From:    Paul Seymour                           Area: Metaphysical
To:      ALL                                     6 Oct 94 16:50:20
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[ A picture is inserted here:  "Aware Woman abortion clinic
owner Patricia Baird-Windle"]
The January 1993 issue of _Open Circle_ describes WRCF's
founding: "A year ago the dream of an umbrella group under
which many covens would function and be committed to peace
and harmony 'For The Good Of All' was just that, a dream.
But now it is a reality and a very, very big part of the
lives of many people.  Five board members with a sixth as a
mediator made a commitment to five years of donating time to
a Wiccan umbrella group. . .   Teaching, which was started by
three people in Orlando in the summer of 1991 is really the
first 'order of business' of WRCF . . . .  The first class
in Brevard County shares teaching responsibility among six
Elders and also had nearly 40 students registered this past
October."
This particular issue, published the same month that
Operation Rescue's IMPACT team began its training course in
Melbourne, alerted area Wiccans and Pagans to the spiritual
warfare that they would be facing.  "Dahud" explains that "
. . . steps are being taken to protect not only Aware Woman,
but a woman's right to choose.  Work is being done
mundanely, financially, and magically, to help get through
the next few weeks and beyond."
Readers of _Open Circle_ are exhorted to become "clinic
escorts" - pro-abortion activists who eagerly escort
pregnant women entering the abortion clinic.  Clinic escorts
distract the women from pro-life sidewalk counselors who try
to hand them literature and counsel them not to have an
abortion.  Undoubtedly, many of Aware Woman's "clinic
escorts" are practicing witches.  Readers of _Open Circle_
are also told how they can help fund the South Brevard
National Organization of Women's program to help low income
women have abortions.
Wiccans are also encouraged to work their magic on the area
surrounding the clinic:  "Finally, many individuals and groups
have been helping to magically (sic) protect the building
and property . . .  This has been done by magical and
psychic shielding being put on and around the property . . .
."
The phone number of Aware Woman is given and the following
guidelines are suggested:  "If you want to do magical work
to protect the clinic, please, please do it with perfect
love and trust.  Our goal is to protect the clinic, the
staff and the patients from those who want to force their
views on them.  Please keep in mind the Harm None clause and
make your work defensive in nature."
[Picture:  "Veronica Jordan, an Aware Woman Employee, is
also a founding director of the Religious Wiccan Cooperative
of Florida"}
And just what is the "Harm None Clause" to which Wiccans
refer? According to Laurie Cabot, founder of the Witches
League for Public Awareness in Salem, Massachusetts, the
Wiccan [illegible in my copy] based on three principles, the
first being "Do what[?] you will and harm none."  Christians
whose actions uphold the moral law of God found in the Bible
(You shall not murder) are "those who want to force their
views" on society.  Apparently, the Wiccan "Harm None"
clause does not apply to the life of the unborn child.
*Wiccan Ways*
In researching Wiccan festivals and worship, we sent two
college students to one of the "Wiccan Ways" weekly meetings
in Melbourne.  Upon arriving for the first class, they were
greeted with suspicion by their hosts:  "How old are you?
If
[Picture:  "Laurie Cabot, founder of the Witches'
League for Public Awareness"
[Page break]
you're underage, you can't attend this class.  If you are
under 18 years of age, your parents could bring suit
against us."  They were charged $3.50 each for the
hour-and-a-half long seminar.  After the meeting with the
Wiccan teaching group and study of literature obtained
at the seminar, we were able to obtain answers to questions
we had about Wicca.
_How many Wiccans are there?_  Conservative reckonings
estimate that there are 200,000 Witches in the United
States.
_How does Wicca gain followers?_  In order to be
initiated into a coven, a year or more of training is
usually required.  The movement grows through networking
and outreach.  Some Wiccans travel throughout the United
States as folk musicians or teachers, promoting the
movement by visiting covens, singing and teaching at
festivals.
[Picture:  "Diane Derzis, operator of
Birmingham's Summit House abortion clinic"]
_What happens at Wiccan festivals?_  Wiccan festivals or
Sabbats occur eight times a year:  four times on the
solstices and equinoxes; and four earth holidays between
these times.  This is a time of dancing and celebration;
sometimes a skit is performed to honor the god or
goddess being worshipped.
