Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:22:45 -1000 http://www.pentaclemagazine.org/pn760/ Pentacle News en-us http://www.pentaclemagazine.org/pn760/images/logo.gif http://www.pentaclemagazine.org/pn760/ admin@pentaclemagazine.org http://www.pentaclemagazine.org/pn760/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2556 Doctors are demanding that NHS staff be given a right to discuss spiritual issues with patients as well as being allowed to offer to pray for them. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:22:45 -1000 http://www.pentaclemagazine.org/pn760/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2555 wiccan Spirituality author Kevin Saunders has started an official e-petition to 10 Downing Street calling for a representation of neopagan and humanitarian views to be included in religious education. Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:51:31 -1000 http://www.pentaclemagazine.org/pn760/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2554 It may not be immediately obvious to everyone, but one family are convinced they can see the face of Jesus on the lid of a jar of Marmite. Claire Allen, 36, said she was the first to notice the image on the underside of the lid as she was putting the yeast spread on her son's toast. Her husband Gareth, 37, said he could not believe his eyes when he saw it. Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:50:35 -1000 http://www.pentaclemagazine.org/pn760/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2553 "Magick for the Kitchen Witch" is a wonderfully comprehensive book that discusses everything from basic spellcasting to rituals honoring the Gods and Goddesses. Learn how to write a spell and where to find inspiration for them, read about folkloric witches, and also learn about different cultural and religious influence in Kitchen Witchery. Tue, 19 May 2009 21:17:13 -1000 http://www.pentaclemagazine.org/pn760/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2552 The religious fellowship that worship the old Norse gods, the Aasatrufellowship Bifrost, will soon have their own burialplace in Oslo. This has been approved by the authorities, according to Aftenposten. The new grave site will be shaped like the outline of a ship, and may only be used for cinerary urns, the newspaper writes. According to their home page, the asatrufellowship Bifrost is a religious fellowship for modern asatru founded on norse custom, the pre-christian religious traditions. Since 1996 the Bifrost fellowship has been an officially recognised religion by Norwegian authorities. It goes on to say that "Our goal is to gather those who want to worship the old norse gods and keep the old traditions alive. We want to create a living forum for everybody interested in asatru and to increase the understanding of art, culture and traditions with roots in the pre-christian time. We want to take care of the heathen cultural heritage and keep it alive and updated through practice based in the study of sources and innovation in the heathen understanding of history, myths and the forces." Source: The Norway Post Tue, 19 May 2009 04:44:01 -1000 http://www.pentaclemagazine.org/pn760/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2551 'There are very few good primers on witchcraft out there. We are pleased to say this one of the best ones we have read. It contains everything someone new to the Craft needs to start them on their path. It is well written and easy to understand.' - Janet Farrar and Gavin Bone, authors of 'A Witches Bible', and 'Progressive Witchcraft'. 'This book is both powerful and quite facinating; each coven and tradition has its own methods of working the sacred magic's, and 'Craft of the Wise' rather proves this. I am sure Craft of the Wise will prove valuable reading for those interested in the historical beginnings and this particular practice of witchcraft, which is both clear and direct.' - Maxine Sanders, author of 'Fire Child', and 'Maxine: Witch Queen'. Tue, 19 May 2009 04:42:47 -1000 http://www.pentaclemagazine.org/pn760/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2549 Men are needed for DNA tests to prove their distant ancestors moved from the Mediterranean to north west Wales as migrant workers 4,000 years ago. Sun, 10 May 2009 03:41:20 -1000 http://www.pentaclemagazine.org/pn760/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2548 THE DISCOVERY of two Roman structures in Otford could lead to a revaluation of their time in Britain. Sun, 10 May 2009 03:40:13 -1000 http://www.pentaclemagazine.org/pn760/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2547 A mysterious queen known as the "Mistress of the Lionesses," may have once ruled the Holy Land, according to Israeli archaeologists who based their findings on a plaque dating to the Canaanite period. Sun, 10 May 2009 03:39:44 -1000 http://www.pentaclemagazine.org/pn760/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2546 Deep inside the tomb of Scorpion I (no relation to the Rock), scientists discovered Egypt's oldest wines. Tue, 05 May 2009 21:40:47 -1000 http://www.pentaclemagazine.org/pn760/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2545 Hi everyone, I have just posted an official e-petition to the Prime Minister on the Downing Street website aimed at ending religious discrimination at schools and to include modern Paganism and Humanism in Religious Education lessons. You can click here to support it (and please circulate wherever you can, especially to teachers!)