Trying To Be Misunderstood?

I consider myself to be reasonably tolorent…

well, at least of most things anyway. I tolorate other peoples belief systems, for instance. After all, it not my place to go knocking on folks doors or setting up shop to try to get you to believe what I believe, is it? – and also I dislike the infringement of personal choice.
One thing that really pees me off though is when exploitation is involved, especially if the exploitation manifests at the hand of someone who professes to know better.

So, let me tell you a little bit about belief systems as I see them – Keep in mind though that I’m only sharing my opinion here…

Lets start with witches…

These fall into two distinct types. Theres the folk who feel none of the ‘established’ religions really do it for them, and take a more natural path through their lives. They tend to have a liking for sacred spaces, crystal healing, natural healing – that kind of thing. They also don’t generally refer to themselves as witches. They may have a liking for certain signs and symbols which have been associated with witchcraft – but hey – I have a liking for these kind of things too, I also own a black pointy hat, cloak, sword and several grimoires and other items that some of the folk I meet on my travels would need to resort to wearing incontinence pants to even be in the same room as them. Doesnt make me a witch..
Then theres the others. The ones that have proven to be an endless source of amusement to me.

You can generally spot them a mile off – not because of their stripy socks, pointy hats and slightly verdant pallor – but because they keep screaming ‘I’m a witch!!’ at you.
This kind of person has no concept of the Craft in the least. Yes, they’ll refer to themselves as ‘Wiccan’, and go on to tell you its the oldest religion in the world – it isnt, its about sixty years old. I do keep saying I’ll write an article on the history of Wicca but I honestly don’t think it would be very well accepted.
One lady once confided in me that she was a pagan wiccan… (I found that highly hysterical, and if I have to explain why, you wouldnt understand.) she also said that being a pagan wiccan meant that she believed in the power of spells, was a vegetarian and grew her own vegetables…

These ‘Witches’ have a tendency to feel it is necessary to tell you they are psychic, some of them have an even greater need to tell you you are psychic, and that they will help you along your path to enlightenment. They will also offer to read your tarot cards, runes, crystal chakras, auras, cast spells which will help you find the love of your life, financial stability and probably offer to take out any enemies, ghosts or demons you may have around you for good measure. Changing to their way of life, they will inform you, will leave you enlightened and more aware – and you will be too. Or at least your bank account will be…

If you are brave enough to risk the wrath of these witches – for whatever reason… cos you have some kind of religion based bad feeling against them, or even because they ripped you off – they will pretty much start screaming ‘Inquisition!’ at you. (Again, a misinformed or ignorent choice of words, inquisition is a term that covers many things – ‘Witchhunt!’ would be better.)

You may say I’m unenlightened, a religious nutter, probably even use terms like ‘witchhunter general’, inform me that my ilk has persecuted your kind for time immemorial. You’ll waffle about poor innocent women, burned at the stake… and various other claptrap you learned from poorly researched books written and sold to you hundreds of years after the event..

At this point I’m going to ask you if thousands of innocent women (and men) were burned at the stake (bearing in mind that in the UK we hung folk found guilty of witchcraft, and they really were a very small number, not thousands) Then surely if they were innocent, they werent witches at all? Were there ever any people tried who had actually ticked the boxes which meant they could be indicted as having caused death by sorcery? In effect, can the concept of Magick, outside of the stage, screen and psychology actually exist, and do they have proof?

Cos lets face it, if you are selling spells, services and the paraphenalia associated with an ancient craft practiced by INNOCENT folk who were persecuted and killed for it, and that is your ONLY proof that witchcraft exists, are’nt you breaking the UK Consumer Protection Laws?

Just Saying….

They’re Baaa – ack!!!

People seem to ‘see’ the face of Christ in the oddest of places…

I admit to being a bit of a saddo geek where pariadolia is concerned – I trawl the internet for new images to add to my collection, and its always nice to find something a little different.

What I dont understand is this preconception that folk seem to have that Jesus was not only a caucasian, but also bore a striking resemblence to Barry Gibb. The details of His appearance seem to be so deeply rooted in our memory that its almost shocking that there isnt a cult out there somewhere that flouts hits such as ‘Staying Alive’ as the real story of the ressurection or ‘How Deep Is Your Love‘ as a statement of their faith…

Anyway, as usual I digress – heres the latest one..