_What happens at Wiccan rituals?_  Full moon and new moon
rituals occur each month and involve consecration of a
ritual space and the invocation of pagan gods.  Ceremonial
stone rings are created and fires are lit.  The difference
between the two was summarized by the Wiccan Ways' teacher:
"Festivals are for fun, rituals are for worship."  Members
of Wicca were encouraged to bring family and friends to
their Sabbat festivals, but the worship rituals were off
limits to the uninitiated.  Wiccans believe that their
spells and rituals have their greatest effect on these
holidays.
_Do Wiccans worship Satan?_  From a biblical
viewpoint, witches do worship Satan.  Although witches
claim not to believe in the Christian concept of Satan,
they do worship "the European Pagan Horned God, who has
been depicted as Pan . . . .  Our Horned God is neither
evil nor a source of evil:  He is the energy of nature, of
plant and animal life, which energy manifests for people in
music and dance, intoxication and ecstasy, and all joyous
activities, including lovemaking."(3)
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From:    Paul Seymour                           Area: Metaphysical
To:      ALL                                     6 Oct 94 16:51:24
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_What about bloodletting?_  Although Wiccans deny using
animal and human sacrifices in their rituals they do admit
that they "pour out libations . . . .  Some female Witches
use their own menstrual blood in spells; other witches
may prick themselves  . . . and offer a drop or two of
their own blood.  But the only blood a Witch has the right
to offer is her/his own."  As of the printing of this
article, we were not able to ascertain whether or not
Witches use the blood of aborted children in their
sacrifices.  Since the child is not considered human
according to our liberal abortion laws, it stands to
reason that such a sacrifice, protected by law, could
be used by witches.
[This article is " - continued on page 13."  For clarity
in posting, I shall continue it here, and return to the
sidebar which occupies the rest of this page at the
conclusion of the present article.]
[on page 13:]
Child Sacrifice - continued
*Wicca's National Network*
The association
of witchcraft/paganism with the promotion of abortion on
demand can be seen in cities where Wicca has gained its
strongest following.  Most of these centers are liberal
communities with large colleges or universities such as San
Francisco; Cleveland; Birmingham; Boston; and Salem.  Wicca
finds its greatest popularity in so-called "New Age
Centers."  However, many Wiccans look down on New Agers as
"spiritual wannabe's" who have picked up the terminology of
Pagans and Wiccans, but "have no expertise in the craft."
Wiccans are those who take their "magic" more seriously.
The Witches' League for Public Awareness and the Wiccan
Religious Cooperative of Florida are two groups which are
seeking to bring about Wiccan "unity" by networking covens
into a nationally-organized, highly-funded, tax-exempt cult
with local headquarters in every New Age Center.
Salem, Massachusetts not only symbolizes witchcraft to
tourists with a casual historical interest, but is the
national headquarters of an organized, politically-active
and profitable cult.  Laurie Cabot is the foremost leader
of the American witch cult.  Cabot, called the "official
witch" of Salem, Massachusetts, made her first national
convergence in the April, 1979 issue of _National
Geographic_.  The magazine described her as a descendant of
a well-known Massachusetts family:  "Ten years ago (1969)
she felt drawn to Salem from her home on the West Coast.
Shortly after settling in the town, she announced herself
to the mayor as a witch.  Since then Laurie Cabot has made
a living lecturing on witchcraft and selling herbs,
astrological charts, and magic mirrors."
The _National
Geographic_ report described a ritual led by Cabot
in which a coven of her followers called upon the ancient
Egyptian goddess Isis.  She was also described as being
involved in group chanting and displays of psychic power
in conjuring a "blue aura."  When the _National
Geographic_ article was published in 1979, there were
350 witches in the area.  Today Salem, a city of 38,000
people, has approximately 2,400 practicing witches.
Cabot has become well-known across the nation and has been
featured on television talk shows including _The Oprah
Winfrey Show_ and _Good Morning America_.
