The Unapologetic Pagan

By: Harold Sanford Carter III

In the heart of Portland Maine there is a statue made of bronze that watches over the city. The statue is a deity of war, wisdom, arts, trade, and defense. She is Roman and equal to the Greek goddess Athena. Her name is Minerva. She occupies Monument square and is the
heirloom to the fallen soldiers and sailors of the civil war. She is the mother of Portland.
The guardian of the fallen and a token of thanks to the bravest men the state of Maine has ever seen.

A new book titled “Across Atlantic Ice: The Origin of America’s Clovis Culture“ has been published by two high ranking Archaeologist who have concluded that evidence they have will re-write American history books… nah who are we kidding, history books never get re-written unless it’s to bash America.

While the Orlando terrorist attack was unfolding I was in a local Wiccan shop browsing around. Another customer was talking with the shop owner and like everyone else in every store that day, the discussion eventually turned to the attack. The discussion wasn’t anything none of us haven’t already said or heard but one phrase caught my ear.

“He’ll get what’s coming to him, you can’t run from Karma.”

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In the latest issue of The Witches Almanac, the Spring 2016 issue, there is a letter in their Mailbox section… actually it’s the first letter they respond too. A reader by the name of Lorraine Margueritte Gasrel Black (any relation to Sirius Black?) writes the question “How does one know if she/he is really a Witch?”

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The responder at The Witches Almanac waste no time in using this opportunity to assert their political beliefs by responding:

SALEM — Nearly 325 years after 19 people accused of witchcraft were hanged in this city, a group of scholars has finally confirmed the place where they met their fate: Proctor’s Ledge.

The Gallows Hill Project, a group of seven scholars, says they were able to definitively identify the location after five years of research, using court records, maps, ground-penetrating radar and aerial photographs.

Last Friday thousands of Atheist liberals nationwide watched in awe as a small bird landed on the podium of Bernie Sanders.

Immediately social media erupted in talk of the moment but the most profound aspect was that liberals who pride themselves on being atheist, who will openly claim that they don’t believe in superstitions or the supernatural, claimed this was a sign from the divine that Sanders was to be the next president.

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In 1659 the Puritans banned Christmas in Massachusetts. But why?

A short, easily-overlooked paragraph from an early law book of the Massachusetts Bay Colony reads as follows:

On Saturday December 5th a memorial service was held for Larry Daniel Kaufman, a  42 year old practicing Wiccan who was killed by jihadist Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik while at his job at the Inland Regional Center for people with disabilities in San Bernardino .

He was in the facility when the attack began. Concerned for his co-workers he yelled “Get out! Go! Get out now! Hurry!”Shoving people out of the line of fire before taking a round and his life ended.

According to Kaufman’s surviving partner Ryan Reyes, he saved 4 people’s lives that day.