Bethesda Woman Sees Jesus In A Shovel

Sorry its a crap picture – tis the best I can find…

A BETHESDA woman claims to have spotted an apparition of Jesus Christ on, of all things, her boyfriend’s garden shovel!

Andrea Jones was having a cigarette in her garden when she noticed this ‘image’ in the shovel which was leaning against a rabbit hutch.

“I was deep in thought at the time, miles away,” she said.

“Then I saw the shovel and what looked like a face on it, but I’ve seen this shovel so many times before and hadn’t noticed a thing.

“I thought it looked a bit like Jesus and pointed it out to my boyfriend Neil and he agreed, but we needed other people to have a look at it to make sure we weren’t imagining it.

Good Idea, Ms Jones – always best to get a second opinion – who did you get to have a gander at the ‘Sacred Shovel’??? The local vicar perhaps?

“I got my neighbour in, and he’s a Buddhist, even he agreed with us and just about everyone who’s seen it has gone ‘oh my god’.”

The holy theme is particularly relevant with Bethesda being renowned as a religious town because of the number of chapels in the area and the discovery taking place over the Easter weekend.

Eh?

Spookily, the last time the shovel was used was actually at a church.

“Neil was trying to think of the last time he used the shovel and it turns out it was a job he was doing at St Joseph’s Church in Colwyn Bay,” said Ms Jones.

“You’ve heard of people finding images of Jesus on everything from Domino’s pizzas to the surface of Mars, but never like this.

“The rust even looks like blood from the crown of thorns.

“I think it’s a very recognisable image, and rather reminiscent of some of the renaissance paintings of the passion of Christ.

“Also, given that this happened over Easter, and although I’m not a churchgoer myself, I realise many in this community are.

“But it’s funny how you notice these things at moments when you least expect it because I was just having a quick smoke and thinking about my doctor’s appointment.

“So far, only a neighbour and couple of friends have seen it, but we all think it’s a good likeness of what Jesus is supposed to look like.”

Sorry, I beg to differ there because…

Jesus, Mary Magdalene Accept Visa

… the face on your shovel doesnt look like this guy..

….And he doesn’t look like Barry Gibb either..

Harry Potter UFO mularky.

So the Sun are at it again. Spreading their stupidity with tales of Harry Potteresque flying Ford Anglia’s.

AMAZING footage appears to show a FLYING CAR zooming through the night sky.
The amateur clip, posted on YouTube, shows a full moon looming over the skyline of Wichita, Kansas, USA. But look in the top-right corner and you will see what appears to be a set of HEADLIGHTS zipping into the frame.

Ah Wichita, a state made up of numerous aviation facilitys, from Boeing – Raytheon and much more.

Members of online UFO groups have speculated whether it could be the enchanted Ford Anglia featured in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

The boy wizard and his pal Ron Weasley use the classic vehicle to get to Hogwarts — before they crash it into a giant magical tree.

Members of which online UFO groups exactly? Or are you talking out of your arse, cos I cant find any significant mention of this case anywhere, and i’m struggling on Youtube. Allegedly the original story appears on CNBC, I cant find that either.

And may I add, JK Rowlings tales of Harry Potter are English and set in England, before you put Hogwarts somewhere in Nebraska. American drivel!

Others say it might be time-travelling scientist Doc Brown reaching 88mph in his famous flying DeLorean. That iconic car featured in all three Back to the Future movies, with the flight capability added during a trip to 2015 in the second flick.

Your lying again aren’t you, nobody said that did they..

One UFO spotter, Jason Simms, wrote online: “This could be the prototype flying car we have all been waiting for, undergoing secret tests. Here’s hoping.”

Oddly if you view the footage completely and dont concentrate on the ‘car’ you may notice that the moon moves too. It looks like the footage has been sped up. I’d suggest its only an aircraft, nothing more, with a bit of computer basic wizardry thrown in.

(Author edit. Thanks to Bob Dezon for his analysis of the clip – ) I would say it looks like a small commercial type plane, like a cessna. The lights appear to be landing lights used on approach or takeoff. What is misleading here, is the footage is timelapse, so it looks like its moving really fast. You can see the moon rise like 5 degrees over the duration of this clip.

Jason Simms.. You sir are a twat.

As its only the Sun that seems to have this story available, and you cant acquire images or footage from the site. Here’s the linky with the footage.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3589599/Flying-car-is-caught-on-camera.html?OTC-RSS&ATTR=News

I’m running out of people to be sorry for!