Cabot's agenda is to organize the 2,400 witches in Salem
(one-third of whom are feminist activists) and the
200,000 witches nationwide.  She wants to "set the record
straight" on the definition of Wicca by dispelling the
notion that there is anything evil about witchcraft.  Cabot
contends that the concept of Satan was introduced by the
Christian Church, that there is no place for the devil in
their beliefs, practices and traditions.  Cabot seeks to
portray witchcraft in a respectable new light as a "science
and an art."  Says Cabot, "Witchcraft has not been redefined
since 1692, and it's time for people to ask us who we are,
not ask our enemies."(4)
Cabot and her league of witches
lobby as a political action group through 15 witches'
councils which cover the United States, Ireland, England
and Canada.  Cabot's strategy is to desensitize Americans
to the evils of witchcraft and to promote Wicca through a
carefully crafted political agenda.  According to Cabot:
"Each council head oversees volunteer activities such as
letter writing campaigns, monitoring television programs,
news reports and newspaper accounts of Witchcraft, and
reporting back to our central office in Salem.  In addition
to being a watchdog on misinformation about the Craft, we
review books and articles on the Craft and recommend the
better ones to libraries and schools.  We also keep tabs on
congressional bills that deal with civil rights and
religious liberties."(5)
Abortion advocates from Salem
have militantly demonstrated at Boston area abortion
clinics, common sites of pro-life activism.  Pro-life
leaders in the Boston area claim that witches from Salem
make up some of the ranks of some of the most vocal
pro-abortion activists.  Laurie Cabot concurs with the rise
of feminist activism within Wiccan covens that worship the
Goddess Diana:  "In Dianic covens great emphasis is placed
on the Goddess and the role of priestesses.  Covens and
organizations are matrifocal and center around women's
issues.  The current women's movement has inspired much of
the political activism that some covens engage in . . . .
radical feminism, including lesbianism, has found a place
in Dianic covens . . . ."(6)
[Cut showing the logos of
Iron Oak and WRCF:  "The Wiccan Religious Cooperative of
Florida was formed to network witches' covens throughout
the state"]
*Witchcraft and Child Sacrifice*
Mention
the word witchcraft and most Americans think of the Salem
witch trials - "an outbreak of religious hysteria among
superstitious people."  The term "witch hunt" evokes the
most negative images.  There is no doubt that many of those
executed for witchcraft were the innocent victims of gross
superstition.  But it is hard to cope with the genuine
instances of demonically inspired activity recorded with
full documentation.  A modern misconception about those
tried and executed for witchcraft is that they were
punished for merely casting spells.  The death penalty for
witches was prescribed for their monstrous practice of
human sacrifice.
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From:    Paul Seymour                           Area: Metaphysical
To:      ALL                                     6 Oct 94 16:52:52
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The biblical injunction, "You shall not
suffer a witch to live"  (Exodus 22:18) had nothing to do
with bigotry against those practicing the religion of
witchcraft.  God had warned Israel not to intermingle with
the Canaanite tribes - worshippers of Baal, Asherah, Molech
and Ashteroth - because they were practitioners of child
sacrifice.  The ancient Israelites were first enticed into
sexual promiscuity through the worship of Baal and Asherah,
the sun god and fertility goddess.  The children of this
generation grew up in a world in which pagan sex rituals
were deemed "normal."  Soon Israel was lured into
worshipping Molech and Ashteroth, supposedly the same
deities; but darker and more sinister, demanding human
sacrifice.
In _Power of the Witch,_ Laurie Cabot extols
the paganism the ancient Celtic world in which
fornication, adultery and homosexuality were "normal."  The
Mother Goddess cult is presented as "a joyous, playful,
sensuous, peace-loving culture."(7)  Cabot then describes
the permutation of the Mother Goddess into an old crone and
the Horned God into a ravenous animal.  Cabot's description
closely mirrors the transformation of ancient deities from
sensual gun gods and fertility goddesses into demons of
infant ritual sacrifice.
And like the ancient Israelites,
20th century Americans were first enticed by the sexual
revolution of the 1960s; and just a few years later we
codified abortion as a "fundamental right" and killed over
one million unborn children a year.  Whenever pagan sexual
immorality is accepted, abortion and child sacrifice
becomes a necessity in covering up the fruit of sin.
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Child Sacrifice - continued
As we look at revivals of paganism in historical
perspective, the connection between abortion and witchcraft
becomes even more apparent.  It is impossible to understand
ancient and medieval Europe without having an understanding
of the pagan rituals that accompanied everyday life.
Paganism and Witchcraft played an important part in these
periods, affecting the lives of all classes of people.
