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A Very Australian Witchcraft
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Mustard wrote:
...then a desire for peace and harmony probably lay at the bottom of early Christianity, and look how that ended up.


Aye, the good news today though is that,

“The Northern Territory Government is repealing old legislation which makes tarot card reading and witchcraft illegal.

“The Witchcraft Act of 1735 has been inherited from Britain and has since been repealed in most other parts of the Western world. But Northern Territory Attorney-General John Elferink says a legal quirk meant it stayed on the Territory's statute books. He says a year in prison is a pretty stiff punishment for a tarot card reader and has promised to finally repeal the legislation.

"Tammy Hatherill, a tarot card reader and teacher based in Darwin, says readings are popular in the Top End. But she says the practice has a deeper purpose than providing a source of amusement. "Tarot is a healing, because all sorts of information come up in a tarot reading. It's information that people need to know, not necessarily what they want to know," she said. "It allows them then to look back on their lives and start to heal areas in their lives that need the healing." She says many people do not know the Witchcraft Act exists, so getting rid of it will not make much difference.

“Those in witchcraft and pagan circles say they are glad the law is being thrown out.”

More here :-)


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19th August 2013ce
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