... http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Church-abuse/ Tue, 05 May 2009 21:40:16 -1000 http://www.pentaclemagazine.org/pn760/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2544 Esoteric Conference and Occult Book Fair, which will be held at the Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, Shropshire, on Saturday, 30th May 2009, 11am to 6pm. Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:02:15 -1000 http://www.pentaclemagazine.org/pn760/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2543 Neo-pagans might want to come up with new gods instead of aping the old ones. Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:01:28 -1000 http://www.pentaclemagazine.org/pn760/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2542 An Italian archaeologist claimed Friday to have discovered Cyprus' oldest religious site, which she said echoes descriptions in the Bible of temples in ancient Palestine. Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:57:17 -1000 http://www.pentaclemagazine.org/pn760/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2541 Japanese researchers digging in Turkey have pushed back the start of the Iron Age, until now presumed to have begun around 1500 B.C., with the discovery of fragments of an iron tool that predate previous finds by several centuries. Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:56:55 -1000 http://www.pentaclemagazine.org/pn760/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2540 Tens of thousands of ancient human bones found in Germany suggest that victims were not killed just to satisfy hunger. Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:56:35 -1000 http://www.pentaclemagazine.org/pn760/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2539 THE remains of a hilltop home believed to be about 5,000 years old have been discovered on the outskirts of Edinburgh, The Scotsman can reveal. Sun, 05 Apr 2009 18:14:43 -1000 http://www.pentaclemagazine.org/pn760/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2538 Image Comics is debuting a brand new comic series in May called “Olympus”. The series follows the adventures of the “Brothers Gemini” (who seem to be based on Castor and Pollux), twin brothers blessed by Zeus with eternal life who now act as bounty hunters for the gods. Sun, 05 Apr 2009 18:14:21 -1000 http://www.pentaclemagazine.org/pn760/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2537 A pair of stone-age boats, thought to be the oldest in Europe, have been allowed to rot in a partially collapsed shed while the northern German regional archaeology authorities stood by broke and helpless, it emerged this week. Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:27:59 -1000 http://www.pentaclemagazine.org/pn760/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2536 Was Shropshire’s landmark hill once used as a mystical sundial by early man? Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:26:59 -1000 http://www.pentaclemagazine.org/pn760/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2535 A team of archaeologists are one step closer to building a structure to model the Temple of Artemis in İzmir. Known as one of the Seven Wonders of the World, all that remains of the Temple of Artemis today are two pieces of marble. Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:25:35 -1000 http://www.pentaclemagazine.org/pn760/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2534 Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday called on Angola's Catholics to work to convert believers in witchcraft, in a country where traditional and new sects are proliferating. Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:06:25 -1000 http://www.pentaclemagazine.org/pn760/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2533 A recent find in Pskov has prompted a re-think of the way Heathen Viking women may have dressed. Archaeologist Annika Larsson believes their clothes may have been more provocative than previously thought, before the influence of Chrisianity brought in more conservative attire. Sat, 21 Mar 2009 02:14:08 -1000 http://www.pentaclemagazine.org/pn760/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2532 Rare Iron Age artefacts buried as part of a religious offering have been unearthed by an amateur treasure hunter. Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:04:18 -1000 http://www.pentaclemagazine.org/pn760/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2531 Egyptian antiquities authorities on Thursday revealed an ancient pharaonic embalming bed unearthed from a mysterious tomb near Luxor used to prepare bodies for mummification more than 3 000 years ago. Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:03:54 -1000