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Thursday, August 6, 2009
Upcoming Movies: Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes Trailer from nicolascue on Vimeo.
The trailer for Guy Ritchie's two-fisted sleuth adventurer - Detective Sherlock Holmes (Downey Jr.) and his stalwart partner Watson (Jude Law) engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.
The Navajo Witch Purge of 1878
The words "Navajo Witch Purge" might at first call to mind the similar phrase "Salem Witch Hunt" and all the lurid imagery that goes with it. A bit of investigating, however, produces a cultural and historical picture of the Navajo and their tradition of witchcraft profoundly different from anything ever imagined by those early New England Puritans. As the Salem Witch trials in seventeenth-century Massachusetts may have evolved as a societal response to the religious thinking of the day, so the Navajo Witch Purge of 1878 evolved as a cultural response to the effects of colonialism on the Navajo way of life. Witchcraft was always an accepted, if not widely acknowledged, part of Navajo culture, and the killing of "witches" was historically as much accepted among the Navajo as among the Europeans. The events of 1878 were a culmination of situation and circumstance that created the seemingly sensational out of what had been the cultural norm.
That witchcraft had been a traditional part of Navajo society is thoroughly documented in noted anthropologist Clyde Kluckhohn's monograph, Navajo Witchcraft. While Kluckhohn's work may seem somewhat dated to us—the book appeared in 1944—his information is, in this instance, more than forty-five years closer to direct sources than anything that might be gathered today. He discusses at length the four basic forms of NBehind the trading postavajo witchcraft, "Witchery, Sorcery, Wizardry, and Frenzy Witchcraft" (22), and the purposes each served in Navajo society. Of the four, it was sorcery and wizardry that were most apparent during the events of the 1878 purge. Sorcery was the burying of victims' articles and excretions, and wizardry the injection of foreign things into the victim (cf. Blue, Trader, Chapter 4).
That witchcraft had been a traditional part of Navajo society is thoroughly documented in noted anthropologist Clyde Kluckhohn's monograph, Navajo Witchcraft. While Kluckhohn's work may seem somewhat dated to us—the book appeared in 1944—his information is, in this instance, more than forty-five years closer to direct sources than anything that might be gathered today. He discusses at length the four basic forms of NBehind the trading postavajo witchcraft, "Witchery, Sorcery, Wizardry, and Frenzy Witchcraft" (22), and the purposes each served in Navajo society. Of the four, it was sorcery and wizardry that were most apparent during the events of the 1878 purge. Sorcery was the burying of victims' articles and excretions, and wizardry the injection of foreign things into the victim (cf. Blue, Trader, Chapter 4).
Skinwalkers
The belief in Skinwalkers is shared by many Native American tribes, but this article will focus on Navajo Skinwalkers since they are the best documented. Still, not much information is known about the group. Most Navajos fear talking about Skinwalkers lest they become a target of the group.Skinwalkers are a type of Navajo witch, and not of the good kind. They do not wear funny hats, use large cauldrons, or chant in Latin. Reportedly the initiation rites into the group involve the inductee murdering a close family member, oftentimes a sibling. Most activities by the group are performed under the cover of darkness and the Skinwalkers wear disguises. The disguise usually is an animal skin, which allow the wearer to transform into that animal. Many reports describe Skinwalkers as looking like deformed animals. These disguises combined with the fact the group members try to lead normal lives in the daytime makes detection of a Skinwalker next to impossible.
The Skinwalkers are a secret society known to be embedded in the Navajo tribe. Unlike some secret societies, their aim is not to traffic illegal substances or arms for profit. Their motivations seem to revolve around power and control over the tribe.
AMORC Unmasked Reveals Mind Control Techniques and Secret Doctrines of Home Religious Study Cult
How AMORC Creates Hypnotic Platform for Hallucination and Self-Deception
NEW YORK, July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Pierre S. Freeman, a determined expatriate and whistleblower of the Ancient and Mystic Order of Rosae Crucis, or AMORC, reveals his firsthand knowledge of the disturbing mind control protocol of the so-called Rosicrucian Order in a new book titled AMORC Unmasked. For the first time, Freeman unfolds the incredible details and methodology of the step-by-step hypnotic program of the secret order known for its flamboyant mystical recruiting style and its colorful, Egyptian-styled headquarters in San Jose, California.
"Although I covered many details in my first book, The Prisoner of San Jose, basically a memoir about my entrapment, I now have sought to reveal a great deal more of the intimate details of AMORC's methodology of mind control and how its enslavement progresses from mild hypnotic induction to more serious forms of post-hypnotic suggestions, combined with a protocol for training members to excel in creating positive hallucinations as suggested by a progressive set of exercises," says Freeman.
Trio held for India 'sacrifice
Police in India's Uttar Pradesh state have arrested three people in connection with the death of a girl they say was killed as "a sacrifice".
Police say there could be an occult dimension to the murders.
According to police, the girl was abducted from her house in Lakhimpur Khiri district on Monday and killed.
District police chief Piyush Mordia said the accused trio would be detained under the stringent National Security Act for suspected murder.
The girl's mother reported the disappearance to Bhira police station on Tuesday. Her daughter's body was found after a search.
Police say they believe the death is connected to an occult practitioner who promised he could cure ailments by sacrificing a child "to please supernatural powers".
The BBC's Ram Dutt Tripathi in the state capital, Lucknow, says Lakhimpur is seen as a backward area where literacy rates are low.
High blood pleasure
Vampires, zombies, the occult: Why such a sanguinary sell? When life is in tumult, pop-cult goes undead.Pop culture is dripping, dripping, with the occult. The book and movie of Twilight have become instant megahits, HBO's True Blood is one of the biggest shows on premium cable, and the novels of Charlaine Harris and Stephenie Meyer are haunting the bestseller lists.
Werewolves, then zombies, then vampires take turns as movie monster of the month. Left4Dead, a zombie-hunting video game, has sold more than 2.5 million units since it appeared last fall.
The supernatural is everywhere, and a wildly popular genre has been loosed from the vault: the supernatural or paranormal romance.
Alan Watts Podcast
I listen to podcasts every day. Here are four I've recently subscribed that I really like: 
Alan Watts podcast.
Alan Watts podcast.I enjoy the late Alan Watts' playful descriptions of eastern religions, which were utterly incomprehensible to me until I began reading his books. "Alan Watts is one of the most widely read philosophers of the 20th century. In addition to his 28 books, Alan Watts delivered hundreds of public lectures and seminars the recordings of which have been preserved in the archives of the Electronic University, a non-profit organization dedicated to higher education. For the past two years Alan's eldest son, Mark Watts has reviewed and cataloged these talks to prepare them for public broadcast."
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