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This is beautiful cat. Thanks for the link.
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Thank you for showing this to us. What a great interview and fantastic pictures to go along!
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I remember reading that article a while ago. Nice little interview is well worth the read!
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Thank you for posting this, Miss Cat. It is a delightful article.
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Oh! How cool I came across this! Judy and her husband Nels are friends of mine here in the Cities; PNC does great work for the community here. So glad to hear about the connection. (Another sign!)
They did an interview with me a while back, too. LOL.
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They did an interview with me a while back, too. LOL.
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Minnesota is most definitely in the house! 
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Yeah, Minnesotans are all in the house because MN got12-22 inches of snow today!
Ah, well... until there's winter-be-gone mojo... LOL..
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Ah, well... until there's winter-be-gone mojo... LOL..
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HA! Wow, crazy... I'll trade you some of our Northern Florida 85 degree humidity!? Deal? 
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In interesting news:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/0 ... ird%20News
John Robert Lind Admits To Putting Semen In Co-Worker’s Coffee: Cops
by David Lohr, Senior Crime Reporter, The Huffington Post
09/05/2014 04:41 pm ET
Updated Jan 13, 2015
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/0 ... ird%20News
John Robert Lind Admits To Putting Semen In Co-Worker’s Coffee: Cops
by David Lohr, Senior Crime Reporter, The Huffington Post
09/05/2014 04:41 pm ET
Updated Jan 13, 2015
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He liked her and thought that was a way to get her to notice him? Seriously?...
Dude, that is not how to impress a woman.
Yeesh. Someone send that poor woman some Four Thieves Vinegar.
Keeping my lid on my lattes. LOL.
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Yeesh. Someone send that poor woman some Four Thieves Vinegar.
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Well... it was a trick, but not sneaky.
Seriously, why would anyone drink spoiled cream? Even if it was actually spoiled cream?
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Not sure if this is for the news section, but it's written on a topical comedy site, but it gave me a chuckle & it's Hoodoo related
(Spoiler, it's written from a sceptic's viewpoint.)
http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-bizarre-o ... ck-charms/
5 Famous Lucky Charms That Get More Baffling With Research
By Alice Jane Axness Alice Jane Axness · March 27, 2015
http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-bizarre-o ... ck-charms/
5 Famous Lucky Charms That Get More Baffling With Research
By Alice Jane Axness Alice Jane Axness · March 27, 2015
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http://fox42kptm.com/news/local/man-cau ... lston-shop
CLICK THE LINK FOR VIDEO, INCLUDING SURVEILLANCE CAMERA FOOTAGE.
Transcript:
Man caught on camera dumping 'symbolic' pile of dirt at Ralston shop
by Steve Saunders
Monday, February 13th 2017
RALSTON, NE (FOX42KPTM) - Candle shop owner Alex Fernandez spent part of the afternoon reviewing his security footage.
"When we came in Sunday to open up, we noticed there was a pile of what looked like sand or dirt on the mat in front of our doorstep and that's not normal,” said Fernandez as he watched the video from Saturday night.
It shows a man dumping something from his bag on the front step of the Hearthside Candle shop in Ralston.
It's something that's left Fernandez stumped.
"We are a meta-physical shop and this was kind of the meta-physical equivalent of leaving a dead fish on someone's doorstep. It's meant as a threat," said Fernandez.
He says that threat could bring bad luck to his business, including a lack of customers.
"The fact that this person would do this and get caught doing it is just pretty stupid," Fernandez.
He says his focus is now to step up security. Since the incident, he has installed a new surveillance camera.
"We went and talked to people today to see if anybody had seen anything, and the community has really rallied behind us since we got here,” said Fernandez.
CLICK THE LINK FOR VIDEO, INCLUDING SURVEILLANCE CAMERA FOOTAGE.
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Man caught on camera dumping 'symbolic' pile of dirt at Ralston shop
by Steve Saunders
Monday, February 13th 2017
RALSTON, NE (FOX42KPTM) - Candle shop owner Alex Fernandez spent part of the afternoon reviewing his security footage.
"When we came in Sunday to open up, we noticed there was a pile of what looked like sand or dirt on the mat in front of our doorstep and that's not normal,” said Fernandez as he watched the video from Saturday night.