*The Celtic and Northern German tribes - the ancestors of
English and German speaking peoples - were barbaric, pagan
idolaters who sacrificed their own children to the Mother
Goddess.  Child sacrifice and abortion were practiced and
were accepted as facts of everyday life - the necessary
consummation of rampant sexual immorality.
*In 15th
century Italy, Pope Innocent VIII was so concerned about
the rise of witchcraft that he commissioned Kraemer and
Sprenger's famous _Malleus Maleficarum,_ a teatise on
Witchcraft.  Commissioned in 1484, the treatise repeatedly
links witchcraft to abortion and child sacrifice:  "Witches
who are midwives in various ways kill the child conceived
in the womb and procure and abortion . . . ."(8)  In Italy
and other European countries of the Renaissance, witchcraft
was repeatedly linked to the practice of child sacrifice
and abortion.(9)
*During the reign of Louis XIV, witch
trials were held in France which exposed a vast network of
abortion services and the trafficking of newborns used for
sacrifices in the Sabbats of a High Priestess named Voisin:
"The child was held over the altar, a sharp gash across
the neck, a stifled cry, and warm drops fell into the
chalice . . . .  The corpse was handed to la Voisin, who
flung it callously into an oven fashioned for that purpose
which glowed white hot in its fierceness.  It was proved
that regular traffic had been carried on for years with
beggar women and the lowest prostitutes, who sold their
children for this purpose.  At her trial la Voisin
confessed that no less than 2,500 babies had been disposed
of in this manner . . . ."(10)
*20th century Nazi
Germany is yet another example of how a revival of
neo-Paganism led to adult human sacrifice.  In _The Rise and
Fall of the Third Reich,_ William L. Shirer points to a
sterilization law passed in 1933 as the event which began
the persecution of Christians and Jews throughout
Germany.(11)  Abortion was also made legal during this time.
This was the spiritual impetus which brought a revival of
human sacrifices being offered to ancient pagan deities -
complete with Nazi rituals - to the forefront. The Holocaust
was preceded by vast pageants which Hitler used to promote
neo-Paganism.  Resolutions were drawn up requiring all
pastors to take an oath of allegiance to Hitler and
insisting that all churches institute the Aryan paragraph
and exclude converted Jews.(12)  Pastors who resisted were
jailed.
"Not many Germans lost much sleep over the arrests of a few
thousand pastors and priests or over the quarreling of
Protestant sects. And even fewer paused to reflect that
under the leadership of Rosenberg, Borman and Himmler, who
were backed by Hitler, the Nazi regime intended to destroy
Christianity in Germany, if it could, and substitute the old
paganism of the early tribal Germanic gods and the new
paganism of the Nazi extremists.  As Bormann, one of the men
closest to Hitler, said in 1941, 'National Socialism and
Christianity are irreconcilable.'"(13)
History tells us that neo-Paganism has experienced sporadic
revivals, but also that the Church has had great success in
openly confronting witches and the practice of child
sacrifice.  But whenever the Church has compromised with
pagan culture, she herself has become paganized eventually
committing the same practices that she was commissioned to
destroy.  Pagan cultures that have worshipped false gods and
practiced human sacrifice - Canaanites; Carthage; the Celtic
tribes; and Nazi Germany - faced immanent destruction. This
scenario is being replayed today.  We now have laws that
make it a federal felony for Christians to peacefully
blockade an abortion clinic and are on the verge of making
"mercy killing" legal.  We are facing the immanent
paganization of our culture.
Americans are turning to pre-Christian pagan religions
because the Church is culturally relevant and is not
having an impact on our society.  Christians are losing the
battle for the same reason that the pagans are gaining a
foothold.  Pagans take pains to appear as "nice people";
are involved in community causes; give generously to
political lobbyist groups such as NOW; and are aware of the
threat that activated Christians pose to their continued
existence.
[Insert, white on black:  Abortion is the sacrifice of
preborn infants by those with a pagan worldview.  Abortion
is not just a political issue:  it's a spiritual issue.
Witchcraft is the spiritual force behind the politics of
abortion.]
