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- From: anzlovar@wl.com (Bob Anzlovar)
- Subject: Re: Pentagrams
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.162455.7996@wl.com>
- Organization: Warner Lambert / Parke-Davis
- References: <1992Dec21.043151.9191@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> <1992Dec23.013634.25055@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com> <1992Dec23.035912.6167@sol.ctr.columbia.edu>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 16:24:55 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec23.035912.6167@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> locklin@titan.ucc.umass.edu (Lupo The Butcher=) writes:
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- >I am well aware of the fast that most modern earth/pagan cults are based on
- >fallacies, lies & historical innacuracies, in fact I posted an article to this
- >effect on alt.satanism not more that 3 weeks ago.
- >The differnce is, I am a member of a "pagan sect" that _realizes_ its history,
- >or lack therof. I assume many (I wish most) pagans are aware that their
- >religions were started in the 1960's as a part of a counterculture fad.
-
- The pagan movement got rolling more during that time, but its origins go
- a little further back than that (but I'm not one of those who say it
- goes back for generations). Much of the pagan movement goes back to
- Gerald Gardner (I think that's his first name) & there are those who
- contend he stole much of his material from Crowley.
-
- >Shit,
- >the Church of All Worlds, biggest & most influential pagan sect (according to
- >the encyclopedia of american religions) in this country, is based on a science
- >fiction story! *Thou Art God*
-
- In the last two issues of _Green Egg_, there're a couple articles which
- put forth the thesis that _Stranger in a Strange Land_ is really about
- Thelema, but doing so without pushing the hot-buttons that most folks
- have about Crowley. (Altho Crowley *is* mentioned once in the book.)
-
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- Bob Anzlovar | I wrote COBOL once, but I didn't like
- (anzlovar@wl.com) | it. I didn't compile.
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