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Show 2 _ The Salt‘Lake Tribune SUNDAY COMICS sunday, October 28, 2001 orld ofWonder WITCHE SUNDAY, OCT. 28, 2001 “Are you a good witch or a bad witch?” — from The Wizard of Oz. EXPLOMANG:FHE REALMS OF HISTORY, SCIENCE, NATURE & TECHNOLOGY —_>="thy’s mesic lipere Witchcraft today = gbegends and stories about witches have been told since ; ancient times. From the evil crone of folklore to the Good Witchcraft todayis practiced as a religion called \Witcfi of the Eastin “The Wizard of Oz,” witches andiyvitchcraft continue to fascinaife. Py Many early human cultures believed that < who used herbal’and spiritual remedies everything in the world had a spirit — to help the sick and aid in the hunt. the grass,the trees, rivers and all aniThe Celts were an ancient people who The ancient Greeks and Roman§, t-_ ed many early myths‘ifito their eh, systems. Roman law made dist Churches were built over the heathen or pagan’ temples and-the old religions disappeared or went underground. mals. Eventhe wind,rain, sun and moon. These beliefs evolved intoavari- between good and evil magic, Romans adopted Christianity inthe People who did not convert to Christianity were branded witches fourth century, all magic was considered __or heretics and imprisoned,tortured lived in Europe,possibly as early as 700 56 ety of nature, Earth or fertility based religions — with a female goddess or The Celts developed a nature- " based religion with priests called deity attheir head. S A bit of witch history Circa 700B.C.: Circa 550 B.C.: Celtic civilization Buddha and brought Christianity to maty lands." Boaswhimesscon et to Practices, astrology and law. Soldiers and priests discouraged the old’ “believes in more than one god or no god at teligions and killed the Druid leade * all beganin Austria. Confucius lived around this time. Gypsies and witches Glen clam ple a). soning cal t (| 5 E 2 Venus de Milo rl : divination. Crystal balls, decks of cards called the Tarot, spirits. Soon afterward the i 1692: Salem, Mass., witch the Inquisition against trials began. 1484: The Papal Bull the oldreligion. 1604: King James| passesthe Witchcraft Act, making witchcraft a crime punishable by hanging in England and hercolonies. made Circa 909/An importothe tant dogiimentcalled Sie the Canpni Episcopi relating'to witchcraft o2Montools for of Innocent Vill began cycles. Religious holidays are called sabbats. Wiccansbelievein the practice of magic only for good, neverfor harm. Some witches practice in groups called covens and others practice alone as solitaries. Wicca wasrecognized in the U.S. as a legal religion in 1986. Wicca as.a religion can be controversial, because many people continue to associate witchcraft with evil. Witches traditionally practice their craft in secret, probably a result of centuries of persecution. ee Circa 743: Roman laws against pagan and rune stones are existsin all things. The moon is a symbolof the goddess and manyrites are tiedto its rag alee ; wagissued. ‘Ancient Greek statue foretelling the future. 1431: Joan of Arc was accusedof being a sorceress and witch. She was condemned as a heretic and bumed at the stake in Rouen. Roman and Sumerian. Buddhism, Hinduism and Native Americanbeliefs have also contributed.In its most basic form, Wicca is a nature-based religion celebrating the natural world and seasonal cycles. Wiccans worship a universallife-force (the god and goddess)that _erswith expertise in spirtual prehistoric tribal doctors (shamans), cultures: Celtic, Egyptian, ancient Greek, S744 Oorexecuted. vi. The expansion of the Roman EmpireTe word pagan ornate tom the Latn Druids. The Druids were heal- ‘The eaitiest witches were probably Wicca, also known as the old religion, the craft or wisecraft. Wicca has beeninfluenced by the mythology and rites from many ancient ee Crystal “1951: Enigland repealed its last laws against witchcraft. 1793:Lastofficial execution for witchcraft took place in Poland. Manyalchemists and scientists were accused of witchcraft because of , 1920: a Tefer to the time of 4 witch hunts as the “burning time.” their experiments. 1986: The United States recognized Wicca : (witchcraft) Fire The pentagram is a five-pointed star symbolic of the Wiccanfaith. The points of the star represent Earth, Air, Water,Fire and Spirit. A pentacle is a pentagram with a Venueof Willendorf Circle around it, symbolic of protection Pea a0 and safety. LEARN ALL ABOUT ENERGYIN THE NEXT INSTALLMENT OF WORLD OF WONDER Fora list of upcoming topics, go to www.comics.com/WoW E-mail questions or comments to: wow@.unitedmedia.com TRY TO STAY OUT OF TROUBLE! DON'T BEETLE! WHY CAN'T YOU STAY HE MUST BE LIKE ONE OF THOSE BRITISH GUARDS WHO CAN'T MOVE NO MATTER T'LL TAKE HIS SHIRT HEY, SOLDIER! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? MOVEOREVEN SPEAK! HA! HAL HE’. WON'T MOVE* EVEN WHEN (Socc! oycryFeakreeBp, Woageveered © 2001 Treteldt Studios inc. Distributed byUnited Feature Syndicate inc. Earth I TOLD you TO STAY OUT OF TROUBLE!, o) |