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From:    Paul Seymour                           Area: Metaphysical
To:      ALL                                     6 Oct 94 16:54:00
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On the other hand, modern evangelical Christians are
ignorant of the historical precedent for revival even in the
face of militant paganism.  The average evangelical is
content to meet with other Christians on Sunday to worship
God, yet is not politically active and will not contribute
in such as a way as to re-Christianize our nation.  We do
not see a need to resist idolatry even with pagan immorality
being codified at the highest levels of government.
But it is still possible to turn the tide!  Just think of
how mighty and godly some of the more committed Christians
in your community are.  Imagine how powerful God's people
could be in turning the tide towards righteousness.  God has
a prophetic company of men and women who are destined to go
forth in the spirit and power of Elijah to confront
wickedness and change our nation!
*How you can resist modern paganism*
1.  Recognize that abortion is a spiritual issue.  Abortion
is the sacrifice of human preborn infants on the altar of
convenience by those with a pagan worldview.  Abortion is
not just a political or social issue:  it's a spiritual
issue.  Witchcraft is the spiritual force behind the
politics of abortion.
2.  Engage in spiritual warfare against demonic forces.  It
is important for the Church in America to go to the places
where the killing is taking place and intercede on behalf of
the unborn. There are many forms that this can take, but
spiritual warfare is most effective when you appear
physically at the abortuary nearest to your home.  Jesus
said:  "The gates of hell shall not prevail against the
Church."  (Matthew 16:18)
3. Evangelism.  Many abortion advocates are not secular
humanists, but are deeply spiritual people.  They are drawn
to the spiritual power of occult practices.  Some of the
most meaningful evangelistic exchanges come before the very
gates of hell - the abortion clinics of America.  Don't get
caught into the trap of thinking that God loves the
abortionist, but merely hates his sin.  God can pour out his
grace on those practicing human sacrifice, but they must
repent.  Pray that God will touch that deep spiritual
impulse in abortionists to seek reconciliation with their
loving Father. Pray also that if they don't repent that God
will purge their sin with His fiery judgment.

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Child Sacrifice - continued
4.  Become politically and socially involved.  Don't be
fooled by the modern prevailing notion that God is not
involved in politics. Isaiah described the role of Jesus
Christ in governing the affairs of men:  "And the government
shall be upon His shoulders" (Isaiah 9:6).  This government
includes individual, family and church self-government, but
this verse also applies to civil government. Civil
government is not "secular" or evil, but should be ruled by
the moral law of God.
5.  Give generously to ministries that are committed to
reforming our society.  There are many organizations that
are committed to fighting the war against abortion.  But
reformation must happen at the grass roots level among
committed individuals.  The best contribution you can make
is to support the local pro-life ministry in your area, or a
local church or ministry that is involved in societal
reformation.  The most meaningful sacrifice that you can
make is your own time and effort.  Unless you get involved,
God will hold you ultimately responsible for the holocaust
that is occurring in our nation.
For a list of media resources and information on how you
can resist the flood of evil in our country, write:  Media
House International, P.O. Box 362173, Melbourne, FL  32936.
[Notes:]
(1)  Paul Solotorolt [?], "Surviving the Crusades, _Rolling
Stone_. Oct. 14, '93, pp.59, 60
(2)  Laurie Cabot, _Power of the Witch_ (Delacorte Press,
New York, 1989), p.51  [I was unable to discover where this
note was inserted into the text.]
(3)  _Witchcraft:  Commonly Asked Questions; Straightforward
Answers_, Homebrewed Productions, 2140 Shattuck Ave., #2236,
Berkeley, CA  94704
(4)  Jan Phillips, "The Craft of the Wise," _Ms._,
January/February 1993, p. 79
(5)  Cabot, pp. 85, 86
(6)  Ibid., p. 83
(7)  Ibid., p. 33
(8)  _The Malleus Maleficarum of Heimrich Kraemer and James
Sprenger_, trans. Rev. Montague Summers (Dover Publications,
New York, 1971) p. 66
(9)  Montague Summers, _Geography of Witchcraft_,
(University Books, New Hyde Park, New York, 1965)
(10) Ibid., p. 432, 433
(11) William L. Shirer, _The Rise and Fall of the Third
Reich_ (Simon and Schuster, New York, 1960) p. 234,235
(12) Ibid, p. 237
(13) Ibid, p. 240
[Sidebars:] [Second page:]
*"You practice your religion and let me practice mine."*
*"My religion is a holy ritual child sacrifice."*
* - Patricia Baird-Windle*
*Founder and owner of Aware Woman abortuary*
*Alleged quote?*
* - or - *
*Statements of a practicing witch?*
Connections between witchcraft and the abortion industry in
America are legion.  In researching this feature, _The
Champion_ repeatedly came across incidences of witchcraft
among abortion clinic employees and pro-abortion activists
across the country.  Yet a systematic documentation on a
national level connecting the two has never been made.
