I've included little commentaries of my own in green.
Subject:
Witchcraft
Date:
22 Nov 1996 15:36:56 -0000
From:
"Arching Crescendt Sun, CVt-Open Circle" [cvtopencircle@hotmail.com]
To:
xxx@spies.com
CC:
WLPA@CelticCrow.com
Merry meet. means "whassup" or "hello" in wiccaspeak
I am writing in response to your "Witchcraft Flyer"
Witchcraft is not a religion of Satanism or harm. It is a nature/ecology-based
neo-Pagan religon, honoring the Goddess and God. The main tenet, the Witches'
Rede, tells us "An' it harm none, do what thou wilt."
The last laws against Witchcraft were repealed in the 1950's. Witches are
standing up for their rights, and we will not tollerate the negative
misconceptions. Like I mentioned before, Witchcraft has been acknowledged in
federal court as a legitimate, legally-recognized religion since 1986.
I only ask that you either remove your "Witchcraft Flyer" from the World Wide
Web, or edit it to make no mention of "witches" as negative, harmful
characters. I can provide more information for you if you want to write a page
about the TRUE religion of Witchcraft. If you fail to take action, I will. I
have sent a copy of this letter to the Witches' League for Public Awareness, a
pro-active educational network, dedicated to correcting misinformation about
Witches and Witchcraft. Thank you for your help and consideration.
Blessed be, means "goodbye" in wiccaspeak
Andrew J. Campbell
Post Office Box #206
Shoreham, Vermont
05770 - 0206
Subject:
witchcraft
what the hell was your page on witchcraft about are you some kind of anti
witch? I was doing a report on witchcraft and I learned from that web
site about as much as I would if I asked a fundimental Cristian. If you
wrote the page then my friend you got some problems but if it's someone
else's on your site then they got some problems
Scot Gover
Subject:
Witchcraft
I was quite offened by your witchcraft letter! I happen to be a witch
and practise the religion of witchcraft!!! Next time you should learn
what you're talking about before you post it on the net!!!
The following three emails were first published in my April 7th, 1997 musings.
Subject:
looking for problems
Rev. James Charleston
Subject:
Which Witch?!
Hi Gus:
Happy provocation,
--Robert
Subject:
Law suet waiting to happen
Greetings,
Sincerly ,
Rev. James Charleston
Subject:
witchcraft
Subject:
Witchcraft flyer
Mr. Gus Mueller,
I am corresonding in reference to your Witchcraft flyer. I would like to know if it
is a real flyer
and where you found it, if so.
I can see the slight humor in the flyer, I mean who could be so stupid, but as a
Witch I am
offended.
Please respond.
Subject:
witchcraft
I am writing to you about your witchcraft page. It is wrong and
predjudice against witches. The wiccan law states "do as thou wilt, and
it harm none" also the three-fold law, bringing back your power three
times good or three times bad. Therefore if a wich was responsible for
those incidents you listed in your page, then they were in the wrong,
not using their power as it was meant to be used, and got it back times
three. Most witches do not use their power in ways that harm others,
but in a way that will enrich their lives as well as other's. Because
of the actions of some witches, don't assume that all witches use their
magical gifts for evil upon others. Blessed Be.
Subject:
Witchcraft
You are sick man!!!
I've seen your burning witches page and let me tell you that you are a
nutzoid! I'm a witch and I would never do anything bad to the people
arrownd me. Even if they where my worst enemies!!!
Get with it...
a very horified witch!!!
Here is a sample of some correspondence on had with a certain
KCBAC@aol.com on the morning of Saturday, April 26th
1997. My responses are in blue.
I would like to point out to you that the article that you have on your page
about witches is so incorrect I was ready to puke. The things that you wrote
about saying that witchcraft is the cause is not possible to be done by any
witch. These are things done by SATANISTS if anything. There is a major
difference between Satanists and Witches. The Wiccan Rede states that
everyone should be allowed to do whatever they want just as long as it hurts
noone. The Three-Fold Law states that whatever you send out comes back times
three. This goes for good as well as bad. Wiccans are nature loving people
and have no "mark'' on their body proving a deal with Satan. And about that
test to see if you have been a victim of witchcraft can be easily debunked.
The first sign can be explained by the person having IMPOTENCY or FRIGIDITY.
It is very common. The second one is probably a desease that can be treated.
