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Contributing to the November 22 Sunday Monitor letters, one Elias Biryabarema wondered why child sacrifice seemed common in Uganda’s Buganda region, which according to official statistics was the most economically prosperous region in Uganda, and where people are supposed to be rational and scientific in their approach to life. Why were the same people so obsessed with superstition, witchcraft and the occult?

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A rural vicar has warned people not to dabble in the occult after a sheep’s
head was impaled on a pole outside one of his churches.

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Of course it isn’t all that unusual for a pastor to claim healing powers. Witness the blow-dried televangelists of America and elsewhere, who often advertise their dramatic healing powers in infomercials.

But in western Kenya the belief in the supernatural is far deeper, and the line between Christianity and the occult is thin at best.

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LA PAZ–Bolivia's Catholic church has called on the faithful to stop using human skulls at special Mass celebrations, a practice some link to occult powers. The Bolivian Episcopal Conference on Friday…

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Lulu Auger has written a book titled Lulu in which she chronicles her encounter with the occult.

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With Halloween approaching, it's the time of year to talk about mystical philosophies, Ouija boards, secret lodges, New Age thought — in other words, the "occult" aspect of religion that deals with secret ways of acquiring knowledge. Which is why I nabbed Mitch Horowitz's new book, "Occult America: The Secret History of How Mysticism Shaped Our Nation." Mr. Horowitz, a book editor living in New York, grew up Jewish but terms himself "unclassifiable" now. He gives "occult tours" of Manhattan where a lot of avant-garde and metaphysical religions once set up shop. His favorite stop is a Swedenborgian church on …

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Drug dealers offer cars to pastors The General Overseer of the Awakeners Chapel International, Dr. Pastor Peter Kayode, has revealed that some Pastors are recipients of very juicy and lucrative largesse from drug dealers, the Advanced Fee Fraudsters, otherwise known as 419, Sakawa boys and girls, human traffickers, prostitutes and occultist. He noted that some of his colleague Pastors do not care to investigate the source or the background of people who make huge financial and other lucrative material donations to their churches they cannot resist the temptation of such juicy gifts, although the disposition of such donors easily give them up even to the most uninitiated minds as crooks and…

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They don't toil over bubbling caldrons or cook lost kids. They have no use for flying monkeys. And their spice racks are more apt to contain ginger or paprika than eye of newt. Still, witches are far from fictional. And according to the most recent American Religious Identification Survey, released earlier this month, there are more of them than ever. » While most other major religions lost ground, Wiccanism –…

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Officials with the church were not present Saturday but promoted the event on the church Web site.

“It is not about forcing spirituality on people,” she said. “It is about reaching out. It is not about religion. It is about people coming together.”

Trying to find your lucky number? Need a massage? Or maybe you need some ear coning to help with your sinus and allergy issues?

All that was possible Saturday at The First Church of Understanding, which held its first psychic fair for 2009. The church has held monthly psychic fairs for about two years that feature reflexology treatments, numerologists and massages. Spiritual readings, which involve counseling and advice, but do not predict the future, were also part of the event.

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For the past two years, the Federal Health Service has been issuing licenses to practitioners of what it calls “traditional medicine,” meaning anything from the use of herbal treatments to the manipulation of “auras.” His claims buttressed by officialdom, Fadkin charges patients 3,500 rubles ($150) per session. –

AP reports Faith in magic and the occult lingered
for centuries in Russia, long after the Renaissance, with its emphasis
on rationalism and empiricism, weakened similar beliefs in Western Europe.

Russia is among a small number of nations where traditional healers are
licensed at any level. In Indonesia, where mysticism is deeply rooted
in traditional culture, local governments certify those claiming to use
magical charms or psychic powers for healing. And in India, a country
with ancient folk medicine traditions, the government licenses healers
who use yoga and homeopathy, although not people who claim
extra-sensory powers.

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For Christians who are torn between partaking in a holiday some affiliate with the occult and locking their doors to mostly innocent children, one ministry is encouraging believers to not skip out on the festivities but to stock up on treats that will feed souls rather than stomachs. –

The Christian Post reports “Children show up at your doorstep every year in October, dressed
like ghosts and goblins roaming your neighborhood in search of treats.
This year when they come knocking, consider giving them something
‘extra’ that will go beyond their ‘physical’ cravings for chocolate and
processed sugar,” says evangelist Tim Todd, president of Revival Fires
Ministry.

One such “extra” is the “Hairy Polarity” comic book – a
32-page, full color comic book exposing the dangers of sorcery and
witchcraft in a way that is very easy for young people to understand.

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At 38 years old, Lokesh had already risen to fame and left it behind in search of something more. The popular master of sorcery abandoned his craft when the magic could do nothing to help his wife. –

ANS reports When Lokesh and
Poorvi showed up at Namdev’s church service, they caused quite a stir.
At first, the Christians were nervous that Lokesh, the famous witch
doctor, came to harm them. But when Namdev realized Lokesh had come for
help, he and the believers quickly gathered around and began praying
for Poorvi.

The Lord did
what Lokesh’s magic could not. Within a week, she was completely
healed. Lokesh and Poorvi received salvation and began following Jesus.
Even though their state, Madhya Pradesh, India, has a strict
anti-conversion law, they refused to be intimidated from following
their Savior.

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