If we could only cite this one example of the connection
between the Wiccan religion and the abortion industry in
America, then abortion advocates could easily refute our
claim as "circumstantial evidence," "mere coincidence," or
"the product of overactive imaginations of intolerant
religious zealots."
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From:    Paul Seymour                           Area: Metaphysical
To:      ALL                                     6 Oct 94 16:55:00
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If there is no relationship between abortion and witchcraft,
then we would expect to find a proportionate number of
professing Jews, Protestants, Roman Catholics, humanists and
atheists among abortion advocates.  We would not be
surprised to find witches among abortion providers,
especially in those areas where witchcraft has a long
history, such as Salem.  However, further research revealed
a vaster network of abortion providers associated with the
Wiccan religion.  There are, in fact, a disproportionate
number of practicing witches among abortion advocates.
Witchcraft is an ancient religion requiring child sacrifice
which has resurfaced in our day.  A revival of neo-paganism
has brought with it a revival of human sacrifice in the form
of abortion. A brief study of cities where abortion on
demand is prevalent reads like a metaphysical road map.  In
each inquiry, we did not have to dig for facts; information
on the relationship between witchcraft and the abortion
industry was offered with little resistance.  In a future
edition of _The Champion_, we will present more evidence.
Here are just four of the connections that have been
uncovered.
[Top of second column of sidebar: a picture
labeled, "Pat Windle - Did she claim to be "a Goddess?"]
*Melbourne, Florida*
The above quote by Patricia
Baird-Windle was made at a Christmas Party at Aware Woman
Clinic. (Or should we say a "Yule" party?) In responding to
pro-life advocates who keep up a regular presence at the
clinic, Patricia claimed that her religion as "a holy ritual
of child sacrifice."  She also claimed to be "a Goddess."
The remark was heard by at least two Melbourne pro-lifers
and was immediately recorded in writing.  On another
occasion, she claimed that she did make them, but that
they were in jest. But let's look at some facts:
An employee of Aware Woman, Veronica Jordan, and a former
employee [name blacked out as before] are two of the six
directors of a registered non-profit religious corporation
known as the Wiccan Religious Cooperative of Florida (WRCF).
Some of the so-called "clinic defenders" are practicing
witches who make no pretension about discussing their
involvement freely when they gather in front of the clinic.
some are members of the Church of the Iron Oak - a local
Wiccan Group.
Patricia Windle's daughter-in-law, Rani
(also a clinic employee), near the time the WRCF was
founded, had in her possession a book entitled:  _The
Sacrament of Abortion_.  The book was authored by a
Ginnette Paris, a witch in France, and presents abortion as
"a sacred act."  The book calls abortion "a sacrifice to
Artemis, who refuses to give life if the gift is not pure"
(i.e., innocent or preborn life).
[continued on next page]
[The bottom of this sidebar is occupied by a two-column
series of pictures, the cut-line for which reads:  "Top
Center:  'B-WITCHD' license plate of pro-choice activists
Helen and Roger Ulery, Ormond Beach, Florida.
"Bumperstickers in Aware Woman's parking lot: 'The Goddess
is Alive and Magic is Afoot' on a Windle family vehicle and
'In Goddess We Trust.'" The bumper stickers are illegible in
the pictures, but the license plate numbers may easily be
read.]
[page 12]
Paris elaborates:  "It is morally
acceptable that a woman who gives life may also destroy life
. . . .  whoever kills a fetus commits a murder . . . .  It
is not immoral to choose abortion; it is simply another kind
of morality, a pagan one . . . .  Obviously everyone has a
right to his or her religious beliefs, but what if mine are
pagan? . . . . {O}ne can occasionally resort to abortion
when it is necessary to sacrifice the fetus to a higher
cause . . . .  Abortion as a sacrifice to Artemis.  Abortion
as a sacrament - for the gift of life to remain pure." (1)
Possession of _The Sacrament of Abortion_ by Ms. Windle does
not prove that she is a witch, but it is obvious that she
and those around her have been influenced by Wicca's
ideology.  A bumpersticker emblazoned on a Windle family
vehicle claims: "The Goddess is Alive and Magic is Afoot."
