News: Paganism, Witchcraft, Archaeology, Occult

Here is a round-up of news stories from the past week about paganism, witchcraft, the occult and archaeology:

“Archaeologists may have found architects’ camp for Stonehenge” – story at The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/feb/02/archaeologists-architects-camp-stonehenge-larkhill

“Artefacts stolen in break-in at Canterbury Archaeology Trust” – story at Kent Online: http://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/artefacts-stolen-from-canterbury-archaeology-trust-159499/

“Green Man, Jack Frost do battle in pagan ritual in English village” – story at ABC Online: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-04/pagan-fire-festival-imbolc-marks-end-of-winter-in-britain/9394498

“Creepy ‘witch’ who patrols roads and appears from fog glides behind man as he takes a picture” – story at the Mirror: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/creepy-witch-who-patrols-roads-11932865

“The town where chickens determine if a woman is a witch” – story at GhanaWeb: https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/The-town-where-chickens-determine-if-a-woman-is-a-witch-621734

“Beyond the Screen: The Brightest Witch of Her Age” – column about the impact of book and movie witch Hermione Granger at The Georgetown Voice: http://georgetownvoice.com/2018/02/03/beyond-the-screen-the-brightest-witch-of-her-age/

“Why Do Pagans Celebrate the Equinox?” – story at Beliefnet: http://www.beliefnet.com/faiths/pagan-and-earth-based/why-do-pagans-celebrate-the-equinox.aspx

“Mocking witches is a recipe for double trouble” – story at The Times: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mocking-witches-is-a-recipe-for-double-trouble-jldnjrf8k

“AI may have deciphered the Voynich Manuscript — the most mysterious coded book in the world” – story at ZME Science: https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/ai-voynich-manuscript-decoded-04342/

“How One Library Is Digitizing Their Ancient Occult Collection” – story at Nerdist: https://nerdist.com/occult-library-manuscripts-dan-brown-ritman-amsterdam/

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