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13 Quick Ways to Tell if You're a Witch
Working in a tourist town and explaining witchcraft to average people can be very challenging and one of the questions I get most often is "How can I tell if I'm a witch?"... If you find that more than a few of these traits apply to you, then I suggest the study of witchcraft would probably be an intellectual and spiritual benefit to you:
Climate Change did NOT Cause the Salem Witch Trials
Everywhere I look I see the headline "Did Climate Change Cause the Salem Witch Trials?" and I just want to respond angrily to every single article with a big "NO!" People still coming up with theories as to what caused the trials are always people new to the subject. Any person who has actually studied the trials knows that there was no one single "cause" and looking for a single "theory" is pretty uneducated. More at: http://www.salemwitchwiles.com/2012/04/climate-change-did-not-cause-salem.html
What Salem Witches Do
Jumped on the memewagon and made a "What I do" for Salem WItches.
Did The Salem Witches Hex Tim Tebow?
The whole thing was meant to be for neutralizing the Sports Illustrated "jinx" and to ask for victory for the team in the upcoming game, but still many news outlets sensationalized the story or just got it plain wrong, some going so far as to say things like " SALEM WITCHES HEX TIM TEBOW..." Suddenly the story was everywhere, and the videos had gone viral.
Rental Agency's Strange Music Choice For Ad
Does this video make you feel like this is a nice, safe apartment? Just look of the picture of the realtor at the end - you can trust him, can't you?
Laurie Cabot Closes Shop - Christian Day Opens Hex: New Orleans
After 42 years, Salem's Official Witch, the most respected and beloved freak in New England, Laurie Cabot is closing her shop for good. The other big news in Salem is also big news for Vieux Carre. Salem's own Christian Day is opening up another incarnation of his successful Salem shop, Hex, in the oldest neighborhood in New Orleans.
A Wicked Solstice Season in Salem
Sure, I could keep busy online by joining the War on Christmas, I considered writing an article on the topic, maybe covering the holiday's pagan origins or just documenting conservative hubris, but so many others have already done so so eloquently. Also, I've been fairly busy getting into the holiday spirit - Salem Witch style. Full story at Salem Witch Wiles
Occupy Salem 1692
She resisted.
Rob Zombie: Timelord
As if he couldn't get any cooler, Rob Zombie has officially outed himself as a Doctor Who fan.
Rob Zombie in Salem November 2011 Shooting Lords of Salem!
www.SalemWitchWiles.com Now that October is over you'd think the excitement in Salem would be over, but then on Monday a friend at a local ice cream shop asked me "Oh, do you know who Rob Zombie is?". Apparently she had no idea who he was but said either he or some of his crew had just been in there browsing...So, at this point random people started telling me all the random places they were running into his film crews, all over the city... From the beautiful Greenlawn Cemetery in North Salem, to Essex st., rumors of Pioneer Village in South Salem - he even was filming down The Point! Full story at SalemWitchWiles.com
Rob Zombie's Latest Visit to Salem for Location Scouting (With New Pics!)
No update on Rob Zombie's visit to Salem yesterday on his blog yet, but he did stop to take lots of pictures and sign lots of autographs for fans, his Twitter says it was just more scouting and nothing too serious yet... Just now, though, he released some pictures so I'm sure his blog will be updated soon. Here's your first exclusive look at these pictures which I recognize as being taken in Salem's beautiful Harmony Grove Cemetery, which is a mile or less north of downtown. For full story click picture above or visit http://www.salemwitchwiles.com/2011/09/rob-zombies-latest-visit-to-salem-for.html
On Metaphysical Reality and the Reality of Reality TV in Salem
"Firstly, in a move that has got some Salem witches clutching their crystal balls the City Council decided to temporarily suspend the issuance of licenses to new psychics!... See, the way it works, a shop has to be more than half (51% to be precise) "metaphysical" in nature in order to be allowed to get a psychic license. ...how the holy quantum hell does the city define "metaphysical"?... In an existentialist's nightmare this term could technically include every single business that exists. In fact, it could specifically apply to non-existent businesses." Full story at Salemwitchwiles.com.
Clues Leaked in "Lords of Salem" Behind the Scenes Photos
Rob Zombie's Lords of Salem is taking shape as he slowly leaks more and more information. In the past month we have learned via his blog that shooting for the movie is now going to be "after the summer" instead of throughout this spring as was earlier reported. He has also posted some pictures taken by Wayne Toth in his fx studio. If you look reeeally close you can see they might give away a bit more than it first seems. This picture in particular is very interesting to me. Rest of story and more pictures at SalemWitchWiles.com
New MMO Set During The Salem Witch Trials?
A small game developing company named Seatribe is developing a game for Paradox Interactive which seems to be full of revolutionary ideas and has a lot of gamers buzzing. Their new browser-based MMO Salem is to be set in a fantastical and mythical version of the harsh wilderness of colonial New England that the early settlers faced, the biggest difference being that in this case the magic and witchcraft is real and not just the product of ignorant fanatical religious fundamentalism. The look of the game is right on the line between morbid and cutesy. The developer has stated his stylistic influences specifically include artists such as Herman Melville, H.P. Lovecraft, Tim Burton, and Edgar Allan Poe. Rest of story at SalemWitchWiles.com
Antoine Dodson in Court
'I got pulled over in my Bennnz - Mercedes E-class. Run and tell THAT!"
Rob Zombie Filming "Lords of Salem" in Salem MA, First Image Released!
" He goes on to clear up the plot a bit, "There were twenty people that everyone knows about - obviously all innocent - executed as witches in Salem," explains Rob. "The basic premise of the film is that there were a further four who actually were witches, who were killed secretly, and vowed one day to return to wreak havoc on Salem's descendants. That's when the movie jumps ahead to the present day and things start to go wrong..." " More at: http://www.salemwitchwiles.com/2011/03/god-hates-lords-of-salem-rob-zombie.html
A Brief Critique On the Salem Ghost Adventures Episode <|:)
" Now, after the ritual the digital voice recorder seemed to actually respond to multiple questions on cue with specific answers. Really? Wow. Let us suspend disbelief for a moment and say that this was true, only problem? Content! Historical accuracy! They claimed the voice was Bridget Bishop and that Jonathan Corwin presided over her trial and may have even questioned or tortured her in his home. There are multiple issues with this. The first is that Jonathan Corwin was not made a judge in the court of Oyer and Terminer until after Nathanial Saltonstall left, and what motivated him to leave? The first hanging, of Bridget Bishop, and it's basis on spectral evidence. TL;DR version: Corwin became a judge AFTER Bridget's execution and could not have presided over her trail. "
Royal Love - Brought to You by Cat Food.
They couldn't have found a classier sponsor?
Little Girl Dances for Brains (Voltaire - Brains)
Awwwww... Kids are so cute when they hunger for brains... :)
NC Country Commissioner Meeting Transcript Reads Like SNL Skit
Goes to show just how ignorant some people still are.