*Chicago, Illinois*
In march 1994, pro-lifers from
Chicago's northside encountered a band of about a dozen
witches who demonstrated in front of a church during a
pro-life prayer rally.  Militant homosexual activists from
ACT-UP and Queer Nation led the protest.
Ralph Ruggiero, a
member of Armitage Baptist church, describes the incident:
"First they circulated light-hearted propaganda in the
neighborhood concerning what they were going to do in
protesting our church, which has been very active in the
pro-life movement.  I observed these militant groups that
were actually doing witchcraft outside.  They had little
dolls with names on them:  'Randall Terry' and 'Tim Murphy.'
They were sticking pins in them and saying incantations.
They were in a circle with the witch in the middle.  She was
wearing a hat that plainly said 'witch.'  They would scream
and ring bells and beat drums." According to Ruggiero, the
incident was recorded on videotape by their church.
The existence of witch covens in Chicago is confirmed by
literature circulated in the area which advertises their
meetings.  Ruggiero believes that witchcraft is the religion
of many pro-abortion activists in Chicago.  "These are the
same people I see in front of the abortion clinics all the
time.  One particular person came out and said: 'My religion
demands that we have innocent blood child-sacrifice.'"
Joyce Ruggiero concurs with her husband:  "A woman named
'Sunny' is a witch who first appeared at our church in 1992
when she burned an effigy of Randall Terry.  This time they
had curses written on eggs.  Sunny is part of 'Sister
Serpents.'  They were passing out tracts to Christians
telling them that they could renounce Jesus with a prayer to
Satan."
*Birmingham, Alabama*
Diane Derzis, operator of Birmingham's Summit House
abortuary, owns a century-old five-story house which
reputedly is the former property of a witch.  The home has
at least three gravestones in the front yard.  The back
porch is decorated with witchcraft paraphernalia associated
with the worship of the goddess Diana. Derzis' home is close
to the summit of a mountain which displays Birmingham's huge
iron statue of Vulcan, the Roman god of the underworld.
Is Diane Derzis a practicing witch who worships Diana and sees
abortion as a holy ritual?  We spoke with Diane at her house
at the summit of the mountain in Birmingham.  She denied
that she had any connection to Wicca.  "Whoever told you
that is filling your head with nonsense," she stated.
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From:    Paul Seymour                           Area: Metaphysical
To:      ALL                                     6 Oct 94 16:56:12
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However, a taped interview with her security guard a few
minutes before told another story.  The following are
statements of a young man who claimed to be her security
guard but did not give his name:  "{Diane} said that the
house was built in 1916; it's built on a graveyard and a
witch used to own the house. She said that there were seven
graves in this yard, but I've only found three.  There are
three headstones in there."
Ms. Derzis' security guard
gave us a short tour of the yard. One headstone was clearly
engraved with the name "Lietch." The house is listed as a
historical house of Jefferson county which bears the marker,
"C.H. Wiley House, 1916."
When we approached Diane again
for photos, she brazenly posed for us in front of Summit
House abortion clinic, but then filed a complaint with an on
duty police officer claiming that we had been stalking her.
Birmingham's police dismissed this possibility after a few
minutes of questioning.
*Huntsville, Alabama*
A 35-year-old woman was arrested and charged with murdering
a well-known pro-life minister.  Police were held at bay by
Eileen Orstein Janezic, the alleged killer, for six hours
while she held a pistol and read aloud passages from Anton
LeVay's _Satanic Bible_.  The minister she is accused of
murdering, 51-year-old Jerry Simon, co-hosted with his wife a
daily radio program and was active in the local pro-life
movement.
