicca is a modern reconstruction of the pre-Christian nature-based religions of Europe.
"There is an exquisite, ecstatic sense of the sacred," said Phyllis Curott, lawyer, author and the priestess of the Temple of Ara.
"You literally feel your heart open. Being in the circle is like being in the womb of the great Goddess."
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Why the NYT feels this is news is beyond me.
They would be doing a better service to the reading public by showing why there are two equinoxes IMHO.
Pagan crap!
My goodness, such an attractive gathering. All Demonpaths I assume.
This is what my generation did as kids. I wonder if they're making mud pies for lunch?
LORD help us, I sure hope they aren't school teachers.
Turandot is an Italian Christian's fantasy of a Chinese fairytale - what this has to do with fake witchcraft is beyond me.
And there are no prayers for ancient Celtic harvest festivals - any liturgical text is a 20th century invention.
Covering idiotic non-events like this, as well as its insanely anti-American bias has just contributed to a massive layoff of its employees due to declining reaership and advertisments.
Congrtulations NY Times - keep up the good work!!!
That fat chick looks really angry.
Phewww!!! I thought witches were naked. Thank God these hags covered up for the photo-shot.
Because somebody was a ble to hold a religious service on public land w/o the ACLU starting a lawsuit! Besides it's a poke in the eye to those of us who walk in the ways of our, um, you should excuse the expression, fathers.
They would be doing a better service to the reading public by showing why there are two equinoxes IMHO.
Ah, yes, the equinox. That's where, when you cross it, you lose a day, right?
If the worship fruits and nuts, do their gods live in California?
Samantha of the TV show "Bewitched" was an anomolie. There is a good reason that witches are always drawn as ugly hags. If you doubt me, just look at the picture above.
NYT's motto was " All the news that is fit to print"; the new motto is "To print all the news that fits".
I think you are thinking of the International Date Line:
http://www.goals.com/sailscin/dateline.htm
Equinox:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Seasons.shtml
LOL!
Personally, I think it is just silly.
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Sounds like you might have some personal knowledge about her....care to confess?
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