Archive | January, 2010

Five ethical Valentine’s Day gift ideas

It’s not always easy finding good gifts for Valentine’s Day. Making sure gifts are ethical and guilt free is a good start. Then all you need to do is find something noteworthy and you’re nearly there. Here are give ethical Valentine’s Day gift suggestions that might spark some ideas. Love in a Grobox A box [...]

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The ghosts of Tatton Old Hall; Tom and the haunted women

Image via Wikipedia In Cheshire, England, stands Tatton Old Hall. It’s part of the Tatton Park near Knutsford and is considered to be an Scheduled Ancient Monument and is looked after by the National Trust. Tatton Old Hall was built as a manor house be either the Stanley family or perhaps by Sir Richard Breeton. [...]

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Perfect presents: knitted toys

Found these and couldn’t resist. Cute knitted dinosaur Cute knitted elephant Cute knitted owl In Pure Spirit We’ve got Valentine’s Day coming up. Is that a date you do anything special on? Or is it too religious and/or too commercial for you these days?

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Is Bodelwyddan castle haunted?

Bodelwyddan house and estate date back before 1440 when it was built by the Humphreys of Anglesey. The Williams (Williams-Wynn) family, so closely associated with the castle, began their association from around 1690. The castle is believed to be haunted and runs overnight paranormal tours. The tours make use of electromagnetic field (EMF) detectors, digital [...]

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Cat temple discovered in Egypt

Cat temple discovered in Egypt

A temple dating back more than 2,000 years has been discovered by Egyptian archaeologists. It is thought that the Ptolemaic-era temple was once dedicated to the cat goddess Bastet. It is suggested that the temple was under the care of Berenice, wife of 3rd century BC ruler Ptolemy III. The temple is in the very [...]

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New UFO series for the UK

There’s a bit of a viral buzz building behind a video called “UFO sighting UK”. It’s too good to be true; it features a farmer who claims he sees UFOs almost every day, then sure enough there’s UFO caught on camera as plain as day and the video ends with the friendly farmer exploring a [...]

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King of all Witches bids to become a member of the British Parliament

King of all Witches bids to become a member of the British Parliament

Magus Lynius Shadee has announced his plans to open an occult centre in Cambridge have been paused while he bids to become elected as the city’s MP. He told press; “I have withheld the opening of my occult centres and am focusing on the general election,” “I shall hope to stand as an independent. My [...]

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Real silver dice

Actual silver dice are a rarity. They’re used by seers with enough ability to actually channel and afford them. They’re used by households with a touch of class. In Pure Spirit How much faith do you put in cleromancy? It’s one of the most trusted, widely practiced but poorly understood of the divination arts.

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Police on pagan watch after horse mane weaving incidents

Image via Wikipedia Police in the UK are suggesting that white witches are responsible for a number of incidents which have resulted in horse’s manes been woven together. At first police suspected the practise was being used by organised crime to mark the horses prior to stealing them but none of the marked horses were [...]

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Calls in South Africa to make witchcraft illegal

Image by Carolina Gonzalez via Flickr In response to the horrible murder of an 81-woman believed by her neighbour to be a witch the South African authorities are being urged to ban witchcraft. To be clear; the non-witch murdered the suspect-witch and now papers like The Richmark Sentinel are calling on witchcraft to be made [...]

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