It shows a man dumping something from his bag on the front step of the Hearthside Candle shop in Ralston.
It's something that's left Fernandez stumped.
"We are a meta-physical shop and this was kind of the meta-physical equivalent of leaving a dead fish on someone's doorstep. It's meant as a threat," said Fernandez.
He says that threat could bring bad luck to his business, including a lack of customers.
"The fact that this person would do this and get caught doing it is just pretty stupid," Fernandez.
He says his focus is now to step up security. Since the incident, he has installed a new surveillance camera.
"We went and talked to people today to see if anybody had seen anything, and the community has really rallied behind us since we got here,” said Fernandez.
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Here's an interesting news story, courtesy of Shelby O'Connelly, who spotted it and posted it to Facebook:
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‘Beef Tongue Shut Up Hoodoo Spell’ Doesn’t Block Fraud Charges
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) – A financial adviser and former radio host accused of running a Ponzi scheme has discovered there is no magic way to escape the charges.
An FBI affidavit made public this week says agents searching Dawn J. Bennett’s home recovered instructions for placing three Securities and Exchange Commission attorneys under a “Beef Tongue Shut Up Hoodoo Spell.”
Agents found written instructions for casting spells – and also shelves filled with hundreds of pairs of shoes.
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A full account of the findings at the home of Dawn J. Bennett, including multiple freezer spells made with the names of officials from the Securities and Exchange Commission, can be found here:
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2017/08/ ... doo-spell/
I am always fascinated to see evidences of folk magic in unlikely situations. In this case, it seems that the practitioner was printing out spells from the internet and using them to try to stop the court proceedings against her.
More details on Dawn J. Bennett and on the SEC case, as of 2016, can be found here:
http://www.investmentnews.com/article/2 ... -j-bennett
Folks in Facebook are chuckling, saying that she did "the wrong spell" or that magic is foolish, but i give her an A for effort. She tried. The thing is, if she really is a criminal, she may have been so full of herself that she forgot that God also listens to the prayers of the sorrowful, the injured, and the victims of crimes such as these, and she was not the only one working to win.
My takeaway lesson from this is not that a greedy, narcissistic, rich, white woman used African American hoodoo spells that she found on the internet to try to beat a serious legal charge of financial fraud -- it's that in the Book of Proverbs 15:6-9 there is still great truth:
Proverbs 15
6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
9 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
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‘Beef Tongue Shut Up Hoodoo Spell’ Doesn’t Block Fraud Charges
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) – A financial adviser and former radio host accused of running a Ponzi scheme has discovered there is no magic way to escape the charges.
An FBI affidavit made public this week says agents searching Dawn J. Bennett’s home recovered instructions for placing three Securities and Exchange Commission attorneys under a “Beef Tongue Shut Up Hoodoo Spell.”
Agents found written instructions for casting spells – and also shelves filled with hundreds of pairs of shoes.
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A full account of the findings at the home of Dawn J. Bennett, including multiple freezer spells made with the names of officials from the Securities and Exchange Commission, can be found here:
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2017/08/ ... doo-spell/
I am always fascinated to see evidences of folk magic in unlikely situations. In this case, it seems that the practitioner was printing out spells from the internet and using them to try to stop the court proceedings against her.
More details on Dawn J. Bennett and on the SEC case, as of 2016, can be found here:
http://www.investmentnews.com/article/2 ... -j-bennett
Folks in Facebook are chuckling, saying that she did "the wrong spell" or that magic is foolish, but i give her an A for effort. She tried. The thing is, if she really is a criminal, she may have been so full of herself that she forgot that God also listens to the prayers of the sorrowful, the injured, and the victims of crimes such as these, and she was not the only one working to win.
My takeaway lesson from this is not that a greedy, narcissistic, rich, white woman used African American hoodoo spells that she found on the internet to try to beat a serious legal charge of financial fraud -- it's that in the Book of Proverbs 15:6-9 there is still great truth:
Proverbs 15
6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
9 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
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So interesting that she’s out on a $5 million bond. I love the quote from Proverbs.