There are no direct links to Witches. The third sign can be explained by a
brief look at what the person ate. The fourth sign is so easily explained I
laugh at all who think Witches are to blame. Falling asleep during the day is
called a NAP. If a child goes to kindergarten and has 'naptime' and falls
asleep while 'the sun is in the sky' does that mean that the child has been a
victim of witchcraft? The next sign is just plain stupid. I'm sure that 99.9%
of the world's population has thrown up before. Influenza, food poisoning and
drunkeness have been proven as causes for this phenomena, not whitchcraft.
Maybe there are people who are out there that beleive that they have been
transformed into many other shapes and nonhuman creatures, but I'm sure those
people also believe that the sky is red. No witch, no matter how much into
the practice can do that. And anyone who has smoked has seen a cloud of
whitish blue smoke come out of thier lungs. These 'signs' are so easily
explainable I pity anyone who thinks that witches are to blame. I suggest
you read about Witches before you make another biased remark like that.
Just remember that Wiccans are a loving people and would not harm another
person or it goes back to them three times as worse.
Subject:
witchcraft flyer
I was personally offended, hurt, and disqusted by your cruel and
uneducated predjudice against witches. The being is in and of the witch.
There are good christians and bad christians, there are good and bad
people everywhere, no matter what religion they belong to. At least 80%
of all witches practice in only the upmost positive ways. Of coarse,
there are those who will miss interpret the religion and misuse it, but
there are also God freaks that go and murder people because God wills it.
The religion of witchraft can be a very spiritually enlightening
journey. Those few, isolated, sick events of the misuse of witchcraft
have done much to poison the minds that all witches are evil. Murderers
can be found in any religion. To say that witchcraft is so bad can only
come from not enough education of the matter. We are not evil. The good
or bad, lies inside the particular witch, as it does within any
individual humane being.
Subject:
your view on Witch Craft
Your homepage on witchcraft is disgusting and uninformed. you obviously
know nothing about the religion and as such, are using it to make your
homepage more appealing to other people such as yourself, or you are using
the Witch Craft religion as a scapegoat to blame un-explainable happenings
on, your section of your homepage on Witch Craft is a disgrace to the
internet
yours faithfully
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1997 04:10:08 -0400 (EDT)
I decided to be quite direct in stating that I don't appreciate the
"Witchcraft Flyer" you have as part of your site. I can tell that you are
somewhat bright, however not so tactful. The pagan community really wouldn't
want to see this slightly offencive "flyer" so that I would like you to
remove it from the internet. From what I've read, it seems as though the
page is made up entirely of falsehoods of pagan beliefs. I am aware that it
is your right to have freedom of speech on the internet, however you might
want to check yourself when offending a large scope of people. Fortunately,
I am somewhat forgiving and can easily see that you are ignorant in
understanding us, but a good number of the higher pagan groups aren't and you
may find yourself in a bit of trouble. Good day motherfucker!
Subject:
you need help...
After reading the page labeled..
Have you or someone you know ever been a victim of
Witchcraft?
I was throughly distrubed.....
Being myself a witch, i was curious to see what you had to say...
then I had a few question that i hoped you could answer...
1) what was the evidence of witchcraft in the MIT case you listed?
2) the SUNY example...what was the source you got this out of?
and then i have answers to your questions...
1)no
you were correct in saying that we wrok in secrecy, but the "problems" can
occur other ways...the coven that i belong to only does things to promote
the good of our lives and the world around us...and not at the expense of
anyone or anything.
How does not saluting the flag consitiute being a witch? I am a witch and
have full patriotism, I may not agree with what this country does but it is
my home...
I can't float in water, but that has to do with my body fat % (3.5%) not
enought to be boyant...
If the # you gave for the hotline is true...then a freedom given by the
Constitution is being infringed upon, you know...hte life, freedom and
liberty clause, and also the first amendment...freedom of RELIGION
If this is a page of meaningless bullshit that you wrote for fun, I would
strongly advise to to remove it ASAP. I will be telling my witch friends
about it and I assume that you will get letters from them as well...
harm none and do as ye will
Do not let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past nor
for the future.
By living your life one day at a time, you live all the days of your life.
May the gods forgive you for what you have done...
Education is the key to life, Your lack of education is the key to problems.