The murder took place last year in the midst of media
publicity about "anti-abortion" violence after the killing
of abortionist David Gunn.  While Gunn's murder was
publicized by the media, pro-life advocate Simon's death was
largely ignored. (2)
[The middle and right-hand columns
have five pictures in them, titled as follows:  "Diane
Derzis (top right), operator of Summit House Abortuary,
resides in a five-story house reputedly the former property
of a witch; Three gravestones in Ms. Derzis' front yard;
Derzis' back porch is decorated with items associated with
worship of the goddess Diana.
"The pro-choice slayer:  a
35-year-old woman, Eileen Janezic, was arrested and charged
with murdering a well-known pro-life minister.  Police were
held at bay for six hours while she held a pistol and read
aloud passages from Anton LeVay's Satanic Bible."]
[Notes:]
(1)  Ginnette Paris, _The Sacrament of Abortion_
(Spring Publications, POB 222069, Dallas, TX  75222, 1992)
pp. 53, 56, 107
(2)  _World_, Sept. 18[?], 1993
[Sidebar on p. 13]
[Headline, white on black:] *What is the Wiccan
Religion*
Wicca is an ancient religion requiring human
sacrifice.  Modern 20th century Wiccans draw their religious
ideology from the Mother Earth cults of the Celtic and
Nordic peoples of pre-Christian Europe.  The word "Wiccan"
first appears in an early manuscript of an Anglo-Saxon
scribe in the alliterative phrase: _wyccan and waelcyrian_,
"witches and valkyries."(1)  The word in Old English has
masculine and feminine endings and denotes both men and women
using magick arts.  The word "victim" in English has the
same derivation as _wycca_ and originally meant a living
human "set apart" to be sacrificed to a deity. (2)
The religion is traced to ancient Celtic and Northern German
people who practiced human sacrifice.  The Roman historian,
Tacitus, records that the ancestors of the English speaking
peoples, the Angles, sacrificed to the Mother Earth Goddess.
In his _Germania,_ "On the Origin and Geography of Germany,"
Tacitus describes this gruesome ritual as "a ceremony
performed by slaves who are immediately afterward drowned in
the lake." Some of the victims, astonishingly preserved in
peat bogs, are on display in museums in Denmark.(3)
[Inserted paragraph, white on black]
Wicca is an ancient religion is traced to ancient Celtic and
Germanic people who practiced human sacrifice.  Modern
witches unabashedly make reference to the rituals of pagan
Europe in describing their religion.
[End insert]
Modern witches unabashedly make reference to the pagan
rituals of pre-Christian Europe in describing their
religion.  In a paper submitted to the Council for A
Parliament of the World's Religions, Michael Thom writes:
"Modern Witchcraft (or Wicca) is the most common expression
of the religious movement known as Neo-paganism . . . . its
practitioners are reviving ancient Pagan practices and
beliefs of pre-Christian Europe and adapting them to
contemporary American life . . . .  Wiccans focus their
liturgy and worship around a Goddess and a God.  Rituals and
services are timed to the phases of the moon and the
Wheel of the Year (i.e., the solstices, equinoxes, and the
days falling midway between these such as May Day and
Hallowe'en).  Most witches treat their practice as a
priesthood, somewhat akin the mystery cults of classical
Greece and Rome, involving years of training and passage
through life-transforming initiatory rituals.  All witches
agree on the ethical words, "Do what you believe is right,
but let no one be harmed by your actions."(4)
According to a recent _Ms._ magazine article:  "Witchcraft
is about wholeness, about celebrating one's intimacy with
the Goddess and the earth, who are one and the same . . .
{T}here are 200,000 men and women practicing the Old
Religion in the United States. The Institute for the Study
of American Religion in Santa Barbara, California, claims
that Witchcraft and Paganism are the fastest growing
religions in the country, countering the rise of Christian
fundamentalism."(5)
[Notes:]
(1)  _The Northern World_. ed. David M. Wilson (Harry N.
Abrams, Inc., New York, 1987) p. 40
(2)  _Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary_, 1975
(3)  McCrum[?], _The Story of English_, (Elizabeth Sifton[?]
Books, New York, 196[?]7, p.57
(4)  Michael Thorn, "A Portrait of Wicca," _A Sourcebook for
the Community of Religion_, The Council for a Parliament of
the World's Religions [no page number cited]
(5)  Jan Phillips, "The Craft of the Wise," _Ms._,
January/February 1993
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Baird Stafford   (bstafford@bstafford.ess.harris.com)


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