Archive | July, 2012

Smacked Down By Google

By on July 31, 2012 in General Blog

Due to a server configuration error, we recently ran afoul of Google and discovered that the web site had been removed entirely from their search index. So if you’ve searched for us and come up with nothing, that’s why. We were in a time-out. We made adjustments and the web site is showing up in [...]

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You Can’t Please Them All

By on July 29, 2012 in General Blog

We have been soundly confused about the reaction to some of our recent changes around the web site. Admittedly, we floundered a bit when we went searching for a new theme for the web site and made some clear mistakes with some of the themes we tried. But when we settled on our current theme, [...]

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Three Kaloleni Elders Killed Over Witchcraft

By on July 21, 2012 in Witch Hunts In The News

Police in Kaloleni, Kenya have launched a manhunt for a gang of men who are believed to have killed three Elders in the small African village. The three men, ages ranging between 60 and 65, were hacked to death with machetes after being accused of practicing witchcraft. Kaloleni DC Fredrick Ayieko described the gang as “professional [...]

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So, You’ve Been Accused of Witchcraft…

By on July 12, 2012 in Malleus In Culture

We were alerted to a wonderful chart that was posted to the Lapham’s Quarterly web site. Lapham’s Quarterly is an excellent magazine of history and ideas. The chart they posted is a handy reference flowchart that details how to “avoid the ultimate punishment with this guide from the 1486 witch-hunting manual, the Malleus Maleficarum“. Needless [...]

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Three Beaten to Death for Practicing Witchcraft in Bihar

By on July 7, 2012 in Witch Hunts In The News

Daily Bhaskar: Gaya, Bihar, India – In an age when scientists have almost accurately discovered the God Particle that gave mass to all other particles, people are being beaten to death for practicing witchcraft. The residents of Karasan village have beaten up two people to death on Thursday for allegedly practicing witchcraft. According to reports in [...]

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