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Date:
Wed, 05 Feb 1997 21:41:27 -0800
From:
peter gover [goverman@cheney.net]
Organization:
tsg
To:
xxx@spies.com
Date:
Tue, 25 Feb 1997 19:04:07 +0000
From:
Michael Endress [endress@caries.dental.mu.edu]
Organization:
Grand avenue School
To:
xxx@spies.com
Date:
Sun, 06 Apr 1997 15:13:28 -0700
From:
Silvermoon [slvrmoon@whidbey.net]
To:
xxx@spies.com
Date:
Mon, 7 Apr 1997 01:21:16 +0100
From:
rwolf@comet.net (Robert)
To:
xxx@spies.com
Date:
Sun, 06 Apr 1997 14:58:00 -0700
From:
Silvermoon [slvrmoon@whidbey.net]
To:
webmaster@comet.net
Date:
Tue, 08 Apr 1997 17:24:39 -0500
From:
Heather VanHook [kvanhook@comsys.net]
To:
xxx@spies.com
(__)
(--) Cow Sunning at "Maybe i was mean
/-\/-\ the but i really
/| |\ beach don't think
^ | | ^ so" -Sinead
| | O'Conner
/----\
/ \ \
^ * ^
Date:
Wed, 9 Apr 1997 01:04:50 -0500
From:
"Chlee Rush" [crush@nts-online.net]
To:
[xxx@spies.com]
crush@nts-online.net
Date:
Sat, 12 Apr 1997 12:50:32 -0400
From:
Bean-Larson [beanlarson@michcom.com]
To:
xxx@spies.com
Date:
Thu, 24 Apr 1997 19:36:46 -0400
From:
famille nantel seeb@netrover.com
Organization:
seeb
To:
xxx@spies.com
you don't understand. i spent a whole week as a gound hog because of a
witch's spell. i sucked. i had to eat roots and berries and run away
from dogs. my wife thought i'd left her for another woman. coming
home, she shooed me away screaming. sad sad sad. those BAD witches
did this to me.
This was not a result from Witches. Satanists are to blame. Witches don't
practice 'black magic'. don't blame them.
if YOU were turned into a groundhog and spent a week in this form,
covered with fur and smiling across yellow buck teeth, would you be
happy about ANYONE with the power to cast spells? i sincerely doubt it.
I admit that I would not be happy about it, but i would not go blaming a
religion that is based on nature and the worship of a supreme being that is
NOT satan. There are many stereotypes about witches. They do worship two
gods. A horned god and a Goddes of fertility. The Horned God became horned
because he was the God of hunting. The animals that were hunted were horned
so that's how that happened. This is commonly related to the devil and Satan.
They are in no way related!!!. I have studied witches and I know that they
are not responsible for turning you into a groundhog. So blame the evil
religion. Witches are not evil. If you want to blame someone, then learn
about a religion that does do things like that. Wiccans are good people.
my feeling is that there are some good witches and some bad witches.
there are good and bad everything else, so why not witches? the wizard
of oz, one of the better witchcraft references available, confirms this
suspicion.
Aren't you married?
well, after the way my wife treated me when i was still a groundhog, i
was less than faithful, if you know what i mean.
well i'd like to think the evil witch who made me into a groundhog has
been stuck three times as far back on the evolutionary ladder as a
groundhog. that would be 40 million years times three, or 120 million
years, back in the Jurassic. perhaps even now she is a crocodilian
eating tastelessly-clothed vacationers in key west.
That's a very pleasant image
Date:
Sun, 04 May 97 13:43:51 -0700
From:
David Borman [eeppww@mixcom.com]
To:
xxx@spies.com
Date:
Thu, 15 May 1997 17:06:34 +0900
From:
"Jackie Caldera" [moggi@ois.net.au]
To:
xxx@spies.com
Jackie Caldera
From: Farcicfane@aol.com
To: xxx@spies.com
Subject: You Asshole
Date:
Tue, 11 Nov 1997 19:16:13 -0600
From:
Geoff Loper [Loperga22@uwwvax.uww.edu]
To:
xxx@spies.com
2)no
3)only after i smoked a cigar
4) yes...I work in a bakery....3rd shift...make sense to fall asleep during
the day now...?
5)yes....when i'm sick with the flu
6) yes many times...
7) yeah...when my roommate was smoking pot and we had teh black lights on...
I shower EVERY day or else i would stink for yeast from work...
I can drink diet beverages....i don't like the taste, but i can drink them
I love fruit pies, especially apple and cherry
I only drive American cars, see the patriotism fact...
there is no hebrw mark on my body, but a tatoo will be going on in the near
future, a symbol of my religion...
my response:
i'm sorry, it was supposed to be funny. i thought that was obvious.
read it again and see what i mean.
Mr Loper's response:
Hey Mr. Dumb Fuck,