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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: Nomenclature./Men are Not witches!
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.211732.7987@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <4Jk4VB3w165w@brewich.hou.tx.us>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 21:17:32 GMT
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- sirbyte@brewich.hou.tx.us (William hancock) writes:
- : billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:
- : > : The correct terminology for a man who endeavors to engage in magical
- : > : practices is "Warlock". The more gender nuetral term would be
- : > : "Necromancer". If I practiced magic, I surely wouldn't want to be called a
- : > :witch
- : A quick note a Necromancer invokes or Evokes 'infernal spirits' so i
- : doubt that it could be used as a genderless term for witch.
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- Note that I did not write any of the above - it is the part I was rebutting.
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- Bill
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