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There is an update on Dawn J. Bennett. the fraudster with the freezer spell. She was convicted.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryla ... story.html
Not really worth posting except I was heartened that her personal beliefs were not dragged into the trial, considering the recent divisory political climate.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryla ... story.html
Not really worth posting except I was heartened that her personal beliefs were not dragged into the trial, considering the recent divisory political climate.
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As an African American woman, witch, and root worker from Texas, I found this article very interesting. I am not, and have never been, one to adhere to any type of exclusionary groups, whether they be covens, churches, or anything else. I am always willing to take in knowledge whether it be from the European traditions, Native American, or Eastern. However, there have been many moments during my spiritual journey that I longed to see more people who "looked like me" or were raised in similar backgrounds and hearing about their own journeys and practices.
While I know there is some debate amongst Hoodoo practitioners about whether or not the origins stem from the Orisha centered traditions of West Africa, or are more closely associated with the deities and practices of the Congo, this is still an interesting article for me, mostly because it acknowledges the dual partnership and integration of Christianity with the African Spiritual traditions for today's young witches or color.
Disclaimer: I am not promoting any particular group with this post
Check it out!
https://www.theatlantic.com/internation ... SEpqcnu6mQ
While I know there is some debate amongst Hoodoo practitioners about whether or not the origins stem from the Orisha centered traditions of West Africa, or are more closely associated with the deities and practices of the Congo, this is still an interesting article for me, mostly because it acknowledges the dual partnership and integration of Christianity with the African Spiritual traditions for today's young witches or color.
Disclaimer: I am not promoting any particular group with this post
Check it out!
https://www.theatlantic.com/internation ... SEpqcnu6mQ
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Canada overturned a law prohibiting "anyone who pretends to exercise witchcraft, sorcery, enchantment, conjuration or fortune telling, or claims to have the ability to find lost or stolen objects". Problematic workers now fall under general fraud laws.
The Washington Post: Canada decriminalized fake witchcraft. But it was too late for the ‘white witch of the north’.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/20 ... tch-north/
The Washington Post: Canada decriminalized fake witchcraft. But it was too late for the ‘white witch of the north’.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/20 ... tch-north/
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Dianne Reber Hart wrote an article for the Press Democrat in Sonoma County for which Christopher Chung took a bunch of really cool photos. You can find it here:
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/9644 ... lucky-mojo
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/9644 ... lucky-mojo
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How wonderful! The photos are very cool indeed, and the article is respectfully written (although I love how he calls the shop "THE Lucky Mojo"). Very nice bit of press!
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Athena, we loved that article and those photos!
Maybe that "the" is a rural thing? We buy groceries at The Safeway, get gas at The Circle K, pick up fast food at The Burger King ... and purchase our candles and oils at The Lucky Mojo. When i lived in Missouri, we shopped at The MFA, got gas at The Texaco Station, bought fast food from The Dairy Princess, and watched movies at The State Theater.
Maybe that "the" is a rural thing? We buy groceries at The Safeway, get gas at The Circle K, pick up fast food at The Burger King ... and purchase our candles and oils at The Lucky Mojo. When i lived in Missouri, we shopped at The MFA, got gas at The Texaco Station, bought fast food from The Dairy Princess, and watched movies at The State Theater.
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Wow, I never thought about a geographical bias or sociological syntax. When I lived in San Francisco, I got into a weird habit of calling it The Safeway (and only that one store), but I thought I was just having a brain freeze. Perhaps I picked it up by overhearing it. Very interesting.
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Atlas Obscura sent me this one today: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/w ... d-africans
what haint blue means to descendants enslaved africans?
As it says on the tin - Indigo, along with some brief discussion of root workers.
what haint blue means to descendants enslaved africans?
As it says on the tin - Indigo, along with some brief discussion of root workers.
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https://globalnews.ca/news/7180307/lemo ... coquitlam/
I saw a follow up with someone trying to cover...‘it’s a love spell’ lol!
I saw a follow up with someone trying to cover...‘it’s a love spell’ lol!
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ain sophist --
The Lemons story made me laugh! Guess the intended victim is a hiker who uses that trail!
The Lemons story made me laugh! Guess the intended victim is a hiker who uses that trail!
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