NOVEMBER 16, 1989
November 16th, in the battle against The Darkness we have, this day, lost eight of our soldiers. Murdered by a rightist gang in El Salvador were Fathers
Ignacio Ellacuria
Ignacio Martin-Baro
Segundo Montes
Amando Lopez
Juan Ramon Moreno
Joaquin Lopez Lopez
priests of the Jesuit Order,
and, their housekeeper,
Julia Elba Ramos
and her daughter, Celina.
What were these people's crimes that their
attackers so fear them that they ripped open their skulls and
hauled out their brains? Their crime was that they dared speak
for reform, that the poor had rights as well as as the rich, and
every person had the right to a decent place to sleep, enough to
eat, and to fully express their opinion. But the military leaders
of El Salvador feared these ideas so much that in the middle of
the night they sent their soldiers dressed in civilian clothes to
murder those who would speak such treason.
How long will decent Americans allow our weak and inept
government to support such people, to fund their armies, and
bribe their politicians? We ask every citizen, we BEG of them, do
not let these honored dead die for naught? Write your
congressman, write your senator and say "No more! No
more!" Only then will they know, only then will they care.
And we MUST care. We must BEGIN to care. For as long as we
support governments like this, the blood is on our hands just as
much as it is on theirs.
NOVEMBER 30th
We are extremely disappointed in President Bush's veto of legislation indefinitely extending the visas of Chinese students in The United States. Bush has again demonstrated his vulnerability to foreign pressure, and his unthinking heartlessness. It would have been much better if he had vetoed the congressional pay raise. But that would have made too much sense, and common sense seems to be something Bush lacks, to the shame of our nation.
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MAGICKAL MID-NIGHT
By; John KURLUK, Ye Olde Tarot Soothsayer
MID-NIGHT! The most magickal time of all to conduct witchcraft
ceremonies for whatever purpose. This be in erecting the
Temple, casting the Circle of Protection, for the practice of the
Olde Religion beliefs and setting about the blessings and
spell-castngs.
Of this specific time, Midnight is assumed to be that of
exactly 12 A.M., when according to man's calculation of time, one
day ends and the next begins. Of most Witchcraft (Wiccan)
publications, this is also the accepted time to practice the
beliefs of the Olde Religion. However, this is actually
INCORRECT!
The stroke of the clock when the hands indicate 12 A.M. is a
device created by man and not in conjunction with the Earth's
planetary setting of what we refer to as Midnight. Therefore,
those who practice Witchcraft, making use ot this man-made method
of time, are in fact not conducting their ceremonial setting in
proper tradition. That is, if they base their ceremony on the
time element of Mid-Night. Whereby they should remember that
clocks were unheard of until only recently (invented and used for
the past few hundred years).
Your question then may be, just when is Midnight, if not at the
stroke of 12 A.M.? Midnight, according to Earth's true planetary
setting, is in fact the very Middle-Of-The-Night. A time
divided equally in half from that of Sun Set to Sun Rise of any
given day. A time, when calculated by you, will place you exactly
at a point on Earth facing directly away from the sun. Which in
fact is the Earth's darkest setting at a specific time. Per
example, should Sun Set be at 7:30 P.M. and Sun Rise be at 6:30
A.M., the amount of hours/minutes for night would calculate to be
that of 11 hours. Divide this time in half, which gives you 5
hours 30 minutes. Now calculate this amount of time to be added
to Sun Set, and the time you have is: 1 A.M .. The exact time
when your position on the Earth is facing directly away from the
sun. The time being known as Mid-Night, or from days of Olde, the
exact Middle-Of-The-Night ..
This be the time of the greatest magickal setting for one to
practice Olde Religion beliefs. A time when the stars and Moon
are casting their light at their greatest projected illumination,
being undisturbed by the influences of the sun's rays. A time
used by the Ancient Old Ones, who had no manmade clock to
regulate their time 'conveniently! Their clock, to determine
Mid-Night, was the planetary setting of Earth per the Sun Set and
Sun Rise of any given day.
BLESSED BE!
(NOTICE) Due to lack of interest and direct hostility from
some Spiritualist Churches, Spiritist Publications is temporarily
discontinuing its DIRECTORY OF SPIRITUALIST CHURCHES &
MEDIUMS.
Our free referral service is still available, and we will
continue to distribute our 1989 issue. We regret this, but time
and finances make the decision necessary.